The Works of Shakspere With Notes By Charles Knight. Imperial Edition. 2 Vols. Leather HC with Steel Engravings.

Shakespeare, William; Knight, Charles. London. Virtue & Company . ND Circa 1870s.  English Language, Imperial Edition, Very Good, HC folio 15" x 18", V1. 810 pp. / V2. 778 +188 pp. Very Good in two volumes, 3/4 leather over boards, gilt border embellishment to leather edges, gilt lettering and illustration stamped to front cover, gilt lettering and embellishments to spine and five raised bands, all edges gilt. Leather at tips, hinges, and spinal bands is heavily rubbed, noticeable wear to leather at head and tail of spine, not affecting lettering, boards exposed at fore-edge tips, previous owner stamp to endpapers: Montgomery County Historical Society in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Some staining and age-toning to interior pages, reinforced gutters, headbands intact and bright, binding tight, all illustrations present with protective tissue guards. Volume 1 is 810 pp., Volume 2 is 778 pp. plus 188 pp. replete with 57 richly detailed steel engravings by 28 engravers based on the work