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Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Merchant Of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Bryce, David & Son Glasgow. 1905 Five matching volumes of miniature Shakespearean comedies. Contemporary straight grained morocco. All edges gilt over red. Original marbled endpapers. Contemporary silver stand. Hallmarked for John Collard Vickery. and for Chester, 1905. Garbett - "There were short combinations of Shakespeare titles sold. Bondy describes a set of five books: Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night's Dream and the Tempest, issued in a wooden rack with silver ends. I have had the same item and also one with a rack made completely of silver, and in both cases the titles were different. Perhaps they used whatever books were to hand." Original burgundy morocco, gilt titling on front covers and spines, with single gilt fillet border. A beautiful set on a fully hallmarked contemporary silver stand. Bondy, 114. Garbett,…

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Russian: Сон смешного человека) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who believes nothing has any value and is ripe with existential insights into human life and a reformation of spirit.