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London: Charles Knight and Company, 1842. 12 volumes. A very early edition, being the second, of Knight’s highly important Shakespeare. With handsome engraved illustrations throughout the text. Tall 8vos, in very proper and attractive full contemporary calf, the spines richly gilt decorated in compartments between gilt stippled bands, two compartments with contrasting dark brown and red morocco labels lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards with gilt ruled frames, gilt decorated edges and blind rolled turn-ins, the endleaves and all edges finely marbled. A very fine and handsome set, internally fresh and clean with no foxing or spotting at all, text firm and appearing unread, the binding sturdy and very attractive with solid hinges and only the most minor of evidence of shelving at the tips and edges, uncommonly fresh and well preserved. A FINE EARLY SET OF KNIGHT’S IMPORTANT EDITION. It contains Knight’s excellent preface, dedications and all the notes on…

Comedies, Histories & Tragedies is a collection of William Shakespeare's plays, published in the First Folio in 1623, seven years after his death. Compiled by his colleagues John Heminges and Henry Condell, it is considered one of the most influential books ever published in the English language.