Beautifully bound copy of Shakespeare's works. Edited by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, this Leicester Square edition is beautifully decorated with twenty-one plates from the Boydell Gallery. This binding is by Bickers and Son. With William Shakespeare crest on the front. This work contains a chronological table of Shakespeare's life, his will, and the dedication prefixed to the folio. This is followed by his plays, poems and sonnets. There is a portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, followed by twenty one plates. These plates are images of various paintings of Shakespearean performances over the years. Moroccan boards with elaborate gilt and embossed decoration to front, and gilt lettering to spine. An absolute beauty of a book.