407 - The Works of William Shakespeare Vol. VI — Henry Irving Edition — c.1880s

Victorian pictorial cloth edition of Shakespeare’s plays, edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall, with introductions and notes by major Shakespearean scholars. Volume VI includes Othello, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and Timon of Athens. Published by Blackie & Son (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin). Lavish gilt cover and spine illustration with art by Gordon Browne, W.H. Margetson, and Maynard Brown. A striking late-19th-century collectible for Shakespeare enthusiasts or Victorian book collectors. Condition: Bright gilt and decorative cloth; minor edge rubbing and light foxing to prelims; binding sound and clean.