Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623 From the Chatsworth Copy in the Possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. With an Introduction and Census of Copies by Sidney Lee. [2 vols, complete set ] de Shakespeare, W. ; Lee, Sir Sidney - 1902

Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition thus, 1902. Facsimile limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies. 2 vols, Facsimile: full reversed calf, calf ties, leather spine-label, folio, Census: Printed wrappers, stitched as issued, folio, 37 cm,. facsimile: xxxv, 908 pp; census: 45 pp,. An attractively-produced volume - here in the appealing reversed-calf binding - containing a high-quality collotype facsimile of the Chatsworth First Folio, together with Lee's separately-issued pioneering census of copies. From the introduction to the Census: "In each entry I give, wherever I can, firstly the size of the copy, secondly its history, and thirdly an account of its condition." Contents: The Census - Class I. Perfect Copies; Class II. Imperfect Copies; Class III. Defective Copies; Class IV. Copies otherwise unclassed owing to lack of full description; Index. Facsimile: Copy no 777, signed by Sidney Lee, leather a trifle rubbed, minor wear to spine-labels, one of the four ties broken, endpapers browned, otherwise a Very Good copy; Census: Wrappers slightly browned, contents Very Good.