The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy / Christ's Kirk on the Green. A Poem in Three Cantos / Works of Shakespear. in Eight Volumes. Volume V.
R. and T. Duncan / Robert and Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1766. Hardcover. Two publications bound together in one volume. The first: 'The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy... To which is added, Christ's Kirk on the Green. A Poem in Three Cantos' (1772). This is a play by Allan Ramsay, and an anonymous Scottish poem, published by R. and T. Duncan, Glasgow. The second is 'Works of Shakespear. In Eight Volumes. Collated and Corrected by the former Editions, By Mr. Pope. Printed from his Second Edition. Volume V' (1766), published by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Glasgow. This volume may have been produced with plates or unsold printed sheets from prior publications of the individual plays, as each has earlier copyright dates. Includes the plays Henry VI, Parts 1-3 (all three 1765), and Richard III (1758). These volumes bound together later, black leather with red leather title at spine and five raised bands; leather rubbed, scratched, scraped, with moderate to heavy edgewear. Inner hinges starting, binding else solid, and is tight through textblock. Bookplate at front paste down. Tanning, staining, and foxing throughout, and a prior owner's name inked to verso of the last contemporary page of 'Richard.' Very occasional marginal notation. Used: Good. Item #BBS-2024181
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