The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected From Each Play. Vol. II by William Dodd
1757. 2nd Edition. 276 pages. Fully bound brown leather with gilt title label to spine and gilt-tooled edges. Volume II. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout, more intensely towards start and end. Some slight gutter cracking. Some pages notably creased. Binding remains firm. Slight stains to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have notable shelf wear, bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Boards are slightly bowed Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Moderate splitting to spine joints and ends. Slight dents to board edges. Tanning to spine and edges. Slight water stains in places. Gilt slightly dulled.