1827 The Family Shakspeare in 8 Volumes edited (Bowdlerized)...

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1827 The Family Shakspeare in 8 Volumes edited (Bowdlerized) by Thomas Bowdler “those words & expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family”. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row London. Calf bindings with marbled endpapers. All volumes with bookplate of Charlotte Anna Long (nee Hume, wife of Richard Long MP) and the Long family monogram with a coronet and “L” monogram to front boards. Vol 1 with loose spine & Vol 8 detached front board & damaged spine

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Auction Date:
19th Jul 25 at 10am BST

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