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[SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Selected Works, edited by Nicholas Rowe, comprising]: The... [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Selected Works, edited by Nicholas Rowe, comprising]: The Life and Death of King John [and:] The Life and Death of King Richard II [and:] The First [Second] Part of Henry IV. With the Life and Death of Henry Sirnam'd Hot-Spur [and:] The Life of King Henry V. [No place: no publihser], 1709 [and:] The First [Second] Part of King Henry VI. [No place: no publisher], 1709. 8vo (197 x 120mm). 7 engraved plates [or frontispieces], pp. 980-1532 (lacks all after p.1532, some spotting and staining). Later parchment-backed wrappers with title in old manuscript on the spine. A later manuscript title inserted at the front states "One of the Rarest Editions after the priceless Folio & Quarto. Altogether Unique. 1709." Provenance: Ann Western (old signature at head of first text leaf of the first play). Part of the first illustrated edition of Shakespeare's works. Sold not subject to return.