The Complete Works of Shakespear for sale in Wilson, NC
This is a beautiful set of 12, The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
Bought these at an English Antiques Auction in Cornwall, England about 15 years ago for 800 British Pounds.
Dated 1889 which makes them about 133 years old. They measure 4 ¾ inches x 3 ½ inches.
I have nobody to leave them to here in the US so selling is my best option.
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Serious enquiries only $800 includes insurance and shipping.
Spelling of Shakespeare's name
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Shakespeare's printed signature as it appears in The Rape of Lucrece, printed by fellow Stratfordian Richard Field
The spelling of William Shakespeare's name has varied over time. It was not consistently spelled any single way during his lifetime, in manuscript or in printed form. After his death the name was spelled variously by editors of his work, and the spelling was not fixed until well into the 20th century.
The standard spelling of the surname as "Shakespeare" was the most common published form in Shakespeare's lifetime, but it was not one used in his own handwritten signatures. It was, however, the spelling used as a printed signature to the dedications of the first editions of his poems Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece in 1594. It is also the spelling used in the First Folio, the definitive collection of his plays published in 1623, after his death.
The spelling of the name was later modernised, "Shakespear" gaining popular usage in the 18th century, which was largely replaced by "Shakspeare" from the late 18th through the early 19th century.
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In the Romantic and Victorian eras the spelling "Shakspere", as used in the poet's own signature, became more widely adopted in the belief that this was the most authentic version.
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