Bindings.- Shakespeare (William) & Clark (William George) & Wright (William Aldis) editors

The Works of William Shakespeare, 9 vol., first edition thus, half titles, titles in black and red, light age yellowing, fine burgundy calf, spines elaborately tooled in gilt, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Macmillan & co., 4to, Cambridge & London, 1863-1866 (9)

*** This important edition was based on a thorough collation of the four Folios and of all the Quarto editions of the separate plays, and of subsequent editions and commentaries. William Aldis Wright (1831-1914) "was the first editor to give due attention to the Elizabethan usage of words, and the value of this series has been acknowledged by many later editors. It was in his nature to be silent about poetic beauty and dramatic genius; but learning, accuracy, and common sense combined to make him one of Britain's greatest Shakespearean scholars” (DNB).