Full blue calf with raised banding, gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Gilt edging on the boards. All edges gilt.

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A very good clean Edition

By 1630, ownership of the rights to Shakespeare’s plays was split among five booksellers/publishers: Robert Allot, William Aspley, John Smethwick, Richard Hawkins, and Richard Meighen. Together they published the Second Folio, printed by Thomas Cotes in five print runs, one for each publisher.