1859 William Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Fine Leather Bound by Bennett
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[Law] Campbell, John Lord Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered
London: John Murray, 1859. First edition. 8vo. 117, (3), 32 (ads) pp. Bound in full brick red morocco, stamped in gilt on front board with standing profile of Shakespeare, spine lightly faded; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; original cloth covers bound in at rear; enclosed in leather-entry red slip case; by Bennett.
A lovely example from The Bennett Book Studios, a fine book bindery in New York City established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett (1884-1968).
From the library of bibliophile, attorney, and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).
