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A collection of 40 miniature books comprising a nearly complete or complete set of William Shakespeare’s works. The books are housed in a fitted, dark-stained wooden display case featuring two compartments. Each volume is uniformly bound with reddish-brown covers, likely leather or faux leather, and features gilt titling and decorative motifs on its spine. Legible titles include “The Taming of the Shrew,” “Julius Caesar,” “King Henry V,” “Othello,” “The Sonnets,” and “Romeo and Juliet.” The front covers of the books display a consistent gilt armorial design featuring a crest with a winged creature above a shield. Internally, an open volume reveals standard printed text in English with act and scene divisions. Stylistically, this set suggests a late 19th or early 20th-century “pocket library” or miniature edition.
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