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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 314419, member: 5833&quot;]One inscription is &#039;to [someone]...from [someone]&#039; so a gift at one time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Addendum:&nbsp; Looking again, think it may have been given from one family to another, not between individuals.&nbsp; If I&#039;m seeing them correctly, the top--probably original owner-- date looks like 8th June 1870, while the second looks like July 18, 18[77?].&nbsp; First is written in the British/European order; second would be American.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Fig also said, volumes of the collected works of Shakespeare are common.&nbsp; Phiz was well-known for his illustrations of the work of Charles Dickens; his work here is what made the volumes special.&nbsp; Book probably of most interest to print sellers, who would slice out the illustrations &amp; sell them matted.</p><p>-[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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