Poems Written by William Shakespeare

Poems Written by William Shakespeare. John Benson, London, 1640. First edition, octavo, pp. 192. Red calfskin leather binding, titles in gilt, dark brown endpapers with gilt edges, elaborate title page, frontispiece with portrait, complete edition with leaves intact. Printed by Thomas Cotes, engravings by William Marshall. Roman and italic text types, cursive for headings, woodcut headpieces. One of the rarest of William Shakespeare's 17th century editions.