It was Mark Twain who once said; “So far as anybody actually knows and can prove, Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon never wrote a play in his life.” And according to this week’s Friday find, it seems he was right.
Although I can’t find much about these two collections of his work, it seems the spelling Shakspere, as opposed to the current alternative Shakespeare, was used in print between 1785 and 1873.
As you can see, while old, the books are still in reasonable condition and they do give off a waft of VOCs. And despite the nonstandard name, the work inside is just as delightful as that other bloke’s.
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