1904 Shakespeare's Tragedy of Timon of Athens

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Leather Binding, Pleasing Copy

Bound in a charming full calf binding with gilt blind stamping. 

"The Tragedy of Timon of Athens" is one of Shakespeare’s later plays, an interesting work, sometimes viewed as being unfinished or experimental. It tells the story of Timon, a wealthy Athenian nobleman renowned for generosity, who is betrayed by false friends and descends into bitterness and misanthropy.

Sir Israel Gollancz (1864–1930), a distinguished Shakespearean scholar and founding member of the British Academy.