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Lot 283
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. [London: E. & J. Wright, 1807].
Folio (381 x 229 mm). Engraved portrait of Shakespeare on title-page. (Some offsetting from engraving.) Contemporary diced calf (rebacked). FIRST FACSIMILE EDITION of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays.
[With:] SHAKESPEARE. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies Faithfully Reproduced in Facsimile from the Edition of 1685. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispieces in text. Half red levant gilt. Facsimile edition of Shakespeare's Fourth edition.
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia