Ventes live - Lot 185
The plays of William Shakspeare from the corrected text of Johnson and Steevens. Embellished with plates [...].
London, for J. Stockdale, 1807
€ 500 / 600
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Description du lot
6 vol., folio; 22 pl. (some browning, some spotting concentrated on a few pp., some marg. soiling, annotation "O'Grady 6 vol." on flyleaf or verso engr. at the start of each vol. disfiguring the pp.).
Contemp. gaufered, blind- and gilt-ruled calf by Geo Mullen, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, gilt sides and gilt inner dentelles, marbled edges (front cover vol. 3, 5 & 6 loosening). Large-margined copy.
The set includes the 37 plays illustrated with all 11 full-page engravings and 11 vignettes called for in the Contents; 16 are by Thomas Stothard, 4 by William Hamilton, and 2 by Henry Fuseli; all engraved by James Heath.
Prov. O'Grady (ms. entry).