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Published by 1795. 6in x 4in., 1795
Seller: R.G. Watkins Books and Prints, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Stipple engraving, from "European Magazine",
Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1845
Seller: David R. Smith - Bookseller, Ashby, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Harvey and other eminent artists (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo, engravings on wood, 248 pgs., pages clean, bound in red cloth, heavily gilded spine, top spine edge chipped and missing 1/2" of cloth at bottom left edge of spine, light staining otherwise good.
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Large format, plate size 50 x 37.3cm plus margins, on paper contemporary to the print; fine copper plate engraving, a little grubby in the margins; slightly chipped at right-hand corners; very good. A scarce engraving.
Published by London: Messrs. Boydell & Co., circa 1803-1804, 1804
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Folio, 31.5 x 43 cm. New half goatskin and marbled boards binding by the artisan binder, Sasha Mosalov. 99 engraved plates, a few with marginal defects.Provenance: Presentation copy from Hector John Graham-Toler, 2nd Earl of Norbury; ,b. 27 June 1781, d. 3 January 1839. Hector John Graham-Toler, 2nd Earl of Norbury was born on 27 June 1781.1 He was the son of John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury and Grace Graham, Baroness Norwood of Knockalton. He married Elizabeth Brabazon, daughter of William Brabazon and Elizabeth Phibbs, on 1 January 1808. He died on 3 January 1839 at age 57 at Durrow Abbey, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, shot dead by his butler.OCLC Number : 82919611.Engraved t.p. partly in script, signed: Tomkins, script.; Halliwell sculptA descriptive index and alphabetical list of the plates are prefixed. More than half the plates, which are dated 1791-1803, are by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, and James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who contributed most work are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James HealthOn p. [4]: Advertisement. Portrait of the late John Boydell . ; speculated imprint date based on his death date.
Published by London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1802
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Folios. 31.3 x 41.3 cm. 9 volumes. Original calf with gilt dentelles along the edges of the covers; gilt spine and edges; the heavy covers reattached with matching binding material by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. . Scattered foxing, mainly light.few pages with tears. Total weight about 140 pounds. Will be shipped in 3 heavy boxes.OCLC 5503043: Contents: v. 1. Prefaces of Pope and Johnson to the Dramatic works of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure.v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream.v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well.v. 4. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John.v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V.v. 6. King Henry VI ; King Richard III.v. 7. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra.v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Titus Adronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline.v. 9. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.Notes:Originally issued in 18 parts in 1791 and 1802 [i.e. 1803?]The edition is based upon the 1790 Malone and 1793 Steevens editionsVolume title pages, with "volume" designation, are all dated 1802With a dedication leaf "To the King's most excellent majesty" dated June 4th, 1803, signed John Boydell, Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol; advertisement signed "G.N." in v. 1Letterpress printed.Plays are paginated separately, have no signatures, and are bound in no designated order.Each play has a colophon reading: From the Shakspeare Press, by W. Bulmer & CoNo table of contents or list of plates is given, but the plates correspond with the list given in "Boydell's Graphic illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakspeare," a separate issue of the plates, except that the latter lacks a variation of the first plate in Richard III (Gloster and the princes) while it has in addition (as frontispiece) "Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy, " a portrait of John Boydell, a variation of Juliet's supposed death, and a second plate in Titus Adronicus (Lavinia nursing her young nephew, by T. Kirk)."Boydell's Graphic illustrations &c." must not be confused with their "Collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare," London, 1803, two large folios containing larger plates (100, including the portraits of the King and Queen prefixed, and the two title-vignettes) most of which are entirely different from these smaller platesPlates, dated 1791-1803, are mainly by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who executed the greatest number of plates are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James Heath.