The Boydell Shakespeare prints - Hardcover

Boydell, John; Boydell, Josiah

9780405122972: The Boydell Shakespeare prints

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0405122977 ISBN 13: 9780405122972

Publisher: Arno Press, 1979

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Consisting of 3 parts; Santaniello's Introduction and Bibliographical Note, followed by Facsimiles of Volumes I and II of 'The Boydell Collection of Prints Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare' first published 1883, and a further 'Collection of the 100 Prints Takes From the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, first published 1802'. Folio. Unpaginated. Stunning frontispiece and 100 full page plates, followed by 4 to a page prints, all based on engravings kept in the Boydell Shakespepeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London. Beautifully bound in bright gilt lettered magenta rexine, very gently rubbed to spine at head and foot and very slightly to corners. A delight for reader, scholar, collector and art lover alike, and a great addition to grace any library. Original 1st Editions are sold for many thousand of pounds.

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