Jun 07, 2012 - Sale 2280

Sale 2280 - Lot 257

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
BOYDELL, JOHN and JOSIAH. Graphic Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. Engraved portrait plate, 96 engraved plates; lacking second portrait plate, engraved title, and one regular plate; also lacking any letterpress text or preliminaries. Folio, 730x550 mm, early 1/2 morocco, extremities rubbed, head of backstrip torn; initial and terminal plates a trifle ragged at edges but well away from images, remaining plates generally bright and clean. [London, 1803]