Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.) Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron. The Jew of Venice. A Comedy. [8], 46, [2] pages, including half-title. 4to, 19th-century 1/2 calf, spine faded; contents toned with scattered foxing, some headlines cropped; top edges gilt, others uncut. London: Ber[nard] Lintott, 1701
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first edition of Baron Lansdowne''s adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, omitting nearly all of the second act and some other parts. Jaggard, page 394; Pforzheimer 916.