Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 213

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
NEAR-MINIATURE SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Plays. Parts 1-14 (of 38), each with engraved frontispiece, together with the 9-volume issue in book form, without plates. 48mo, first set 92x52 mm, in original wrappers, part 1 spine imperfect, other spines darkened, ends chipped; second set in original cloth with paper lettering pieces, spines slightly faded, top of spine chipped on Volumes 4, 5, and 9; custom cloth slipcase. London: William Pickering, 1823; 1825
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first pickering edition in the original parts, together with the first pickering edition in book form, which was published both with plates and without, as here. This was the first English-language work in Pickering's series of Diamond Classics, so named for the 4 1/2-pt. Diamond font used. Bondy, pages 88-89; NYPL/Arents, page 88.