May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 281

Price Realized: $ 185,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 60,000 - $ 80,000
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
King Lear; Othello; [and] Anthony & Cleopatra; Extracted from the First Folio.

London: Published by Isaac Jaggard & Ed. Blount, 1623.

Folio, consisting of pages 283 through 368, containing the complete text of all three plays; with a modern photocopy of the title page tipped in; two letterpress facsimile leaves: To the Reader, and the catalogue of plays tipped in before a neat modern calligraphic produced at the time this section was bound in full modern dark blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, title tooled on spine in gilt; housed in a custom slipcase; first edition of Antony & Cleopatra; text leaves trimmed, borders mostly intact, 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.

cf. STC 22273; Greg III p. 1109-1112; Pforzheimer 905.