Shakespeare. Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III

by Wright of Derby Joseph, Samuel Middiman

$225 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

The Boydells' original plates were purchased and restored by Shearjashub Spooner 1809-1859 in 1852, after which he published a two-volume set entitled The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Most Eminent Artists of Great Britain. Spooner was a successful New York dentist who produced several other arts publishing projects. Spooner's Boydell Shakespeare edition has rich impressions, many details having been enlivened by the re-engraving of

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