Proofs of the Illustrations to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works, published

by Charles Whittingham, Chiswick, 1826 by Charles Whittingham, publisher

$2,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

73 wood engravings on 65 leaves, engraved by John Thompson after drawings by Stothard, Corbould, Harvey, et. al. 12mo. Full straight-grained blue morocco, stamp-signed by the binder J. Leighton Brewer St his address after 1820 . Bookplate of Clarence C. Bemis and one other: an intriguing and highly unusual bookplate, reading The Last political Prisoners Unconditionally Released by the United States. December 22. 1923, and a quotation from THE TEMPEST: This Music

• Binding: Leather

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