SHAKESPEARE, William, and others.

£17,500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Beaux Arts Classics. Édition de Deux Mondes, letter R from a total of 20 sets printed on Japan vellum paper. This collection of Shakespearean drama, Classical prose, and short French fiction, all published in English, is abundantly illustrated and elaborately bound.The loosely inserted catalogue notes that this set originally belonged to Ellen S. L'Amoreaux (née Holbrook) - it is thus one of the nine sets sent to the States.

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