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Auction archive: Lot number 169

Boydell (John & Josiah) - A Collection of Prints, from Pictures painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$5,908 - US$7,878
Price realised:
£2,800
ca. US$5,515
Auction archive: Lot number 169

Boydell (John & Josiah) - A Collection of Prints, from Pictures painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$5,908 - US$7,878
Price realised:
£2,800
ca. US$5,515
Beschreibung:

A Collection of Prints, from Pictures painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare
2 vol., 2 engraved frontispieces, title vignettes and 96 plates including the 7 "Seven Ages of Man" plates not always present, after Reynolds, Fuseli, Opie, Smirke and others, some stipple engravings, a few plates proofs before letters, some very light browning, mostly to tissue guards, a handsome copy in contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco with decorative gilt panels and borders, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., rubbed, joints cracked, large folio, 1803.

Auction archive: Lot number 169
Auction:
Datum:
31 Jan 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A Collection of Prints, from Pictures painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare
2 vol., 2 engraved frontispieces, title vignettes and 96 plates including the 7 "Seven Ages of Man" plates not always present, after Reynolds, Fuseli, Opie, Smirke and others, some stipple engravings, a few plates proofs before letters, some very light browning, mostly to tissue guards, a handsome copy in contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco with decorative gilt panels and borders, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., rubbed, joints cracked, large folio, 1803.

Auction archive: Lot number 169
Auction:
Datum:
31 Jan 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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