GALLERY TO SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS. In Outlines Invented and Engraved by Moritz Retzsch. Complete in One Volume. Signed and inscribed by poet Thomas Carlyle. Shakespeare.
1860018435Leipsic: Ernest Fleischer 1860. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. iv 96 pages of text followed by 16 plates for Hamlet 12 plates for Macbeth 12 plates for Romeo and Juliet 12 plates for King Lear 12 plates for The Tempest 12 plates for Othello 12 plates for The Merry Wives of Windsor and 12 plates for King Henry IV. The front endpaper is inscribed and signed by the poet Thomas Carlyle. It reads "To Mrs. Dr. Russell Holm Hill with lasting gratitude and regards: signed T. Carlyle. Chich 2 Octr 1869." Oblong octavo 8vo. a.e.g. Nicely bound in half green morocco by Zaehnsdorf with minor rubbing with minor touch-ups. The title page one plate and most text pages are lightly creased. There is minor foxing to several pages. Many of the plates are lightly foxed in the plate and in the margins. First edition. Ernest Fleischer Hardcover books
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