[SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.]

Illustrations of Shakespeare; comprised in two hundred and thirty vignette engravings, by Thompson, from designs by Thurston: adapted at all editions.

London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper;: Leipsic: Ernest Fleischer, 1825. First edition, Leipzig issue; 8vo, 2 p.l., 37 leaves, each with 6 engraved vignette illustrations, plus another leaf showing "The Seven Ages of Man," plus 8 pages of Fleischer ads dated October, 1825, largely in German; tissue guards throughout; orig. pink printed paper wrappers; edges curled, covers a little soiled, else very good. A book well represented in the usual libraries, but I can find none listed with the Leipzig imprint. Item #18909

Price: $225.00