Item #45023 The Stratford gallery; or the Shakespeare sisterhood: comprising forty-five ideal portraits. Henrietta Lee Palmer.
The Stratford gallery; or the Shakespeare sisterhood: comprising forty-five ideal portraits
The Stratford gallery; or the Shakespeare sisterhood: comprising forty-five ideal portraits
The Stratford gallery; or the Shakespeare sisterhood: comprising forty-five ideal portraits

The Stratford gallery; or the Shakespeare sisterhood: comprising forty-five ideal portraits

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1859. First edition, imperial 8vo, pp. 302; iIllustrated with 45 fine engravings on steel, from designs by eminent hands," with likenesses of Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Ophelia, Portia, Cleopatra, Cordelia, and 39 other lady Shakespearian characters, complete with a summary of their roles in the various plays; light, occasional spotting in the marginas of a few plates, the whole ever-so-slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine, sound example in publisher's full brown morocco with an elaborate gilt panel central on both covers within a gilt and blind border, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered in one, a.e.g. Early owner's gift inscription dated January 1, 1859. Item #45023

Price: $375.00