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1908 1ed SHAKESPEARE Midsummer Nights Dream Arthur Rackham ART Romance Comedy
One of William Shakespeare's most famous works, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a captivating and whimsical play that weaves together the stories of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors, and the magical creatures of an enchanted forest.
This 1908 first edition features 40 color plates by renowned artist Arthur Rackham whose enchanting visual interpretations beautifully complement Shakespeare's magical tale. The combination of Shakespeare's timeless writing and Rackham's evocative illustrations make this edition a classic treasure!
Item number: #40927
Price: $750
SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur (Illus.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.
London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1908. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete
o [6], 134
o 40 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Tan cloth
·… Read More

1870 Complete Numismatics Ancient & Modern COINS Medals Rome Barthelemy French
Jean Baptiste de Barthelemy's "Manual of Complete Numismatics" is a 19th-century guide on collecting and identifying ancient and modern coins. This work provided descriptions of found coins and their importance; however, it was the atlas tomes that proved to be the most valuable to collectors. The same is true even today – the atlas volumes offer hundreds and hundreds of illustrated views of ancient coins and medals.
Item number: #23589
Price: $750
Nouveau manuel complet de Munismatique moderne [ancienne]: atlas
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, [ca. 1870]. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 oblong tomes
o Monderne: [4]
12 engraved plates
o Ancienne: [4]
12 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Red leather, marbled boards
· Size: ~ 6.25in X 9.5in (15.5cm x 24cm)
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1889 HUNTING Shooting GUNS Sports & Game Hunt Dogs Falconry Illustrated 3v SET
'The Badminton Library' was perhaps the most important 19th-century encyclopedia published with the intent of providing the English public with reading on sports and leisure, skill improvement, and general knowledge of their favorite pastimes.
This lot from the 'Badminton Library' contains three books on hunting and shooting including "Coursing and Falconry" by Cox and Lascelles. These volumes feature fine illustrations depicting hunting scenes, hunting dogs, game birds and fowl, and even views of women shooting bows and arrows!
Item number: #23368
Price: $599
various
The Badminton Library
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889-96.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o "Shooting" (1889) – [2], xiii, [1], 358
Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
o "Coursing and Falconry" (1892) – xiii, [1], 413, [3]
Harding Cox and Gerald Lascelles
o "Poetry of Sport" (1896) – xxxvi, 420
Hedley Peek
·… Read More

1878 EXQUISITE William Shakespeare Illustrated Charles Knight Romeo Juliet 2v

A beautiful 19th-century edition of the works of William Shakespeare!

In the mid-19th-century, Charles Knight published an illustrated edition of the works of Shakespeare, a set that proved to be very popular throughout the English-speaking world, into the late 1800s. It included all of the famous works one would expect to be in a collection of Shakespeare, but unlike other editions of the same era, this particular example features the impressive full-page engravings of character portraits.

This 1878 American edition was published in Philadelphia by Amies. An impressive example of Shakespeare.

Item number: #24847
Price: $599

SHAKESPEARE, William

The complete works of William Shakespeare : carefully collated and compared with the editions of Halliwell, Knight, and Collier and others: with a comprehensive life of the great dramatist

Philadelphia : Wm. T. Amies, 1878.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all… Read More

1829 Botanic Garden by Maund BOTANICAL Flowers Botany Illustrated Gardens 2v

Benjamin Maund was a 19th-century British naturalist who, beginning in 1825, published one of the most important and desirable works on British flowers. 'The Botanic Garden' was a regularly printed periodical that illustrated the flower and plants found in British gardens, particularly the Royal Gardens.

According to Dunthorne in 'Great Flower Books', Maund's "Botanic Garden" is
"A delightful work, not only full of useful and practical information, but illustrated with most charming plates carefully engraved and colored."

These first two volumes of 'The Botanic Garden' includes nearly 150+ hand-colored illustrations of flowers, leaves, plants, and more!

Item number: #25145
Price: $599

MAUND, Benjamin

The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1829-30. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation:… Read More

1908 1ed SHAKESPEARE Midsummer Nights Dream Arthur Rackham ART Romance Comedy
One of William Shakespeare's most famous works, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a captivating and whimsical play that weaves together the stories of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors, and the magical creatures of an enchanted forest.
This 1908 first edition features 40 color plates by renowned artist Arthur Rackham whose enchanting visual interpretations beautifully complement Shakespeare's magical tale. The combination of Shakespeare's timeless writing and Rackham's evocative illustrations make this edition a classic treasure!
Item number: #40927
Price: $750
SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur (Illus.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.
London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1908. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete
o [6], 134
o 40 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Tan cloth
·… Read More

1870 Complete Numismatics Ancient & Modern COINS Medals Rome Barthelemy French
Jean Baptiste de Barthelemy's "Manual of Complete Numismatics" is a 19th-century guide on collecting and identifying ancient and modern coins. This work provided descriptions of found coins and their importance; however, it was the atlas tomes that proved to be the most valuable to collectors. The same is true even today – the atlas volumes offer hundreds and hundreds of illustrated views of ancient coins and medals.
Item number: #23589
Price: $750
Nouveau manuel complet de Munismatique moderne [ancienne]: atlas
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, [ca. 1870]. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 oblong tomes
o Monderne: [4]
12 engraved plates
o Ancienne: [4]
12 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Red leather, marbled boards
· Size: ~ 6.25in X 9.5in (15.5cm x 24cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our… Read More

1889 HUNTING Shooting GUNS Sports & Game Hunt Dogs Falconry Illustrated 3v SET
'The Badminton Library' was perhaps the most important 19th-century encyclopedia published with the intent of providing the English public with reading on sports and leisure, skill improvement, and general knowledge of their favorite pastimes.
This lot from the 'Badminton Library' contains three books on hunting and shooting including "Coursing and Falconry" by Cox and Lascelles. These volumes feature fine illustrations depicting hunting scenes, hunting dogs, game birds and fowl, and even views of women shooting bows and arrows!
Item number: #23368
Price: $599
various
The Badminton Library
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889-96.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o "Shooting" (1889) – [2], xiii, [1], 358
Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
o "Coursing and Falconry" (1892) – xiii, [1], 413, [3]
Harding Cox and Gerald Lascelles
o "Poetry of Sport" (1896) – xxxvi, 420
Hedley Peek
·… Read More

1878 EXQUISITE William Shakespeare Illustrated Charles Knight Romeo Juliet 2v

A beautiful 19th-century edition of the works of William Shakespeare!

In the mid-19th-century, Charles Knight published an illustrated edition of the works of Shakespeare, a set that proved to be very popular throughout the English-speaking world, into the late 1800s. It included all of the famous works one would expect to be in a collection of Shakespeare, but unlike other editions of the same era, this particular example features the impressive full-page engravings of character portraits.

This 1878 American edition was published in Philadelphia by Amies. An impressive example of Shakespeare.

Item number: #24847
Price: $599

SHAKESPEARE, William

The complete works of William Shakespeare : carefully collated and compared with the editions of Halliwell, Knight, and Collier and others: with a comprehensive life of the great dramatist

Philadelphia : Wm. T. Amies, 1878.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all… Read More

1829 Botanic Garden by Maund BOTANICAL Flowers Botany Illustrated Gardens 2v

Benjamin Maund was a 19th-century British naturalist who, beginning in 1825, published one of the most important and desirable works on British flowers. 'The Botanic Garden' was a regularly printed periodical that illustrated the flower and plants found in British gardens, particularly the Royal Gardens.

According to Dunthorne in 'Great Flower Books', Maund's "Botanic Garden" is
"A delightful work, not only full of useful and practical information, but illustrated with most charming plates carefully engraved and colored."

These first two volumes of 'The Botanic Garden' includes nearly 150+ hand-colored illustrations of flowers, leaves, plants, and more!

Item number: #25145
Price: $599

MAUND, Benjamin

The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1829-30. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation:… Read More