Lot 179
Private Press, 52 books comprising
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The Temple Shakespeare.London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1895-1897. 40 volumes, 12mo, original red cloth with gilt lettering to spines; Cervantes, Miguel de - Daniel Vierge, illustrator The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. 4 volumes, large 8vo, green cloth with red morocco gilt labels to spine in original box; Symonds, John Addington, translator The Life of Benvenuto Cellini. [Vale Press], 1900. 2 volumes, 4to, original quarter cloth with blue boards and paper labels to upper covers, one of 310 copies; Boccaccio, Giovanni - J.M. Rigg, translator The Decameron. London, 1920. 2 volumes, 8vo; [Idem] - John Payne, translator London: Villon Society, 1886. 3 volumes, 8vo; Hickes, Francis - William Strang - J.B. Clark - Aubrey Beardsley Lucian's True History. London: A.H. Bullen, 1902; sold not subject to return (52)