1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
United States
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery is a full-service auction gallery strategically located on Miami Circle in the historic Buckhead district of Atlanta, one of the Southeastern United States’ largest commercial and financial centers. The gallery is owned and operated by Robert Ahlers and his wife Chr...Read more
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Jun 26, 2016 - Jun 27, 2016
After Josiah Boydell (English, 1752-1817). "The American Edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Most Eminent Artists of Great Britain" in two volumes, atlas folio, plates restored and published 1852 by Shearjashub Spooner (1809-1859), New York. The complete American printing after the original published in the late 18th century comprising two atlas folio size volumes containing a total of 100 engravings depicting scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare, the engravings created after paintings by such artists as Henry Fuseli, William Hamilton, Sir Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, James Northcote, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and engraved by such artists as Robert Thew, and Thomas Ryder, Isaac Taylor. Each volume with quarter leather over marbled paper boards with gilt lettering. Period label to interior front cover of Volume 1 for E. Walker & Sons Binders, New York. Approximate height 29.75", width 24.5", depth 2.25". Note: We are grateful to Tom Phillips, owner of Antique Art Exchange Birmingham AL, for his kind assistance with the cataloging of this lot.
All 100 engravings present. Overall wear commensurate with age and use. Foxing, creasing, and staining throughout, with tears or rips to some pages. Repair to leather interior cover, with some bending to corners and top and base of spine.
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