12th Jan, 2019 9:30 GMT/BST

Country House Sale (Part II)

 
  Lot 1136
 

1136

Shakespeare, William Works. Allied Newspapers, [1932]. 16mo (40 vols). Org. black cloth, spines...

Shakespeare, William
Works. Allied Newspapers, [1932]. 16mo (40 vols). Org. black cloth, spines gilt, in wooden bookcase. Produced by Allied Newspapers to commemorate the inauguaration of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon.
Miniature Book

The Mite. E.A. Robinson, 1891. Org. cloth, upper board decorated in gilt; pp. 26; 6 full page illus (seemingly lacking pp. 15-16). 2nd ed. (according to title-page) in the same year as the first. The Mite was produced as the smallest book in the world printed from moveable type. It held this distinction until 1897, when Galileo a Madama Cristina de Lorena was published by the Salmin Brothers in Padua. It remains an impressive, and rare, example of the art of typography and the 19th century drive to push the boundaries of what was possible with technology.

Sold for £100
Estimated at £60 - £80


 

Some scuffing to bookcase, a little shelf wear to books, edges dusty, spines of 2 heavily faded but others less faded than often the case, a very good set. Duplicate copies of the Tempest and no copy of Macbeth. Books measure 5.3cm by 3.8cm

 


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Auction: Country House Sale (Part II), 12th Jan, 2019

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