Description: Description 302 pp. With 45 steel-engraved portraits with tissue guards. 10¾x7¼. Original full leather tooled and decorated in black and gilt with tulips and other motifs, five raised spine bands, all edges gilt. Gilt dentelles along the inner edges. Covers rubbed, thin 2" abrasion to rear panel, spine lightly creased; toning to pages, foxing (chiefly to plates); very good. A handsome production, with a text from passages by Shakespeare, accompanying superb steel-engraved plates of the most celebrated ladies in the bard's oeuvre. Condition Covers rubbed, thin 2" abrasion to rear panel, spine lightly creased; toning to pages, foxing (chiefly to plates); very good. About this book Includes portraits of Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Ophelia, Portia, Cleopatra, Cordelia, Desdemona, Titania. and many other Shakespearian female characters, complete with a summary of their roles in the various plays. Henrietta Lee Palmer (1834 - 1908) was born and educated in Maryland. She became a frequent contributor to east coast journals and papers. The Stratford Gallery is an early American example of a book entirely dedicated to character studies of Shakespeare's women.
Price: 399.99 USD
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 1859
Topic: Shakespeare
Binding: Leather
Author: Henrietta Lee Palmer
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
