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A Miniature Library of William Shakespeare, Comprising Approximately 46 Volumes in a Tabletop Bookcase

Lot 28: A Miniature Library of William Shakespeare, Comprising Approximately 46 Volumes in a Tabletop Bookcase

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A Miniature Library of William Shakespeare, comprising approximately 46 small-format volumes housed within a dark-stained wooden tabletop bookshelf. The books are uniformly bound in dark red/maroon material, likely leather or fine cloth, featuring gilt lettering on the spines and a central gilt crest on the covers. Visible titles include ‘King Lear,’ ‘Othello,’ ‘The Sonnets,’ ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ ‘King Henry IV Part I & II,’ and ‘King Richard III,’ among others. This ensemble suggests a late 19th to early 20th-century collected edition of classical literature.
Bookcase: 23 inches (58.4 cm) wide, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) high.