Lot 186: A Multi-Volume Set of Miniature Shakespeare Works with Wooden Display Shelf

A collection of miniature hardcover volumes comprising the works of William Shakespeare, housed in a custom two-tiered wooden display shelf. The volumes are bound in a burgundy textured material, featuring gilt lettering on the spines and a gilt crest on the front covers. The crest depicts a bird, likely a falcon, positioned to the left of a shield with a diagonal band. Internally, the text is printed in a small font with act and scene headings in red ink. Visible titles include The Taming of the Shrew, Cymbeline, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Henry IV, King Henry V, King Henry VIII, King Richard II, King Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Coriolanus, A Winter’s Tale, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, As You Like It, Venus & Adonis, Pericles, The Sonnets, King John, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony & Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens, The Rape of Lucrece, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night. No maker’s marks, signatures, or labels are visible on the volumes or the shelf.