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Subject: Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861

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A catalogue of a very valuable and important collection of Shaksperian and dramatic literature, including numerous early quarto editions of Shakespeare, of great rarity and curiosity : first editions of the Merchant of Venice, the Sonnets, 1609, &c. : copy of the First Folio of 1623 annotated by a contemporary of the poet : unique Shaksperian tracts, the early German versions of the Tempest, &c., the first copies sold by auction in this country : very rare editions of the separate works of Ben Jonson, Middleton, Nash, and other of Shakespeare's contemporaries : Shylock's prophesie, 1607, unique : books of emblems : chiefly consisting of the books used for the first five volumes of Mr. Halliwell's folio edition of Shakespeare : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, auctioneers of literary property and works illustrated of the fine arts, at their house, 3, Wellington St., Strand, on Friday, May 23d, 1856, at on o'clock precisely

Date
[1856]
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
Sh.Misc. 1256
Caption
[London] : J.E. Adlard, printer
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