8855
Selection of German Literature and Shakespeare
Ended
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing May 30th, 2023
Category
Description
Comprising 15 volumes, including Humbert Wolfe, PORTRAIT OF HEINE (London: Cresset, 1930) #78/500, signed by Wolfe, small 8vo, full red sheep by Bennett, NY; Baedeker, THE RHINE, FROM ROTTERDAM TO CONSTANCE 12th ed. (Leipsic: 1892) 12mo, cloth; and W. Shakespeare, ROMEO AND JULIET, illus. by Jacques Wagrez and Louis Titz (NY: Duprat, 1892) #10/350 (the first 50 on Japan paper)4to, deluxe full morocco binding by the French binder, Pomey, with inlaid leather insides, patterned endpapers.
Condition
Joints a bit weak, and showing some wear; other small faults.
Provenance
From the private library of Anton Vishio, Sr., scholar and mentor, who for 45 years taught Latin and Classical Greek at The Gilman School in Baltimore.
