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This selection of Shakespeare's poetry is adorned with lovely illustrations of pansies. There is a former owners name inside.

DeWolfe & Fiske, 1898. Hardcover. Good. 1898; illustrated cloth covered boards with gold titles; wear and discoloration around edges; 16mo, 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 31 pages. Photos available upon request.

London:: Day & Haghe,, 1845.. First edition. Fine with rich original hand-coloring.. An original finely hand-colored lithograph of the Flowers of Shakespeare. Folio (9 3/8 x 12 1/8 inches). Elegantly French-matted in Ivory rag board with gilt line decoration, sized to 16 x 19 inches, and suitable for framing. The finest of the mid-sized Victorian botanical prints, this plate features an elegant botanical bouquet and an identified Shakespearean quote, rendered in decorative calligraphy. The stylized lettering is enhanced by an illustrated single capital letter, as found in the Early Illuminated Manuscript tradition. As a hallmark of Victorian sentiment, Miss Jane Elizabeth Giraud, (1810 - 1868) artist and lithographer, dedicated this fine botanical work to her brother, a Doctor in stationed in the British Colony of Bombay, as token of the homeland. The plates were printed and hand-colored by Day and Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen. During the mid 19th century, Britain was the hotbed of… Read More