Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

83 c   SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Pages 39-60, complete, extracted from the second folio . Folio, 316x224 mm, disbound; scattered stains on first 4 leaves, minimal marginal soiling, later pencil note in upper margin of page 45. [London, 1632] [2,500/3,500] 84 c   SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Measure for Measure. Pages 61-84, complete, extracted from the second folio . Folio, 331x224 mm, disbound; scattered small stains, minimal marginal soiling, 17th-century inscription (“reade by Henry Ferneley”) on first page. [London, 1632] [2,500/3,500] 85 c   SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. King John [and Richard II]. Pages 1-40, complete, extracted from the fourth folio . Folio, 341x222 mm, modern cloth with late 17th-/ early 18th-century gilt-panelled covers laid down; scattered mostly minor stains, first leaf reinforced in 2 places on recto not affecting text but with obscured portions of rule border drawn in ink, partial reinforcement in blank lower margin on recto of 2B6-2D5 and 2E1-2, blank upper outer corner off 2B5, paper crack in blank area at bottom of 2B6, clean tears in 2D5 repaired not impairing legibility. Bookplates of Harold Marshall, William Robert Hay Esq., and Revd. C. E. Armstrong. [London, 1685] [400/600] 86 c   SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Troilus and Cressida [and Coriolanus]. Pages 233- 284, complete, extracted from the fourth folio . Folio, 358x231 mm, disbound; marginal toning and foxing, dampstain in upper margins throughout, slight chipping along edges of first and last leaves, small rust hole through 2Z4 slightly affecting one word on verso. [London, 1685] [400/600] 87 c   SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Pericles [and The London Prodigal]. Pages 193- 226, complete, extracted from the fourth folio . Folio, 353x226 mm, modern cloth; marginal toning and foxing, dark stain in upper margins throughout, soiling on page 217, small rust stains on 3T3-4. [London, 1685] [400/600] english plays , continued 83 84