William Shakespeare's "The Winters Tale"

(London: Philip Chetwinde, 1663-64), Third Folio, complete extract, pp. 277-303, bound in a 20th century custom tooled leather cover with gilt title.

12.5 x 8.5 in.

Purchased from prominent London bookseller Henry Sotheran, Ltd. The Chirinos Antiquarian & First Edition Book Collection

London's Great Fire of 1666 consumed the unsold copies of the Third Folio. As a result, plays from this printing are somewhat elusive today. This extract comes with a custom Plexiglas display case.

Scattered areas of loss on the first page and the leaf for pp. 285/6; expected age toning; archival tape application and stabilization by Charlotte E. Ashford of Art Conservation Solutions, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida.

$600 - 900