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Catalogue of the most valuable interesting and highly important library of the late George Daniel, Esq. of Canonbury, together with his collection of original drawings and engraved portraits of distinguished actors and actresses
by Daniel, George
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London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Printed by J. Davy & Sons, 1864.
8vo. v, [1], 222 pp. Priced in ink throughout, with some buyer's names included. Bound in contemporary quarter maroon calf.
One of the most prized collections of Shakespeare and his world formed in the 19th century. George Daniel was a satirical poet and editor of John Cumberland's series entitled, British Theatre, with Renmarks Biographical and Critical. Daniel became a friend of Charles and Mary Lamb, his neighbors in Islington and a regular in the theater world of London during the middle years of the 19th century. He wrote a number of comic opera, but is best remembered for the collection of Shakespeare and Elizabethan literature he formed.
Included in his collection were exquisite copies of the four folios, the first being purchased for a record price of £ 716 -2-0 by Mis Burdett Coutts, now at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Equally important were Daniel's collection of quarto plays and works of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The 2278 lots realized almost 16,000 pounds This monumental collection is fully priced in contemporary hand.
Seymour De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts, p. 148-9. William Younger Fletcher, English Book Collectors, pp. 358-63. British Museum, List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, . 308.
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- Title
- Catalogue of the most valuable interesting and highly important library of the late George Daniel, Esq. of Canonbury, together with his collection of original drawings and engraved portraits of distinguished actors and actresses
- Author
- Daniel, George
- Book Condition
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- Publisher
- Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Printed by J. Davy & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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