MACBETH

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[ D. M. Moir, the 'Delta' of Blackwood's Magazine. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('D M Moir') to 'J Blackwood Esq', regarding the editing of a book for publication.

Author:

D. M. Moir [ David Macbeth Moir ] (1798-1851), Scottish author, contributor to Blackwood's Magazine under the pseudonym 'Delta' [ James Blackwood (1814-1871), publisher, son of William Blackwood ]

Publication details:

'Tuesday Evening'. Docketed with date '1835'. [No place.]

£40.00

1p., 16mo. On recto of first leaf of bifolium; second leaf attached to card, which carries notes in a Victorian hand. In good condition, lightly aged, but with thin strip cut away at top, presumably carrying details of place of writing. He is sending 'Mr L<?>'s sheets for the Printer', together with the title page, 'which however should not I think be printed off till we see whether he is to add any new matter - as that should be stated'. After stating that he has cut out a diagram, he concludes: 'I have not yet got any proofs'.

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[ Henry Irving, Victorian actor-manager. ] Autograph Note Signed ('Henry') and in his own hand (!) to 'Walter' [his friend Walter Herries Pollock?], regarding sending 'places' to 'Saville', and a reading of 'Macbeth in Birmingham'.

Author:

Sir Henry Irving [John Henry Brodribb] (1838-1905), English actor-manager [ Walter Herries Pollock, editor of the Saturday Review ]

Publication details:

On letterhead of 15, Grafton Street, Bond Street. W [London.] 'Tuesday' [undated].

£80.00

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Twenty-four original outline lithographic illustrations to Shakespeare: a series of twelve anonymous ones to 'The Tempest', published in London in 1825 by Charles Knight; and a series of twelve by Moritz Retzsch to 'Macbeth'.

Author:

Charles Knight, London publisher; Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch (1779-1857), German painter, artist and draughtsman; William Shakespeare

Publication details:

The 'Tempest' illustrations 'Published by C. Knight, Pall Mall East, April 1825'. Retzsch's 'Macbeth' illustrations undated [1833 or 1847.

£495.00

Twenty-four original outline lithographic illustrations to Shakespeare

All twenty-four illustrations have been laid down on leaves removed from an album of prints. Both series are numbered to twelve, and each is complete. The plates in the Retzsch series appear to have had their margins cropped. All images clear and complete, on lightly-aged paper, with occasional light spotting and discoloration. Laid down at the head of the first illustration in the first series, and slightly (0.5 cm) encroaching onto it, is a printed label reading 'Illustrations to Shakespeare's | TEMPEST | in 12 plates'.

Keywords:

MACBETH

[ D. M. Moir, the 'Delta' of Blackwood's Magazine. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('D M Moir') to 'J Blackwood Esq', regarding the editing of a book for publication.

[ Henry Irving, Victorian actor-manager. ] Autograph Note Signed ('Henry') and in his own hand (!) to 'Walter' [his friend Walter Herries Pollock?], regarding sending 'places' to 'Saville', and a reading of 'Macbeth in Birmingham'.

Twenty-four original outline lithographic illustrations to Shakespeare: a series of twelve anonymous ones to 'The Tempest', published in London in 1825 by Charles Knight; and a series of twelve by Moritz Retzsch to 'Macbeth'.

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