[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] English Comic Dramatists
[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] English Comic Dramatists
[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] English Comic Dramatists
[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] English Comic Dramatists
[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] English Comic Dramatists
[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] English Comic Dramatists
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[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] English Comic Dramatists

Crawfurd, Oswald (editor). English Comic Dramatists. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1883. Large paper copy; limited to 50 copies, of which this is #14. Signed by Charles Whittingham of the Chiswick Press. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crimson crushed morocco with an elaborate diapered pattern on both covers, created with fillets and gouges of leafy vines, along with the repetitive use of a large floral gilt stamp. Smooth spine similar design to lower 2/3 and title and author to box in the upper 1/3. Elaborate turn-ins with further vines and leaves. Red silk endpapers. Top edge gilt. Zaehnsdorf “exhibition” stamp at rear. Measures approx. 5.25" x 8". Light rubbing, spine darkened. Small (1/2") hairline closed cracks at head and tail of front hinge.