Lot 273
Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Macbeth, single leaf extracted from the first folio, 1623.
Hammer Price: £5,000
Description
Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Macbeth, single leaf extracted from the first folio, pp.147/148, lightly foxed, repair to lower margin (not affecting text or ruled border), repair to lower corner slightly affecting text, folio (304 x 194mm.), [1623].
⁂ An excellent leaf from the original printing of Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's greatest and most popular plays. Though written c. 1606-07, Macbeth was only first published in the First Folio (no prior quartos exist). This leaf includes one of the bard's most famous yet oft-misquoted lines "Out damned spot: out I say." as Lady Macbeth tries to assuage her guilt for the murder of Duncan.
Description
Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Macbeth, single leaf extracted from the first folio, pp.147/148, lightly foxed, repair to lower margin (not affecting text or ruled border), repair to lower corner slightly affecting text, folio (304 x 194mm.), [1623].
⁂ An excellent leaf from the original printing of Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's greatest and most popular plays. Though written c. 1606-07, Macbeth was only first published in the First Folio (no prior quartos exist). This leaf includes one of the bard's most famous yet oft-misquoted lines "Out damned spot: out I say." as Lady Macbeth tries to assuage her guilt for the murder of Duncan.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter