Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Leather-Bound Volumes

A Collection of Leather-Bound Volumes Including Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays and Ballou's Magazine - A collection of leather-bound books of various sizes and subjects, primarily consisting of 19th-century works in English and French. The group includes a volume of Ballou's Magazine, marked Vol. XLII, bound in dark brown leather with gilt bands and lettering. Also included are two volumes of the French work Histoire Universelle de l'Eglise, designated as Vol. II and Vol. III, featuring tan leather bindings with black title labels and gilt-stamped bands. The largest volume in the collection is titled Shakspere and contains the Doubtful Plays; this volume is bound in brown leather with five raised bands on the spine, decorated with small gilt-stamped floral or fleur-de-lis motifs in the compartments. The volumes feature various decorative gilt elements and are representative of period library bindings.