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1884 Library of Wit Humor FAMOUS Literature Shakespeare Boccaccio Don Quixote 5v

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1884 Library of Wit Humor FAMOUS Literature Shakespeare Boccaccio Don Quixote 5v

The Library of Wit and Humor is a rare, late 19th-century collection of excerpts of famous works of literature from some of the most important authors of all time. Collected and edited by A.R. Spofford, this set contains portions of works including:

Don Quixote, Cervantes

Decameron, Boccaccio

Rob Roy, Walter Scott

Falstaff, Shakespeare

A Voyage to Laputa (Gullivers Travels), Swift

Reynard the Fox, Goethe

The Pickwick Papers, Dickens

Rip van Winkle, Irving

Item number: #19638

Price: $599

SPOFFORD, A.R. [edit.]

The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry

Philadelphia, The Gebbie Pub. Co., Limited [Â©1884]-94.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes

Vol. I â€“ viii, 400

Vol. II â€“ viii, 400

Vol. III â€“ viii, 400

Vol. IV â€“ viii, 400

Vol. V â€“ viii, 411, [1]

50 engravings (10 per volume)

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Decorative dark blue cloth

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