{"product_id":"character-sketches-of-romance-fiction-and-the-drama-complete-four-volume-deluxe-illustrated-library-edition-rev-e-cobham-brewer-ll-d-edited-by-marion-harland-selmar-hess-new-york-1892","title":"Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama Complete Four-Volume Deluxe Illustrated Library Edition Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.; edited by Marion Harland Selmar Hess, New York, 1892","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exceptionally handsome and monumental complete four-volume deluxe edition of Rev. E. Cobham Brewer’s celebrated Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, published by Selmar Hess in 1892. Each substantial volume measures 12 inches high by 9½ inches wide and is beautifully bound in the publisher’s original half leather over cloth with richly gilt-decorated spines featuring classical torch emblems, raised bands, and vibrant marbled endpapers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the finest illustrated literary productions of the American Gilded Age, this magnificent set is profusely illustrated with nearly 400 plates, including color frontispieces, photogravures, etchings, wood engravings, and typogravures depicting celebrated scenes and characters from Shakespeare, Greek and Roman mythology, Arthurian legend, Dickens, Scott, Byron, classical history, romance, and world literature. Subjects include King Lear, Lady Godiva, Andromeda, The Death of Caesar, The Trial of Rebecca, A Christmas Carol, and countless others, reproduced after many of the nineteenth century’s foremost academic artists. Contemporary references describe the four-volume edition as containing hundreds of illustrations, including photogravures and other deluxe plate processes. Condition: Complete four-volume set. Bindings exhibit expected age-related rubbing and scattered leather losses, most notably to Volume IV and the lower spine of Volume I. Interiors are exceptionally clean and bright, retaining crisp pages, vivid marbled endpapers, and a complete suite of richly printed illustrative plates with no evidence of significant foxing, staining, or removal. An impressive and highly decorative Gilded Age library set with outstanding shelf presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folkism Antiques LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45454087749741,"sku":null,"price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/1957\/4381\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-07-13at11.51.59AM.jpg?v=1783958374","url":"https:\/\/folkismantiques.com\/products\/character-sketches-of-romance-fiction-and-the-drama-complete-four-volume-deluxe-illustrated-library-edition-rev-e-cobham-brewer-ll-d-edited-by-marion-harland-selmar-hess-new-york-1892","provider":"Folkism Antiques LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}