Lot 432: Books: HAZLITT, William (1778-1830). Characters of

Books: HAZLITT, William (1778-1830). Characters of Shakespeare's Plays. London: for R. Hunter, 1817. 8vo. Contemporary diced russia gilt (joints splitting, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Admiral Duff, 1858 (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Keynes 17: "... the first of Hazlitt's books to achieve immediate success." With the same author's A View of the English Stage; or, a Series of Dramatic Criticisms (London, 1821, contemporary calf). (2)