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Sale 349: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#349) 02/22/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #73 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,875

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

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(Kelmscott Press)

Title:

The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint

Author:

Shakespeare, William

Place Published:

Hammersmith

Publisher:

Kelmscott Press

Date Published:

1893

Description:

With 7 woodcut initials, 3 pages with woodcut borders; shoulder headings printed in red. 7¾x5¼, original(?) full limp vellum decoratively stamped in gilt on the covers and spine, all edges gilt. One of 500 copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.

This copy in an unusual binding, stamped with gilt supra-libros on the covers, and with added gilt to the spine. It may possibly be a trial binding from the Kelmscott press, or a contemporaneous binding in imiation of the publisher's own with added gilt.

Condition:

Vellum bowed, somewhat wrinkled, lacking the ribbon ties; spotting to rear pastedown. A handsome copy, internally fine.

Item#:

179808

Headline:

Kelmscott printing of Shakespeare's Poems
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