Lot 80
Essex House Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Poems of William Shakespeare, bound in 2 vol., one of 450 copies, initials illuminated in gold & colours, bound in blue morocco, gilt, with floral onlays, Essex House Press, 1899.
Hammer Price: £4,000
Description
Essex House Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Poems of William Shakespeare, bound in 2 vol. (Poems [&] Sonnets), number 121 of 450 copies, printed in red and black, with all initials and pressmark at end beautifully illuminated by hand in gold and colours, bound in dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, by The French Binders, Garden City, NY, upper covers with floral spray of gilt tendrils and onlaid red morocco tulips and smaller flowers in tan morocco in upper left-hand corner, red morocco doublures, cream silk moiré endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, spines slightly rubbed and faded, 4to, printed at the Essex House Press for Edward Arnold, 1899.
Description
Essex House Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Poems of William Shakespeare, bound in 2 vol. (Poems [&] Sonnets), number 121 of 450 copies, printed in red and black, with all initials and pressmark at end beautifully illuminated by hand in gold and colours, bound in dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, by The French Binders, Garden City, NY, upper covers with floral spray of gilt tendrils and onlaid red morocco tulips and smaller flowers in tan morocco in upper left-hand corner, red morocco doublures, cream silk moiré endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, spines slightly rubbed and faded, 4to, printed at the Essex House Press for Edward Arnold, 1899.
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