Lot 215
  • 215

Shakespeare, William.

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Description

  • The Poems of William Shakespeare. Kelmscott Press, 1893
8vo, limited to 510 copies of which this is one of 500 on paper, printed in red and black, ornamental woodcut borders and initials, original limp vellum, silk ties, bookdealer's cataloguing slip tipped-in

Literature

Peterson A11

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

in 1898 Cockerell described the volume as 'one of the rarest books issued from the Press' because of its popularity.