Arthur F. Kinney; Alan James Robinson (illus.)
The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press
One of 100 deluxe copies, bound in full leather, with an extra suite of prints and a frontispiece etching.
3551
Folio. 116pp., frenchfold. Printed by Harold McGrath with titles and borders in red. The extra copies of the etching, which shows a portrait of the Bard surrounded by animals and...
Folio. 116pp., frenchfold. Printed by Harold McGrath with titles and borders in red. The extra copies of the etching, which shows a portrait of the Bard surrounded by animals and birds, and of the 54 wood engravings are each individually signed by the artist. The binding, of full chestnut morocco, has raised bands to the spine, gilt titling, borders and edges ruled in blind, and hand-marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy, housed, with the extra suite in its own chemise, in a linen dropback box with morocco label.
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