Pyramus & Thisbe : distilled from the pages of A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare ; woodcuts by Chris Nurse.
2003
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Title
Pyramus & Thisbe : distilled from the pages of A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare ; woodcuts by Chris Nurse.
Uniform title
Midsummer night's dream. Selections
Published
Monmouthshire : The Old Stile Press, 2003.
Description
52 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 30 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Nurse, Chris, 1962- artist, signer.
McDowall, Nicolas, printer.
Wookey Hole Mill, papermaker.
Old Stile Press, publisher.
Fine Bindery (Firm), binder.
Nurse, Chris, 1962- artist, signer.
McDowall, Nicolas, printer.
Wookey Hole Mill, papermaker.
Old Stile Press, publisher.
Fine Bindery (Firm), binder.
Note
"All the images, single- and two-colour, are woodcuts by Chris Nurse and were printed from the wood. The type is Bulmer and the paper is 250 gsm Somerset Printmaking. The papers for the binding involve images by the artist, printed at The Old Stile Press. All copies were bound by The Fine Bindery, Wellingborough. The printing was completed, during the Summer of 2003, by Nicolas McDowall at The Old Stile Press ... The edition is limited to 160 copies, numbered and signed by the artist"--Colophon.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Wales -- Monmouthshire.
Item Details
Call number
ART Vol. e323
Folger-specific note
Paper boards. Half polished brown leather, stamped in blind. Deckle edges. Number 48 out of 160. Signed in pencil by the artist.
Folger accession
269843