A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare ; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
1908
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Title
A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare ; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
Uniform title
Midsummer night's dream
Edition
[Limited ed.].
Created/published
London : William Heinemann ; New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908 (London : Ballantyne & Co. Limited ; Ballantyne Press)
Description
134 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939.
Cotton, Albert Louis, former owner.
Heinemann (Firm), publisher.
Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher.
James Ballantyne and Co., printer.
Ballantyne Press, printer.
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939.
Cotton, Albert Louis, former owner.
Heinemann (Firm), publisher.
Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher.
James Ballantyne and Co., printer.
Ballantyne Press, printer.
Note
"This edition is limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland."
"The illustrations have been produced by the Hentschel Colour-type Process"--Colophon.
Illustrated title page
Each plate accompanied by guardsheet, with descriptive letterpress.
"The illustrations have been produced by the Hentschel Colour-type Process"--Colophon.
Illustrated title page
Each plate accompanied by guardsheet, with descriptive letterpress.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. Golden Lads and Lasses.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
PR2827 1908 Copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
No. 206 of limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's vellum binding with front cover stamped and illustrated in gold. Armorial bookplate (motto: Prodesse qua[m] conspici) of Albert Louis Cotton
Folger accession
cs623