Printed at Cambridge University Press in Monotype Fournier (with the capitals reduced in size) on specially watermarked Pannekoe
1929 · New York
by Shakespeare, William
New York: Random House: Nonesuch Press, 1929. One of 1050 sets for England (500 for America). Printed at Cambridge University Press in Monotype Fournier (with the capitals reduced in size) on specially watermarked Pannekoek paper. 7 vols. 8vo. Original full natural tan niger morocco gilt by A.W. Bain, all edges uncut, teg. Some edgewear, especially to the foot of vol. III, usual variations in toning to leather. Ex-library with labels from General Theological Seminary Rare Book Room to front paste-downs of each volume. One of 1050 sets for England (500 for America). Printed at Cambridge University Press in Monotype Fournier (with the capitals reduced in size) on specially watermarked Pannekoek paper. 7 vols. 8vo. A well edited and attractive Shakespeare. In the words of T.E. Lawrence, "It satisfies. It is final, like the Kelmscott Chaucer or the Ashendene Virgil" Dreyfus 58; Blumenthal’s Art of the Printed Book
(Inventory #: 371054)