74 from the 1685 fourth folio
259. SHAKESPEARE, William. [the histories, except henry v, extracted from the fourth folio, 1685]. [London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley]. [1685].
£6,000
folio in sixes. recent full panelled calf by bernard middleton (with his pencil signature), the play list tooled in gilt at the centre of the upper cover; pp. 1-232 (without 89-110, Henry V); margins cut close throughout, resulting in cropping at some fore-edge margins, some old stains and two leaves have repaired tears.
shakespeare’s history plays, except Henry V, extracted from a copy of the fourth folio edition of the complete works published in 1685. comprising King John, Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry VI Parts 1-3, Richard III and Henry VIII. only the first and last pages of Henry V are present. the fourth folio was the last of the great 17th century folio editions of shakespeare’s complete plays. it was a reprint of the third folio (1663) with corrections and modernizations.
260. [SHAKESPEARE]. BUNBURY, Henry. twenty-two plates illustrative of various scenes in the plays of shakspeare, engraved by bartolozzi, tompkins, cheeseman, meadows
etc.from the designs of the late henry bunbury, esq. in the possession of ... the duchess of york. Published originally by the late Thomas Macklin, sold by J. Nicols, Rivington, Stockdale, Lowndes et al. [c.1811].
£2,500
elephant folio., recently rebound in green morocco backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt on spine, retaining the original leather label on upper board. With 22 stipple engraved plates, two proofs before letters. paper repair to inner lower margin and lower edge of frontispiece (not affecting plate), a couple of plates with an odd spot in the margins, generally a very good clean copy.
first edition, an imposing collection of fine engravings of scenes from shakespeare plays. bunbury’s shakespeare drawings were commissioned by thomas macklin who, like John boydell, enlisted artists to produce pictures to be engraved for a larger market; the twenty-two illustrations by bunbury were engraved in 1792-96.
henry William bunbury (1750 - 1811) was the son of sir William bunbury of mildenhall, suffolk. After completing his studies at cambridge university he began to draw caricatures and other comic subjects, the first of which were etched and published in 1771. bunbury then quickly rose to become one of the greatest satirical artists of the day with his etchings such as the series entitled, Hints to Bad Horsemen. he also became close friends with the great artist, thomas rowlandson, who later engraved many of bunbury’s designs. throughout his career, henry bunbury enjoyed the patronage of the duke of york who appointed him his equerry in 1787.
261. SHAKESPEARE, William. shakspearian tales in verse by mrs valentine. illustrated by r. Andre. F Warne & Co. [1881].£248
folio, original decorative cloth. illustrated with 20 full page colour plates and sepia illustrations in the text by Andre chromolithographed by emrik & binger. A little wear to head of spine, otherwise a very good copy.
first edition.
262. SHAKESPEARE, William. the one hundred and fifty four sonnets of shakespeare. New York. The Thomas Y Crowell Company. 1944.
£298
8vo., sometime bound half blue morocco over patterned paper covered boards. With two colour engravings by Aldren Auld Watson. spine and upper board a little sunned, otherwise a very good copy.
first edition designed and illustrated by Aldren Auld Watson.
263. SHAKESPEARE, William. shakespeare’s england. An Account of the life & manners of his Age. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1950
£128
two volumes. 8vo, original blue boards, upper boards stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, in clipped-dust-jackets; illustrated in black and white throughout; a very good set.
reprint. 259
264. SHAKESPEARE, William. hamlet. Rome. Delfino Edizioni d’Arte. [1985]
£9,995
folio, original full dark red morocco with bronze bas-relief of hamlet’s dilemma by henry moore on upper board. illustrated with 10 colour plates by henry moore. slight fading to boards where the original bookstand (now not present) held the volume, otherwise a fine copy.
one of 21 “ad personam” lettered copies, this “g” presented to levi fox, the one time curator of the shakespeare birthplace trust, and with a silver plaque on the front pastedown denoting this. With forewords by stanley Wells and John gielgud.
the foreword by stanley Wells, the general editor of the oxford shakespeare, introduces the play and suggests a spiritual kinship between moore and shakespeare. “henry moore’s art, like shakespeare’s, has a mythical quality”.
John gielgud in his foreword recalls his performances of hamlet and expresses his pleasure in being associated with this collaboration between delfino and henry moore.
the colophon to this remarkable edition of Hamlet states “that a total of 1200 copies were produced - numbered from 1 to 1200, 21 ad personam - lettered from A to Z - with 350 copies numbered reserved for other countries”. the edition does however appear to be very scarce with only one standard copy appearing at auction and with only two other “ad personam” known in institutions, at the shakespeare birthplace trust, and the henry moore foundation.
the ten drawings used within the play were taken from existing drawings by henry moore. the bas-relief bronze on the front board is a recasting of the reclining figure portion of Relief: Three Quarters Mother and Child and Reclining Figure, 1977.
265. SHAKESPEARE, William. romeo & Juliet. Greenbrae, CA. Allen Press. 1988.
£2,500
4to., bound by Jenifer lindsay in full manuscript vellum, lettered in black on spine, boards with geometric patterns formed from white silk cord. illustrated with pen and ink drawings by michele forgeois with decorative initials in the margins in various colours. A fine copy.
limited edition of 115 copies, this one of only 10 in the deluxe binding.
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