Estimate: | £70 - £100 |
Hammer price: | £130 |
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Merchant of Venice, edited by Jay L. Halio. London: The Folio Society, 2010. 2 volumes, folio (348 x 253mm) and 8vo (215 x 140mm). Original half green Nigerian goatskin by G. Lachenmaier, top edges gilt, others uncut, silk marker (folio vol.) and cloth (8vo vol.), fitted green cloth box with green morocco lettering-piece gilt. NUMBER 117 OF 1,000 COPIES. "The Letterpress Shakespeare ... Typeset in 'Monotype' Baskerville with Caslon Display by Gloucester Typesetting Services, Stonehouse, Glos. Printed by Hand and Eye Letterpress, London, on Zerkall Mould-Made Paper. Bound by Hand at the Craft Bindery of G. Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, in Nigerian Goatskin Leather and Marble Paper by Jemma Lewis" (from the statement of limitation). (2)