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The tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Corporate Author: Cranach Presse
Other Authors: Wilson, John Dover, 1881-1969, Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966, Kessler, Harry, Graf, 1868-1937, Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Weimar : Cranach Press, 1930.
Edition:[Presentation copy].
Subjects:
Hamlet > (Legendary character) > Drama.
Kings and rulers > Succession > Drama.
Murder victims' families > Drama.
Fathers > Death > Drama.
Revenge > Drama.
Denmark > Drama.
Princes > Drama.
Description
Item Description:"Count Harry Kessler planned the typographical arrangement ... Edward Gordon Craig designed and himself cut on wood the illustrations. Eric Gill cut the title. The type ... was designed by Edward Johnston"--Colophon.
"There were printed for sale seven copies on vellum, containing three extra sets of loose proofs signed by the artist, marked A to G, fifteen copies on imperial Japanese paper, containing one set of loose proofs signed by the artist, numbered I to XV, three hundred copies on the hand-made paper specially made for the Cranach Press, with the watermark of the press, numbered 1 to 300. This copy is not for sale, it was printed for Wilma Marquise de Brion"--Colophon.
Maillol-Kessler handmade paper.
Issued in presentation box.
Physical Description:186 pages : illustrations ; 36 cm.