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Tragicall historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke
William Shakespeare ; edited by J. Dover Wilson from the text of the second quarto printed in 1604-5, "according to the true and perfect coppie" ; with which are also printed the Hamlet stories from Saxo Grammaticus and Belleforest and English translations therefrom ; illustrated by Edward Gordon Craig.
"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.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as a collection of Cranach Presse titles: The tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, its' supplement Notes on the Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, and its' prospectus, Hamlet and the prospectus for Die tragische Geschichte von Hamlet, Prinzen von Dænemark. The four titles are housed together in a clam-shell box and accompanying folder.
Formerly owned by Wilma Marquise de Brion (sister of Harry Kessler). TXA