SHAKESPEARE (William)

Timon of Athens [with] Julius Caesar

2 vols. bound as 1. Each one of 200 copies on Japon. Illustrations by Byam Shaw in black, title in red. 16mo., x, 114pp and xii, 116pp, 16 x 11cm. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red crushed goatskin, covers intricately tooled in gilt with leaf sprays and roses with additional detail in white, central wreaths to upper and lower covers with design of Timon in profile and 'JC' respectively in gilt, spine in five compartments with gilt leaf sprays, two panels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, green watered silk endleaves, binders gilt stamp to tail of lower turn in. London, Chiswick Press, 1900.

£1,250.00

Very good.

The scarce limited edition of two volumes from the monumental Chiswick Press Shakespeare printed on Japon, in an elegant and intricate binding by the master bookbinders Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

Stock No.
252312