Die Tragische Geschichte Von Hamlet Prinzen Von Daenmark.
by CRANACH PRESS. SHAKESPEARE (William)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Weimar: Printed at the Cranach Press by Henry Kessler., 1928-9. Wood engravings by Edward Gordon Craig, and wood-engraved lettering by Eric Gill, typeface designed by Edward Johnston, after that used by Fust & Schoeffer in their Mainz Psalter of 1457. The hemp and linen fibre paper was made by Maillol. No.115 of only 230 copies of the German edition. Folio, original vellum backed, salmon pink paper covered boards with lettering in red on spine and upper cover. Housed in the original card slipcase. A superb copy with only a little browning pp.14-18.||Intended by Count Kessler as the crowning glory of his private Cranach Press, Hamlet was 17 years in gestation from when he had seen Gordon Craig’s black figures for his Moscow Hamlet and decided that spectacular woodcuts could be printed from them. The result is one of the most important and spectacular works of the private press movement.|Brinks, The Book as a Work of Art, The Cranach Press, p.412. A superb copy of the German edition
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11911
- Title
- Die Tragische Geschichte Von Hamlet Prinzen Von Daenmark.
- Author
- CRANACH PRESS. SHAKESPEARE (William)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed at the Cranach Press by Henry Kessler.
- Place of Publication
- Weimar
- Date Published
- 1928-9
- Keywords
- Gordon Craig;Wood Engraving;Cranach Press;Edward Johnston;Eric Gill Book,Illustrated, Printing Typography & Lettering, Private Press
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vellum
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...