[The Reading Room Press] Shakespeare, William.
Title |
A Selection of Sonnets by William Shakespeare all of which commence with the letter L. |
Date |
Quenington: 2023 |
Publisher |
The Reading Room Press, |
Description
Copy number '48' of an edition limited to 50 copies on BFK Rives paper, set in Caslon type and printed on an Albion press. The twelve individual sonnets are set in a variety of type faces as follows: Sonnet 3 - Richmond; Sonnets 7 and 25 - Bembo; Sonnet 26 - Palatino; Sonnet 36 - Cochin; Sonnet 60 - KJoch-Antiqua; Sonnet 105 - Walbaum; Sonnetrs 116 and 118 - Perpetua; Sonnet 142 - Gaudy Text; Sonnets 143 and 151 - Caslon. Each sonnet is decorated with the letter 'L' in the left margin, cut by Paul Kershaw. Blue quarter cloth over marbled paper covered boards with a gilt letter 'L' on the cloth of the upper board and gilt lettering to the spine, bottle green endpapers. Quarto, pp. [32].
Condition
A book in Fine condition.