Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title:
The poems of William Shakespeare / printed after the original copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593 ; The rape of Lucrece, 1594 ; Sonnets, 1609 ; The lover's complaint.
Alternate Title(s):
Poems
Published / Created:
[Hammersmith, England : Kelmscott Press, 1893]
Physical Description:
[6], 216, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2841 .E55 1893+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Colophon: Here ends this edition of Shakespeare's Poems, edited by Frederick S. Ellis, and printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith ... and finished on the 17th day of January, 1893.

500 paper copies. 10 vellum copies.

Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press A11

BAC: British Art Center copy is one of 10 on vellum. Bound in vellum, with silk ties.
Subject Terms:
Kelmscott Press -- Publisher. (BACRB) | Morris, William -- Printer. (BACRB) | Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1893. (BACRB)
Contributors:
Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830–1901.