London : Allied Newspapers Ltd., [1932]Printed in Scotland : Andersons Edinburgh, Ltd.
Physical Description:
40 volumes : illustrations ; 52 mm + 1 bookcase
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR2754 .P75 2005 Flat AYale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With a frontispiece illustration in each volume.Fairman, E. Poet of them all, page 219Bondy, L.W. Miniature books, page 123Michael Garbett Antiquarian & Fine Books. Miniature and small Shakespeare sets, mostly in cases, 21Selected exhibitions: "'The Poet of Them All': William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert" (Yale Center for British Art, June 16-August 21, 2016).BAC: British Art Center copy bound by Jana Přibíková, each volume in a different decorative binding. Bound in goatskin, and decorated using a variety of techniques and materials, including gold and silver tooling; snakeskin and onlays; and marbled paper.
Contents:
v. 1. The tempest -- v. 2. The two gentlemen of Verona -- v. 3. The merry wives of Windsor -- v. 4. Measure for measure -- v. 5. The comedy of errors -- v. 6. Much ado about nothing -- v. 7. Love's labour's lost -- v. 8. A midsummer night's dream -- v. 9. The merchant of Venice -- v. 10. As you like it -- v. 11. The taming of the shrew -- v. 12. All's well that ends well -- v. 13. Twelfth night -- v. 14. The winter's tale -- v. 15. King John -- v. 16. King Richard II -- v. 17-18. King Henry IV -- v. 19. King Henry V -- v. 20-22. King Henry VI -- v. 23. King Richard III -- v. 24. King Henry VIII -- v. 25. Troilus and Cressida --v. 26. Coriolanus -- v. 27. Titus Andronicus -- v. 28. Romeo and Juliet -- v. 29. Timon of Athens -- v. 30. Julius Caesar -- v. 31. Macbeth -- v. 32. Hamlet.--v. 33. King Lear -- v. 34. Othello -- v. 35. Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 36. Cymbeline -- v. 37. Pericles -- v. 38. Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece -- v. 39. Sonnets and poems -- v. 40. Biography and glossary.
Exhibition History:
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016)