Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title:
Antony & Cleopatra / William Shakespeare ; designed and produced by Ronald King ; with notes and an introductory essay, "The elusive absolute," by Keith Please.
Alternate Title(s):
Antony and Cleopatra
Published / Created:
[Guildford, England] : Circle Press Publications, 1979.
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 59 p. : ill. ; 40 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 46
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Articles & Chapters
Notes:
Eleven sections, unsewn, in paper wrappers; issued in a portfolio.

"A limited edition of three hundred books with five H.C. [hors commerce] copies, forty artist's proofs, and ten marked Circle Press, held for presentation; all the books signed by the artist"--p. [v]

Cooking the books, p. 172

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. [C.P.V.]
Subject Terms:
Antonius, Marcus, 83?-30 B.C. -- Drama. | Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama. | Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43–31 B.C. -- Drama. | Generals -- Rome -- Drama. | Queens -- Egypt -- Drama. | Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Circle Press -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
King, Ronald, 1932– | Please, Keith. Elusive absolute. | Circle Press.