Shakespeare.- The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London, William Heineman; New York, Doubleday, (1926). In-4°; 20 pl. Publisher's binding : grey cloth, gilt title and naiad on the upper board, flat spine with gilt title and stamp. First...
Estimation :
100 / 120
Adjudication :
220 €
Description
trade edition illustrated with 20 color plates (including the frontispiece encircled with a ornemental black frame), 20 black engravings, 5 historiated head-pieces and with a black historiated border encircling the title-page. The same year was published an "Edition de luxe" limited to 520 copies numbered and signed by the artist with an extra coloured plate titled "Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell". ▲ Provenance : W.H. Smith & Son at London (label). • Nice copy in fine condition. ^ Édition originale, ex. du tirage courant. Orné de 20 pleines pages en couleurs dont le frontispice, 20 illustrations en noir, 5 bandeaux historiés et un encadrement cernant le titre. Pleine toile grise d'édition.
