Shakespeare's The tragedie of Macbeth : printed from the folio of 1623
RA Collection: Book
Record number
15/5239
Author
Imprint
London: Ernest Benn, 1923
Physical Description
lix, 84 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (8 col.) ; 33 cm. (Lge 4°).
Series Title
The Players' Shakespeare
General Note
Spine title: Macbeth
"There are two editions. The one, strictly limited to one hundred signed copies for sale and six copies not for sale, numbered respectively 1 to 100 and I to VI, is printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper and bound either in vellum or in oasis morocco by Zaehnsdorf. The other edition, printed on pure rag paper, is strictly limited to four hundred and fifty copies for sale and fifty copies not for sale, numbered respectively 101 to 550 and VII to LVI"-- p.[vii].
"The introductions are by Mr Harley Granville-Barker. The volumes have been printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, under the direction of Mr B. H. Newdigate, and the coloured illustrations have been carried out in facsimile collotype by Messrs Whittingham & Griggs. The line blocks are by Messrs Emery Walker. The edition is under the art-editorship of Mr Albert Rutherston. This volume is illustrated by Mr Charles Ricketts, A.R.A."-- p.[vii].
Name as Subject
Subject
Illustrated books
Contributors
Charles Ricketts RA, illustrator
Harley Granville-Barker, contributor
Ernest Benn Limited (London and Tonbridge), publisher
The Shakespeare Head Press, printer
Harley Granville-Barker, contributor
Ernest Benn Limited (London and Tonbridge), publisher
The Shakespeare Head Press, printer