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Ref NoShakespeare/2/S E/ 317.193 373734
Finding NumberS E 317.193 373734
TitleThe tragedie of Hamlet, prince of Denmarke / William Shakespeare ; edited by J. Dover Wilson from the text of the second quarto printed in 1604-5, "according to the true and perfect coppie" ; with which are also printed the Hamlet stories from Saxo Grammaticus and Belleforest and English translations therefrom ; illustrated by Edward Gordon Craig.
LevelItem
Date1930
DescriptionGeneral Note: "Count Harry Kessler planned the typographical arrangement ... Edward Gordon Craig designed and himself cut on wood the illustrations. Eric Gill cut the title. The type ... was designed by Edward Johnston"--Colophon.
General Note: "Seven copies on vellum, containing three extra sets of loose proofs signed by the artist, marked A to G, fifteen copies on imperial Japanese paper, containing one set of loose proofs signed by the artist, numbered I to XV, three hundred copies on the hand-made paper ... with the watermark of the press, numbered 1 to 300"--Colophon.
General Note: Wilson's "Notes on The tragedie of Hamlet" (35 p. ; 35 cm.) in pocket.
Extent1
AuthorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Wilson, John Dover, 1881-1969.
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966.
Kessler, Harry, Graf, 1868-1937.
SubjectTag 650: Hamlet (Legendary character) Sources.
Tag 650: Hamlet (Legendary character) Drama.
Tag 650: Kings and rulers Succession Drama.
Tag 650: Murder victims' families Drama.
Tag 650: Fathers Death Drama.
Tag 650: Revenge Drama.
Tag 650: Princes Drama.
Tag 651: Denmark Drama.
Physical Description186 p. : ill. ; 36 cm.
Access StatusOpen
CreatorNameCranach Presse.
PublisherWeimar : Cranach Press,
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