Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere

SHAKESPEARE, William.

The Poems & Sonnets of William Shakespeare.

Description

A superb copy of the sonnets and narrative poems of England's most famous dramatist, finely bound in red morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere with an all-over design of meandering roses onlaid in pink, green and red. Limited edition, number 247 of 470 copies; folio (32.5 x 20 cm); bookplate to front free endpaper verso; red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, panels elaborately tooled in gilt with an all-over design of meandering roses onlaid in pink, green and red, gilt spine in 6 compartments, top-edge gilt, others uncut, dentelles tooled in kind, very light offsetting to margins of endpapers, a fine copy enclosed in red cloth solander box, contrasting green morocco title-piece to spine; 245, [1]pp.