SHAKESPEARES VENUS AND ADONIS... LUCRECE... THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM... SONNETS...; Pericles... - Facsimiles of the original printings
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. Cosway Style Binding. COSWAY STYLE (BAYNTUN-RIVIERE)
SHAKESPEARES VENUS AND ADONIS... LUCRECE... THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM... SONNETS...
Pericles... - Facsimiles of the original printings
Oxford
Clarendon Press
1905
PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY WILLIAM MINEARD BENNET
5 volumes bound together. Edited by Sidney Lee, signed by him on the limitation leaf. 24.5x19 cm (9¾x7½"). bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full morocco, elaborately ruled in gilt, inset color portrait, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, inner morocco panels, silk moire endpapers, gilt dentelles, slipcase. No. 634 of 1000 copies.
Photographic facsimiles with commentary of these five early printings of William Shakespeare, being the first editions of each text, issued between 1593 and 1609.
William Mineard Bennet (1778–1858), was an English miniature-painter, singer and composer. While apprenticed to the engraver Abraham Ezekiel in the city, he learned Hebrew and became enthusiastic about music. Following the expiration of his apprenticeship he moved to London and set himself up as miniature painter. He studied under Sir Thomas Lawrence, and gained a considerable reputation as a painter of portraits and miniatures. He mixed with many of the most distinguished literary men of that day, among whom his wit and talents made him a great favorite. Very good. Item #534
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