Shelfmark
CS.1433.01
Author
Uniform title
[Cymbeline]
Title
Shakespeare's The tragedie of Cymbeline : printed from the folio of 1623.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Tragedie of Cymbeline.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Ernest Benn Limited, 1923 (Stratford-upon-Avon : Shakespeare Head Press)
Physical description
lvii, [3], 134, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm.
Series statement
(The Players' Shakespeare)
Note
With introd. by Harley Granville-Barker and ill. by Albert Rutherston.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
Note
"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, of which this is number [unnumbered]"--P. [vii].
Note
"Printed litteratum from the first folio of 1623 ... and illustrated by artists interested in the modern stage ... 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. ... This volume is illustrated by Mr Albert Rutherston"--P. [vii].
Binding
20th century original quarter brown buckram spine over grey card boards; black titling on the spine; rough fore and bottom edges; blank endpapers.
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 Bibliography Folios. 1623.
Subject
Britons Kings and rulers Drama.
Subject
Fathers and daughters Drama.
Subject
Married people Drama.
Subject
English drama (Tragicomedy)
Subject
Great Britain History Drama. Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Genre/Form
Tragicomedy.
Genre/Form
Plays.
Added entry--name
Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877 - 1946 writer of introduction.
Added entry--name
Rutherston, Albert, 1881 - 1953 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Walker, Emery, 1851 - 1933 engraver.
Added entry--name
Shakespeare Head Press printer.
Added entry--name
Ernest Benn Ltd. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53943