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[RICCARDI PRESS]

SHAKESPEARE, William
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Edited by W.J. Craig
London: Philip Lee Warner for Medici Society, 1913.

Riccardi Press Booklet edition. Octavo (9-1/4 x 6-1/2 in.) No. 376 of 1,000 numbered paper copies for Great Britain. Quarter pale tan buckram and grey paper boards, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, others uncut. Collates 88 pp.: [3], ii, 1-78, 3, [3]. Printed in the 11 point Riccardi font on handmade laid Riccardi Paper watermarked with the Riccardi Press device. Moderate offset staining to covers, light bumping to extremities and edge wear to covers and spine, offsetting to endpapers, overall a very good copy, internally fine. Full decorative border on first page, within which the text of the preface and first sonnet is impressively printed entirely in capitals.

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First page of "The Sonnets of William Shakespeare" with a full decorative border and text printed entirely in capitals
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