A midsummer night's dream
By: by William Shakespeare ; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Contributors: Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939; Heinemann, William, 1863-1920; Doubleday, Page & Company; Hentschel Colour-type Process; Ballantyne Press; James Ballantyne and Co
Edition: [Limited ed.].
Publisher: William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.
Published: 1908
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Fairy plays; Courtship; Drama; Magic; Love; Kings and rulers; Gods; Chastity; Cruelty; Weddings; Donkeys; Dreams
Description: Mix-ups and mishaps occur when Oberon, the King of the Fairies, doses his sleeping wife with a magical potion that causes her to fall in love with the first living thing she sees upon awakening.
Notes: Front cover stamped and illustrated in gold on Vellum binding.

"The illustrations have been produced by the Hentschel Colour-type Process"--Col.

Illustrated t.p.

Each plate accompanied by guardsheet, with descriptive letterpress.

"This edition is limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies, for sale in Great Britain and Ireland."

Rare Book copy: No. 224.

Rare Book copy: Verso of 1st preliminary leaf bears an original sketch by Rackham.