The tragedie of Hamlet, prince of Denmarke
By: William Shakespeare ; edited by J. Dover Wilson from the text of the second quarto printed in 1604-5, "according to the true and perfect coppie" ; with which are also printed the Hamlet stories from Saxo Grammaticus and Belleforest and English translations therefrom ; illustrated by Edward Gordon Craig.
Contributors: Wilson, John Dover, 1881-1969.; Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966.; Kessler, Harry, Graf, 1868-1937.; Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.; Cranach Presse.; Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Cranach Press
Published: 1930
Place of publication: Weimar
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Sources; Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Drama; Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Drama; Murder victims' families -- Drama; Fathers -- Death -- Drama; Revenge -- Drama; Princes -- Drama; Denmark -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Notes: LC copy formerly owned by Bruce Rogers.
"Count Harry Kessler planned the typographical arrangement ... Edward Gordon Craig designed and himself cut on wood the illustrations. Eric Gill cut the title. The type ... was designed by Edward Johnston"--Colophon.
"Seven copies on vellum, containing three extra sets of loose proofs signed by the artist, marked A to G, fifteen copies on imperial Japanese paper, containing one set of loose proofs signed by the artist, numbered I to XV, three hundred copies on the hand-made paper ... with the watermark of the press, numbered 1 to 300"--Colophon.
Wilson's "Notes on The tragedie of Hamlet" (35 p. ; 35 cm.) in pocket.
LC has copy no. 84.