The tragic history of Hamlet
Subtitle: an artist's interpretation of the classic text by William Shakespeare
By: Mary Heebner
Contributors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Simplemente Maria Press; Lumino Press
Publisher: Simplemente Maria Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Subjects: Artists' books; Illustrations
Other titles: Hamlet
Notes: Issued in box with the prints, unbound in wrapper.

An edition of 20 copies.

Rare Book copy: No. 15, signed by Heebner.

"A suite of twenty direct-pigment prints made from the Hamlet series of collage paintings, printed with archival inks on Somerset Velvet paper and sleeved in Mingei paper folios printed with excerpts from The Tragic History of Hamlet. Pigmented flax and abaca two-sided chemises, watermarked abaca sheets of 'Ophelia' and 'HAMLET', and individually pulp painted, and stenciled cotton and abaca sheets used for the title page, were created at Dieu Donne Papermill in New York City in 2007. A honeysuckle motif from the Second Quarto frontispiece inspired a skull and flower drawing used for the cover image and as the header on each of the folio text blocs."--Colophon.

"John Balkwill of The Lumino Press, Santa Barbara, printed all the text letterpress, editioned by hand on a Vandercook UNI cylinder press, using Centaur typeface. He built the clamshell box with a red leather spine stamped in gold. The cover of the clamshell box uses Cave Paper from Minneapolis, onto which the skull motif is debossed. The entire play is also included as though it were an actor's script. This letterpress text is handsewn with an amate paper cover."--Colophon.

"Source for the text is the [sic] The Globe Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare electronically available through the University of Virginia Library."--Colophon.

The play includes an index of the folio prints.

Envelope containing publisher's announcement and four further pieces of marketing materials laid in; artist's business card laid in.
Table of contents: title: [Prints]; title: [Play].