The sonnets of Mr. William Shakespeare
Contributors: Craig, W. J. (William James), 1843-1906, editor; Lee-Warner, P. H. (Philip Henry), 1877-1925, publisher; Medici Society; Riccardi Press
Series: The Riccardi press booklets
Publisher: Published for the Medici Society by P.L. Warner
Published: 1913
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Other titles: Shakespeare Collection (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: Sonnets
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

Caption title.

First page of text within ornamental border. Dedication precedes first sonnet.

"Reprinted from the Oxford text, as edited by W.J. Craig."

"Of this edition ... in the eleven point Riccardi fount have been printed on handmade Riccardi paper 1000 copies for Great Britain, and on vellum 12 copies, of which 10 are for sale."

"The Sonnets ... were also printed in 1913 in the fourteen point Riccardi fount - 150 copies - together with a Latin version by the late Alfred Thomas Barton, privately printed for the Barton memorial committee."

Not in Barton Collection catalog.

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern, red morocco panelled and tooled in gilt; a Cosway-style binding with a miniature of Shakespeare after the Chandos portrait set into the upper cover. This is copy no. 18.