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1909 1st ed A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare

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1909 1st ed A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare

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1909 1st ed A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare Rackham Illustrated

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous and popular stage works. It follows the adventures of young Greeks and the faeries that try and manipulate them.
This 1909 first French edition is beautifully illustrated with the art of Arthur Rackham and features 40 etchings in color of Rackham’s work. According to Carteret, the art in this work is “one of the best illustrations of the artist”

Item number: #1972

Price: $499

SHAKESPEARE, William

Le songe d'une nuit d'été par William Shakespeare; illustré par Arthur Rackham

Paris: Hachette et cie, 1909. First edition.

Details:
•Collation complete with all pages: 134p
o41 tipped-in, color plates by Arthur Rackham; including frontis
•References: Carteret, Treasure of the Bibliophile p.180
•Language: French
•Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
•Size: ~10in X 8in (25cm x 20cm)
•We find this very rare French edition selling elsewhere for as much as $2,100

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