(CHELONIIDAE PRESS) Kinney Arthur F The Birds and Beasts of

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THE MOST AMBITIOUS WORK OF THE PRESS (CHELONIIDAE PRESS.) Kinney, Arthur F. The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare. Etched frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare with animals, 52 wood engravings, and an additional suite of Signed and numbered prints by Alan James Robinson. Folio, tan morocco stamped in black, suite laid into cloth chemise; prospectus laid in; cloth clamshell box. (Easthampton, 1990)

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the most ambitious work of the press. number 36 of 100 deluxe copies signed by Robinson with a suite of signed and numbered plates. This copy has an additional original watercolor on vellum of the "juvenile humpback whale" inscribed and signed by Robinson for his friend, laid in; plus a signed prospectus. The text addresses the natural history, folklore, and mythology of the birds and beasts in Shakespeare's work.