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INSCRIBED BY MORRIS TO WATTS-DUNTON (KELMSCOTT PRESS.) Shakespeare, William. The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint. Printed in red and black. 7 woodcut initials and 3 pages with woodcut borders. 8vo, original gilt-lettered limp vellum with cloth ties, visible rubbing, light soiling, and creasing, small stain to rear upper outer tip; bookseller label of Frederick R. Jones, Torre Square, Torquay; custom cloth chemise and gilt-lettered 1/4 brown slipcase. Peterson A11. (Hammersmith, 1893)
one of 500 copies. inscribed by morris in the year of publication to english critic and poet theodore watts-dunton: "Theodore W. Watts / William Morris / May 14th 1893" on front blank. Watts-Dunton was a close friend of both Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and was a devoted collector and critic of Kelmscott Press editions whom Morris respected greatly. He is best remembered as the close friend of Charles Algernon Swinburne, taking him into his home when Swinburne's alcoholism became problematic.
