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THE CRANACH HAMLET (CRANACH PRESS.) Shakespeare, William. The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke. Printed in red and black. Typography arranged by Harry Kessler and designed by Edward Johnston; title-page designed by Eric Gill. Elegant woodcut illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig. Folio, original 1/4 linen over blue boards with printed paper spine label (replacement label still tipped to colophon), mild but uneven fading to boards; custom cloth folding box with gilt-lettered spine label. Includes the 35-page 'Notes on the Text of Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1604' inserted in the rear cover pocket. Weimar, 1930
number 162 of 300 copies printed on handmade paper specially made for the Cranach Press. Kessler had issued a German edition the previous year. One of the most strikingly beautiful illustrated books of the twentieth century. A. Horne, Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, page 154; The Artist and the Book 66.
