Creator
Shakespeare; Kelmscott Press
Title
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.
Coverage
Hammersmith; [London]
Publisher
Kelmscott Press; Sold by Reeves & Turner
Date
1893
Description
In 2012 former Grolier Club President Eugene Flamm made the Club an extraordinary gift of 29 Shakespeare fine press editions, including the 1893 Kelmscott Press edition of The poems of William Shakespeare, one of 500 copies on paper. The gift was just one of many made by Dr. Flamm during his terms as Chair of the Grolier Club Library Committee, and as Club President, and it significantly enriched the Club’s collection of representative examples of fine press books.
Source
Gift of Eugene S. Flamm, 2012.