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.

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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.