Sonnets William Shakespeare

DESCRIPTION: Octavo (8vo) 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (236 x 170 mm), 154 pp. Introduction (foreword) by Dr. Neil Rudenstein, Harvard University. Set in Jenson type and printed letterpress on felt paper. No. 11 of 100 of the deluxe copies in binding of half tan morocco with paste paper over boards, five raised bands on spine, black leather spine label with gilt titling, top edge gilt. Handmade end papers and pastedowns. Frontispiece is a tipped-in reproduction of the title page of the original (1st) edition of the sonnets published in 1609. Signed by Dr. Neil Rudenstein and proprietor/book designer Luke Ives Pontifell in the colophon. Protected with a clear archival Grafix Dura Lar dust wrapper._____CONDITION: Fine ("as new") condition._____DISCUSSION: This Thornwillow Press edition commemorated the William Shakespeare Quadricentennial (2016) using the Folger Shakespeare Library text. It is elegantly designed and letterpress printed with one sonnet on each page. This edition is greatly enhanced by an original foreword written by Shakespeare and Renaissance literature scholar and Harvard University president (1991 to 2001) Dr. Neil Rudenstein._____NOTE: International shipping cost to the United Kingdom and Europe is $50 U.S. dollars.