The Works of Shakespeare, edited by William Ernest Henley

The Works of Shakespeare, edited by William Ernest Henley

Shakespeare, William,1564-1616. Works

Among Denison’s collections of fine printing and artists' books is a rare and exceptionally beautiful set of Shakespeare’s works, which belonged to Ellen Browning Scripps. The set was edited by William Ernest Henley and printed in Edinburgh, 1901-1904. In the "Advertisement," Henley explains many of his editorial and design choices.

The following is printed on the verso of the title page of each of the 20 volumes of this very limited edition.

The Connoisseurs’ Edition

of the

Extra Illustrated Henley Shakespeare

is limited to

Twenty-six Lettered Copies of which this is

Letter ___S____

Each volume is bound in red Morocco leather inlaid with gold. Each inner cover, front and back and also bound in Morocco leather, features a portrait of a different heroine from Shakespeare's plays, and the endpapers are covered in green satin.

These volumes are elaborately illustrated with illuminated title pages, engravings, prints, and hand-painted watercolor portraits throughout the texts, offering different artists' interpretations of many of Shakespeare's characters and scenes.

Shakespeare, William

Denison Library, Scripps College

Printed at Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty

1901-1904

William Ernest Henley, editor, and various artists

For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Denison Library at Scripps College.

20 volumes.; illustrations; 33 cm.

English

text; still image

The Henley Shakespeare, Denison Library, Scripps College