[Rarebooks] FS: THE BIRDS AND BEASTS OF SHAKESPEARE, Copy #1 of 5 Proof Copies of this masterpiece of the Cheloniidae Press

[Charles Agvent]

(CHELONIIDAE PRESS) SHAKESPEARE, William (ROBINSON, Alan James). THE 
BIRDS AND BEASTS OF SHAKESPEARE. (Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 
1990. First Edition. Folio (10-3/8" x 15-7/8"), the exact untrimmed size 
of the First Folio of 1623, bound by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton 
in full gilt-lettered rust morocco, with marbled endsheets by Faith 
Harrison, in a custom cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered large 
morocco spine label. Designed by illustrator Alan James Robinson and 
Arthur Kinney, who wrote the text. Illustrated with 54 wood engravings 
depicting the birds and beasts and one wood engraving as well as an 
etching of Shakespeare. This is copy #I of 5 special proof copies (of a 
total edition of only 131) printed by Harold Patrick McGrath on 
Cheloniidae rag made specially for the Press, the first paper to carry a 
Cheloniidae watermark, and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon 
page. With an extra suite of the engravings and etching, each SIGNED and 
numbered by Robinson, plus another suite, issued only with the 
limitation of 5, containing two working proofs of each wood engraving 
and three state proofs of the etching, all SIGNED by Robinson. In 
addition there are two ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS--one of a wolf, the 
other a lion-- INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the artist to the original owner. 
Prospectus laid in. The rarest state of the greatest achievement of the 
press. Fine in a clamshell box, a beautiful book. (#015716)        
$12,500.00

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