“NOT MARBLE NOR THE GILDED MONUMENTS / OF PRINCES, SHALL OUTLIVE THIS POWERFUL RHYME”: LOVELY FINE PRESS COPY OF SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS
SHAKESPEARE, William. Shakespeare's Sonnets. London: Alexander Moring/ De La More Press, 1904. Small square octavo, contemporary full red morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
Lovely fine press edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, beautifully bound by Riviere.
First published in 1609, the Sonnets explore pure love and devotion, infatuation, sexual attraction and conquest— and betrayal. They are "an incomparable series of poems which has no equal in world literature" (Oxquarry). With an introduction and notes by C.C. Stopes. Kraus 85.
A lovely volume.