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[DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. Shakespeare’s Comedy of The Tempest. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, SIGNED BY DULAC.

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[DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953), illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Shakespeare’s Comedy of The Tempest. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908.

4to. 40 color-printed plates by Dulac tipped to mounts. (Light spotting throughout.) Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, yellow silk ties (light rubbing to spine); custom slipcase.

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies, SIGNED BY DULAC. This edition of The Tempest is one of Dulac's most lavishly illustrated works. Conolly Hughey 19a.

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