A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; The Text of the First Folio, with Quarto Insertions, Edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon / Illustrated from Water-colors by Arthur Rackham / The Collector's Library of Famous Editions / Bound in Genuine Leather

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1967. Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Decorated & gilt-stamped leather. As New. Arthur Rackham. Quarto (11 1/4" x 7 3/4" x 3/4"), genuine full black leather with two raised hubs and gilt lettering to the spine + elaborate gilt title and image of donkey-headed Bottom overlooking a voluptuous woman sitting in a forest; Illustrated with beautiful color frontispiece that was the basis for the art behind the front cover by Arthur Rackham, who also created 5 full-color plates; a.e.g. [all page edges gilded] with .22k gold; silk or rayon page-marker & light blue silk moiré endpapers, 74 pages + [1] Colored plate by Rackham. "Notes from the Archives" laid in. Weight: 1 lb. 10 oz. A Midsummer Night's Dream (c.1595-96) is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies. The play is set in Athens, and consists of plots that revolve around marriage of the main characters with an elaborate subplot involving conflicts among four lovers. The characters often find themselves in a forest with fairies and humorously confused situations.<br /> <br /> VERY GIFTABLE: lovely leather binding with well edited text, attractive illustrations, and the well printed drama. <br /> <br /> Brilliantly clean, tight copy in glowing fantasmagorical colored illustrations by the master, Arthur Rackham, all in a rich black leather binding with all page edges' gilt, ribbon page divider, and moire endpapers. <br /> <br /> This Easton Press Edition reprints in a new and handsome leather format an earlier edition illustrated by the great Arthur Rackham.