1908 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare | Illustrated & Signed by Arthur Rackham

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous and popular stage works. It follows the adventures of young Greeks and the faeries that try and manipulate them.

This 1908 signed, limited edition is beautifully illustrated with the art of Arthur Rackham and features 40 etchings in color of Rackham’s work. According to Carteret, the art in this work is “one of the best illustrations of the artist.”

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Author(s): William Shakespeare
• Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
• Publisher: London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page
• Edition: 1908. Limited Edition
  • Numbered 689 of 1000
  • Signed by Rackham
• Binding: Full Vellum
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Size:  12 x 9.25 in (30 x 24 cm)
• Collation: [6], 134, [2] pp
• Illustrations: 40 full-page color plates
• Contents Include:
  • Complete text of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • 40 full-page color plates by Arthur Rackham

Condition:

Near Fine. Full vellum binding tight and secure with gilt title and cover illustration intact. Text block firm; pages and plates considerably clean. No missing pages or noted restoration.

Why Collect This?

• Limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies
• Sought by collectors of illustrated Shakespeare and Rackham

Item Number: #50140