SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. ‘ Romeo and Juliet ‘ with an Introduct...

Hammer

£110

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. ‘ Romeo and Juliet ‘ with an Introduction by Richard Henry Stoddard and Illustrations by Jacques Wagrez and Louis Titz [1892]. Limited edition on Japan paper, Number 31 of 50 copies. With plates & etchings. Duptat & Co [New York, 1892]. Hardback, bound in leather with gilt spine. Small tear to spine. Etchings by L. Muller after Jacques Wagrez and photogravures after Louis Titz, several etchings in both proof and final versions) tissue guards, additional inset etchings. A fine limited edition in a handsome binding by Marguerite Duprez Lahey. No. 31 of 50 copies on Japan paper, out of a total edition of 350 (another 300 copies were printed on Holland paper). Marguerite Duprez Lahey (1880-1958) was born in Brooklyn, New York to an affluent family. She initially began bookbinding as a hobby, apprenticed with several French bookbinders, and in 1908 was hired by the Morgan Library, where she worked for fifty years. She created many beautiful bindings for books of hours and other manuscripts at the Morgan, as well as printed books.