King Lear. (The Letterpress Shakespeare). 2 vols.

This is a rare book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Folio. Hand-bound in dark red goatskin, blocked in gold, with matching hand-marbled paper sides. T.e.g. (116pp.). In buckram-bound solander box. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper. Commentary volume: 8vo. Orig. dark red buckram. Spine gilt, with paper label on front cover. (x, 322pp.). Commentary volume includes the Oxford University Press text, edited by Stanley Wells on the basis of a text prepared by Gary Taylor, with full explanatory notes, appendices, num. b/w plates, and dark red endpapers. Individually numbered on a special limitation page, this being No. 1452. Fine.