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CRANE, Walter - Eight illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest. Designed by Walter Crane . Engraved and printed by Duncan C. Dallas . London, J.M. Dent, Aldine House, Dallastype Press, 1893, large 4to, loose under passe-partout, in gilt orn. publ. box, quarter green buckram (corners sl. rubbed), gilt title on upper cover, gilt orn. flat spine (sl. rubbed), [2] ff., 8 pl. (a few tiny spots). Good copy.
8 pen drawings engraved in Dallastype Facsimile on India paper, pasted by margins under passe-partout and protected by tissue guards. Edition limited to 650 copies of which 600 for sale (n. 298 signed by the printer, with fac simile signature of W. Crane). Ill. titlepage printed in black and red. Beautiful publication by W. Crane (1845-1915), the most influential, and among the most prolific, children’s book creator of his generation, part of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Ref. Bibliogr. of British books illustrators C.353.