ID: 1776
Shakespeare: Hamlet.
MOORE, Henry

Category: Illustrated, Private Press

Place/Publisher/Date:
Rome, Delfino. [1985].

Description: Limited edition; folio; original publisher's binding of full dark brown morocco over wooden boards, rectangular bronze bas-relief 'Hamlet's Dilemma' by Moore to upper board, pages uncut, complete with printed tissue-guards and cut-out suede-covered stand. Number 520 of 1200 copies, although it as probable that this limitation is grossly exaggerated. As of early 2010 only two copies could be traced in institutions: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon and a copy at the Henry Moore Foundation. Metal bookplate of Etttore Greco Scribani to front paste down. Abridged text in English edited by Stanley Wells. Ten offset lithographs in colours by Moore. The bas-relief is a recasting of the 'Reclining Figure' portion of Relief: Three Quarters Mother and Child and Reclining Figure'. 1977 (A Bowness, Henry Moore - Complete Sculpture, Volume 5 1974-1980, 1983; listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonnee no. 728). A fine copy of a seemingly rare edition.

Price £8,250.00