Janus Press – The Tragedie of King Lear.
(Janus Press) The Tragedie of King Lear. By William Shakespeare. With woodcut illustrations by Claire Van Vliet. Theodore Press. Bangor, Maine. Janus Press. Newark, Vermont. 1986. 135p. 14.5″ x 11″. 39 woodcuts, 12 full-page and one double-page in black and white by Claire Van Vliet. Text printed by Michael Alpert at the Theodore Press on gray handmade paper specially made for the edition by Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani. Alum-tawed pigskin spine, exposed cords, and birch boards decorated by the artist with black and white rain striations. Wrapped in a black cloth chemise. Housed in a slipcase of linen-finish gray buckram. Gray paper spine label in black. No. 95 in an edition of 160 copies, signed by Claire Van Vliet. Fine.
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