This high quality paper is made from cotton rags and wood fibers dried on a cylindrical mould which produces the feathered edge known as the 'deckle'. You can feel the indentation where each letter has been impressed into the mould-made paper. Running your fingers over the paper, the difference between letterpress and litho printing is instantly discernible. A book is a pleasure of many senses: the feel of it in the hands, even the smell of the leather and ink all contribute to the enjoyment. Tiny irregularities testify to the hand-crafted nature of the process, since the shape of each line, the very gap between letters, is adjusted by hand to create the most pleasing overall effect. Each letter of type has been created from hot metal in the rarely used 16-point font of 'Monotype' Baskerville, chosen for its clarity and elegance of form. Here, the text is designed by eye and set on a manual machine, not a computer. The layout of words on a printed page is as much an art as such ancient techniques as Chinese or Arabic calligraphy. The shape of each line, and the arrangement of lines on the page, are adjusted by hand to create the most pleasing overall effect for the reader. Meticulously set on a traditional monotype machine, rather than a computer, the type letters have been individually created from hot metal in the rarely used 16-point font of 'Monotype' Baskerville. The text is printed by letterpress, a method now used only for the very finest private press publishing. A pleasure to read, Shakespeare's glorious language lies at the heart of his plays and here, free from the clutter of notes, every line is given the appropriate space to breathe. Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring 15" x 11" x 2_". Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. Half-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides gilded top edge and ribbon marker. A Letterpress edition of Shakespeare's play, created with the highest quality materials and craftsmanship. ***Buckram commentary volume is absent.*** First Thus. Includes play volume in solander clamshell case.
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