1928 ❧ CRANACH PRESS HAMLET. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Die Tragische Geschichte Hamlet Prinzen von Dænemark. Weimar: Cranach Press, 1928. Folio. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts drawn and carved by Edward Godron Craig, printed in black and red. Loose as issued, in publisher's vellum-backed board portfolio, cover and spine stamped in red, housed in orange morocco backed cloth clamshell box, spine stamped in black and gilt. Occasional spotting. Portfolio lightly rubbed. LIMITED EDITON, WITH ORIGINAL PROSPECTUS LOOSELY INSERTED, numbered 33 of 230 copies on Maillol-Kessler hand-made laid paper from a total edition of 247 copies. Considered one of the finest printings of a Shakespeare play, the Cranach Hamlet features type designed by Edward Johnston for the publication after that used by Fust and Schoeffer in their 1457 Mainz Psalter. 'Undoubtedly the typographically most interesting printing by Kessler,' according to Gill. Brinks 76; Gill 340a; Müller-Krumbach 48; Schauer II 74. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing