SHAKESPEARE (William): OEuvres. Tragedies and Comedies Paris - Lot 233

SHAKESPEARE (William): OEuvres. Tragedies and Comedies Paris, Les Heures Claires, 1971. 12 volumes. 19 by 23.5 cm. Full red morocco leather, spines with 4 nerves, ornate caissons, boards richly decorated with a large floral frame, and coats of arms in the center. Gilt headband, double gilt fillet inside, beige moiré silk endpapers, lined slipcase. Signed Renaissance du Livre binding. Rubbing on some nerves, not serious, otherwise very good condition. Copy numbered 2251 of 2680 on vélin chiffon de Rives. Illustrated collective edition of SHAKESPEARE's theatrical works, giving a modern vision of these texts. Numerous off-text color illustrations: Macbeth - Antony and Cleopatra illustrated by DOUKING; Comme il vous plaira - Tout est bien qui finit bien illustrated by COMMERE; La comédie des erreurs - Peines d'Amour perdues illustrated by FONTANAROSA; La nuit des rois - Le songe d'une nuit d'été illustrated by CARZOU; Roméo et Juliette - Titus Andronicus illustrated by J. D. MALCLES; The Taming of the Shrew - The Two Gentlemen of Verona illustrated by CHAPELAIN-MIDY; Othello illustrated by Leonor FINI; Hamlet illustrated by CARZOU; Coriolan - Timon d'Athènes illustrated by Yves BRAYER; Julius Caesar - King Lear illustrated by Georges WAKHEVITCH; Much Ado About Nothing - The Tempest illustrated by LELONG; The Merchant of Venice - The Merry Wives of Windsor illustrated by Yves BRAYER. One of the finest illustrated editions of Shakespeare, here in its handsome publisher's binding.