FOREEDGE PAINTING OF SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE: The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare

Collection of Shakespearian extracts in a beautiful little binding adorned with a foreedge painting of Shakespeare’s Birthplace in Stratford upon Avon. Small octavo bound in red roan, blind stamped to boards and gilt decoration to spine; all edges gilt with the foreedge painting visible when the book is splayed. The book was given as a present in 1840 by a Richard Moon - perhaps the LNER railway tycoon, 1814-1899 - to his niece Ellen Elizabeth Moon. Yellow-coated endpapers; a few brown spots to preliminary pages. A lovely copy Shakespeare’s birthplace now houses the Birthplace Trust on Henley Street, Stratford. It is a restored 16tth century house which has been a place of literary pilgrimage for several centuries now.