A lovely fine press edition of the Sonnets of Shakespeare, both printed and bound by Riviere & Son of London.
Shakespeare, William. The Sonnets of Shakespeare. With Preface and Glossary by Israel Gollancz. London. Riviere & Son. Ltd. Nd. c.1900. 1st edition thus, preceding the popular "Temple" version which reproduced this text and the etching by G. F. Watts.
This was the true first appearance of the beautifully produced etching, "Love Triumphant," by G. F. Watts, so-described in the front matter.
A beautiful small octavo measuring c.4 x 5 inches in a fine arts and crafts style-binding by also by Riviere & Son. Leather very attractive, though a bit faded with light rubbing at extremities. Very solid, tooling crisp, foredges hatch-tooled in gold, dentils tooled in gold, and endpapers atmospherically marbled. A bit browned at edged of ffep. Text handsomely printed in red and black. Very crisp and clean.
