Songs of Shakespeare, 1865, Illustrations: color lithographs (chromolithographs) with gold, 11 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 5/8 in. ( x 2
Songs of Shakespeare, 1865, Illustrations: color lithographs (chromolithographs) with gold, 11 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 5/8 in. ( x x cm), Books, One page of this lovely illustrated book is devoted to a song from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (act 2, scene 2) crooned by Titania’s fairy attendants to lull their queen to sleep. Hedgehogs, spotted snakes, newts, and spiders—all of which the text instructs to keep their distance—appear in the elaborate border, where color lithography reproduces the brilliant effects of manuscript illumination
Size: 5200px × 3585px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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