Description:
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) illus. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Romeo e Giulietta, Signed by Dali. Milan: Rizzoli Editore, [1975]. Large folio, illustrated with ten color lithographs printed on heavy paper, one of the 819 unnumbered copies ad personam from the edition of 999, text printed on laid paper with Dali's signature in the watermark, bound in burgundy silk, with the original slipcase, 16 x 13 1/4 in.; [together with] an extra suite of the plates with tissue wrappers captioned in Italian, housed in publisher's burgundy silk-covered portfolio, 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (2)
Estimate $3,000-4,000
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Rizzoli Editore, MilanJohn Dorfman
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