The tragedie of King Lear

Creator

Van Vliet, Claire

Date

• 1986

Publisher

West Burke, Vermont: Janus Press

Summary

• COLOPHON: "This edition of The Tragedie of King Lear presents the 1623 First Folio text of William Shakespeare's play. The spelling, lineation, use of italics and punctuation of the First Folio edition were substantially retained, but modern letter-usage was adopted, undoubted typographical errors were quietly corrected, a few stage directions were added, and consistently spelled whole names were used for speech prefixes, in lieu of the First Folio's abbreviations. The added stage directions were placed in parentheses. This book was printed on paper made by hand especially for it at the paper studio of Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani, located in Whiting, Maine. The type for the text is hand-set Spectrum, with the Times New Roman for display. Text preparation, typographical design, setting and presswork were done by Michael Alpert at the Theodore Press, Bangor, Maine. Lorene Burman proofread the text. Claire Van Vliet's woodcut illustrations were printed by the artist at the Janus Press in West Burke, Vermont. The birch covers were individually decorated by Claire Van Vliet who designed the binding with Nancy Southworth of Lancaster, New Hamphire. The binding was accomplished with help from Marnie Cobbs, Tamar Schumann, Nancy Southworth, Linda Wray, and Micahel Alpert. The slipcases were made by Judi Conant of Guildhall, Vermont. Of 160 copies, this copy is for The Kohler Art Library."
• Signed by Claire Van Vliet.
• Birch covers with black and white link designs are attached to a white leather spine. Pages bound through spine. Book set in black drop-spine sleeve which slides into grey slipcase.