THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON
London, England: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover. Quarto, 10.2 in. x 7.75 in., pp. 170, [2]. Illustrated with forty tipped-in color plates mounted on beige cardstock, with captioned tissue-guards. Green cloth boards with gilt title, Falstaff runing after several comely lasses, and all amid floral design; gilt title to spine. Faded gilt top edge. Untrimmed fore- and bottom edges. Light rubbing to extremities; cloth frayed and a bit shelf-worn at top of spine. A crease to bottom of frpnt board, and corners lightly nudged. Pages supple to turn and gently age-tanned throughout. Good Plus. Item #88749
Illustrator Hugh Thomson (1860 – 1920) was born at Coleraine near Derry, Ireland. He is best known for his elaborate color paintings and pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie - and of course, William Shakespeare. Thomson inaugurated the Cranford School of Illustration in 1891.
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