The Flowers of Shakespeare

Language: English

Published by Web & Bower, Exeter, UK, 1980

0906671051 / 9780906671054

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First ediion, first impression. 64pp, colour illustrations throughout. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine, cream endpapers. 4to. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun-faded, has very light shelf wear and chipping to edges, not price clipped. Shakespeare?s dramatic works references more than fifty different types of flowers and herbs. They are the source of phrases such as ?gilding the lily? and ?a rose by any other name?, and appeared in paintings such as those of Ophelia, the tragic heroine in Hamlet, who drowned herself surrounded by garlands of wild flowers.

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Title
The Flowers of Shakespeare
Author
Hunt, Doris
Publisher
Web & Bower, Exeter, UK
Publication year
1980
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0906671051
ISBN 13
9780906671054
Dimensions
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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