A Midsummer Night's Dream - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is one of William Shakespeare’s comedy plays, but it’s also a romantic and magical story. The playbook that we are selling comes with detailed and intricate illustrations by Arthur Rackham, which pair wonderfully with the play’s dream-like narrative.

Published in 1908 by William Heinemann, this book has forty colour plates by Rackham, with numerous black and white illustrations adorning the pages. You can’t go a few pages without seeing a drawing of a fairy or an illustration of an enchanted forest scene!

The book itself has a scale-like texture and design to the boards, with a vellum binding across the spine and golden titling. The brightly-coloured endpapers in a kaleidoscopic watercolour style tie together the artistic nature of this book.

For those wanting an illustrated edition of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, or a book filled with high-quality drawings by Rackham, this book is for you! It is being sold for £300.

If you are interested in purchasing this book, or would like more information of other items we sell, then please get in contact by emailing us at sales@mainlybooks.co.uk, or come visit us in store in Eton! Please refer to our Contact Us page for more information on how to reach us.