SONNETS
Short description:
Shakespeare’s sonnets are the pinnacle of English Renaissance verse and an important stage in the history of poetry worldwide. A lyrical confession, a passionate monologue telling of enduring spiritual values – friendship, love, art, accompanied by woodcuts made by the Saint Petersburg artist Sergei Shvemberger.
Artists:
Edition:
25 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and the artist. Copy № 7 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:1993
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Number of pages:192
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Dimensions:120 × 105 mm
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Paper:Velin d’Arches (France), 180 g/m², handmade
Language:
English
The sonnet, brought to England from Italy, was the most widely used and fashionable poetic genre in the Renaissance era. 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, published in the first edition of 1609, during his lifetime, have survived. Still today, literary historians are trying to solve the mystery of the “Dark Lady” and “Fair Youth” to whom they are dedicated. Many works of scholarship and fiction have been written and several films made about the possible story behind the creation of the sonnets.
Shakespeare did not keep a diary. Not a single letter from him has come down to us. It was only in the sonnets that he revealed his soul. Readers around the world enjoy the beauty of the language and the passion of his inspiration, turning this anthology into the most brilliant cycle of poetry in the history of world literature.
Shakespeare did not keep a diary. Not a single letter from him has come down to us. It was only in the sonnets that he revealed his soul. Readers around the world enjoy the beauty of the language and the passion of his inspiration, turning this anthology into the most brilliant cycle of poetry in the history of world literature.
This edition includes 34 woodcut illustrations. The printed text was typeset by hand. The leather cover is embellished with a relief and brass mounts.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Project director — Andrei Pakhomov
Creator of the illustrations, printing of the xylographs, layout, design of the cover — Sergei Shvemberger
Typesetting and printing of the text — Nauka printing house
Making of the brass mounts — Andrei Degtev
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Project director — Andrei Pakhomov
Creator of the illustrations, printing of the xylographs, layout, design of the cover — Sergei Shvemberger
Typesetting and printing of the text — Nauka printing house
Making of the brass mounts — Andrei Degtev
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
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Year of publication:1993
-
Number of pages:192
-
Dimensions:120 × 105 mm
-
Paper:Velin d’Arches (France), 180 g/m², handmade
Language:
English
The sonnet, brought to England from Italy, was the most widely used and fashionable poetic genre in the Renaissance era. 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, published in the first edition of 1609, during his lifetime, have survived. Still today, literary historians are trying to solve the mystery of the “Dark Lady” and “Fair Youth” to whom they are dedicated. Many works of scholarship and fiction have been written and several films made about the possible story behind the creation of the sonnets.
Shakespeare did not keep a diary. Not a single letter from him has come down to us. It was only in the sonnets that he revealed his soul. Readers around the world enjoy the beauty of the language and the passion of his inspiration, turning this anthology into the most brilliant cycle of poetry in the history of world literature.
Shakespeare did not keep a diary. Not a single letter from him has come down to us. It was only in the sonnets that he revealed his soul. Readers around the world enjoy the beauty of the language and the passion of his inspiration, turning this anthology into the most brilliant cycle of poetry in the history of world literature.
This edition includes 34 woodcut illustrations. The printed text was typeset by hand. The leather cover is embellished with a relief and brass mounts.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Project director — Andrei Pakhomov
Creator of the illustrations, printing of the xylographs, layout, design of the cover — Sergei Shvemberger
Typesetting and printing of the text — Nauka printing house
Making of the brass mounts — Andrei Degtev
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Project director — Andrei Pakhomov
Creator of the illustrations, printing of the xylographs, layout, design of the cover — Sergei Shvemberger
Typesetting and printing of the text — Nauka printing house
Making of the brass mounts — Andrei Degtev
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
William Shakespeare
SONNETS
A lyrical confession, a passionate monologue telling of enduring spiritual values