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CRANE, Walter (1845–1915). Shakespeare’s Comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor. London: [Dallastype Press for] George Allen, 1894. Folio. 8 engraved plates on rice paper by Duncan C. Dallas after original pen drawings by Crane, mounted on heavy card; blank interleaves. Original publisher’s gilt–decorated green cloth, top edge gilt (extremes gently darkened, some tiny spots of fraying at ends and corners, inner joints cracked). LIMITED EDITION, number 119 of 650 copies, of which only 600 are for sale. SIGNED BY CRANE AND DALLAS, on limitation. From the private library of a distinguished Chicago book collector.