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The right page of a two page spread featuring Simon Brett's engraving of Pericles and Marina being reunited with Thaïsa. This is the second version of the woodcut--the first was rejected by Jan Elsted, who thought Pericles' expression could be more…

A cropped image of the right portion of a two page spread, featuring the first storm scene in Pericles. The vengeful Poseidon stirs up the tempest to impede our hero Pericles. Simon Brett engraved this woodcut. The type-setting and design was…

A cropped image from a two page spread, featuring Simon Brett's comic vignettes of Antiochus' incestuous relationship and the severed heads of potential courters for his daughter. The type-setting was performed by Crispin Elsted. The paper is Zerkal…

A cropped image of the left portion of a two page spread, featuring the first storm scene in Pericles. Pericles stands aboard a rocking deck, shouting his lines at a vengeful Poseidon. Simon Brett engraved this woodcut. The type-setting and design…

A cropped image of the left page from a two page spread, featuring a courtly dance in Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Simon Brett engraved this woodcut. The type-setting was performed by Crispin Elsted. Pericles is the centre figure. The paper is Zerkal…

A cropped image of a two page spread, featuring Pericles and Thaïsa dancing. The image is printed from an engraving done by Simon Brett. The type-setting was performed by Crispin Elsted. The paper is Zerkal paper.

A cropped image of a two page spread, featuring a portrait of Pericles engraved by Simon Brett. The type-setting was performed by Crispin Elsted. The paper is Zerkal paper.

An image of Simon Brett's engraving featuring Diana descending upon a slumbering Pericles. The paper is Zerkal paper.

A cropped image of Simon Brett's portrait of an aged Pericles with Crispin Elsted's type-set beneath, all on Zerkal paper. Brett carved the image from wood supplied by Barbarian Press. There are a series of these portraits throughout the book to…

Cropped image of Simon Brett's woodcut imprint of Antiochus' incestuous relationship with his daughter. In this edition, Brett frequenlty uses comic-book style images to imply the "dumbshows" or mime work which would have likely occurred in the…

Cover of book containing the novels, A Marriage in High Life by Lady Charlotte Bury and Evelina by Miss Burney.

Inscriptio of ownership by Annie E. Burmester on the inside cover of book containing the novels, A Marriage in High Life by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina by Miss Burney

Dedication and epigraph poem of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Title page of A Marriage in High Life by Lady Charlotte Bury within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Marginalia by owner on page 260 of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Marginalia by two owners on page 89 of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Marginalia by reader on page 192-193 of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Marginalia by reader on page 211 of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Marginalia by reader on page 22-23 of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Ben Jonson's explanatory poem to Renold Elstracke's frontispiece in Sir Walter Ralegh's History of the World. Poem concerns Ciceronian teachings and iconography.