Tempest vs Midsummer DLE?

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Tempest vs Midsummer DLE?

1punkzip
Jan. 7, 2022, 4:43 pm

How does the Tempest DLE (which is almost sold out but it may be one of those situations when only a portion of the run was released?) compare to the Midsummer DLE? - I have Midsummer and it is excellent - wondering whether Tempest is equal.

2whytewolf1
Bearbeitet: Jan. 8, 2022, 6:57 am

Considering that The Tempest was originally released in 2013 and only has a stated limitation of 400, I'm pretty certain that once it's gone, it's gone for good.

I don't have the Midsummer Night's DLE (though I hope to be able to pick one up someday), but I do own about a dozen DLE's, all from either the signed by the illustrator series or early 20th-century gift book facsimiles like The Tempest. And I think The Tempest is great. Dulac's art is wonderful, as always. I'd been eyeing this one for a long time and finally pulled the trigger recently when the stock started to get really low. A good friend and fellow collector purchased this edition recently, also (and has several DLEs himself), and he was very pleased with the book, as well.

3jroger1
Jan. 7, 2022, 6:34 pm

Both are gorgeous. I don’t know why it’s taken “The Tempest” so long to sell out, except perhaps everybody already has a Shakespeare set. Both books are well worth the cost.

4JayBooker
Jan. 8, 2022, 9:18 pm

I don't have a Shakespeare set yet since I am a new collector. I was tempted by the Tempest DLE (especially due to the low stated limitation of 400 copies).

However, I decided to get the new DLE "The Works of Shakespeare" due to the gorgeous Boydell gallery illustrations. It is also a better value for money for me since it includes all of Shakespeare's work. I am not speaking for all new collectors but it is possible that I am not the only one thinking that way.

5jroger1
Jan. 8, 2022, 9:55 pm

>4 JayBooker:
Most of us Shakespeare buffs started like you did, either with an omnibus edition or with a few paperbacks. Then once we were hooked, we began to buy nicer editions as our interests and budgets allowed.

You will soon learn whether you prefer editions as Shakespeare wrote them or with updated spelling; with or without explanatory notes and whether you want them at the back or on the appropriate page; whether you want illustrations or if you prefer to visualize the settings and action yourself.

I have a pretty nice collection accumulated over many years (although I didn’t know Will well enough to ask for his signature). As a mathematician by profession, I need all the literary help I can get by reading the Oxford editions or something similar, but I also love beautiful illustrations, a conundrum I have yet to resolve.

By the way, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was limited to 250.

6JayBooker
Jan. 8, 2022, 11:22 pm

>5 jroger1: I am a visual person so pictures help me enjoy the story more. I prefer classical looking and detailed illustrations such as those done by Gustav Gore, the illustrations of the Boydell gallery, Chris Hammond, and Hugh Thomson, among others. Thomson's illustrations are a major influence in my decision to I order the P&P peacock edition book from EP.

A Midsummer Night's Dream limit of 250 is sweet. I probably would not mind double dipping on that one if it was still available.

I am just curious. Do you still have multiple editions of Shakespeare or did you only keep the best one and sell everything else?

7jroger1
Bearbeitet: Jan. 9, 2022, 12:23 am

>6 JayBooker:
I have a complete set published by EP around 10 years ago illustrated by Byam Shaw. Other than that I have some singles and partial sets that struck my fancy including about 20 of the Oxford hardcovers that were published as companion books to the Folio Society’s Letterpress Shakespeare series (but only 4 of the actual Letterpress volumes). I’ve dispensed with my older paperbacks.

8JayBooker
Jan. 10, 2022, 12:32 am

>7 jroger1: thanks for sharing! :) I am looking forward to receiving my first Shakespeare set.

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