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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16559, 25 May 1914, Page 5

The most sumptuous copy of Shakespeare’s “ Romeo and Juliet” in existence is being sent from England to a purchaser abroad. The value pt the book is between £IOOO and £ISOO. It has l>een reproduced as an illuminated manuscript on vellum, and the volume is notable as being tlie entire work of one artist,' Alberto Sangorski, who has been engaged upon it for eighteen months. The title is spelt in pearls set in gold, and the coyer is further embellished with 214 rubies and thirtysix amethysts. Altogether 400 precious stones are embedded in the cover, each in a setting of gold.