The most sumptuous copy of Shakespeare's “llomeo and Juliet” in existence is being sent from England 10 a purchaser abroad. Tho value of tho book is between £IOOO and f lo(K). It has been reproduced as an illuminated manuscript on vellum, and the volume is notable as being the entire work of one artist, Alberto Sangorski, ivho has been engaged upon it for eighteen months. The title ris spell in pearls set in. gold, and the cover is further embellished with 214 rubies and thirty-six amethysts. Altogether 400 precious stones are embedded in the cover, each in a setting of gold.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8702, 8 April 1914, Page 2
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101Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8702, 8 April 1914, Page 2
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