Limited Editions Club -VOLPONE--Ben Jonson (1953) illus. René benSussan

Description: A dramatist ranked as second to only Shakespeare, Jonson had an even greater influence on English playwriting in the century after his death. Jonson is often credited with creating the genre of Comedy of Humours, and while examples of plays where a character's motivation is controlled by a single overriding trait date to ancient times, it is doubtlessly due to the popularity and success of Jonson's plays, such as VOLPONE, OR THE FOX, a relentless satire on avarice, that popularized this type of play on the English stage. Designed by the great Francis Meynell, the illustrations by benSussan hand-colored in France at the studios of Maurice Beaufume, and printed at the Oxford University Press, this is one of the great later LECs.

Price: 85 USD

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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Binding: Hardcover

Modification Description: Signed by the illustrator

Place of Publication: England

Signed: Yes

Publisher: Limited Editions Club

Modified Item: No

Subject: Performing Arts

Year Printed: 1953

Language: English

Illustrator: René benSussan

Special Attributes: Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition

Region: England

Author: Ben Jonson

Personalized: No

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Topic: Comedy