A Midsummer Night's Dream

This comedy, written in the mid-1590s, is set in Athens and in a wood beyond the city on the night before Duke Theseus marries Hippolyta. Egeus demands that his daughter Hermia marry Demetrius; she flees with Lysander, pursued by Demetrius and by Helena, who loves him. In the same wood Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, quarrel over a changeling boy, and the servant Puck applies a love-juice that disorders both the mortals and Titania. Bottom the weaver and his fellow craftsmen rehearse a play for the court wedding. The action is the sorting of these crossed desires before dawn.

Quarter bound in green Nigerian goatskin leather with marbled papers. Top edge gilding. Dark green endleaves. Oxford University Press commentary. Green solander box with leather label. Or green slipcase titled in gold.