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Accession number:
PML 76889
Published:
Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 8 May 1896.
Description:
ii, [2], 554 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 44 cm
Credit:
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes:
T.p. and 1st text page within woodcut borders; ornamental initials and marginal decorations; sidenotes in red.
"...edited by F.S. Ellis; ...pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones" -- colophon.
Binding:
Publisher's holland boards, linen spine; in a chintz cloth cover designed by William Morris and fabricated by Jane Morris for her own copy, later gifting it to Cockerell.
Inscriptions/Markings:
With the signatures of the seven principle contributors to the volume inscribed on rear flyleaf.
Provenance:
Sydney Cockerell (presentation copy from William Morris, 7 July 1896); Jane Morris [chintz cover only].
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