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The Floure and the Leafe; and the Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale
by Clanvowe, Sir Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited First Edition. Very Good. 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16" (24 × 16.4 × .8 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by and sold by William Morris. Medium 4to. Bound in contemporary dark red leather. One of 300 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 10 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Apple watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [viii], 1 (title), [ii], 256, [ii]; [iv], 1 (title) [i], 238, 1 (colophon), [iii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Troy type, with the "Note" and "Colophon" in the Chaucer type, both types designed by Morris for his press. The two stories opening with title printed in red and 15-line elaborate foliate woodblock initial words designed by Morris for his WORKS OF CHAUCER and engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Dated Aug. 21, issued Nov. 2, 1896, the first copy received at Kelmscott House an hour or two before Morris's death. Issued in November 1896. A very handsome printing of this Middle English allegorical poem, written in a woman's voice, which was for many years attributed to Chaucer (now attributed to Sir Thomas Clanvowe, about A.D. 1405–10). [Peterson A43. Sparling 43.] New leather strap with blue and gold spine label. Condition overall: Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- MRM Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1201
- Title
- The Floure and the Leafe; and the Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale
- Author
- Clanvowe, Sir Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kelmscott Press
- Place of Publication
- London/Hammersmith
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16" (24
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Morris, collectable, Kelmscott Press, First Edition, Fine Press, rare, Private Press, colophon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press; First Editions; Kelmscott Press Editions;
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MRM Books
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About MRM Books
I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
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