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The history of Reynard the foxe / by William Caxton.

Accession number
PML 151918
Published
Hammersmith : Reprinted by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press ; Piccadilly : Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 15 December 1892.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Woodcut t.-p. and first p. of text within decorative borders; ornamental initials, marginal decorations; chapter headings printed in red.
With a letter from Cobden Sanderson to Mr. Tobin, dated 2 Feb. 1897 in which he states that he shall be happy to bind books, but he cannot supply patterns or exact prices. The Journals of Cobden-Sanderson for 1897, mention that he was working on patterns for Reynard the Foxe.
"...done into English out of Dutch by William Caxton" -- colophon.
Description
159 p. ; 29 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full olive green levant binding. With folded down edge to binding. Signed on back cover: Dove's Bindery 18 C-S 97. In a morocco and cloth slip case.
Classification
Department