Accession number
PML 198158
Published
[Upper Mall, Hammersmith, Middlesex] : [Kelmscott Press], [1896]
Credit line
Gift of T. Peter Kraus in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows, 2018.
Notes
Trial leaf, printed on recto and verso of a sheet of vellum, for the 1896 Kelmscott Press publication of 'The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, now newly imprinted.'
Type and decoration printed in black; marginal heading printed in red.
The small ornamental border around the illustration on this trial differs from the one used on page [15] of the published version. Other elements--the large border, type, and initials--appear to be identical to those used in the edition.
Borders, initials, and type designed by William Morris. Text in Chaucer type. Illustration engraved by W.H. Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones.
Type and decoration printed in black; marginal heading printed in red.
The small ornamental border around the illustration on this trial differs from the one used on page [15] of the published version. Other elements--the large border, type, and initials--appear to be identical to those used in the edition.
Borders, initials, and type designed by William Morris. Text in Chaucer type. Illustration engraved by W.H. Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones.
Description
1 sheet (pages [15]-16) : 1 illustration (wood engraving); 42 x 28.5 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Sir Sydney Cockerell, presented by him to H.P. Kraus, 2 December 1956; gift of T. Peter Kraus, 2018.
Binding
Loose in folder, never bound.
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