Accession number
PML 76903-04
Creator
Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460.
Published
Hammersmith : Printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press; Picadilly: Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 14 October 1892.
Notes
"[A] new edition of William Caxton's Recuyell ... done after the first Edition; corrected for the press by H. Halliday Sparling" -- colophon.
2nd tp. and p. 1 within woodcut compartments; marginal decorations and ornamental initials; headings in red.
Original design for the title-page by William Morris removed and housed and cataloged separately (see PML 76904.1).
2nd tp. and p. 1 within woodcut compartments; marginal decorations and ornamental initials; headings in red.
Original design for the title-page by William Morris removed and housed and cataloged separately (see PML 76904.1).
Description
3 v. in 2 ; 30 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Presentation inscription to Cockerell; "This copy is made up of the sheets that were brought in from the press for William Morris to inspect as each one was finished--when the books were issued he usually made me a present of the sheets." (MS note by Sydney Cockerell on flyleaf).
Binding
Limp vellum.
Classification
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Department