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HAND AND SOUL.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Kelmscott Press – Morris (William) Hammersmith 1895
Kelmscott Press – (Morris William) Hammersmith 1894
Translated out of the ancient French into English by William Morris. Hammersmith 1894. With ornamented woodcut double title and numerous initials by William Morris. Original hollandbacked blue-gray paper boards, black lettering on upper cover, untrimmed edges One of 525 copies on Batchelor laid paper (total edition 545). –Typeset from the Chaucer Type, the running titles and the publisher's imprint were printed in red. This is a particularly charming little anthology of two medieval French romances translated by Morris into his special brand of archaic English.
Bound in full vellum, knap edges gilt lettering on the spine, with ornamented woodcut double title and numerous initials by William Morris. Original parchment with gilded spine title. One of 225 laid copies for the English market ("Sold by William Morris"), another 300 were printed for the American publisher Way & Williams (total edition, including the vellum copies 546). –Typeset from the Golden Type, printed in red and black. A very sharp pristine copy.
Peterson A 36. – Tomkinson 116, 36. – Ransom 329, 36
Price (USD) $2,100
THE TALE OF KING COUSTANS THE EMPEROR. THE HISTORY OF OVER SEA.
One of a total edition of 545 copies
The love stories involve, first, a commoner's marriage to the daughter of the pagan emperor of Byzantium and, second, the adventures that befall French lovers who are taken prisoner by Saracens during a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Peterson A 26. – Tomkinson 114, 26 (with fullpage illustration of the double title). – Ransome 328, 26
Near Perfect condition with no markings inside or out.
Price (USD) $2,420.00
