This set is therefore one of the small number made by Morris himself in 1881. There is some debate about the number of sets of Cupid and Psyche woodcuts. Sydney Cockerell claimed that there were no more than eight but Mark Samuels Lasner has located around
twenty four, most, not all, of which are complete. Only some of these sets have the additional prints for Love is Enough. Tipped in to the rear pastedown is a letter from Sydney Cockerell to Lord Kennet dated 5th October 1938 from his address in Kew: “I want to compare my
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Cupid and Psyche prints with yours. Shall I come to tea one day for this purpose?”. The letter also makes an unconnected but fascinating reference to the Munich Peace Agreement announced in Chamberlain’s celebrated speech of 30th