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Kelmscott Press--William Morris | The Earthly Paradise, 8 volumes, 1896-97

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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Kelmscott Press--William Morris.


The Earthly Paradise. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896-1987


8 volumes, 8vo (23.5 x 16.4cm), printed in red and black, ornamental woodcut borders, title and initials, original limp vellum, yapp edges, silk ties, light spotting to edges, light warping to covers of volume three


One of 225 copies (on paper) of an edition of 231. The ten borders and four half borders found within this eight-volume set were not used in any other Kelmscott volume. Morris himself oversaw completion of the first two volumes, while the remaining six were printed by the trustees of the estate after his death in 1896.


PROVENANCE:

Edward John Power (1858-1916), collector of oriental works of art, books and paintings; thence by descent


LITERATURE:

Peterson A41; cf. Peterson, Kelmscott Press History (1991), pp.219-221

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