The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea: Done out of Ancient French by William Morris
Language: English
Published by Kelmscott Press, London/Hammersmith, 1894
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: MRM Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.MRM Books
AbeBooks seller since September 18, 2025
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 3,208.91
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Printed by and sold by William Morris. Bound in publisher's original quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 20 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, handmade, Batchelor (with the Perch watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon in red and black. [iv], 130 pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Woodcut frontispiece title within a floral border, and facing page with full woodcut floral page-border (borders 11a and 11). Numerous 7, 6-, and 3-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Shoulder notes and some lines (including colophon) in red. A medieval French tale translated by Morris, who found them in a collection of medieval romances printed in Paris in 1856, NOUVELLES FRANcAISES EN PROSE DU XIIIEME SIeCLE. The Kelmscott Press also published two other works from the same source. THE TALE OF EMPEROR COUSTANS was the source of THE MAN BORN TO BE KING, in THE EARTHLY PARADISE. The second story is A TALE OF OVER SEA. [Cockerell 26. Peterson A26. Walsdorf 26.] Custom dark blue clamshell box. An attractive, though nameless, woodcut bookplate inside front cover, with a motto quite in the spirit of the Arts and Crafts movement -- Pulchritudas, Utilitas, Conservatio, Continuitas. Condition overall: Very Good+. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/8" x 3/4" (14.8 x 10.5 x 1.9 cm).…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea: Done out of Ancient French by William Morris
- Author
- Morris, William (1834-1896) (translator)
- Publisher
- Kelmscott Press, London/Hammersmith
- Publication year
- 1894
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 0.5 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- Fine Press, First Editions, Kelmscott Press Editions
MRM Books
Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since September 18, 2025
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