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Title(s):
Of King Florus and the fair Jehane.
Additional Title(s):

Tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane

Floire et Jeanne. English.
Published/Created:
[Hammersmith, England : Kelmscott Press, 1893]
Physical Description:
[4], 96, [1] p. ; 15 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PQ1461.F47 A25 1893
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Hf45 15f: 350 copies on paper, 15 on vellum. This copy printed on paper.
Cover title, half-title, and caption title: The tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane.
Translated by William Morris from a little volume called "Nouvelles françoises en prose du XIIIe siccle," Paris, 1856. cf. E.L. Cary William Morris, p. 276.
Colophon: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, & finished on the 16th day of December, 1893. Sold by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.
Title and first page of text within ornamental border; initials; marginal notes in red.
Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press A21
Cary p. 276.
BAC: British Art Center copy is one of 15 on vellum. Bound in blue paper on boards.
Subject Terms:
Kelmscott Press -- Publisher. (BACRB)
Morris, William -- Printer. (BACRB)
Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1893. (BACRB)
Contributors:
Morris, William, 1834–1896.
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