Yale Center for British Art

Title:

The romance of Sir Isumbras.

Alternate Title(s):

Syr Ysambrace

Published / Created:

[Hammersmith, England : Kelmscott Press, 1897]

Physical Description:

[2], 41 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2065 .I8 1897
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Caption title.

Cover title: Syr Ysambrace.

Edited by F.S. Ellis.

Frontispiece designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

Colophon: Edited by F.S. Ellis after the edition printed by J.O. Halliwell from the ms. in the library of Lincoln Cathedral, with a few corrections. Printed at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith ... and finished on the 14th day of July, 1897. [printer's device] Sold by the trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.

350 paper copies. 8 vellum copies.

Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press A48

BAC: British Art Center copy is one of 8 on vellum. Bound in blue paper on boards.

Subject Terms:

Morris, William -- Printer. | Kelmscott Press -- Publisher. | Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1897.

Contributors:

Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830–1901. | Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898, ill.