KELMSCOTT PRESS SAVONAROLA (GIROLAMO) Epistola de contemptu mundi, LIMITED TO 156 COPIES, 'Gugli...
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KELMSCOTT PRESS
SAVONAROLA (GIROLAMO) Epistola de contemptu mundi, LIMITED TO 156 COPIES, this one of 150 on paper, edited by Charles Fairfax Murray, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved illustration on title-page by W. H. Hooper after Charles Fairfax Murray, first leaf of text with full border and initial by William Morris, uncut in original holland-backed boards, grease mark and scuff to front cover [Peterson A31, Related Materials (k); Sparling 31], 8vo, 'Guglielmo Morris alla Stamperia Kelmscott', 30 November 1894
Footnotes:
One of only 156 copies privately printed at the Kelmscott Press, this being one of the 150 on paper. 'This little book was printed for C. Fairfax Murray, the owner of the manuscript, and was not for sale in the ordinary way. The colophon is in Italian, and the printer's mark is in red' (Sparling). None of the 156 copies appear to have been offered at auction since 2013.
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SAVONAROLA (GIROLAMO) Epistola de contemptu mundi, LIMITED TO 156 COPIES, this one of 150 on paper, edited by Charles Fairfax Murray, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved illustration on title-page by W. H. Hooper after Charles Fairfax Murray, first leaf of text with full border and initial by William Morris, uncut in original holland-backed boards, grease mark and scuff to front cover [Peterson A31, Related Materials (k); Sparling 31], 8vo, 'Guglielmo Morris alla Stamperia Kelmscott', 30 November 1894
Footnotes:
One of only 156 copies privately printed at the Kelmscott Press, this being one of the 150 on paper. 'This little book was printed for C. Fairfax Murray, the owner of the manuscript, and was not for sale in the ordinary way. The colophon is in Italian, and the printer's mark is in red' (Sparling). None of the 156 copies appear to have been offered at auction since 2013.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.
Condition
Contents - clean throughout with no spotting. small pencil mark inside upper cover
Binding - grease mark and scuff to front cover, otherwise clean/a little toned. joints/hinges fine
Binding - grease mark and scuff to front cover, otherwise clean/a little toned. joints/hinges fine
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KELMSCOTT PRESS SAVONAROLA (GIROLAMO) Epistola de contemptu mundi, LIMITED TO 156 COPIES, 'Gugli...
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