Kelmscott Press.- Meinhold (William) Sidonia the Sorceress, translated by Francesca Speranza, Lady W
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Kelmscott Press.- Meinhold (William) Sidonia the Sorceress, translated by Francesca Speranza, Lady Wilde, one of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red & black in Golden type, wood-engraved border and initials designed by William Morris, library label to front pastedown and ink numbers to verso of title, light browning to a few ff., upper hinge cracked, variant binding of original holland-backed boards, upper board working loose, remnant of printed paper label to spine, spine browned and stained, spine ends frayed, joints rubbed, boards soiled and with some staining, corners worn, uncut, [Peterson A19], large 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1893.
⁂ Most copies were bound in original limp vellum with silk ties but Peterson notes that "Cockerell instructed Leighton to bind thirty copies in 'half holland uniform with the Golden Legend' and these were later donated to British and American libraries".
Provenance: 'Given by Mrs William Morris in Memory of Her Husband 1897' (bookplate to front pastedown).
⁂ Most copies were bound in original limp vellum with silk ties but Peterson notes that "Cockerell instructed Leighton to bind thirty copies in 'half holland uniform with the Golden Legend' and these were later donated to British and American libraries".
Provenance: 'Given by Mrs William Morris in Memory of Her Husband 1897' (bookplate to front pastedown).
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Kelmscott Press.- Meinhold (William) Sidonia the Sorceress, translated by Francesca Speranza, Lady W
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