The Order of Chivalry. Translated from the French by William Caxton. [AND:] L'Ordene de Chevalerie with Translation by William Morris
Kelmscott Press. Lull, Ramon, William Caxton, William Morris, F. S. Ellis (Ed.)
Hammersmith. Kelmscott Press. 1893
A fine copy of the Kelmscott edition of Caxton's translation, the first book from the press printed in Chaucer type.
From the edition limited to 235 copies, with this one of 225 on paper.
'Saw the sheets of Caxton's Order of Chivalry the printing of which is just complete. It is the prettiest book yet done ... '. (Sydney Cockerell writing in his diary quoted by Peterson).
Harry Manfield (1855 - 1923) of Moulton Grange was the eldest son of Sir Moses Philip Manfield MP, a Northampton shoe and bootmaker. A Liberal MP himself, Manfield was a Justice of the Peace, a philanthropist, a councillor and, as demonstrated here, a bibliophile.
[Peterson A13].
From the edition limited to 235 copies, with this one of 225 on paper.
'Saw the sheets of Caxton's Order of Chivalry the printing of which is just complete. It is the prettiest book yet done ... '. (Sydney Cockerell writing in his diary quoted by Peterson).
Harry Manfield (1855 - 1923) of Moulton Grange was the eldest son of Sir Moses Philip Manfield MP, a Northampton shoe and bootmaker. A Liberal MP himself, Manfield was a Justice of the Peace, a philanthropist, a councillor and, as demonstrated here, a bibliophile.
[Peterson A13].
[78 leaves including blanks; pp. (iv),151. 2 vols. in 1. 8vo. (204 x 140 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece after a design by Edward Burne-Jones with full woodcut border, numerous 10-line and smaller decorative initials, printed text in red and black in Chaucer type throughout, concluding leaf of the first work with colophon and large Kelmscott device verso, final leaf of second work with with colophon and large Kelmscott device recto. Original publisher's limp vellum with Yapp edges, maroon silk cloth ties, title gilt to spines.
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