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Shelfmark

Gn.1.09 - Gn.1.10

Author

Uniform title

[Le mort d'Arthur]

Title

The byrth, lyf, and actes of Kyng Arthur; of his noble knyghtes of the rounde table, theyre merveyllous enquestes and aduentures, thachyeuyng of the Sanc Greal; and in the end le morte dArthur, with the dolourous deth and departyng out of thys worlde of them al. With an introduction and notes, by Robert Southey, Esq.

Varying form of title

Morte d'Arthur

Publication, distribution, etc.

London : Printed from Caxton's edition, 1485, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-row. By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, 1817.

Physical description

2 v. ([2], lxiii, [3], xxxix, 383, [1]; [1], 495, [1] p.) ; 25cm. (4to)

Note

Title vignettes: woodcut of a knight on horseback, similar to that of St. George and the dragon.

Note

Signatures: b-o⁴, p, B-Z⁴, 2A-2Z⁴, 3A-3C⁴; B-Z⁴, 2A-2Z⁴, 3A-3R⁴.

Provenance

19th-century armorial bookplate of Eton School Library on front flyleaf recto.

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton (1852-1914) on upper endpaper recto.

Provenance

Bookplate of 19th-century novelist J. H. Shorthouse (1834-1903) on front pastedown.

Binding

19th-century polished brown calfskin over millboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets at the borders, board edges, and turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands; decorated with gilt tools and fillets, now mostly faded; gilt titling over black label ("Morte d'Arthur"). Single endbands with plain thread. Textblock trimmed and marbled. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.

Copy-specific note

Blue ribbon used as bookmark.

Copy-specific note

Card catalogue entry inserted between front pastedown and endpaper.

Subject

Arthur King.

Subject

Arthurian romances.

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Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.

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Added entry--place

England London.

Language code

enm

Identifier

B24884
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