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.
Added entry--name
Southey, Robert, 1774 - 1843 contributor.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Davison, Thomas, 1765? - 1830 printer.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--name
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
enm
Identifier
B24884