Shelfmark
Lu.4.40
Main entry--uniform title
The Thornton romances. Selections
Title
Syr Ysambrace.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Hammersmith : Kelmscott, 1897.
Physical description
[4], 42p : ill. (wood-engraving) ; 21cm.
Note
Based on "The Thornton romances : the early English romances of Perceval, Isumbras, Eglamour, and Degravant" edited by James O. Halliwell, 1844.
Note
Edited by F. S. Ellis.
Note
Frontispiece by Edward Burne-Jones.
Note
Chaucer type in black and red on watermarked Flower paper, with vertical chain lines and deckled edges.
Note
Original natural cloth quarter-binding with black lettering stamped on front board.
Note
ECL copy: One of 358 copies, being one of 350 on paper.
Note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil and ink.
Note
Ms. bookseller's price in pencil.
Citation/references note
Peterson, William S. A bibliography of the Kelmscott Press. Item A48
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of John Roland Abbey.
Subject
Mythology.
Subject
Sir Isumbras.
Added entry--name
Abbey, John Roland, 1894 - 1964 former owner.
Added entry--name
Halliwell, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820 - 1889 (James Orchard) ed.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
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Added entry--place
England Middlesex Hammersmith.
Identifier
B25015