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Sale 227: Fine and Rare Books (#227) 09/13/2001 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/13/2001 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #86 The Golden Legend

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,500

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Description

Heading:

(Kelmscott Press)

Title:

The Golden Legend

Author:

[Voragine, Jacobus de]

Place Published:

[London]

Publisher:

[Bernard Quaritch]

Date Published:

[1892]

Description:

3 vols. [14], 464; [2], 465-864; [2], 865-1286 pp. Woodcut title-page & two illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones; woodcut dec. initials. 11½x8¼, original linen-backed boards, paper spine labels. 1 of 500 copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.

One of the most important books from the Kelmscott Press, printed in Golden type, inspired by Morris's purchase in 1890 of a copy of the book printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1527. In the original boards, with the pages uncut, untrimmed, and largely unopened

Condition:

Rubbing and wear to the spines, labels chipped, ends corn, corners just showing, a few light stains; hinges a bit loose at endpapers, else very good, slight darkening to extreme page edges, else very good, contents largely fine

Item#:

100340
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