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Description: Consists of 16 leaves (including title page) of mounted drawings and proofs, and one folded sheet by William Morris for initials, borders and illustrations for his poem "Love is enough". The title page has an illuminated initial colored in red. The remaining images are pencil or ink on paper. All images are mounted on rectos. Morris was apparently unable to find a complementary typeface for his designs and issued an undecorated book in 1873. In 1898, two years after his death, the Kelmscott Press published an illustrated version utilizing only a portion of the original ornaments. Some pages have ms. inscriptions in pencil, probably by S. C. Cockerell, Morris' secretary.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1870
Call number: 637673
Creator: Morris, William (1834-1896)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: G.P. Romer Hertford, Catalogue 84, July 1952, item 8. George Wardle identified as previous owner.; Purchased from same catalog as:; Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898. Unpublished woodcuts for the Tale of Cupid and Psyche (call number 637674)
Dimensions: 34 cm
Associated people: Morris, William, (1834-1896.); Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, (1867-1962,); Wardle, George,
Associated organization: Kelmscott Press.
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[Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962]. [Notes on the printing of The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye by the Kelmscott Press], A.MS. (1 p.), ([ca. 1900?])
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One glass drawing slate within a decorative wooden frame with paper border. Accompanying the slate are two sheets of images, one in color (patterns) and one in outline images, to be used with the drawing slate. The slate glass bears the pencil-drawn images of an elephant, cherries, and a flower. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Morris, May, 1862-1938. 6 letters, 2 cards and 2 postcards to Miss E.M. Saunders, ([ca. 1910?]-1932), London and Kelmscott Manor, Lechlade (Oxon., Eng.)
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