GUILELMUS OF TYRE - KELMSCOTT Press - William Caxton - William Morris ( printer ) :
Reference : 43187
" Hammersmith (Middlesex), published by the Kelmscott Press, 27th April 1893., large in-4°, xxii pp + 450 pp + (ii)nn pp. Chapter titles printed in red. With decorative woodcut double page title, woodcut ornamental borders and initials designed by William Morris. One of 300 paper copies , out of a total edition of 306 copies. Printed in red and black in Troy and Chaucer types. Bound in original limp vellum with yabb edges and silk ties (ties partly broken, as usual after more then 100 years), title in gilt lettering on spine. Some sporadic dustsoiling but a fine copy. One of the copies donated by Mrs. William Morris after the death of her husband ; with a printed note stating the gift tipped on to the first paste down. Reprinted from the Caxton edition of 1481. Petersen A15."