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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [LULL, Ramon (1232–1316)]. The
[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [LULL, Ramon (1232–1316)]. The
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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [LULL, Ramon (1232–1316)]. The Order of Chivalry. Translated from the French by William Caxton and reprinted from his edition of 1484. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892. –– L’Ordene de Chevalerie. With translation by William Morris. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Small 4to. Chaucer type, chapter titles in red, wood–engraved frontispiece designed by Sir Edward Burne–Jones, full woodcut border opening, corner border, three–, six–, and ten–line initials, two colophons. Original limp vellum, yapped edges, original silk ties, gilt–lettered spine. LIMITED EDITION, one of 225 copies from a total edition of 235. The last Kelmscott book printed in small 4to and the FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN CHAUCER TYPE which Cockerell alludes to in his diary (12 November 1892) as being the “prettiest book yet done”. A BRIGHT COPY. A Note by William Morris, 13; Franklin pp. 189–190; Peterson A13; Ransom’s Private Presses 13, p. 326; Sparling 13.
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