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[Clanvowe

(Sir Thomas)] The Floure and the Leafe, & The Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale, one of 300 copies on Apple paper, printed in red and black in Troy type, 2 large wood-engraved initials designed by William Morris, original holland-backed boards, upper cover titled in black, uncut, [Peterson A43], 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1896.

***"The first bound copy of the book arrived at Kelmscott House an hour or two before Morris's death." Peterson.