Le Morte D'Arthur Printed by William Caxton 1485
by Malory, Sir Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: The Scolar Press in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thick 4to. Unpaginated. Publisher's linen cloth, leather lettering label in blind. One of 500 numbered copies (this is number 353). Introduction by Paul Needham. This is a facsimile of the Pierpont Morgan Library copy of Caxton's Morte d'Arthur, the only surviving complete copy. (A nearly complete copy is housed at the Rylands Library and a single leaf is at Lincoln Cathedral.)
The facsimile is preceded by a discussion of the watermarks in the Pierpont Morgan Library copy and are reproduced by betaradiography.
This facsimile is your only opportunity to own the Caxton printing, barring the discovery of another not institutionally owned original.
Gaines A26.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21194
- Title
- Le Morte D'Arthur Printed by William Caxton 1485
- Author
- Malory, Sir Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- The Scolar Press in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arthurian;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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