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Psalmi Penitentiales
by (transcribed) and edited by F.S. Ellis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 8 7/16" × 5 11/16" × 3/8" (21.4 × 14.4 × 1 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by William Morris. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. One of 300 [at seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 12 [at three guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [ii], 63, [ii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Head-titles in red. Numerous three-quarter woodcut ornamental borders and 6-, 5-, and 3-line initials all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. "Thus ends the rhymed version of the Penitential Psalms, found in a Manuscript of Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, written at Gloucester about the year 1440, and now transcribed and edited by F.S. Ellis." [Peterson A42.] Finished on the 15th day of November, 1894. Some pages unopened. Provenance: Ex Legato, Gulielmi O'Brien, Justicinrii, AN. 1899. Milton Park, S.J. Library, O'Brien Bequest book label, with single library stamp on b1. Some blotchy spotting to covers. Otherwise internally immaculate and bright. Condition overall: Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MRM Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1046
- Title
- Psalmi Penitentiales
- Author
- (transcribed) and edited by F.S. Ellis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- Kelmscott Press
- Place of Publication
- London/Hammersmith
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 8 7/16" × 5 11/16" × 3/8" (21.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Morris, collectable, Kelmscott Press, First Edition, Fine Press, rare, Private Press, colophon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press; First Editions; Kelmscott Press Editions;
Terms of Sale
MRM Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MRM Books
Biblio member since 2017
Los Angeles, California
About MRM Books
I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
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