Kelmscott Press--Burne-Jones, Edward--Catterson-Smith, Robert

1) page [9] illustration, detail showing two knights behind bars, pencil drawing WITH SOME WORK BY BURNE-JONES, 150 by 210mm., faint pencil ruled grid present, note added by Catterson-Smith “There is Sir Edward Burne Jones’s handiwork on this. RCS”, some spotting, browning and soiling; 2) page [15] illustration, photograph of the original Burne-Jones design with added pencil and small section in ink and gouache, 132 by 180mm., laid down to card, pencil details of two roundels and a hand on reverse; 3) page [23] illustration, photograph of the original Burne-Jones design with added ink and gouache, 172 by 235mm., laid down to card, pencil detail of a hand on reverse; 4) page [24] illustration, photograph of the original Burne-Jones design, 158 by 218mm., laid down to card, pencil detail of scroll banner including 'Sept. 26, 1894' on reverse; 5) page [24] illustration, proof printing without decorative border, 127 by 170mm. 90mm. tear from right; some browning and spotting; 6) apparently abandoned illustration, photograph of the original Burne-Jones design, 160 by 219mm., laid down to card, pencil detail of a hand on reverse (6)

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Of particular note is the final item which appears to provide a Burne-Jones design of an illustration of Diana which did not appear in the printed Kelmscott Chaucer. Of particular note is the background of the scene which is shared with others in the sequence.