Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2
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July 20, 08:58 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
[Kelmscott Press] — More, Thomas
Utopia. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893
8vo (210 x 150 mm). Printed in red and black in Chaucer and Troy types, 2 full-page woodcut borders and numerous 10-line and smaller initial capitals by William Morris. Original limp vellum with silk ties, spine gilt-lettered. A fine copy.
One of 300 copies printed by William Morris and edited by Frederick S. Ellis. An exceptional copy of a seminal work.
Reference:
Cockerell 16; Peterson A16; Sparling 16