CAXTON (William).

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CAXTON (William).
The History of Godfrey of Boloyne and the Conquest of Iherusalem. Upper Mall, Hammersmith, The Kelmscott Press, April 27, 1893. In-4, soft ivory vellum, laces, gilt title on spine (Publisher's binding). Peterson, A15. A very fine edition printed by The Kelmscott Press, a private publishing and printing house founded in 1891 by the artist and writer William Morris (1834-1896) at Kelmscott Manor. Printed in gothic typeface, with many typographical ornaments in the medieval taste. The title and the beginning of the text are placed in a large and remarkable border decorated with flowery scrolls. "Godefroy of Boloyne must be the most over-decorated of the Kelmscott books, surpassing in this respect even the Chaucer" (Peterson, The Kelmscott Press, p. 141). Edition of 306 copies, this one of 300 on paper. A fine copy.
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