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Book/Printed Material Sire Degrevaunt. Romance of Sir Degrevant

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Title

  • Sire Degrevaunt.

Other Title

  • Romance of Sir Degrevant

Names

  • Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, editor.
  • Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898, artist.
  • Morris, William, 1834-1896, printer.
  • Coombs, Zelotes Wood, 1865-1948, former owner.
  • Kelmscott Press.
  • William Morris and Kelmscott Press Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press, 1896 [i.e. 1897]

Notes

  • -  "Edited by F.S. Ellis after the edition printed by J.O. Halliwell from the Cambridge ms., with some additions & variations from that in the library of Lincoln Cathedral. Printed by William Morris"--Colophon.
  • -  "Wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Burne-Jones"--Peterson.
  • -  "Issued 12 November 1897"--Peterson.
  • -  Limited edition of 350 copies printed on paper, 8 on vellum. Cf. Peterson.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2048
  • -  Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press, A47
  • -  Morris, Wiliam and S.C. Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, 1898, 47
  • -  LC copy has bookplate of Zelotes Wood Coombs.
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-12-06 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 81 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR2065 .D45 1897
  • PR2065 .D45 1897 Copy 3 Rosenwald collection tem 2048. Printed on vellum.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47039896

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Artist, William Morris, Zelotes Wood Coombs, Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Sire Degrevaunt. editeds by Ellis, Frerick Startridge [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, i.e. 1897, 1897] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47039896/.

APA citation style:

Burne-Jones, E. C., Morris, W., Coombs, Z. W., Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Ellis, F. S., ed. (1897) Sire Degrevaunt. [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, i.e. 1897] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47039896/.

MLA citation style:

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Artist, et al. Sire Degrevaunt. ed by Ellis, Frerick Startridge [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, i.e. 1897, 1897] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47039896/>.