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None of the ten borders used in the Earthly Paz
radise appear in any other book.The four different
half'borders round the poems to the months are
also not used elsewhere. The first border was dez
signed in June, 1895.
42. LAUDES BEATAE MARIAE VIRz
GIN IS. Latin poems taken from a Psalter writz
ten in England about A.D. 1220. Edited by S. C.
Cockerell. Large 4to.Troy type. In black, red, &
blue. 250 on paper at ten shillings, to on vellum
at two guineas. Dated July 7, issued August 7,
1896. Published by William Morris. Bound in half
holland.
J9 This was the first book printed at the Kelmsz
cott Press in three colours. The manuscript from
which the poems were taken was one of the most
beautiful of the English books in Mr. Morris’s
possession, both as regards writingand ornament.
No author’s name is given to the poems, but after
thisbook was issued the Rev. E. S. Dewick pointz
ed out that they had already been printed atTez
gernsee in 1579, in a i6mo volume in which they
are ascribed to Stephen Langton. A note to this
effect was printed in the Chaucer type in Dec. 28,
1896, and distributed to the subscribers.
4ia.THE EARTHLYPARADISE.BY
WILLIAM MORRIS.VOLUME II.^j^
APRIL: THE DOOM OF KING ACRIz
SIUS. THE PROUD KING. Medium 4to.
Golden type. In black and red. Borders 29a, 29,
48
radise appear in any other book.The four different
half'borders round the poems to the months are
also not used elsewhere. The first border was dez
signed in June, 1895.
42. LAUDES BEATAE MARIAE VIRz
GIN IS. Latin poems taken from a Psalter writz
ten in England about A.D. 1220. Edited by S. C.
Cockerell. Large 4to.Troy type. In black, red, &
blue. 250 on paper at ten shillings, to on vellum
at two guineas. Dated July 7, issued August 7,
1896. Published by William Morris. Bound in half
holland.
J9 This was the first book printed at the Kelmsz
cott Press in three colours. The manuscript from
which the poems were taken was one of the most
beautiful of the English books in Mr. Morris’s
possession, both as regards writingand ornament.
No author’s name is given to the poems, but after
thisbook was issued the Rev. E. S. Dewick pointz
ed out that they had already been printed atTez
gernsee in 1579, in a i6mo volume in which they
are ascribed to Stephen Langton. A note to this
effect was printed in the Chaucer type in Dec. 28,
1896, and distributed to the subscribers.
4ia.THE EARTHLYPARADISE.BY
WILLIAM MORRIS.VOLUME II.^j^
APRIL: THE DOOM OF KING ACRIz
SIUS. THE PROUD KING. Medium 4to.
Golden type. In black and red. Borders 29a, 29,
48