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49-SOME GERMAN WOODCUTS OF
THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Being

thirty/five reproductions from books that were in
the library of the late William Morris. Edited,
with a list of the principal woodcut books in that
library,by S.C. Cockerell. Large 4to.Golden type.
In red and black. 225 on paper at thirty shillings,
8 on vellum at five guineas. Dated Dec. 15,1897,
issuedjanuary 6,1898. Published atthe Kelmscott
Press. Bound in half holland.
& Of these thirty/five reproductions twenty/
nine were all that were done of a series chosen by
Mr. Morris to illustrate a catalogue of his library,
and the other six were prepared by him for an ar/
tide in the 4th number of Bibliographica, part of
which is reprinted as an introduction to the book.
The process blocks (with one exception) were
made by Walker & Boutall, and are of the same
size as the original cuts.

50.THE STORYOFSIGURDTHE VOL/
SUNG AND THE FALL OF THE NIB/
LUNGSBY WILLIAM MORRIS.

Small folio. Chaucer type, with title & headings
to the four books in Troy type. In black and red.
Borders 33a & 33, and two illustrations designed
by Sir Edward Burne/Jones. 160 on paper at six
guineas, 6 on vellum at twenty guineas. Dated

January 19, issued February 25,1898. Published at
the Kelmscott Press. Bound in limp vellum.
.j^The two borders used in this book were al/
 
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