none on vellum.
Finished Sept. 29, issued Oct. 29, 1894. Published by Bernard Quaritch.
Bound in limp vellum.
The arms of Georgia, consisting of the Holy Coat, appear in the woodcut
title of this book.
29. THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. VOLUME I. Edited by F.
S. Ellis. 8vo. Golden type. Borders 1a and 1, and woodcut title. 250 on
paper at twenty-five shillings, 6 on vellum at eight guineas. Not dated,
issued Nov. 29, 1894. Published by William Morris. Bound in limp vellum
without ties.
Red ink is not used in this volume, though it is used in the second
volume, and more sparingly in the third. Some of the half-borders
designed for The Wood beyond the World reappear before the longer poems.
The Shelley was first announced as in the press in the list of March 31,
1894.
30. PSALMI PENITENTIALES. An English rhymed version of the Seven
Penitential Psalms. Edited by F. S. Ellis. 8vo. Chaucer type. In black
and red. 300 on paper at seven shillings and sixpence, 12 on vellum at
three guineas. Dated Nov. 15, issued Dec. 10, 1894. Published by William
Morris. Bound in half holland.
These verses were taken from a manuscript Book of Hours written at
Gloucester in the first half of the fifteenth century, but the Rev.
Professor Skeat has pointed out that the scribe must have copied them
from an older manuscript, as they are in the Kentish dialect of about a
century earlier. The half-border on p. 34 appears for the first time in
this book.
31. EPISTOLA DE CONTEMPTU MUNDI DI FRATE HIERONYMO DA FERRARA DELLORDINE
DE FRATI PREDICATORI LA QUALE MANDA AD ELENA BUONACCORSI SUA MADRE, PER
CONSOLARLA DELLA MORTE DEL FRATELLO, SUO ZIO. Edited by Charles Fairfax
Murray from the original autograph letter. 8vo. Chaucer type. In black
and red. Border 1. Woodcut on title designed by C. F. Murray and
engraved by W. H. Hooper. 150 on paper, and 6 on vellum. Dated Nov. 30,
ready Dec. 12, 1894. Bound in half holland.
This little book was printed for Mr. C. Fairfax Murray, the owner of the
manuscript, and was not for sale in the ordinary way. The colophon is in
Italian, and the printer's mark is in red.
32. THE TALE OF BEOWULF. Done out of the Old English tongue by William
Morris and A. J. Wyatt. Large 4to. Troy type, with argument, side-notes,
list of persons and places, and glossary in Chaucer type. In black and
red. Borders 14a and 14, and woodcut title. 300 on paper at two guineas,
8 on vellum at ten pounds. Dated Jan.
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