The Tale of Beowulf sometime King of the Weder Geats
Upper Mall, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. leather_bound. Folio, vi, 119 pages. 29.4 x 21.5 cm. Limited edition, of 300 copies printed on paper, 8 on vellum. Printed in Troy type (text) and Chaucer type (side notes etc.), woodcut title page, woodcut foliate initials and borders by Hooper after Morris, section headings and side notes in red. Beowulf was a particular labor of love for Morris; he began his own translation of the poem in 1893, which he described as 'the first and the best poem of the English race, [with] no author but the people' (Peterson). PETERSON. A32. H. BUXTON FORMAN notes, "very nobly ornamented in numerous margins, and has shoulder notes in red." An immaculate copy, fresh, bright and clean. Laid-in a sales receipt from Philip C. Duschenes notice and description laid-in. Orig. limp vellum, spine title printed in gilt, yapp edges. Fine. Item #23893
Price: $10,750.00