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Le morte Darthur : the book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
Corporate Author: Riccardi Press (Printer)
Other Authors: Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, Flint, W. Russell (William Russell), 1880-1969, Lee-Warner, P. H. (Philip Henry), 1877-1925 (Printer), Jacobi, Charles Thomas, 1853-1933 (Printer), Engall, Edith M. (Type designer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, 1910-1911.
Subjects:
Arthurian romances.
Description
Item Description:Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letter-press.
Each volume has illustrated title page.
"...under the editorship of Alfred W. Pollard..." - volume 4, colophon.
"... Imprinted after the text of William Caxton as modernized for the Library of English classics ... in the Riccardi Press fount by Charles T. Jacobi. The illustrations are by W. Russell Flint. The lettering of the title-page is engraved after the design by E.M. Engall ..."--Colophon.
"Of this edition ... have been printed on handmade Riccardi paper 500 copies; upon vellum 12 copies ..."--Prelim. leaf.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy is number 106.
"Preface of William Caxton": p. [xvii]-xx.
Physical Description:4 volumes : color illustrations ; 28 cm.