Facsimile Trial Leaves for Froissart's Chronicles From William Morris' Kelmscott Edition

New York: Frederick and Bertha Goudy, 1920. KELMSCOTT PRESS; GOUDY, Fred W.|MORRIS, William. GOUDY, Fred W.. MORRIS, William. Facsimile Trial Leaves for Froissart's Chronicles. From William Morris' Kelmscott Edition New York: Frederick and Bertha Goudy, 1920.

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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [MORRIS, William]. [GOUDY, Frederick]. Facsimile Trial Leaves for Froissart's Chronicles. From William Morris' Kelmscott Edition. New York: Frederick and Bertha Goudy, 1920.

Facsimile trial leaves for William Morris' Kelmscott edition of Froissart's Chronicles. Printed for Frederick and Bertha Goudy at the shop of William Edwin (truncated) Rudge, by Thomas Hughes and Hugh Grannam, June, 1920. One of 110 copies, inscribed "For Dave Silve from Fred W. Goudy 7/4/24."

Bifolium (16 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches; 420 x 285 mm). , [4] pp. [1, colophon], [2-3, facsimile after Morris' trial pages for his projected 1897 edition of Froissart's Chronicles], [4, blank] Loose in the original quarter cream cloth over blue paper board portfolio. Printed paper label to front board.

"Berner's translation of Froissart has been a favorite of Morris's since his college days." (Peterson A46).

"It was the intention of Mr. Morris to make this edition of what was since his college days almost his favourite book, a worthy companion to the Chaucer. It was to have been in two volumes folio, with new cusped initials and heraldic ornament throughout . . . [and] a large frontispiece designed by Burne-Jones . . . Meanwhile the printing of the Chaucer had begun & it was not feasible to carry on two folios at the same time . . . Froissart again comes under the heading of `in Preparation' in the lists from Dec. 1. 1894 to June 1896. In the Prospectus for the Shepheardes Calendar, dated No. 12, 1896 it is announced as abandoned . . ."--Cockerell 46. Only sixteen of the pages were ever printed (and given to personal friends) before Morris's death. "A facsimile of these specimen pages was produced by Frederick Goudy, the American type-designer, in 1918." (Peterson A46).

HBS 69406.

$1,250. (Inventory #: 69406)