The tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane / done out of the ancient French into English by William Morris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morris, William, 1834-1896.

Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923.

Thomas B. Mosher (Firm), publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Brocade series ; 11.

[The Brocade series ; 11]

Standardized Title:

Floire et Jeanne. English

Language:

English

French, Old (ca. 842-1300)

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection)

Physical Description:

72 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 14 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Portland, Me. : Thomas B. Mosher, 1898.

Notes:

"Originally issued by William Morris at the Kelmacott Press during December, 1893, in a limited edition of 350 copies. Reprinted in Old French romances, edited by Joseph Jacobs, (London, 1896)"--Page [2].

Title in red and black: head and tail pieces.

"Four hundred and twenty-five copies of this book have been printed on Japan Vellum, and type distributed, in the month of November, A.D. MDCCCXCVIII, at the press of George D. Loring, Portland, Maine."--Colophon.

First edition, September, 1898.

Local Notes:

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Mosher Press imprints presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 1 has inscription 'To D.F. from L.L.T. September 23, 1905.' Both copies in cases. Both have some uncut leaves.

Cited in:

Bishop, P.R. Mosher, 397

Hatch, B.L. Mosher, 73

OCLC:

29645467