Sire Degrevaunt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898, illustrator.

Morris, William, 1834-1896, printer, bookseller, type designer.

Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, editor.

Kelmscott Press, publisher, printer.

Joseph Batchelor & Son, papermaker.

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

Standardized Title:

Degrevant (Romance). (Ellis)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Degrevant (Romance).

Romances, English.

English literature.

Private presses--England--19th century.

Private presses.

England.

Genre:

Romances.

Private press books (Printing)

Printers' devices (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Handmade papers (Paper)

Watermarks (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Chaucer.

Case bindings (Binding)

Signed bindings (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Poems.

Bookplates (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Selden, Lynde (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 81, [7] pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm (8vo)

Distribution:

[Hammersmith] : Sold by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.

Manufacture:

[Hammersmith] : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex, and finished on the 14th day of March, 1896.

Other Title:

Romance of Sir Degrevant

Place of Publication:

[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [12 November 1897]

Notes:

Caption title: Romance of Sir Degrevant.

Publication information from Peterson. Printer and bookseller statements from colophon.

"Edited by F.S. Ellis after the edition printed by J.O. Halliwell from the Cambridge Ms., with some additions & variations from that in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Hall, Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex, and finished on the 14th day of March, 1896. Sold by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press."--Colophon.

"350 paper copies (15s.) 8 vellum copies (4 gns.) Issued 12 November 1897."--Peterson.

Signatures: [a]⁴ b-f⁸ g⁴ (leaves [a]1-[a]2 and g2-g4 blanks; leaf b1 unsigned).

"[Octavo] ... Flower (2) paper ... Chaucer type."--Peterson.

Wood engraved illustration designed by Edward Burne-Jones on leaf [a]4v. See Peterson.

Illustration on leaf [a]4v and text of leaf b1r within ornamental woodcut borders (1a and 1; see Peterson). Ten-line floriated initial on leaf b1r; 3-line floriated initials throughout text. Printer's device on leaf g1v.

Caption title and printed marginalia in red.

"Binding: Quarter holland (blue paper on boards. Printed in black on front cover: 'SIRE DEGREVAUNT (TWO ORNAMENTS 3)' (Chaucer type)."--Peterson.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is one of 350 paper copies.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has armorial bookplate ("Selden"), probably of Lynde Selden (1892-1972) on front pastedown; evidence of the same owner's round bookplate on front pastedown.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has bookseller's printed description (with manuscript correction to text in pencil) of this copy laid in.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound in full burgundy morocco; boards triple-ruled in gold with gold leaf design at each corner; title ("SIRE DEGREVANT") stamped in gold on left board; gold-ruled cover edges; turn-ins double-ruled in gold; binding signed "FLS" in gold on tail turn-in of right board; [5] raised bands flanked by gold rules on spine; date ("1896") stamped in gold at foot of spine; decorative endpapers; gilt tops; untrimmed (deckled) fore- and tail edges.

Cited in:

Peterson, W.S. Kelmscott Press, A47

OCLC:

228684731