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The earthly paradise : a poem / by William Morris.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Ballantyne 27
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, William, 1834-1896, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Medieval--Paraphrases.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Genre:
- Paraphrases.
- Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- England -- London -- 19th century.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Files, H. G. (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 445, [1] pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- New edition
- Manufacture:
- London: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896.
- Contents:
- An apology
- Prologue: The wanderers
- The author to the reader
- March: Atlanta's race. The man born to be king
- April: Doom of King Acrisius. The proud king
- May: Story of Cupid and Psyche. Writing on the image
- June: Love of Alcestis. Lady of the land
- July: Son of Crœsus. Watching of the falcon
- August: Pygmalion and the image. Ogier the Dane
- September: Death of Paris. Land east of the sun and west of the moon
- October: Story of Acontius and Cydippe. The man who never laughed again
- November: Story of Rhodope. Lovers of Gudrun
- December: Golden apples. Fostering of Aslaug
- January: Bellerophon at Argos. The ring given to Venus
- February: Bellerophon in Lycia. Hill of Venus.
- Epilogue.
- L'envoi.
- Notes:
- Title vignette.
- A series of twenty-four tales, two for each month of the year; twelve from classical sources; the other twelve, chiefly from medieval Latin, French and Icelandic originals.
- Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press.--verso of title page.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has uncut leaves. Booksellers sticker on inside front cover: Rowe & Sons, Leicester.
- OCLC:
- 3697918
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