Lot 16
Kelmscott Press.- Mackail (J.W.) Biblia Innocentium..., one of 200 copies, inscribed by the author, 1892.
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Kelmscott Press.- Mackail (J.W.) Biblia Innocentium: being the Story of God's Chosen People before the Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ upon Earth...written anew for children, one of 200 copies on Flower paper, printed in Golden type, wood-engraved border and initials designed by Morris, inscribed ?by the author "Stella with love from Jack 18 October 1894" on front free endpaper, original vellum with silk ties, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, slightly rubbed and soiled, [Peterson A9], 8vo, Kelmscott Press, 1892.
⁂ The first 8vo book issued by the press; Morris wanted it to be illustrated by Burne-Jones but he only completed twenty-five designs of the intended two hundred or so and it was therefore issued without illustrations.
J.W.Mackail (1859-1945), academic, education reformer and official biographer of William Morris. He married Margaret, the only daughter of Edward Burne-Jones.
Description
Kelmscott Press.- Mackail (J.W.) Biblia Innocentium: being the Story of God's Chosen People before the Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ upon Earth...written anew for children, one of 200 copies on Flower paper, printed in Golden type, wood-engraved border and initials designed by Morris, inscribed ?by the author "Stella with love from Jack 18 October 1894" on front free endpaper, original vellum with silk ties, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, slightly rubbed and soiled, [Peterson A9], 8vo, Kelmscott Press, 1892.
⁂ The first 8vo book issued by the press; Morris wanted it to be illustrated by Burne-Jones but he only completed twenty-five designs of the intended two hundred or so and it was therefore issued without illustrations.
J.W.Mackail (1859-1945), academic, education reformer and official biographer of William Morris. He married Margaret, the only daughter of Edward Burne-Jones.
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