The Golden Legend: the Golden Legend of Master William Caxton done anew, 1892

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Medium

bound volume with woodcut title by William Morris and 2 full-page woodcut illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (all in volume 1)

Dimensions

book: 30.3 × 21.7 × 5.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund

Accession Number

2013.51.1

Artists / Makers

William Morris (artist) British, 1834 - 1896

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (artist) British, 1833 - 1898

Jacobus de Voragine (author) Italian, 1230 - 1298

Image Use

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Inscription

vol. 1 in sepia ink on first free endpaper: cat (underlined): Bought October 1892 H. J. [Fi?] (double underlined) / The cover is enclosed in a textile fabric designed by William Morris

Provenance

H.J. St. (?), manuscript note. (Sims Reed Ltd, London); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Sims Reed Limited