Specimens of early English.
Richard Morris (1833-1894)
Category
Books
Date
1873
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3188050
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v ; 8vo. Imperfect: copy consists of vol. 2 only. Provenance: nineteenth century bookseller's ticket reading "W. & E. Pickering, new & second-hand booksellers & stationers 3, Bridge Street, Bath" on rear pastedown. Binding: nineteenth century publisher's binding in red cloth over boards; blind stamped armorial centrepiece with inscription "Clarendon Press series"; gilt tooled title "Specimens of early English Morris and Skeat Part II. A.D. 1298-A.D. 1393" on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and brown.
Makers and roles
Richard Morris (1833-1894), author Walter William Skeat (1835-1912), author