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The borders in this book, as well as the ten half borders, are here used for the first time. It was first announced as in the press in the list of March 31, 1894. Another edition was published by Lawrence & Bullen in 1895.

28. _The Book of Wisdom and Lies. A Book of Traditional Stories from Georgia and Asia._ Translated by Oliver Wardrop from the original of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani. 8vo. Golden type. In black and red. Borders 4a and 4, and woodcut t.i.tle. 250 on paper at two guineas, none on vellum.

Finished September 20, issued October 29, 1894. Published by Bernard Quaritch. Bound in limp vellum.

The arms of Georgia, consisting of the Holy Coat, appear in the woodcut t.i.tle of this book.[17]

29. _The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Sh.e.l.ley._ Volume 1. Edited by F.

S. Ellis. 8vo. Golden type. Borders 1a and 1, and woodcut t.i.tle. 250 on paper at twenty-five s.h.i.+llings, 6 on vellum at eight guineas. Not dated, issued November 29, 1894. Published by William Morris. Bound in limp vellum without ties.

Red ink is not used in this volume, though it is used in the second volume, and more sparingly in the third. Some of the half borders designed for _The Wood Beyond the World_ reappear before the longer poems. The Sh.e.l.ley was first announced as in the press in the list of March 31, 1894.[18]

30. _Psalmi Penitentiales. An English rhymed version of the Seven Penitential Psalms._ Edited by F. S. Ellis. 8vo. Chaucer type. In black and red. 300 on paper at seven s.h.i.+llings and sixpence, 12 on vellum at three guineas. Dated November 15, issued December 10, 1894. Published by William Morris. Bound in half holland.

These verses were taken from a ma.n.u.script Book of Hours, written at Gloucester in the first half of the fifteenth century, but the Rev.

Professor Skeat has pointed out that the scribe must have copied them from an older ma.n.u.script, as they are in the Kentish dialect of about a century earlier. The half border on p. 34 appears for the first time in this book.

31. _Epistolade Contemptumundi di Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara Dellordinede Frati Predicatori la Quale Manda ad Elena Buonaccorsi Sua Madre._ Per CONSOLARLA DELLA MORTE DEL FRATELLO, _Suo Zio_. Edited by Charles Fairfax Murray from the original autograph letter. 8vo. Chaucer type. In black and red. Border 1. Woodcut on t.i.tle designed by C. F. Murray and engraved by W. H. Hooper. 150 on paper and 6 on vellum. Dated November 30, ready December 12, 1894. Bound in half holland.

This little book was printed for Mr. C. Fairfax Murray, the owner of the ma.n.u.script, and was not for sale in the ordinary way. The colophon is in Italian, and the printer's mark is in red.

32. _The Tale of Beowulf._ Done out of the old English tongue by WILLIAM MORRIS and A. J. WYATT. Large 4to. Troy type, with argument, side-notes, list of persons and places, and glossary in Chaucer type. In black and red. Borders 14a and 14, and woodcut t.i.tle. 300 on paper at two guineas, 8 on vellum at ten pounds. Dated January 10, issued February 2, 1895.

Published by William Morris. Bound in limp vellum.

The borders in this book were only used once again, in the Jason. A note to the reader printed on a slip in the Golden type was inserted in each copy. _Beowulf_ was first announced as in preparation in the list of May 20, 1893. The verse translation was begun by Mr. Morris, with the aid of Mr. Wyatt's careful paraphrase of the text, on February 21, 1893, and finished on April 10, 1894, but the argument was not written by Mr. Morris until December 10, 1894.

33. _Syr Perecyvelle of Gales._ Overseen by F. S. Ellis, after the edition edited by J. O. Halliwell from the Thornton MS. in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. 8vo. Chaucer type. In black and red. Borders 13a and 13, and a woodcut designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones. 350 on paper at fifteen s.h.i.+llings, 8 on vellum four guineas. Dated February 16, issued May 2, 1895. Published by William Morris. Bound in limp vellum.

This is the first of the series to which _Sire Degrevaunt and Syr Isumbrace_ belong. They were all reprinted from the Camden Society's volume of 1844, which was a favourite with Mr. Morris from his Oxford days. _Syr Perecyvelle_ was first announced in the list of December 1, 1894. The shoulder-notes were added by Mr. Morris.

34. _The Life and Death of Jason_, A Poem by WILLIAM MORRIS. Large 4to.

Troy type, with a few words in Chaucer type. In black and red. Borders 14a and 14, and two woodcuts designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones and engraved on wood by W. Spielmeyer. 200 on paper at five guineas, 6 on vellum at twenty guineas. Dated May 25, issued July 5, 1895. Published by William Morris.

Bound in limp vellum.

This book, announced as in the press in the list of April 21, 1894, proceeded slowly, as several other books, notably the Chaucer, were being printed at the same time. The text, which had been corrected for the second edition of 1868, and for the edition of 1882, was again revised by the author. The line fillings on the last page were cut on metal for the book, and cast like type.

29a. _The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Sh.e.l.ley._ Volume 11. Edited by F.

S. Ellis. 8vo. Golden type. In black and red. 250 on paper at twenty-five s.h.i.+llings, 6 on vellum at eight guineas. Not dated, issued March 25, 1895.

Published by William Morris, Bound in limp vellum without ties.

35. _Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair._ By WILLIAM MORRIS. 2 vols.

16mo. Chaucer type. In black and red. Borders 15a and 15, and woodcut t.i.tle. 600 on paper at fifteen s.h.i.+llings, 12 on vellum at four guineas.

Dated July 25, issued September 25, 1895. Published by William Morris.

Bound in half holland, with labels printed in the Golden type.

The borders designed for this book were only used once again, in _Hand and Soul_. The plot of the story was suggested by that of Havelok the Dane, printed by the Early English Text Society.

29b. _The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Sh.e.l.ley._ Volume III. Edited by F. S. Ellis. 8vo. Golden type. In black and red. 250 on paper at twenty-five s.h.i.+llings, 6 on vellum at eight guineas. Dated August 21, issued October 28, 1895. Published by William Morris. Bound in limp vellum without ties.

36. _Hand and Soul._ By DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. Reprinted from _The Germ_, for Messrs. Way & Williams, of Chicago. 16mo. Golden type. In black and red. Borders 15a and 15, and woodcut t.i.tle. 300 paper copies and 11 vellum copies for America. 225 paper copies for sale in England at ten s.h.i.+llings, and 10 on vellum at thirty s.h.i.+llings. Dated October 24, issued December 12, 1895. Bound in stiff vellum, without ties.