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Title

  • The floure and the leafe & The boke of Cupide, god of love, or, The cuckow and the nightingale.

Other Title

  • Boke of Cupide
  • Cuckow and the nightingale
  • Floure and the leafe and The boke of Cupide

Names

  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, author, attributed name.
  • Clanvowe, Thomas, Sir, active 1400, author, attributed name.
  • Clanvowe, John, Sir, 1341?-1391, author, attributed name.
  • Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, editor.
  • Morris, William, 1834-1896, printer.
  • Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
  • Kelmscott Press.
  • William Morris and Kelmscott Press Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press, 1896.

Notes

  • -  "The floure and the leafe" formerly attributed to Chaucer.
  • -  "The boke of Cupide" variously attributed to Sir Thomas Clanvowe and Sir John Clanvowe.
  • -  "Edited by F.S. Ellis, and printed by William Morris"--Colophon.
  • -  Limited edition of 300 copies printed on paper, 10 on vellum. Cf. Peterson.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2044
  • -  Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press, A43
  • -  Morris, Wiliam and S.C. Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, 1898, 43
  • -  LC copy: Original half linen binding.
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-12-03 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 47 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR1898 .F4 1896
  • PR1898 .F4 1896 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2044. Original binding.
  • PR1898 .F4 1896 Copy 3 Rosenwald collection item 2044, another copy. Printed on vellum. Includes 7 original initials designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press on slip (15 x 14.3 cm.) mounted on endpapers. From the library of S.C. Cockerell.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49035283

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Chicago citation style:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, Author, Attributed Name, Thomas Clanvowe, John Clanvowe, William Morris, Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The floure and the leafe & The boke of Cupide, god of love, or, The cuckow and the nightingale. editeds by Ellis, Frerick Startridge Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49035283/.

APA citation style:

Chaucer, G., Clanvowe, T., Clanvowe, J., Morris, W., Cockerell, S. C., Kelmscott Press [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Ellis, F. S., ed. (1896) The floure and the leafe & The boke of Cupide, god of love, or, The cuckow and the nightingale. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49035283/.

MLA citation style:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, Author, Attributed Name, et al. The floure and the leafe & The boke of Cupide, god of love, or, The cuckow and the nightingale. ed by Ellis, Frerick Startridge Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/49035283/>.