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About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • The golden legend.

Other Title

  • Golden legend of Master William Caxton done anew

Names

  • Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator.
  • Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, editor.
  • Morris, William, 1834-1896, printer.
  • Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898, artist.
  • Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
  • Kelmscott Press.
  • William Morris and Kelmscott Press Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press ; London : Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892.

Headings

  • -  Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English
  • -  Christian saints--Legends

Notes

  • -  "Edited by Frederick S. Ellis & printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press ... finished on the 12th day of September of the year 1892"--Colophon.
  • -  Translation by William Caxton.
  • -  Woodcut title and two woocut illustrations designed by Sir Edmund Burne-Jones.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2007
  • -  Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press, A7
  • -  Morris, Wiliam and S.C. Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, 1898, 7
  • -  Includes indexes.
  • -  LC copy: Original half linen binding.
  • -  Recat. to AACR2: vj15 10-08-98
  • -  LAC knj 2019-01-28 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-02-07 review
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-02-11
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-26 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 3 v. (xii, 1286 p.) ; 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BX4654 .J332
  • BX4654 .J332 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2007. Bound in gold tooled vellum.
  • BX4654 .J332 Copy 3 Incomplete: v. 1 only. Formerly owned by Bruce Rogers.
  • BX4654 .J332 Copy 4 Unopened; A prospectus for this work, desiderata list of B. Quaritch (Mar. 1893), and a description of and an invitation to the unveiling of the American memorial to Keats, laid in.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49034966

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Jacobus, De Voragine, Approximately, William Morris, Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bruce Rogers, Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The Golden Legend. editeds by Ellis, Frerick Startridge, translateds by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492 Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press ; London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49034966/.

APA citation style:

Jacobus, D. V., Morris, W., Burne-Jones, E. C., Rogers, B., Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection [...] Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection, Ellis, F. S., ed. (1892) The Golden Legend. Caxton, W., trans Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press ; London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49034966/.

MLA citation style:

Jacobus, De Voragine, Approximately, et al. The Golden Legend. ed by Ellis, Frerick Startridge, trans by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492 Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press ; London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/49034966/>.