Le Morte D'Arthur Printed by William Caxton 1485
London: The Scolar Press in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. Also 21195. Fine. Item #19549
ISBN: Literature
Thick 4to. Unpaginated. Publisher's linen cloth, leather lettering label in blind. One of 500 numbered copies (this is number 353). Introduction by Paul Needham. This is a facsimile of the Pierpont Morgan Library copy of Caxton's Morte d'Arthur, the only surviving complete copy. (A nearly complete copy is housed at the Rylands Library and a single leaf is at Lincoln Cathedral.)
The facsimile is preceded by a discussion of the watermarks in the Pierpont Morgan Library copy and are reproduced by betaradiography.
A fine copy in publisher's utilitarian slipcase (which has a small corner bump). This facsimile is your only opportunity to own the Caxton printing, barring the discovery of another not institutionally owned original.
Gaines A26.
Price: $1,250.00