¶ Chaucer — Workes (1602)

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The workes of our ancient and learned English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed. Ed. Thomas Speght. London: printed by Adam Islip for George Bishop, 1602.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £3 3s.). — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 1, lot 63 (sold for £3 5s.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 49b (no price). — ESTC (S107214). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 10v. — MS catalogue (2), no. 471 (with three X’s next to it).

¶ Mirth in ridicule (1708)

Mirth in ridicule, or a satyr against immoderate laughing. London: J. Morphew, [1708].

Morris book label but not listed in the Sotheby 1898 catalogue.

Provenance: Morris. — Sotheby, 2004, lot 348 (sold for £1,920). — Unlocated.

Reference: ESTC (T118869).

Digital version: EECO.

¶ Carta feodi simplicis (1505?)

Carta feodi simplicis cum littera atturnatoria. London: Wynkyn de Worde, [1505?].

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 258 (sold to Ellis for £25). — Ellis. — George Dunn. — Dunn sale, Sotheby, 11 February 1913, lot 20. — Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library (STC 15579.4 Beale T159).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 48b (no price). — ESTC (S118099).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ St. Jerome — Vitas patrum (1495)

Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum [English] The lyff of the faders. Trans. William Caxton. Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, [before 21 August] 1495.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Frederick Perkins. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL 1806).

References: ESTC (S109796). — ISTC (ih00213000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 730.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Livy — Hystory of two the moste noble captaynes of the world (1590)

Livy [Titus Livius]. The hystory of two the moste noble captaynes of the world, Anniball and Scipio. Trans. Antony Cope. London: William How, 1590.

Misdated as “159” in MS catalogue (1) (see below).

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £1 1s). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S108670). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 13.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Shakespeare — Poems (1774)

Shakespeare, William. Poems written by Shakespear. London: J. Bell and C. Etherington, 1 September 1774.

Vol. 9 of Bell’s edition of Shakepeare’s plays (1773–74).

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1010 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccesioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: ESTC (T62821).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Purchas — Purchas his pilgrimage (1617)

Purchas, Samuel. Purchas his pilgrimage. 3rd ed. London: printed by William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1617.

Morris’s copy lacked the title-page and another preliminary leaf.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S121769). — MS catalogue (2), no. 458 (with three X’s beside the title).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Speed — Historie of Great Britaine (1623)

Speed, John. The historie of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. London: printed by John Beale for George Humble, 1623.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £1). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S121976). — MS catalogue 1, fol. 14v (where the date is mistakenly given as 1603).

Digital copies: EEBO.

¶ Parker — Dives and Pauper (1493)

Parker, Henry. Dives and Pauper. London: printed by Richard Pynson, 5 July 1493.

Provenance: Sir Francis Freeling. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 395 (sold to Leighton for £55). — Carrie Estelle Doheny. — St. John’s Seminary (Camarillo, Calif.). — Doheny sale, part 1 (Christie), 22 October 1987, lot 135 (sold for $32,000). — Rev. D. A. Smith. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 49b (£48). — ESTC (S109783). — ISTC (ip00117000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Felice — Conspiracie of Lucius Catiline (1541)

Felice, Costanzo. The conspiracie of Lucius Catiline. Trans. Thomas Paynell. London: Thomas Berthelet, 1541.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1055 (sold to Maggs for £6 15s.). — Pulsford catalogue, 20 April 1914, no. 622 ($25). — Princeton University Library (Rare Books RHT 16th-70).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 52b (no price). — ESTC (S124024). — MS catalogue (2), no. 21 (with three X’s beside the title).

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¶ Estienne — Art of making devises (1650)

Estienne, Henry. The art of making devises, treating of hieroglyphicks, symboles, emblemes, aenigma’s, sentences, parables, reverses of medalls, armes, blazons, cimiers, cyphres and rebus. Trans. Thomas Blount. London: printed for John Holden, 1650.

Provenance: Morris. — James William Ellsworth. — Houghton Library, Harvard University (EC65.B6238.646a).

Reference: ESTC (R12325).

¶ Froissart — Cronycles (1525)

Froissart, Sir John. Here begynneth the thirde and fourthe boke of sir Iohn Froissart of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spaygne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flaunders, and other places adioynyng. Trans. Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners. London: Richard Pinson, 1525.

Illustrated. The Sotheby 1898 description (see below) suggests that Morris’s copy was bound with a later edition of Books 1 and 2 (c. 1563) [ESTC].

Provenance: William H. Crawford. — Crawford sale, Sotheby, 12 March 1891, lot 1286. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 535 (sold to Maine for £24). — James W. Ellsworth. — A. W. S. Rosenbach. — Harold Douthit. — Christie, 5 December 2008, lot 105 (sold for $12,500). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 49b (£26). — ESTC (S126450).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Cicero — Three bookes of dueties (1568)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of dueties, to Marcus his sonne. Trans. Nicholas Grimalde. London: Richard Tottel, 1568.

“Grubby little book,” according to a note in Morris’s hand in MS catalogue (1).

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 7s. 6d.). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S107892). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 12.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Heywood — Gynaikeion (1624)

Heywood, Thomas. Gynaikeion, or nine bookes of various history concerninge women. London: printed by Adam Islip, 1624.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £2 10s.). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S119701). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 11.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Guevara — Familiar epistles (1577)

Guevara, Antonio de. The familiar epistles of Sir Anthonie of Guevara. Trans. Edward Hellowes. London: [printed by Henry Middleton for] Ralph Newberrie, 1577.

Provenance: C. Basil Smith. — Morris. — Robert Aynsworth. — George Ramsden. — Nicolas Kershawe. — Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas (PQ 6398 G8 A413 1577).

Reference: ESTC (S103497).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Vigon — Most excellent workes of chirurgerye (1543)

Vigon, John. The most excellent workes of chirurgerye. Trans. [Bartholomew Traheron]. [London?]: Edwarde Whytchurch, 1543

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1189 (sold to Thomson for £10 5s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 6620/D).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 43 (£3 10s.). — ESTC (S105827).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Holy Bible (1629)

The holy Bible. [Cambridge]: Thomas and John Buck, [1629].

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S107038). — MS catalogue (2), no. 94.

¶ Montaigne — Essayes written in French (1613)

Montaigne, Michel de. Essayes written in French. Trans. John Florio. London: Melchior Bradwood for Edward Blount and William Barret, 1613.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £3). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S111840). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 11.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Jacobus, de Voragine — Legenda aurea (1512)

Jacobus, de Voragine. Legenda aurea [or The lyfe of Adam]. Trans. William Caxton. London: Wynkyn de Worde, 15 February [1512].

Illustrated.

Provenance: John Holmes. — Morris. — James William Ellsworth. — Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas (BX 4654 J33 1512).

Reference: ESTC (S101013).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Somner — Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum (1659)

Somner, William. Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum. Oxford: Guilel. Hall for the author; London: Daniel White, 1659.

No Morris book label, but the Wellcome Library believes this is Morris’s copy.

Provenance: Thomas Barlow. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1126 (sold to Thomson for 5s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 49000/D/1).

Reference: ESTC (R15040).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Barrow — Dictionarium polygraphicum (1735)

Barrow, John, ed. Dictionarium polygraphicum: or, the whole body of arts regularly digested. 2 vols. London: printed for C. Hitch and C. Davis, and S. Austen, 1735.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 240 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T31837). — MS catalogue (2), no. 722.

Digital version: ECCO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Gower — Confessio amantis (1554)

Gower, John. Confessio amantis. London: Thomas Berthelette, 12 March 1554.

Provenance: Daines Barrington. — W. H. Ireland. — Morris (purchased for £4 14s. 6d.). — Edward Burne Jones (presentation inscription from Morris, 1884). — James Burleigh. — Donald and Mary Hyde. — Houghton Library, Harvard University (*2003J-FGY21).

References: ESTC (S120946). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 10v. — MS catalogue (2), no. 82 (with three X’s beside it).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Burton — Anatomy of melancholy (1651)

Burton, Robert [pseud. Democritus Junior]. The anatomy of melancholy. 6th ed. Oxford: printed for Henry Cripps and to be sold by Andrew Cook, Henry Cripps, and Lodowick Lloyd, 1651.

With a portrait of Jane Morris by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christmas, 1873, on a flyleaf.

Provenance: Rossetti. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

Reference: ESTC (R29167).

Digital version: EEBO.

Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor)
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¶ Pliny — Historie of the world (1601)

Pliny, the Elder [Plinius]. The historie of the world, commonly called the naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Trans. Philemon Holland. 2 vols. London: printed by Adam Islip [vol. 1] and G. B. [Bishop] [vol. 2], 1601.

Inscribed “to May from William Morris March 25th 1892.”

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £1 5s.). — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

References: ESTC (S115918) [vol. 1]. — ESTC (S94749) [vol. 2]. — MS catalogue (1), fol. 9. — MS catalogue (2), no. 685 (with three X’s next to it).

Digital version: EEBO.

Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor)
Photograph by WSP

¶ Gerard — Herball (1633)

Gerard, John. The herball or generall historie of plantes. Rev. by Thomas Johnson. 2 vols. London: printed by Adam Islip, Joyce Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1633.

Illustrated. Inscribed “May Morris with her fathers love March 25th 1882” and signed “Mary Morris.”

Provenance: Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

Reference: ESTC (S122165).

Digital version: EEBO.

Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor)
Photograph by WSP

¶ Book of common prayer (1629)

The book of common prayer. [Cambridge]: printed by Thomas and John Buck, 1629.

Record of Morris family marriage, births, and deaths on flyleaf (see below).

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

References: ESTC (S122906). — MS catalogue (2), no.  94.

Digital version: EEBO.

Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor)
Photograph by WSP

¶ Plutarch — Morals (1603)

Plutarch [Plutarchus]. The philosophie, commonlie called, the morals written by the learned philosopher Plutarch of Chaeonea. Trans. Philemon Holland. London: printed by Arnold Hatfield, 1603.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 1, lot 66. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S115981). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 9 (£1 5s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 670 (with three X’s next to it).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Stow — Survay of London (1618)

Stow, John. The survay of London. Ed. Anthony Munday. London: printed by George Purslowe, 1618.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 1, lot 58 (part). — Unlocated.

Reference: ESTC (S117891).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Legh — Accedence of armorie (1591)

Legh, Gerard. The accedence of armorie. London: Richard Totell, 1591.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 1, lot 57. — Unlocated.

Reference: ESTC (S108422).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ St. Jerome — Vitae sanctorum patrum (1495)

Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum. Trans. William Caxton. Westminster: printed by Wynkyn de Worde, [before 21 August] 1495.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Frederick Perkins. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1806).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 51b (no price). [The book is also listed on fol. 53b (£35); either this is a mistaken repetition or Morris owned two copies of the book.] — ESTC (S109796). — ISTC (ih00213000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 730.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Marcus Aurelius — Meditations (1692)

Marcus Aurelius. The meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman emperor, concerning himself. Trans. Meric Casaubon. London: printed for A. and John Churchill, and Samuel Smith and Thomas Bennet, 1692.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £2 6s.). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (R22935). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 16.

¶ Cellini — Life (1772)

Cellini, Benvenuto. The life of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine artist. Trans. Thomas Nugent. 2 vols. Dublin: printed by John Abbot Husband for Messrs. Sleater, Ewing, Potts, Smith, Williams Lynch, Wilson, Chamberlaine, S. Watson, Vallance, Porter, Milliken, Walker, Jenkin, and Flin, 1772.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T65483). — MS catalogue (2), no. 186.

Digital version: ECCO.

¶ Pausanias — Description of Greece (1794)

Pausanias. The description of Greece. Trans. Thomas Taylor. 3 vols. London: printed for R. Faulder, 1794.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 15s.). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 804 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 40104/B) [lacking vol. 1].

References: ESTC (T95854). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 11v. — MS catalogue (2), no. 146.

Digital versions: ECCO. — Internet Archive (vol. 3; Morris copy).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Xenophon — Cyrupaedia (1632)

Xenophon. Cyrupaedia: the institution and life of Cyrus, the first of that name, King of Persians. Trans. Philemon Holland. London: printed by J. L. [John Legat] for Robert Allot [and Henry Holland], 1632.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 12s.). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1215 (sold to Bain for £6). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 53b (5s.). — ESTC (S118709). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 9v. — MS catalogue (2), no. 80 (with 3 X’s next to it).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Addison — Remarks on several parts of Italy (1761)

Addison, Joseph. Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703. London: printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1761.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T89181). — MS catalogue (2), no. 1.

Digital version: ECCO.

¶ Agrippa — Vanitie and uncertaintie (1569)

Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius [Cornelius Agrippa]. Of the vanitie and uncertaintie of artes and sciences. London: printed by Henry Wykes, 1569.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 14s.). — Theodore M. Lillienthal.— Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley (B781.A33 I53 1575).

References: ESTC (S100458). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 12.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Herodotus — Aegyptian and Grecian history (1723)

Herodotus. The Aegyptian and Grecian history of Herodotus. Trans. Isaac Littlebury. 2 vols. 3rd ed. London: printed for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, J. Pemberton, F. Fayram, C. Rivington, J. Hooke, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon, 1723.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 7s. 6d.) — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T148115). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 12. — MS catalogue (2), no. 764.

Digital version: ECCO.

¶ Salmon — Polygraphice (1678)

Salmon, William. Polygraphice, or the arts of drawing, engraving, etching, liming, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming. London: printed by Robert White for John Crumpe, and to be sold by Charles Passenger, 1678.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (R219883). — MS catalogue (2), no. 664.

¶ Holy Bible (1703)

The holy Bible. London: printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1703.

Morris owned the Old Testament only.

Provenance: Anna Christina. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 40 (sold to Downing for 9s.). — Chiswick Auctions, 11 June 2013, lot 250 (estimate £800–£1,000). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T183572). — MS catalogue (2), no. 48.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Lathbury — Liber moralium (1482)

Lathbury, John [Johannes Lattebury]. Liber moralium super threnis Jeremiae. [Oxford: Theodoricus Rood], 31 July 1482.

Provenance: James Stuart. — Thomas Bateman. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library [deaccessioned]. — Koninklijke Bibliotheek ((KW 171 D 46) [acquired from the Morgan Library, March 1981].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 12b, no. 155 (£11). — ESTC (S121529). — ISTC (il00075000). — MEI. — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 706.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Holy Bible (1715)

The holy Bible. Oxford: printed by John Baskett, 1715.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 92 (sold to Walker for £1 13s.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 33 (no price given). — ESTC (T82341). — MS catalogue (2), no. 495.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Bible (1598)

The Bible. London: printed by the deputies of Christopher Barker, 1598.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 91 (sold to Downing for £1 6s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: ESTC (S1395).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Holy Byble (1585)

The holy Byble. London: printed by Christopher Barker, 1585.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 187 (sold to Tregaskis for £1 11s.). — Tregaskis catalogue, 18 September 1899, no. 65 (3 guineas). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S156). — MS catalogue (2), no. 391 (with three X’s next to it).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Boccaccio — Decameron (1620)

[Boccaccio, Giovanni.] The decameron. London: printed by Isaac Jaggard, 1620.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £3). — Unlocated.

Reference: ESTC (S106639). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 14.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Jonson — Workes (1616)

Jonson, Ben. The workes of Benjamin Jonson. London: printed by W. Stansby and to be sold by Richard Meighen, 1616.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £1 10s.). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S112455). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 10v. — MS catalogue (2), no. 200.

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Defoe — New voyage round the world (1725)

[Defoe, Daniel.] A new voyage round the world, by a course never sailed before. London: A. Bettesworth and W. Mears, 1725.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 10s.). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T70641). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 11v.  — MS catalogue (2), no. 281.

Digital version: ECCO.

¶ Shakespeare — Poems (1774)

Shakespeare, William. Poems written by Shakespear. London: J. Bell; York: C. Etherington, 1 September 1774.

Vol. 9 of Bell’s edition of Shakespeare’s plays, 1773–74.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £1 1s.). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T62821). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 12. — MS catalogue (2), no. 214.

Digital version: ECCO.

¶ Smith — The laboratory or school of arts (1799)

Smith, Godfrey, comp. The laboratory or school of arts, containing a large collection of valuable secrets, experiments, and manual operations in arts and manufactures. 6th ed. 2 vols. London: printed by C. Whittingham for H. Symonds, J. Wallis, Wynne and Scholey, and Vernor and Hood, 1799.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T72082). — MS catalogue (2), no. 208.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

¶ Virgil — Thirteene bookes of Aeneidos (1620)

Virgil. The thirteene bookes of Aeneidos. Trans. Thomas Phaer and Thomas Twyne. London: printed by Bernard Alsop, by the assignement of Clement Knight, 1620.

Provenance: John Bown. — Henry F. Lyte. — Morris (purchased for £1). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1090 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £4). — Henry Wellcome. — Beinecke Library, Yale University (1973 1160).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 53b (no price). — ESTC (S119320). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 10v. — MS catalogue (2), no. 23 (with three X’s beside the title).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Jacobus, de Voragine — Legenda aurea (1527)

Jacobus, de Voragine. Legenda aurea. London: printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 27 August 1527.

With Morris’s signature and address, followed by a note by Cockerell: “Morris acquired it from H. Sotheran & Co. of 140 Strand for £50, 21 July 1890, and immediately decided to print it at the Kelmscott Press, then about to be established. . . .” (For the Kelmscott Press Golden Legend, based on a translation thought to be by Caxton, see Bibliography, A7.)

Provenance: Frederick Perkins. — Sotheran. — Morris [purchased from Sotheran, 21 July 1890, for £50]. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1208 (sold to Tregaskis for £29). — Sydney Cockerell. — Cockerell sale, Sotheby, 10 December 1956, lot 114. — Newberry Library (Wing folio ZP 545 .W89).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 50b (£20). — ESTC (S111988). — MS catalogue (2), no. 893, p. 80.

Digital version: EEBO.

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Sotheby 1898: