Tag Archives: Fitzwilliam Museum

¶ Torquemada — three tracts (c. 1510)

November 6, 2017

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The following tracts by Juan de Torquemada [Johannes de Turrecremata] are bound together. Since all three were issued at about the same time and the title-pages are very similar in appearance, it is possible they were intended by the publisher to form a single volume.

[1] Tractatus contra principales errores perfidi Machometi et Turchorum sive Sarracenorum. Paris: Guillaume Eustace, [c. 1510].

[2] Tractatus contra Judeos a quodam judeo nomine Samuel editus sermone arabico. Paris: Guillaume Eustace, [c. 1510].

[3] Dyalogus Christiani contra Sarracenos. Paris: Guillaume Eustace, [c. 1510].


Reference: Sayle, no. 235.

Provenance: Crofts. — Crofts sale, May 1783. — Guy Phillips. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1033 (sold to Money for £4 8s.). — Frank McClean. — Fitzwilliam Museum (Reference Collection) [McClean bequest, 1904].


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¶ Carusi — Ambrosianum (1408) [MS]

October 6, 2017

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Carusi, Bartolomeo. Ambrosianum.

Illuminated manuscript. Milan, 1408. 380 leaves.

Note by Sydney Cockerell: “Previously Charles Butler of Connaught Place and Warren Wood, Hatfield.”

Provenance: Charles Butler. — Warren Wood. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 120 (sold to Quaritch for £36). — Lawrence Hodson. — Charles Fairfax Murray. — Fitzwilliam Museum (MS. CFM 9) [gift of Murray 1904].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 1, no. 11 (£20). —  Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_11479). — Wormald, 1:16–17.


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¶ Firdausi — Shahnama (1621) [MS]

October 6, 2017

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Firdausi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shahnama.

Illuminated manuscript. Northern Iran, perhaps Astarabad, 1621. 440 leaves.

Signature of “Wilfrid Scawen Blunt | 1900.”

Provenance: Chinese ownership. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 529 (sold to Quaritch for £47). — Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. — Fitzwilliam Museum (MS. 311) [bequest from Blunt, 1922].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 3, no. 41 (£40). — Fitzwilliam’s Illuminated Manuscripts. — MS catalogue (2), no. 32. — Wormald, 1:301–03.

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¶ Il libro di Sydrach (15th century) [MS]

October 6, 2017

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Il libro di Sydrach.

Illuminated manuscript. Italy, probably Venice, 15th century. 124 leaves.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1076 (sold to Quaritch for £30). — Charles Fairfax Murray. — Fitzwilliam Museum (MS. CFM 16) [gift from Murray, 1905].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 6, no. 85 (£12). — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_24119). — Wormald, 1:28–30.


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¶ Severus — Vita S. Martini (12th century) [MS]

October 6, 2017

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Severus, Sulpicius. Vita S. Martini.

Illuminated manuscript. England, 12th century. 146 leaves.

Provenance: E. Umfreville. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1118 (sold to Money for £27). — Frank McClean. — Fitzwilliam Museum (118) [McClean bequest, 1904].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 6, no. 86 (£10). — James, pp. 255–57. — Schoenberg (SDBM_40029)


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¶ Roman des sept sages de Rome (13th–14th centuries) [MS]

October 5, 2017

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Roman des sept sages de Rome [and] Le roman de Marques, sénéchal de Rome [and] Le roman de Lorin.

Illuminated manuscript. France, 13th–14th centuries. 212 leaves.

With a lengthy description of the manuscript by Paulin Paris, which is transcribed in James (see below).

Provenance: Baron Archibald Selliere. — Selliere sale, Sotheby, 28 February 1887, lot 933. — Quaritch catalogue, April 1890, lot 186. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 988 (sold to Leighton for £69). — Frank McClean. — Fitzwilliam Museum (179) [McClean bequest, 1904].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5, no. 82 (£52 10s.). — James, pp. 340–46. — MS catalogue (2), no. 925. — MS catalogue (3), pp. 1–2. —  Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_11488).


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¶ Bible (c. 1280) [MS]

October 2, 2017

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Bible.

Illuminated manuscript. France, c. 1280. 668 leaves.

Provenance: Morris (purchased March 1895). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 33 (sold to Bruce for £73). — Alexander Bain. — Bain sale, Sotheby, 1 July 1901, lot 1082. — Leighton. — Frank McClean (purchased from Leighton). —Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Frank McClean, 1904].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 2, no. 24 (£75). — James, pp. 22–24. — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_7273).


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¶ Pabenham–Clifford hours (14th century) [MS]

September 26, 2017

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The Pabenham–Clifford hours.

Illuminated manuscript. England, c. 1315–1320. 93 leaves.

Celebrates the marriage of John de Pabenham and his second wife, Joan Clifford, in 1314–1315. While the manuscript was in the hands of Sir Andrew Fountaine (see below), two leaves were removed by Sir John Fenn. At Fenn’s sale (Puttick, London, 16–18 July 1866, lot 865), Samuel Sandars bought them and gave them to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1892. Morris bought the manuscript (less the two leaves) at the Fountaine sale. Sydney Cockerell recorded in his diary, 5 July 1894, “In aftn. went with W.M. to Christie’s to see the books in the Fountaine sale, on one of which W.M. has set his heart,” and the following day he added, “W.M. bought the wonderful Clifford hours for £410 (and commission!).” But almost immediately Morris learned that a fragment of the manuscript was in the Fitzwilliam (Cockerell diary, 21 July 1894). In fact, the following year Montague Rhodes James, a Cambridge medievalist (“a very nice man, & very keen about MSS,” according to Cockerell), brought the Fitzwilliam’s two detached leaves to Kelmscott House for his inspection (Cockerell diary, 19 March 1895; Morris diary, 19 March 1895 [British Library Add. Ms. 4510]). Morris then struck a deal with the Fitzwilliam to reunite the leaves with the rest of the work. The arrangement was that the Fitzwilliam would give Morris half the price he paid for the manuscript and lend him the leaves for his lifetime, and that after his death the manuscript and detached leaves would be brought together again at the museum. On 22 October 1896, Cockerell personally delivered the manuscript to the Fitzwilliam.

Provenance: John de Pabenham and Joan Clifford. — Sir Andrew Fountaine. — Fountaine sale, Christie, 6 July 1894, lot 143 (purchased by Morris for £410). — Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum (MS 242) [acquired from Morris estate, 22 October 1896].

References: Schoenberg (SDBM_241213). — Wormald, 1:157–60.

Images: Fitzwilliam Museum.

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¶ Aristotle — Liber ethicorum, politica, rethorica, magna moralia (13th–14th centuries) [MS]

September 25, 2017

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Aristotle. Ethicorum, politica, rethorica, magna moralia.

Illuminated manuscript. France, 13th–14th centuries. 190 leaves.

Provenance: Edwin Henry Lawrence. — Lawrence sale, Sotheby, 9 May 1892, lot 16. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 134 (sold to Quaritch for £26). — Charles Fairfax Murray. — Fitzwilliam Museum (MS. CFM 14) [gift from Fairfax Murray, 1904].

References: Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_24118). — Wormald, 1:24–25.


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¶ Rossetti — Goblin market (1862)

July 5, 2016

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Rossetti, Christina. Goblin market and other poems. Cambridge: Macmillan, 1862.

Illustrated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Signed on flyleaf “Jane Morris June 1862.” Note on facing page: “This volume was bequeathed to me by May Morris in 1938. It belonged to her mother, Mrs. William Morris. | Herbert Thompson.”

Provenance: Jane Morris (acquired 1862). — May Morris. — Sir H. F. Herbert Thompson (bequest of May Morris, 1938). — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Thompson, 1944).

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¶ Morris — Well at the world’s end (1896)

July 5, 2016

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Morris, William. The well at the World’s end. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896.

Inscribed “to Jenny from William Morris with best love May 23rd 1896.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A39.

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¶ Morris — Life and death of Jason (1895)

July 5, 2016

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Morris, William. The life and death of Jason: a poem. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Inscribed “to Jenny with WM’s best love June 29th 1895.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A34.

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¶ Morris — Child Christopher (1895)

July 5, 2016

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Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind the fair. 2 vols. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Inscribed “to Jenny With WMs’ [sic] best love Kelmscott September 11th 1895.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A35.

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¶ Laudes beatae Mariae Virginis (1896)

July 5, 2016

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Laudes beatae Mariae Virginis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896.

Since the book was published on 7 August 1896, two months before Morris’s death (3 October), Jenny Morris’s copy may well have come from him, but there is no inscription, probably because by then he was very ill.

Provenance: Morris (?). — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A42.

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¶ Jacobus, de Voragine — Golden legend (1892)

July 5, 2016

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Jacobus, de Voragine. The golden legend. Trans. William Caxton and ed. F. S. Ellis. 3 vols. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

Inscribed “To Jenny With WM’s best love October 28th 1892.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A7.

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¶ Chaucer — Works (1896)

July 5, 2016

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Chaucer, Geoffrey. The works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F. S. Ellis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896.

Illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones. Inscribed “to Jenny With WM’s best love June 6th 1896.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A40.

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¶ Blunt — Love-lyrics and songs of Proteus (1892)

July 5, 2016

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Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen. The love-lyrics and songs of Proteus. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

No inscription or mark of ownership.

Provenance: Morris (?). — Jenny Morris (?). — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A3.

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¶ Shakespeare — Poems (1893)

July 2, 2016

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Shakespeare, William. The Poems of William Shakespeare. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “to Jenny With WM’s best love Feb: 17th 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum
[bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A11.

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¶ Keats — Poems (1894)

July 2, 2016

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Keats, John. Poems. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Inscribed “To Jenny With WM’s best love May 8th 1894.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum
[bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A24.

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¶ Ellis — Psalmi penitentiales (1894)

July 2, 2016

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Ellis, F. S., ed. Psalmi penitentiales. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Inscribed “to Jenny With WM’s best love Dec: 8th 1894.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A30.

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¶ Chrétien, de Troyes — Syr Perecyvelle of Gales (1895)

July 1, 2016

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Chrétien, de Troyes. Syr Perecyvelle of Gales. Ed. F. S. Ellis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Inscribed “to Jenny With WM’s best love May 3rd 1895.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A33.

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¶ Coleridge — Poems (1896)

July 1, 2016

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Poems chosen out of the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Ed. F. S. Ellis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896.

Inscribed “to Jenny from WM with best love April 2nd 1896.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum
[bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A38.

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¶ Savonarola — Epistola de contemptu mundi (1894)

July 1, 2016

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Savonarola, Girolamo. Epistola de contemptu mundi di frate Hieronymo da Ferrara dellordine de frati predicatori la quale manda. Ed. Charles Fairfax Murray. London: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Inscribed “to Jenny With Wm’s best love Jan: 29th 1895.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A31.

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¶ Ellis — Sire Degrevaunt (1896)

July 1, 2016

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Ellis, F. S., ed. Sire Degrevaunt. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896.

No inscription (just Jenny Morris’s initials on endpaper), but possibly a presentation copy from her father.

Provenance: Morris (?). — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A47.

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¶ Caxton — History of Godefroy of Boloyne (1893)

July 1, 2016

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Caxton, William, trans. The history of Godefroy of Boloyne and of the conquest of Iherusalem. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “To Jenny Morris from WM with best love In April 1893 (but this was written on March 6th. 1894).”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A15.

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¶ Morris — Dream of John Ball (1892)

July 1, 2016

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Morris, William. A dream of John Ball and a king’s lesson. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

Inscribed “to Jenny with WM’s best love Oct 28th 1892.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum
[bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A6.

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¶ Clanvowe — Floure and the leafe (1896)

July 1, 2016

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Clanvowe, Sir Thomas. The floure and the leafe, and The boke of Cupide, god of love, or The Cuckow and the nightingale. Ed. F. S. Ellis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896.

Published shortly before Morris’s death, so it is possible that he gave this copy to his daughter.

Provenance: Morris (?). — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A43.

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¶ Cavendish — Life of Thomas Wolsey (1893)

July 1, 2016

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Cavendish, George. The life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “to Jenny with WM’s best love May 4th 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A14.

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¶ Ruskin — Nature of gothic (1892)

July 1, 2016

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Ruskin, John. The nature of gothic: a chapter of The stones of Venice. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

Inscribed “to Jenny With William Morris’ best love April 2nd 1892.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A4.

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¶ Morris — Poems by the way (1891)

July 1, 2016

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Morris, William. Poems by the way. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1891.

Inscribed “to Jenny Morris with William Morris best love. Kelmscott Nov: 1891.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A2.

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¶ Morris — Defence of Guenevere (1892)

July 1, 2016

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Morris, William. The defence of Guenevere, and other poems. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

Inscribed “to Jenny from William Morris May 26th 1892.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum
[bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A5.

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¶ Rossetti — Hand and soul (1895)

July 1, 2016

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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Hand and soul. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Inscribed “to Jenny with WM’s best love Dec: 22nd 1895.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum
[bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A36.

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¶ Meinhold — Sidonia the sorceress (1893)

June 9, 2016

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Meinhold, Wilhelm. Sidonia the sorceress. Trans. Francesca Speranza, Lady Wilde. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “to Jenny with William Morris’ best love Nov: 19th 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A19.

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¶ Llull — Order of chivalry (1892–93)

June 9, 2016

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Llull, Ramón. The order of chivalry. Trans. William Caxton. Ed. F. S. Ellis. [and] L’Ordene de chevalerie. Trans. William Morris. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892–93.

Inscribed “to Jenny from William Morris April 8th 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A13.

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¶ Caxton — History of Reynard the foxe (1892)

June 9, 2016

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Caxton, William, trans. The history of Reynard the foxe. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

Inscribed “to Jenny Morris from William Morris January 17th 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A8.

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¶ Morris — Tale of the Emperor Coustans (1894)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William, trans. The tale of the Emperor Coustans and of over sea. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Inscribed “to Jenny With WMs best love Kelmscott Oct: 18th 1894.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A26.

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¶ Morris — Tale of King Florus (1893)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William, trans. The tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “to Jenny With William Morris’ best love December 23rd 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A21.

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¶ Morris — Of the friendship of Amis and Amile (1894)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William, trans. Of the friendship of Amis and Amile. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Inscribed “to Jenny With WM’s best love April 4th 1894.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A23.

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¶ Morris — Tale of Beowulf (1895)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William, and A. J. Wyatt, trans. The tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Inscribed “to Jenny with W.M.’s best love February 5th 1895.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A32.

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¶ Morris — Earthly paradise (1896–97)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William. The earthly paradise. 8 vols. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896–97.

Signed “Jenny Morris” on endpaper. The first three volumes were probably given to her by her father.

Provenance: Morris (?). — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A41.

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¶ Swinburne — Atalanta in Calydon (1894)

June 8, 2016

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Swinburne, Algernon C. Atalanta in Calydon. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Inscribed “Dec: 3rd 1894 to Jenny With WM’s best love.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A25.

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¶ Morris — Story of the glittering plain (1894)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William. The story of the glittering plain. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Illustrated by Walter Crane. Inscribed “To Jenny from WM with best love Feb: 13th 1894.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A22.

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¶ Morris — Story of the glittering plain (1891)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William. The story of the glittering plain. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1891.

Inscribed “to Jenny from William Morris With best love Folkestone June 8th 1891.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A1.

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¶ Morris — News from nowhere (1892)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William. News from nowhere. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

Inscribed “to Jenny from William Morris with best love May 23rd. 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A12.

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¶ Herrick — Poems (1895)

June 8, 2016

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Herrick, Robert. Poems chosen out of the works of Robert Herrick. Ed. F. S. Ellis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Signed “JAM” but apparently not a presentation copy from her father, because there is a bookseller’s code on the front endpaper.

Provenance: Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A37.

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¶ Morris — Story of Gunnlaug the worm-tongue (1891)

June 8, 2016

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Morris, William, trans. The story of Gunnlaug the worm-tongue and raven the scald. London: privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1891.

Jenny Morris’s book label. Note by Sydney Cockerell on endpaper: “The initials were designed & painted by William Morris.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

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¶ Rossetti — Sonnets and lyrical poems (1894)

June 8, 2016

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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Sonnets and lyrical poems. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.

Inscribed “to Jenny with William Morris best love April 26th 1894.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum
[bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A20a.

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¶ Rossetti — Ballads and narrative poems (1893)

June 8, 2016

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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and narrative poems. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “to Jenny from William Morris with best love.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A20.

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¶ Tennyson — Maud (1893)

June 8, 2016

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Tennyson, Alfred. Maud: a monodrama. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “to Jenny with William Morris’ best love Nov: 19th 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A17.

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¶ Shelley — Poetical works (1894-95)

June 8, 2016

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 3 vols. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894–95.

Inscribed “to Jenny Dec: 3rd 1894 With WM’s best love.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A29.

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