Details
Laudes Beatae Mariae Virginis. Hammersmith, 1896. 4o. Printed in Troy type in red, black and blue, numerous three-quarter woodcut page-borders, 7-line and smaller initial capitals. Original holland-backed blue paper boards, title printed on upper cover, uncut (boards and spine darkened, light wear to spine and rubbing to corners). LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies of an edition of 260. Cockerell 42; Peterson A42. Tipped in is a printed note from William Morris dated December 28th 1896 concerning an earlier edition of the poems which had been brought to his attention and the question of the authorship of the verses.