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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. Laudes Beatae Mariae Virginis. Edited by Sydney C. Cockerell. Hammersmith, 1896. 4o. Printed in Troy type in black, red and blue, numerous three-quarter woodcut page-borders, 7-line and smaller initial capitals, printer's device. Original holland-backed blue paper boards, title printed on upper cover, uncut. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies. Cockerell 42; Peterson A42. -- MORRIS, William. A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a Short Description of the Press by S.S. Cockerell, & an annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat. Hammersmith, 1898. 8o. Printed in Golden type in black and red, with five specimen pages in Troy and Chaucer types, woodcut frontispiece by William Morris within full woodcut page border, facing page with the same border, one full-page illustration of woodcut border pieces, five specimen pages with woodcut initial capitals, woodcut device. Original holland-backed blue paper boards, printed title on upper cover, uncut. LIMITED EDITION, one of 525 copies of an edition of 537. Cockerell 53; Peterson A53. The last book printed at the Kelmscott Press. (2)