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MALORY, Thomas. Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory. The Original Edition of William Caxton now Reprinted and Edited with an Introduction and Glossary by H. Oskar Sommer. With an Essay on Malory's Prose Style by Andrew Lang. London: David Nutt, 1889-1891.
2 volumes bound in 3, 2o. Contemporary full brown morocco gilt, t.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf. Provenance: Francis Law Latham (bookplate).
LIMITED EDITION, large paper copy, number 4 of 108 sets printed and 100 offered for sale. "The Morte d'Arthur is the most famous version and the first in English prose of all the legends which have collected about King Arthur. It is the only true English epic" see PMM 29. This set contains of the original text of Caxton's edition. (3)
2 volumes bound in 3, 2o. Contemporary full brown morocco gilt, t.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf. Provenance: Francis Law Latham (bookplate).
LIMITED EDITION, large paper copy, number 4 of 108 sets printed and 100 offered for sale. "The Morte d'Arthur is the most famous version and the first in English prose of all the legends which have collected about King Arthur. It is the only true English epic" see PMM 29. This set contains of the original text of Caxton's edition. (3)