A Book of Verse
Scolar Press, 1980.
Facsimile edition. 4to. Limited edition, this being number 292 of 325 copies. Quarter green buckram, lettered gilt, over taupe cloth, with oval green leather label blocked in gold with Georgiana Burne-Jones's monogram. With the original publisher's green solander box, introductory notes and prospectus. Each page of text set within decorative floral borders, with a number of delicate and detailed illustrations of maidens in woodland settings. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
Morris produced a handwritten and illustrated book of poetry in 1870 as birthday gift for Georgiana Burne-Jones, the wife of Morris's friend Edward Burne-Jones. The text and artwork were a true collaboration, with Morris providing the poems, calligraphy and ornamentation, the illustrations by Burne-Jones, Fairfax and Wardle. The original manuscript was bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1952, and this production is the first publication of the manuscript of any kind.
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