LE MORTE D'ARTHUR
Lavish limited Pre-Raphaelite edition of the most celebrated work of the Arthurian cycle.
Fine.
Price: $4,500.00
LE MORTE D'ARTHUR
"Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England."
LE MORTE is a masterpiece of medieval England, containing the best-known versions of the tales that chronicle the rise and fall of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: Merlin and the sword in the stone, the quest for the Holy Grail, Lancelot and Guinevere, and more. Malory's "importance in shaping Arthurian tradition can hardly be overstated: he is, and deserves to be, the towering figure" (Putter and Archibald, 5).
This edition embraces the fine press movement which began in the 19th century as a reaction against the impersonal ugliness that often came to mass production. Many of the movement's practitioners, such as William Morris, looked back to pre-industrial arts for inspiration; W. Russell Flint a late practitioner in the companion artistic movement known as the Pre-Raphaelites (so-called for their focus on art before the Renaissance painter Raphael). Flint's illustrations have the sinuousness of turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau with the rich primary color palette adapted from late medieval painting. A gem of pre-WWI fine press printing in a suitably elegant binding of exceptionally high quality.
Read more: Putter and Archibald, Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend.
The Object
London: Philip Lee Warner, 1910-1911. 4 quarto volumes, 9.75'' x 7.5'' each. Mid-20th century full crushed morocco by Bayntun Rivière, gilt rules, raised bands, gilt-ornamented spines. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Flint with 48 tipped-in color plates. Limited to 500 copies on handmade Riccardi Paper. xx, 168, [4]; xvi, 179, [5]; xvi, 208, [4]; xvi, 212, [2] pages. Housed in (somewhat worn) custom red cloth slipcase. Very faint ringmark to vol. III rear board, else fine. Tight and clean.
The Fine Print
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