Oct 12, 2006 - Sale 2088

Sale 2088 - Lot 172

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(KELMSCOTT PRESS.) Lefevre, Raoul. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye. 3 volumes in 2. Translated by William Caxton. Printed in red and black in Troy and Chaucer type; decorative woodcut title, numerous initials, and designs by William Morris. 4to, later limp vellum with 12 rose cloth ties, 3 missing. Hammersmith, (1892)
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one of 300 copies printed on batchelor paper and the first kelmscott book printed in troy and chaucer types. A great favorite of William Morris, Troye was a medieval romance and its original text was the first book printed in the English language by William Caxton, England's first printer. Peterson A8; Cockerell 8.