MALORY THOMAS Sir Le Morte DArthur 3 vols 1889 One of 100

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MALORY, THOMAS, Sir. Le Morte D'Arthur. 3 volumes. Edited and with an introduction by Oskar Sommer. Essay by Andrew Lang. One plate reproducing a page from Caxton, a folding facsimile, and three folding tables. Thick folio, brown morocco gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, some light scuffing along edges and extremities; armorial bookplates of Francis Law Latham on pastedowns. London: David Nutt, 1889

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number 4 of only 100 deluxe large paper copies printed and signed by the publisher. The text is taken from the first printing by William Caxton in 1485, reproducing the text "page for page, line for line, word for word" (from Sommer's introduction). The third volume contains notes, glossary, bibliography, Lang's essay, and Sommer's notes on the Arthurian sources, adding to the set's importance as a scholarly reference as well as a lovely edition of the text.