Research Catalog

Title

The birth, life and acts of King Arthur : of his noble Knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures, the achieving of the San Greal, and in the end Le morte Darthur, with the dolourous death and departing out of this world of them all / the text as written by Sir Thomas Malory and imprinted by William Caxton at Westminster the year MCCCCLXXXV and now spelled in modern style ; with an introduction by Professor Rhys ; and embellished with many original designs by Aubrey Beardsley.

Author

Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century.

Publication

London : J.M. Dent, 1893-1894

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rhys, John, Sir, 1840-1915.
• Simmons, F. J.
• Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898.
• John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection. Copy in MEM

Description

2 v. (xc, 990 p., [25] leaves of plates) : ill.; 25 cm.

Uniform Title

Morte d'Arthur

Alternative Title

Morte d'Arthur

Subject

• Arthurian romances

Note

• "Limited to 300 copies on Dutch hand made paper and 1500 ordinary copies, after printing which the type has been distributed"--Half title verso, v. 1.
• Half title: Morte Darthur.
• Edited by F.J. Simmons.
• Place of publication and publisher statement from colophon; publisher's device only on t.p.
• Issued in 12 parts, June 1893-Nov. 1894. "Ordinary copies" issued for binding in 2 v. Title page and other preliminaries to v. 1 issued in pt. 6; title pages and other preliminaries to v. 2 issued in pt. 12.
• Illustrations: ca. 1095 reproductions of drawings by Beardsley from 351 different designs, including photogravure frontispieces in vols. 1 and 3, 13 other full-page ill. and 5 double-page ill. Additional full-page ill. by Beardsley on covers of parts.
• Each pt. in illustrated greenish gray paper covers. Publisher's advertisements on p. [3-4] of covers. Note to subscribers regarding available publisher's bindings on slip inserted in pt. 12.

Indexed In (note)

• Life, P.W. Sir Thomas Malory
• Walker, R.A. Le morte Darthur with Beardsley illustrations

Contents

[First portion, containing book i to book ix] -- Second portion, containing book x to the end.

Call Number

MEM (Beardsley) (Malory, T. Birth, life, and acts)

OCLC

21701553

Author

Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century.

Title

The birth, life and acts of King Arthur : of his noble Knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures, the achieving of the San Greal, and in the end Le morte Darthur, with the dolourous death and departing out of this world of them all / the text as written by Sir Thomas Malory and imprinted by William Caxton at Westminster the year MCCCCLXXXV and now spelled in modern style ; with an introduction by Professor Rhys ; and embellished with many original designs by Aubrey Beardsley.

Imprint

London : J.M. Dent, 1893-1894 (Edinburgh : Turnbull & Spears)

Indexed In:

Life, P.W. Sir Thomas Malory, 124

Walker, R.A. Le morte Darthur with Beardsley illustrations

Local Note

Copy in MEM: Binding: Publisher's cream cloth, gold-stamped with designs by Beardsley. Without the original paper covers.

Arents copy: As issued, in 12 parts; laid into publisher's cream cloth binding cases, gold-stamped with designs by Beardsley. Housed in red cloth protective wrappers and slipcases.

Added Author

Rhys, John, Sir, 1840-1915.

Simmons, F. J.

Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898. Illustrator

John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection. Copy in MEM

Research Call Number

MEM (Beardsley) (Malory, T. Birth, life, and acts)

Arents BIP (Malory, T. Morte 1894a) 04-284