Art and the beauty of the earth : a lecture /

Art and the beauty of the earth : a lecture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Morris, William, 1834-1896, author.
Imprint:	London : Longmans & Co., [1898] [London] : Printed at the Chiswick Press, December 6, 1898.
Description:	2 unnumbered pages, 31 pages ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Art -- Philosophy. Art -- Philosophy. rare books. Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Golden. Turn-ins (Binding) Morocco bindings (Binding) Gold tooled bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Gilt edges (Binding) Signed bindings (Binding) Sammelbands (Provenance) Bookplates (Provenance)
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy has been added to the Rare Book Collections by the Library Council in honor of Brenda Johnson on the occasion of her retirement as Library Director and University Librarian, November 11, 2021. University of Chicago Library's copy is number 2 of 5 titles bound together; bound with: [1]. Morris, William. An address delivered by William Morris at the distribution of prizes to students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894. London: Longmans & Co., [1898]; [3]. Morris, William. Some hints on pattern-designing. London: Longmans & Co. 1899; [4]. Morris, William. Architecture and history. [London] : [Longmans & Co.], [1900]; [5]. Morris, William. Art and its producers. London : Longmans & Co., 1901.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12732098

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Varying Form of Title:	Lecture II : art and the beauty of the earth
Other authors / contributors:	Helen, Queen Mother of Romania, 1896-1982, former owner. Paget, Florence, bookbinder. Longmans & Company (London, England), publisher. Chiswick Press, printer.
Provenance:	Former owner's bookplate: Her Majesty Queen Helen, the Queen Mother of Roumania. Former owner's illustrated bookplate: Mary Priscilla Smith. Binding by Florence Paget: green morocco over boards with frame of gilt fillets and undulating branches bearing Tudor roses, raised bands, spine panels with central Tudor rose and rose-leaf cornerpieces; five raised bands and spine panels with central Tudor rose and rose-leaf cornerpieces; turn ins with same with gold ruling and gold tooled rose cornerpieces; all edges gilt; binder's signature: F.P. 1907.
Notes:	Caption title. "Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press ..."--Colophon. Imprint taken from the colophon.
Other form:	Online version: Morris, William, 1834-1896. Art and the beauty of the earth. London : Longmans & Co., 1898

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Call Number:	N7450 .M85 1898
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