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Morte D’Arthur The Limited Edition Facsimile

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THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THE FINE BOOK LOVER:  

The Folio Society Limited Edition Facsimile of the 1927 edition of Le Morte D’Arthur by Thomas Malory illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Bound in Full Nigerian Goatskin elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine. Printed by the Bath Press, Avon on Camelot Laid paper, specially made for this edition at the James Cropper Mill at Bruneside in Cumbria. With handmade Laid endpapers from the Fabriano Mill, Italy. All edges are gilt and the volume is housed in the publisher’s clamshell box. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 855. Book and box are Fine. $800.00