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CAVENDISH, GEORGE

The Life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York. Written by George Cavendish. 

The Life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York. Written by George Cavendish. 
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KELMSCOTT PRESS

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The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammer-smith, 1893.

One of 250 copies on paper, of a total edition of 256 ( 6 on vellum). 20.9 x 14.7 x 3.2 cm; pp. [4] + iv + 288. Golden type on Batchelor hand-made paper with (the second version of) the Primrose watermark. Full-page woodcut border, and numerous woodcut initials. Original full limp vellum, with gold silk ties; title gilt on spine. Preserved in a red morocco case.

“one special point of interest about it is, that it presents us with the first separate biography in the english language. but for it, we should have but a very imperfect idea of one of the most remarkable figures in english history. chroniclers, historians, and dramatists have alike been indebted to it in writing of wolsey” Morris

[Peterson A14., Morris]

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