The Story of Amis & Amile Done Out of the Ancient French into English by William Morris. by Morris, William [Translator] - 1897.

Portland, Maine:: Thomas B. Mosher,, 1897.. Limited Printing. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Fine in a Fine Slipcase. Limited printing: One of 425 copies. 12mo. (8.5 x 13.3 cm). Printed wrap over boards. Patterned paper Slipcase with Japanese Vellum printed spine. Printed on Japan Vellum at the Press of George D. Loring, Portland, Maine , October 1897. 47 pp. uncut. The translation of this work by William Morris was originally issued by Morris at the Kelmscott Press during March of 1894 in a limited edition of 500 copies. Reprinted in Old French Romances by Joseph Jacobs, (London, 1896), and here redesigned and printed for Thomas B. Mosher in 1897. A charming edition of Morris' translation of the now renowned the French medieval romance "reproducing as his can do of living men's, the tone, the colour, the charm of the Middle Ages" J. Jacob's. Beautifully printed complete with floral patterned slipcase. Printed Wraps with Slipcase