""The Ashmolean ... have kindly allowed us to print from Lucien's original wood-blocks which are in their possession. The Morgan Library and Museum ... supplied 2000 sheets of the Batchelor's Crown and Sceptre paper which has lain in their store for over a century"--Page [5].

"This edition of 300 copies is set in 12-point Caslon type & printed from the original engravings on the three different papers made by Joseph Batchelor & Son to the original specifications of William Morris ... The 40 copies bound in vellum are printed on the Otter paper, and contain a portfolio of proofs of the engravings, and one additional engraving, all in a solander box. The 100 copies half-bound in Oasis leather and pre-war Fabriano Ingres are printed on the Flower paper made for the Kelmscott Press, and also contain the proofs and additional engraving. The 160 regular copies are half-bound in Fabriano Ingres papers and printed on the Crown and Sceptre paper. Bound by The Fine Book Bindery"--Colophon.

Issued in slipcase.

Rare Book copy: No. 63.

Includes bibliographical references.