Lot 2158 , Folio Society - Lydgate, John - The Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr: The Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund in MS Harley 2278, 2 vols, in original publisher's green clamshell box, with gilt-framed red leather tablet

° Folio Society - Lydgate, John - The Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr: The Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund in MS Harley 2278, 2 vols, in original publisher's green clamshell box, with gilt-framed red leather tablet and black title to spine edge, one of 1010 copies.
Includes: Facsimile of MS Harley 2278. 24.5x15.7cm., full Nigerian goatskin with leather onlays over bevelled boards, blocked with design by David Eccles, handmade laid-paper endleaves from the Fabriano Mill, all edges gilt. Printed on Furioso paper.
The Life of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr. With introduction, transcript and commentary by A. S. G. Edwards. 24.5 x 15.7cm., green buckram, gilt lettering on spine and front panel, Folio Society, 2004.
£100-150

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