Le Morte Darthur. The History Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights Of The Round Table.

MALORY, Thomas.

Item Number: 104588

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1920.

Finely bound set of this classic work. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt decorations to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with frontispieces and numerous color plates by W. Russell Flint. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le Morte d'Arthur is today perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their principal source, including T. H. White in his popular The Once and Future King and Tennyson in The Idylls of the King.