Kelmscott Press Page From The Tale
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Kelmscott Press Page From The Tale
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Print Collector
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Kelmscott Press: Page from The Tale of Beowulf Printed in the Troy Type', c.1895, (1914). Page from 'The Tale of Beowulf Done Out of the Old English Tongue. Trans. By William Morris and A. J. Wyatt'. 19th century translation of the Old English epic poem set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. This page shows chapter XXXII: 'How the Worm Came to the Howe, and How He Was Robbed of A Cup; and How He Fell on the Folk. From The Art of the Book edited by Charles Holme. [The Studio, Ltd., London, Paris, New York, 1914] Artist William Morris. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
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