• Publication: The Earthly ParadisePublication Record # 386986
• Author: William Morris
• Date: 1896-05-00
• Publisher: Kelmscott Press
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: 8 vol. Published beginning in 1895, completed in May 1896. "Page numbers" for contents below are the volume numbers. Not all contents are genre. The poems are arranged with two for each month; 12 from classical sources, the other 12 from medieval Latin, French and Icelandic originals. Volumes & months are: 1-March; 2-April; 3-May & June; 4-July & August; 5-Sept. & Oct.; 6-Nov. 7-Dec. & Jan.; 8-Feb. Edition of 225 copies on Apple paper. Wood-engraved borders and initials designed by Morris. Limp vellum. Data from Bloomsbury House Auctions and WorldCat. "Decorated with 64 beautiful full-page ornamental borders and countless woodcut initials" (Abebooks).
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 474334180 3945758 655184673

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• v1 • Atalanta's Race • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v1 • The Man Born to Be King • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v2 • The Doom of King Acrisius • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v2 • The Proud King • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v3 • The Story of Cupid and Psyche • [Cupid and Psyche] • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v3 • The Writing on the Image • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v3 • The Love of Alcestis • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v3 • The Lady of the Land • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v4 • The Son of Croesus • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v4 • The Watching of the Falcon • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v4 • Pygmalion and the Image • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v4 • Ogier the Dane • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v5 • The Death of Paris • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v5 • The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v5 • The Story of Acontius and Cydippe • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v5 • The Man Who Never Laughed Again • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v6 • The Story of Rhodope • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v6 • The Lovers of Gudrun • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v7 • The Golden Apples • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v7 • The Fostering of Aslaug • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v7 • Bellerophon at Argos • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v7 • The Ring Given to Venus • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v8 • Bellerophon in Lycia • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v8 • The Hill of Venus • (1868) • poem by William Morris
• v8 • Epilogue (The Earthly Paradise) • essay by William Morris
• v1 • Prologue: The Wanderers • essay by William Morris