Robert Steele (1860-1944) was a British scholar, best known for editing the 16-volume Opera hactenus inedita Rogeri Baconi. An early disciple of art scholar William Morris, Steele was drawn to medieval studies and manuscripts. This specialization drew him to source libraries all over the world, including Russia where he was one of the first to find-and translate-the myriad of peasant chapbooks he found stashed in the Moscow archives.
About the illustrator: Jan Junosza de Rosciszewski (1885-1956), better known as "Tom Titt," was born in Warsaw, Poland, but moved to England as a young man to study art. His art dominated post Victorian London magazines, and he ended up as the theatrical caricaturist for the Tatler.
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