The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
The Folio Society, 2002
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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted
The Kelmscott Chaucer
Canterbury Tales
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"This facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer has been printed for The Folio Society, London, by Cambridge University Press and completed on the 20th day of February, 2002."
Colophon of original reads: "Here ends the Book of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by F. S. Ellis; ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and engraved on wood by W. H. Hooper. Printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex. Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896."
Limited ed. of 1000 numbered copies.
Accompanied by "The Kelmscott Chaucer: an essay by William S. Peterson"(15 p. ; 25 cm). This essay is taken from "The Kelmscott Press: a history of William Morris's typographical adventure"(Oxford University Press, 1991)
Presented in a buckram bound solander box
Description based on copy no.747