The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Now newly imprinted.

The Folio Society, London, 2002

First Edition of the Folio Society facsimile edition, No. 424 of 1010 copies.

Description: Bound in cream Nigerian goatskin, richly blocked in gilt with a design by William Morris, raised bands to spine, decorative handmade endpapers by Ann Muir, housed in a blue cloth clamshell box with title label to spine. Folio: 43 × 31 cm; pp. [4], ii, 554, [2]. With a frontispiece and 87 woodcuts by Edward Burne-Jones, 18 large border designs, 26 large, over 500 smaller initial letters and Kelmscott Press “Chaucer” mark at the colophons designed by William Morris. Printed on “Old Style” wove paper from the Cordier mill in France. All edges gilt.

Enclosed: Loosely inserted a booklet containing an essay by William S. Peterson: The Kelmscott Chaucer, Folio Society, 2002 and a handout about the binding (as issued).

Condition: Aside from a slight bend to a clamshell box corner, this item is in almost mint condition.

Notes: This edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an accurate facsimile of the 1896 Kelmscott Press edition, and is one of the most elaborate books ever published by the Folio Society.

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