The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, now newly imprinted
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Hammersmith,
William Morris at Kelmscott Press,
1896]
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| Item Description: | Edition of 425 copies Side notes and headings in red [Colophon: 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] "Besides Burne-Jones's eighty-seven pictures, it contains a full-page woodcut title, fourteen large borders, eighteen borders or frames for the pictures, and twenty-six large initial words. All of these, besides the ornamental initial letters large and small, were designed by Morris himself."--The life of William Morris by J. W. Mackail, v. 2, p. 326 "The hearty thanks of the editor and printer are due to the REverend Professor Skeat for kindly allowing the use of his emendations to the Ellesmere ms. of the Canterbury tales, and also of his emended texts of Chaucer's other writings." |
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| Physical Description: | 9 blank l., ii p., 1 l., 554 p illus., 43 x 30 cm. |