Bonhams 1793 : KELMSCOTT PRESS CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Works

CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Works, limited to 425 copies, edited by F.S. Ellis and W.W. Skeat, Chaucer and Troy type, printed in red and black, 87 wood-engraved illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, wood-engraved borders, frames, 3- to 10-line initials and other ornaments throughout, library stamps on verso of title, at head of b1v and below colophon, bound in an unfinished craft binding of crushed red morocco, the lower cover with borders of inlaid blue morocco and gilt pointillé cornerpieces (one still blank), full morocco doublures and free endpapers [Pedersen A40], folio, Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press, 1896

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