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Title

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer : now newly imprinted. [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.

Author

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Publication

Printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the country of Middlesex, Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896.]

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Additional Authors

• Ellis, Frederick Startridge.
• Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898
• Morris, William
• Hooper, W. H.

Description

2 blank l., ii p., 1 l., 554 p.; f̕.

Note

• One of 425 copies. Side notes and headings in red.
• "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. The like thanks also the editor and printer give to the delegates of the Oxford University Press for allowing them to avail themselves of Professor Skeat's permission."
• Illustrations: 87 pictures by Burne-Jones; full-page woodcut title, 14 large borders, 18 borders of frames for the pictures, and 26 large initial words, together with small and large initial letters, designed by W. Morris.
• Binding, by Riviere, 1910, of red crushed levant morocco. Sides within three ornamental embossed borders separated by fillets tooled in blind and surrounding a center panel tooled in blind with ornamental fillets forming compartments, each stamped with a center tool. Double with vellum within a frame of fillets tooled in blind and enclosing an embossed border. Center panel surrounded by a broad Florentine border of fillets and small tools in gilt. Back lettered and embossed. With rough edges and vellum paper end papers; gilt top. In red morocco box of book form, adorned with blind tooling, lettered on the back, and lined with red watered grosgrain silk.
• Bookplate of W. A. Spencer.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1896

OCLC

131732498

Author

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Title

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer : now newly imprinted. [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.

Imprint

Printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the country of Middlesex, Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896.]

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Added Author

Ellis, Frederick Startridge.

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898, ill.

Morris, William, ill.

Hooper, W. H., engraver.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1896