The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Book
[1896] (published)
[1896] (published)
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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, newly imprinted.
"... edited by F.S. Ellis; ornamented with [87] pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and engraved on wood by W.H. Hooper [some in wood-engraved compartments]. Printed by ... William Morris [in his Chaucer type with headings to the longer poems in Troy type] at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith ... Middlesex. Finished on ... 8th ... May, 1896" -- colophon.
Watermark: perch (fish) ; initials "WM" (William Morris).
Printed in double columns. Rubricated running section titles in margins and initial/closing phrases to sections.
Additional wood-engraved t.p. 14 large ornamental borders. 26 large initial words. Large and small initial letters.
Edition of 425 copies on paper, 13 on vellum; 379 copies bound in quarter cloth with paper boards; 48 copies (including 3 on vellum) bound in pigskin at the Doves Bindery from a design by Morris.
"... edited by F.S. Ellis; ornamented with [87] pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and engraved on wood by W.H. Hooper [some in wood-engraved compartments]. Printed by ... William Morris [in his Chaucer type with headings to the longer poems in Troy type] at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith ... Middlesex. Finished on ... 8th ... May, 1896" -- colophon.
Watermark: perch (fish) ; initials "WM" (William Morris).
Printed in double columns. Rubricated running section titles in margins and initial/closing phrases to sections.
Additional wood-engraved t.p. 14 large ornamental borders. 26 large initial words. Large and small initial letters.
Edition of 425 copies on paper, 13 on vellum; 379 copies bound in quarter cloth with paper boards; 48 copies (including 3 on vellum) bound in pigskin at the Doves Bindery from a design by Morris.
Object details
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| Title | The works of Geoffrey Chaucer (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | paper, printed |
| Brief description | The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, newly imprinted. "... edited by F.S. Ellis; ornamented with [87] pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and engraved on wood by W.H. Hooper [some in wood-engraved compartments]. Printed by ... William Morris [in his Chaucer type with headings to the longer poems in Troy type] at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith ... Middlesex. Finished on ... 8th ... May, 1896" -- colophon. Watermark: perch (fish) ; initials "WM" (William Morris). Printed in double columns. Rubricated running section titles in margins and initial/closing phrases to sections. Additional wood-engraved t.p. 14 large ornamental borders. 26 large initial words. Large and small initial letters. Edition of 425 copies on paper, 13 on vellum; 379 copies bound in quarter cloth with paper boards; 48 copies (including 3 on vellum) bound in pigskin at the Doves Bindery from a design by Morris. |
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| Library number | L.757-1896 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2017 |
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