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Chaucer Geoffrey

The Canterbury Tales. Illustrated by Eric Gill. [A Facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition. Commentary by Peter Holliday]. EDITION LIMITED TO 1980 COPIES

Folio Society, 2012

770.50 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
2012
Author
Chaucer Geoffrey
Publishers
Folio Society
Keyword
mstock, chaucer, eric gill, golden cockerel press, folio society, geoffrey chaucer, folio society, canterbury, tales
Languages
English

Description

2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous illustrations, initials, and head- and tail-pieces by Gill in the text; full niger morocco, sides and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt edges, silk marker, Commentary Volume bound in boards with buckram back, the two fine volumes housed in publisher's cloth solander case lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 1980 COPIES. A magnificent facsimile of the Golden Cockerel masterpeice, widely regarded as the finest private press production of the period.
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