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Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir William Russell Flint

The Canterbury Tales

Philip Lee Warner, publisher to The Medici Society Ltd

1913

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Description

A finely bound, limited edition presentation copy set of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

  • Sold as a set of 3 volumes.
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (English).
  • Illustrated with color plates after William Russell Flint.
  • The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer Illustrated after drawings by W. Russell Flint.
  • London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to The Medici Society Ltd., 1913.
  • Folio.
  • 36 tipped-in color plates.
  • Part of an edition of 500 copies, this copy unnumbered.
  • "Presentation Copy" stamped in purple ink to limitation page of each volume.
  • Bound in crushed red morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), panels ruled in gilt, gilt spine in six compartments, top-edge gilt, others uncut.

Provenance

Captain Richard Campbell, OBE, RN (bookplate).

Condition Report

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Bookplate to front free endpaper verso of each volume.

A few marks to boards.

Slight spotting to fore-edge.

Minor signs of age and handling.

Dimensions

Height: 10.63 inches / 27 cm
Width: 8.27 inches / 21 cm

Language

English

Subject

European Literature and History, English literature and history, Illustrated, Fine bindings, Sets, Poetry, Prose, Short Stories

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