Lot 104
Kelmscott Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works......now newly imprinted, one of 425 copies, original holland-backed boards, Kelmscott Press, 1896.
Hammer Price: £32,000
Description
Kelmscott Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works......now newly imprinted, edited by F.S.Ellis, one of 425 copies on Perch paper, printed in red and black with text in Chaucer type and titles of longer poems in Troy type, 87 wood-engraved illustrations designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and engraved by W.H.Hooper, wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris and engraved by C.E.Keates, W.H.Hooper and W.Spielmeyer, occasional light spotting, original holland-backed boards, uncut, a little rubbed, a few spots to upper cover and small scratch to lower, slight wear to foot of spine and lower edges, paper label on spine chipped, [Peterson 40; PMM 367 note], folio, Kelmscott Press, 1896.
⁂ The greatest of all private press books and the apotheosis of the artistic collaboration between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.
Description
Kelmscott Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works......now newly imprinted, edited by F.S.Ellis, one of 425 copies on Perch paper, printed in red and black with text in Chaucer type and titles of longer poems in Troy type, 87 wood-engraved illustrations designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and engraved by W.H.Hooper, wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris and engraved by C.E.Keates, W.H.Hooper and W.Spielmeyer, occasional light spotting, original holland-backed boards, uncut, a little rubbed, a few spots to upper cover and small scratch to lower, slight wear to foot of spine and lower edges, paper label on spine chipped, [Peterson 40; PMM 367 note], folio, Kelmscott Press, 1896.
⁂ The greatest of all private press books and the apotheosis of the artistic collaboration between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.
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