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CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Large folio, original holland-backed blue paper boards, paper

label on spine, slightest wear at fore-corners; front hinge starting; uncut; cloth sleeve, full morocco pull-off case. (Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896) LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 425 COPIES of an edition of 438. Printed in Chaucer type in black and red, with headings to the longer poems in Troy type, in double columns, 87 woodcut illustrations after the designs of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, woodcut title-page, borders and initial words after the designs of William Morris and engraved by C. E. Keates, W. H. Hooper and W. Spielmeyer, numerous 10-line and smaller initial capitals. Cockerell 40; Peterson A40.

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