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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, now newly imprinted Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

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Title page and 1st text page within decorative borders; ornamental initials and marginal decorations; sidenotes in red.

Text in double columns; printed in Chaucer type; with the headings to the longer poems in Troy type; the whole was printed on Batchelor handmade paper watermarked with a fish.

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Title	The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, now newly imprinted
Alternate Title	[Works. 1896]; Works of Geoffrey Chaucer; Book of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer; Kelmscott Chaucer
Creator	Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Contributor	Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901; Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898; Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912; Morris, William, 1834-1896; Kelmscott Press; Doves Bindery
Publisher	[Hammersmith, Middlesex] : Kelmscott Press
Date Issued	1896
Description	Title page and 1st text page within decorative borders; ornamental initials and marginal decorations; sidenotes in red. Text in double columns; printed in Chaucer type; with the headings to the longer poems in Troy type; the whole was printed on Batchelor handmade paper watermarked with a fish.
Extent	4 unnumbered pages, ii, 2 unnumbered pages, 554 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (wood-engravings) ; 44 cm (folio)
Subject	English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500; English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
Genre	Books
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	English
Notes	"Here ends the Book of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by F.S. Ellis; ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and engraved on wood by W.H. Hooper. Printed by me, William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex. Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896. The hearty thanks of the editor and printer are due to the Reverend Professor Skeat for kindly allowing the use of his emendations to the Ellesmere MS. of the Canterbury tales, and also of his emended texts of Chaucer's other writings--Colophon. "Besides Burne-Jones' eighty-seven pictures, it contains a full-page woodcut title, fourteen large borders, eighteen borders or frames for the pictures, and twenty-six large initial words. All of these, besides the ornamental initial letters large and small, were designed by Morris himself"--The life of William Morris by J.W. Mackail, v. 2, p. 326. Edition of 425 copies on paper; 13 on vellum. Signatures: a? b-2m? 2n? (a1, a2, and 2n6 blank).
Identifier	PR1850 1896; PR1850_1896
Collection	UBC Library Digitization Centre Special Projects
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. PR1850 1896
Date Available	2018-05-08
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.ubc.ca
Catalogue Record	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=8394155
AIPUUID	5be84e3c-7f99-42a3-a227-f9408bc693ee ; f903cd6b-e7c4-40c2-a785-b32c4a88947e
DOI	10.14288/1.0366915
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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