Chaucer

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2008réf. 38446London: Folio Society 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Edward Burne-Jones. Edward Burne-Jones. Hardcover. This is a stunning and faithful facsimile of the famed Kelmscott Chaucer first printed and published by William Morris in 1896. As William Peterson the renowned scholar of the Kelmscott Press and its Chaucer wrote: "Only 425 copies of the Kelmscott Chaucer were printed so it is not surprising that a number of facsimiles have been produced to satisfy the demand for this legendary work.It is thanks to the kindness of Mr. Bernard Roberts that the Folio Society facsimile has come into being.first published in 2002 in a limited edition of 1000 copies.and reprinted in 2008 in an unlimited edition." This 2008 reprint of the 2002 limited edition Folio Society facsimile reproduces in great detail and high quality the most ambitious and magnificent book to be produced by William Morris's legendary Kelmscott Press described by W. B. Yeats as "the most beautiful of all printed books." Burne-Jones called it "a pocket cathedral it is so full of design" and the finest book ever printed. "If W. M. had done nothing else it would be enough." Burne-Jones devoted all his Sundays for almost three years to the work. As the artist worked he increased the number of proposed illustrations from 48 to 60 to 72 to 87 and Morris accepted each change. The process of adapting the drawings to the woodblock and engraving them was entrusted to W. H. Hooper and R. Catterson-Smith with Burne-Jones closely supervising every detail. This lovely reproduction of Morris's Kelmscott Chaucer has copies of all of the beautiful eighty-seven wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. It includes an afterword essay on the Kelmscott Chaucer by William S. Peterson. "The most beautiful of all printed books" -- W.B. Yeats. Handsomely printed throughout in red & black on special heavy paper commissioned from the James Cropper Mill; uncut edges top edge gilt. Elephant folio burgundy cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped designs by William Morris protected in a printed maroon board slipcase. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase. 559 pages. Measures 12 x 16.5 x 3 inches. A heavy book that may require additional postage. PRI/101826. Folio Society hardcover books

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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted

réf. 1271682002. Hammersmith: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press 1896. London: The Folio Society 2002. Large folio 16 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches; 415 x 288 mm. 4 blank ii 2 554 1 limitation 1 blank pp. Printed in black and red in William Morris's Chaucer type with titles of the longer poems in Troy type the text arranged in double columns and edited by F.S. Ellis. Illustrated throughout with eighty-seven magnificent woodcuts after the designs of Sir Edward Burne-Jones redrawn by Robert Catterson-Smith and engraved by W. H. Hooper together with the celebrated woodcut title-page fourteen variously repeated ornamental borders eighteen repeated frames twenty-six large decorative initial words numerous smaller initials and Morris's famous printer's device. The decorative woodcuts were engraved by C. E. Keates W. H. Hooper and W. Spielmeyer. Guard sheet between title and first text leaf. Both volumes housed in the original blue cloth clamshell case with cream morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Clamshell with only minor wear and light soiling to the lower spine; the book itself in fine condition. § An extraordinary achievement in modern fine printing and bookbinding. Printed by Cambridge University Press for The Folio Society and completed on 20 February 2002 this magnificent edition is widely regarded as the finest facsimile ever produced of William Morris's Kelmscott Chaucer. Every aspect of the original masterpiece - its monumental format typography illustrations paper and sumptuous binding-has been recreated with remarkable fidelity. Issued in a strictly limited edition of only 1010 copies of which just 1000 were offered for sale this is copy number 125. The Kelmscott Chaucer occupies a unique position in the history of the printed book. Published in 1896 in an edition of only 425 copies on paper and 13 on vellum it represents the crowning achievement of William Morris's Kelmscott Press and the supreme expression of the Arts and Crafts movement. Morris united typography illustration ornament paper and binding into a harmonious whole unequaled in the history of private press printing. As Gordon N. Ray observed it is "not only the most important of the Kelmscott Press's productions; it is also one of the great books of the world." Rather than producing a simple photographic facsimile The Folio Society undertook one of the most ambitious acts of modern fine printing ever attempted. Every significant feature of Morris's masterpiece was painstakingly recreated-from the specially manufactured laid paper and monumental page size to the intricate Burne-Jones illustrations and the sumptuous Cobden-Sanderson binding. The result is not merely a reproduction but a remarkable tribute to the original preserving with extraordinary fidelity both its visual magnificence and its physical presence. Original Kelmscott Chaucers have long been among the great trophies of nineteenth-century book collecting with fine examples today commanding well into six figures. This magnificent Folio Society edition offers perhaps the closest experience possible to owning Morris's masterpiece without entering that rarified market. Produced with exceptional scholarship craftsmanship and attention to detail it stands not simply as the finest facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer ever published but as one of the outstanding achievements of modern book production in its own right. References original 1896 edition: Peterson A40; Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England p. 258; Ransom p. 329; Sparling 40; Tomkinson 40; Waldorf 40; The Clark Library pp. 46-48; The Artist & the Book 45. unknown

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THE WORKS OF OUR ANCIENT LEARNED AND EXCELLENT ENGLISH POET JEFFREY CHAUCER .to Which Is Adjoyn'd the Story of the Siege of Thebes by John Lidgate.Together With the Life Of Chaucer

1687réf. 25716London: np 1687. The third Speght edition and the last 'black letter' edition of Chaucer's works. With the famous engraved Gower portrait and genealogical frontispiece engraved coat of arms at the beginning of the works and with woodcut initials throughout. Folio full antique calf the spine sometime restored to correct period style with raised bands ruled in double gilt and with a red morocco label gilt ruled and lettered. 36 660 24 pp. A very handsome copy internally quite clean and still crisp a bit of expected mellowing or age evidence the binding handsome with some expert restoration as noted. A nice tall copy of this important work. A SCARCE HANDSOME AND IMPORTANT EDITION. This was the last 'black letter' edition of Chaucer to be published. Thomas Speght included in this edition "The Court of Love" added to the Chaucer canon by Stow in 1561 as well as four new pieces: "The Flower and the Leaf;" "Chaucer's Dream;" "Jacke Upland" spuriously attributed to Chaucer; and "Chaucer's A B C." The text of the Tales follows that of the 1602 edition but with the addition of the then recently rediscovered endings of the Cook's and the Squire's tales. There is also a twenty-four page Glossary "The Old and Obscure Words Explained" at the end of the volume. This copy with fine provenance with the engraved bookplate of Oliver Huckel published author and authority on Richard Wagner. Huckel was the translator into English of such works as 'Tannhauser' and 'Parsifal'. With the plate of the Brooklyn Public Library now deaccessioned noting it was purchased with the gift of Alexander M. White. There are none of the typical library markings other than this label noting the donor and previous owner. np hardcover