The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Now Newly Imprinted
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Title
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Now Newly Imprinted
Description
The Works of Chaucer is the pinnacle of the Kelmscott Press's oeuvre. Morris's love for medieval art and literature and traditional book design are on full display here, in a book that includes 87 illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, a full-page woodcut title page, fourteen large ornamental borders, plus borders for the pictures and ornamental initials, and red and black type.
The planning for this volume began in 1892, with early test pages printed in the Troy type, which proved too large; the Chaucer type used here is a smaller version of Troy. Even with the smaller type, the book is over 550 pages and 17 inches tall.
Morris's health was failing throughout the 1890's, and Burne-Jones worked devotedly on the illustrations in fear that Morris would die before seeing the book completed. It was finished in 1896, and Morris died later that year, having lived to see his vision take form.
425 copies were printed on paper and 15 on vellum.
The planning for this volume began in 1892, with early test pages printed in the Troy type, which proved too large; the Chaucer type used here is a smaller version of Troy. Even with the smaller type, the book is over 550 pages and 17 inches tall.
Morris's health was failing throughout the 1890's, and Burne-Jones worked devotedly on the illustrations in fear that Morris would die before seeing the book completed. It was finished in 1896, and Morris died later that year, having lived to see his vision take form.
425 copies were printed on paper and 15 on vellum.
Creator
Geoffrey Chaucer; edited by F.S. Ellis, ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, engraved on wood by W.H. Hooper
Source
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher
Kelmscott Press
Date
1896
Type
Book
Collection
Citation
Geoffrey Chaucer; edited by F.S. Ellis, ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, engraved on wood by W.H. Hooper, “The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Now Newly Imprinted,” Book Club of California, accessed April 28, 2024, https://bccbooks.omeka.net/items/show/64.