![CHAUCER, Geoffrey (1340-1400). The Works [a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer] [and:] ROBINSON, DUNCAN. A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer. London: Basilisk Press, 1974-1975. 2 volumes, 2° (426 x 284mm). The facsimile with 87 woodcut illustrations by W.H. Hooper after Edward Burne-Jones, borders and initials by Hooper and others after William Morris. The Companion volume with 85 mounted plates after the drawings of Burne-Jones. Original floral cloth by Liberty after Morris, the binding executed by A.W. Lumsden, common slipcase.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0073_000(chaucer_geoffrey_the_works_a_facsimile_reprint_of_the_kelmscott_chauce023934).jpg?w=1)
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CHAUCER, Geoffrey (1340-1400). The Works [a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer] [and:] ROBINSON, DUNCAN. A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer. London: Basilisk Press, 1974-1975. 2 volumes, 2° (426 x 284mm). The facsimile with 87 woodcut illustrations by W.H. Hooper after Edward Burne-Jones, borders and initials by Hooper and others after William Morris. The Companion volume with 85 mounted plates after the drawings of Burne-Jones. Original floral cloth by Liberty after Morris, the binding executed by A.W. Lumsden, common slipcase.
Number 208 of 515 copies, the facsimile on uncut paper specially made at St. Cuthbert’s Mill, Wells, the companion volume reproducing the original designs of Burne-Jones preserved at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Number 208 of 515 copies, the facsimile on uncut paper specially made at St. Cuthbert’s Mill, Wells, the companion volume reproducing the original designs of Burne-Jones preserved at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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