ASHENDENE PRESS
(lots 248-254)
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Prologue to the Tales of Caunterbury. London: Ashendene Press, 1898.
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CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Prologue to the Tales of Caunterbury. London: Ashendene Press, 1898.
Small 4o. 12 zincotypes of woodcuts from the Caxton edition of ca. 1484 as text illustrations, printer's device A. Red morocco gilt, gilt-lettered on cover reproducing the original wrappers, spine gilt, silk linings, t.e.g., others uncut, by Zaehnsdorf; cloth slipcase. Provenance: [Christie's New York, 20 April 1979, lot 219].
LIMITED EDITION, number 21 of 50 copies on paper [none was printed on vellum] signed by the printer C.H. St. John Hornby. This was the ninth book produced by the press. Hornby IX ("... the first illustrated Ashendene Press book and the first to be signed by the printer"); Tomkinson 10.
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LIMITED EDITION, number 21 of 50 copies on paper [none was printed on vellum] signed by the printer C.H. St. John Hornby. This was the ninth book produced by the press. Hornby IX ("... the first illustrated Ashendene Press book and the first to be signed by the printer"); Tomkinson 10.