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(FRINK, ELISABETH.) Chaucer, Geoffrey. Etchings Illustrating Canterbury Tales. 19 etchings and aquatints on Barcham Green by Frink. 649x457 mm; 25 1/2x18 inches (sheets), full margins. Large folio, contents loose as issued in gilt-pictorial canvas portfolio with ties, some separation beginning at corners. London: Waddington, 1972
one of only 25 hors commerce copies numbered D 293 from a total edition of 300. The illustrations, drawn directly on to copper plates and etched by Frink have been described as "amongst the most successful illustrations of the century, encompassing the mood of the text in concise delineations and disarmingly ribald humour"--Sarah Kent, from From Manet to Hockney 149; Wiseman 56-76.
