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(KELMSCOTT PRESS.) Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works [with] a Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer by Duncan Robinson. 2 volumes. First volume is a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Woodcut title-page, 87 woodcut illustrations after Sir Edward Burne-Jones, text in double columns. Companion volume contains 85 tipped-in plates from pencil drawings by Burne-Jones. Uniform burgundy and tan floral Larkspur pattern cloth designed by Morris, original printed blue paper spine labels (replacement labels still tipped to rear of each volume); uncut, bright and fresh internally; board slipcase, scuffed and soiled. GG. London: Basilisk Press, 1974
number 212 of 515 sets of the beautiful facsimile of the Kelmscott Press's masterwork. Printed by The John Roberts Press in Clerkenwell for the Basilisk Press under the direction of Peter Guy. The plates were created from blocks made by John Swain and Son, all printed on specially made paper by St. Cuthbert's Mill at Wells, and the sumptuous cloth bindings printed by Liberty of London.
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