7th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 60
 

60

Chaucer, Geoffrey Works. Folio Society, 2008. Folio, full white Nigerian goatskin gilt by Smith...

Chaucer, Geoffrey
Works. Folio Society, 2008. Folio, full white Nigerian goatskin gilt by Smith Settle, Otley, upper board with elaborate gilt design by David Eccles after one executed by Cobden-Sanderson for the Kelmscott Chaucer, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt in compartments, t.e.g., blue silk marker, in blue clamshell box; richly illustrated after Morris' original designs; with an essay by William Peterson on the Kelmscott Chaucer, reprinted to accompany the facsimile. Limited edition facsimile no. 142 of 1000 numbered copies for sale (1010 in total).

Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £500


 

. A little wear to case but otherwise fine.

 


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