Monday, October 15, 2012

1885 Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer


CA. 1885

THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER INCLUDING 'THE CANTERBURY TALES'

ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS

*** RARE EDITION ~ STUNNING VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ***

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., n.d., circa 1885.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• beautiful muted red decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• beveled edges to boards
• detailed embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with full page plates of engravings
• red-line border to all pages of text
• 631 pages, with glossary

This book is available for sale in my Ebay store.  Please click here to view the item page and full description.
This book is available for sale in my Ebay store.  Please click here to view the item page and full description.

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