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Title

  • The works of Geoffrey Chaucer : now newly imprinted

Other Title

  • Cited title: Kelmscott Chaucer

Names

  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
  • Morris, William, 1834-1896, printer
  • Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, editor
  • Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898, artist
  • Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver
  • Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field), 1870-1935, former owner
  • Edelheim, Carl, former owner
  • Kelmscott Press
  • William Morris and Kelmscott Press Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Doves Bindery, binder
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [England : Printed by me, William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]

Genre

  • Bookbinding (Binding)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Side notes and headings in red.
  • -  "Besides Burne-Jones' eighty-seven pictures, it contains a full-page woodcut title, fourteen large borders, eighteen borders or frames for the pictures, and twenty-six large initial words. All of these, besides the ornamental initial letters large and small, were designed by Morris himself"--The life of William Morris by J. W. Mackail, v. 2, p. 326.
  • -  Edition of 425 copies.
  • -  The hearty thanks of the editor and printer are due to the Reverend Professor Skeat for kindly allowing the use of his emendations to the Ellesmere mss. of the Canterbury tales, and also of his emended texts of Chaucer's other writings."
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2041
  • -  Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press, A40
  • -  Morris, Wiliam and S.C. Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, 1898, 40
  • -  Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.
  • -  Note on card: No reproduction. Use facsimile copy. See Mr. Matheson or Mr. B. LAC nsk 2019-12-04
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-12-04 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 4 blank l., ii p. 1 l., 554 p. illus. 43 x 30 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR1850 1896
  • PR1850 1896 Copy 2 Rosenwald Collection item 2041. Printed on vellum. Original half linen binding. Ex libris Cortlandt F. Bishop.
  • PR1850 1896 Copy 3 Rosenwald Collection item 2041, additional copy. Bound by the Doves Bindery, 1897. Bookplate of Carl Edelheim.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02018643

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, William Morris, Edward Coley Burne-Jones, William Harcourt Hooper, Cortlandt F Bishop, Carl Edelheim, Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection, Binder Doves Bindery, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The works of Geoffrey Chaucer: now newly imprinted. editeds by Ellis, Frerick Startridge [England: Printed by me, William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/02018643/.

APA citation style:

Chaucer, G., Morris, W., Burne-Jones, E. C., Hooper, W. H., Bishop, C. F., Edelheim, C. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Ellis, F. S., ed. (1896) The works of Geoffrey Chaucer: now newly imprinted. [England: Printed by me, William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, Finished on the 8th day of May] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/02018643/.

MLA citation style:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, et al. The works of Geoffrey Chaucer: now newly imprinted. ed by Ellis, Frerick Startridge [England: Printed by me, William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/02018643/>.