CHAUCER, Geoffrey.

£2,500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Canterbury Tales. First Riccardi Press edition, number 196 of 500 copies printed on Riccardi paper, deluxe issue bound in limp vellum, and each volume with its original dust jacket and slipcase. The Riccardi Press Chaucer is a most handsome production, attractively illustrated by William Russell Flint, and is among the most desirable productions of the press. The printed dust jackets show that of the 500 copies on paper, they could be purchased in boards at £7 17s. 6d., or as here in limp vellum at £9 9s. There were an additional 12 copies printed on vellum, for sale at £47 5s.

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