The Student's Chaucer, Being a Complete Edition of his Works

Geoffrey Chaucer; Walter W. Skeat (editor)

Published by Oxford, Oxford, 1895

About this Item

Splendid vellum binding of Chaucer's works. Done by John Bumpus (but doubtless outsourced) with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and leather labels. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. Page edges tinted yellow. Printed in double columns. Contains a life of Chaucer plus his works including his Poems, his translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, Troilus and Criseyde and, of course, The Canterbury Tales. 8vo. (195x130mm) [xxiv] 732pp. + 149pp. (glossarial index). Boards slightly bowed. Light marking and toning to spine and covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Student's Chaucer, Being a Complete Edition of his Works
• Publisher: Oxford, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1895
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
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