Chaucer, Geoffrey (2011) ‘Troilus and Criseyde’, Folio Society limited edition

Name: Chaucer, Geoffrey (2011) 'Troilus and Criseyde', Folio Society limited edition
SKU: 1660
Price: 400.00 GBP
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Geoffrey Chaucer (2011) ‘Troilus and Criseyde‘. Folio Society limited edition. Limited to 1,250 copies of which this is no. 780. A masterly facsimile of the acclaimed Golden Cockerel Press edition of Chaucer’s masterpiece, this edition unites the talents of typographer Robert Gibbings and engraver Eric Gill. Facsimile of one of the most seminal ‘fine books’ published in 1920s which today fetches thousands at auctions.

Condition: like new with no faults and still with the original packaging.

Production details:

Facsimile

– Limited to 1,250 copies
– Printed on Rigoletto Panna felt-marked paper
– 5 full-page illustrations
– Elaborate title page and decorative borders throughout
– Bound in full leather
– Blocked in 22-carat gold with a design by Neil Gower from Gill’s original engraving

– Gilded on all three page edges
– Ribbon marker

– 328 pages
– 12½˝ x 7¾˝

Commentary

– Essays by Roderick Cave and Professor Barry Windeatt quarter-bound in buckram with Merida paper sides

Presention box

– Bound in buckram with gold blocking on the spine

Source: http://www.foliosociety.com/book/TCY/troilus-and-criseyde