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Location
Kelmscott, England, United Kingdom
Printer/Publisher
William Morris, Kelmscott Press
Creation Date
1896
Description
Original bifacial leaf (pages 461[recto] and 462[verso]) from the 1896 Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffery Chaucer.
From a disbound copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, originally printed in an edition of 425 copies on paper and 13 on vellum. Leaf includes passages from "The House of Fame," printed in two columns with decorative initials. Designed by William Morris; illustrations for volume by Edward Burne-Jones.
Original Format
1 leaf; printed on paper in black and red
Original Size
42 cm
Link to Primo Catalog Entry
https://search.library.pdx.edu/permalink/01ALLIANCE_PSU/1sk2t0o/alma99903415211801853
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43994
Recommended Citation
Chaucer, Geoffrey, "48, Leaf from the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 461-462" (1896). Manuscripts and Incunabula in PSU Special Collections. 40.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43994