The Canterbury tales [trial sheets]
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Title
The Canterbury tales [trial sheets]
Subject
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales -- Illustrations
Fine books -- England -- Berkshire -- Specimens
Wood-engraving, British -- Specimens
Vellum printings -- England -- Berkshire -- 1929
Proofs (Prints by function) -- England -- Berkshire -- 1929
Fine books -- England -- Berkshire -- Specimens
Wood-engraving, British -- Specimens
Vellum printings -- England -- Berkshire -- 1929
Proofs (Prints by function) -- England -- Berkshire -- 1929
Description
Trial sheets comprising quire 'L' (pages 145-160) of the Golden Cockerel Press's edition of The Canterbury tales (volume 3), printed on vellum.
Wood engraved border illustrations by Eric Gill. Initial letter "W" has illustration. Initial letters printed in red and blue.
Text follows Oxford University Press edition of Walter W. Skeat.
Wood engraved border illustrations by Eric Gill. Initial letter "W" has illustration. Initial letters printed in red and blue.
Text follows Oxford University Press edition of Walter W. Skeat.
Creator
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, wood-engraver
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, wood-engraver
Source
Eric Gill Collection
Publisher
Golden Cockerel Press
Date
1929
Relation
http://catalog.wustl.edu:80/record=b5373519~S2
Format
4 unbound leaves (16 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 33 x 38 cm
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Identifier
Gill-Eric-Canterbury-Trials-886927817-001.jpg
Files
Citation
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, wood-engraver, “ The Canterbury tales [trial sheets],” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 1, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/13706.
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