The prologue to the Canterbury tales
Author:
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Translator:
Coghill, Nevill
Illustrator:
Phipps, Howard
Publisher:
Perdix Press
Printer:
Partridge, Walter
Binder (person):
Period Book Binders
By Geoffrey Chaucer ; in the original text from Caxton's first edition with a translation into modern English by Nevill Coghill. With two wood engravings by Howard Phipps.
80, [3] p ; 27 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1984
"In this limited edition the modern translation has been set by hand and printed on an Arab platen by Walter Partridge ... The black letter is a photo-litho facsimile of the British Library copy of Caxton's 1476 first edition. The paper is Zerkall mould made. Ten copies have been bound in calf and two hundred in cloth by Period Book Binders of Bath..."--Colophon Museum has copy no. 56 of 200, signed by Mark Franklin and Walter Partridge. Also inscription to John Dreyfus signed by Partridge and dated 19.9.1984. Bound in brown cloth over boards. Parallel Middle English text and English translation.
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Accession number: PB 155-2003
Primary reference Number: 95516
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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