The Kelmscott Chaucer - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted, 1896. Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris shared a love of medieval books and poetry. They collaborated on "The Kelmscott Chaucer", a volume containing the writings of English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), and considered by many as the most beautiful book ever printed. Illustrator: Sir Edward Burne-Jones; Assistant: Douglas Cockerell; Publisher: Kelmscott Press; Designer: William Morris; Book binder: TJ Cobden-Sanderson; Assistant: R Catterson-Smith; Photographer: Sir Emery Walker
The Kelmscott Chaucer - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted, 1896. Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris shared a love of medieval books and poetry. They collaborated on "The Kelmscott Chaucer", a volume containing the writings of English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), and considered by many as the most beautiful book ever printed. Illustrator: Sir Edward Burne-Jones; Assistant: Douglas Cockerell; Publisher: Kelmscott Press; Designer: William Morris; Book binder: TJ Cobden-Sanderson; Assistant: R Catterson-Smith; Photographer: Sir Emery Walker. 87 woodcut illustrations on paper.
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