WITH AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM CANTERBURY TALES 1478. DUFF, EDWARD GORDON. William Caxton Chicago (The Caxton Club, by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company at Lakeside Press) 1905. Folio (310x245 mm). Illustrated with 26 plates, including the Ashburnham copy of Canterbury tales, which is loose inserted in a pocket. Untrimmed in half cloth with greyish paper boards and dark red spine, spine with old title label in paper. One of 148 copies with a leaf from the Ashburnham copy of the first edition of the Canterbury Tales. The copy of the Canterbury Tales came from the library of Lord Ashburnham, which the Caxton Club purchased for distribution of this book. This copy was incomplete and only contained 148 leaves. Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is considered the most famous work produced by England's first printer, William Caxton (c. 1415-c. 1492). Photo.
WITH AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM CANTERBURY TALES 1478. DUFF, EDWARD GORDON. William Caxton Chicago (The Caxton Club, by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company at Lakeside Press) 1905. Folio (310x245 mm). Illustrated with 26 plates, including the Ashburnham copy of Canterbury tales, which is loose inserted in a pocket. Untrimmed in half cloth with greyish paper boards and dark red spine, spine with old title label in paper. One of 148 copies with a leaf from the Ashburnham copy of the first edition of the Canterbury Tales. The copy of the Canterbury Tales came from the library of Lord Ashburnham, which the Caxton Club purchased for distribution of this book. This copy was incomplete and only contained 148 leaves. Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is considered the most famous work produced by England's first printer, William Caxton (c. 1415-c. 1492). Photo.
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