Canterbury Tales
Franklin Library Edition, (1981). Franklin Library Edition (1981). Green Letterette 22 kt. gold accents and lettering, printed with acid neutral pages that are thread sewn, not glued together, gold gilded page edges to further protect the pages, a silk page marker sewn into the binding, raised spine bands that give each volume that distinctive antique look, lustrous silk moiré end paper. NO DJ as issued. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, three years later, Clerk of the King's work in 1389 It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. Franklin Library Edition, 1981 Very Goodd, Book is clean and bright. A perfect keepsake / no dj as issued. Item #biblio594
Franklin Library Edition, 1981. VeryGood , clean and bright. The Fraklin Library edition of Chaucer's Cantebury Tales is illustrated by the woodcuts of William caxton (1422?-1491), the first English printer , from his second edition of the Canterbury Tales (1484). A perfect keepsake!
22 kt. gold accents and lettering, printed with acid neutral pages that are thread sewn, not glued together, gold gilded page edges to further protect the pages, a silk page marker sewn into the binding, raised spine bands that give each volume that distinctive antique look, lustrous silk moiré end paper. NO DJ as issued.
Price: $75.00