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Proofs sheets from the Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, printed on paper and vellum.

Accession number
PML 76926
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1893]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Proof of the title-page with ink additions (half-sheet), and proofs of 3 folios (i.e. 3 folded sheets, 4 pages each), including pages 369-370 and 383-384, printed on Kelmscott paper, and pages 519-522, and 81and 96 printed on 2 folded folio sheets of vellum (the second printed on 2 sides only).
Description
[13] pages : illustration (wood engraving) ; 42 x 29 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Vellum folio with pages 81 and 96 inscribed in pencil: Band sheep vellum. Dec. 10 1894.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 46).
Classification
Department