The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited by Richard Morris with memoir. Vol IV only. Published by Bell and Daldy, London. Limited contents include The Court of Love, The Flower and the Leaf, Troylus & Cryseyde and others. The green cloth cover is embossed with a gilt title. There is a small hole in the cloth on the backstrip and there are tears and splitting on the upper backstrip. Examples of elaborate pencil notations in the book are pictured. The notations are from page 153-197 in pencil. From a collection of books from the publisher called The Aldine Poets. No date on this book, but possibly from the late 19th Century. 369 pages. There is heavy toning on the endpages. Size: 6 7/8".
The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited by Richard Morris with memoir. Vol IV only. Published by Bell and Daldy, London. Limited contents include The Court of Love, The Flower and the Leaf, Troylus & Cryseyde and others. The green cloth cover is embossed with a gilt title. There is a small hole in the cloth on the backstrip and there are tears and splitting on the upper backstrip. Examples of elaborate pencil notations in the book are pictured. The notations are from page 153-197 in pencil. From a collection of books from the publisher called The Aldine Poets. No date on this book, but possibly from the late 19th Century. 369 pages. There is heavy toning on the endpages. Size: 6 7/8".