The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
This binding is in pierced dark green goatskin, with 23k red gold borders, green goatskin doublures with terracotta goatskin onlays, gold tooling, terracotta goatskin joints, dendritic printed paste endpapers, handsewn silk endbands and watercolour and dendritic printed top edges. This is a rebinding of the magnificent Basilisk Press 1974 facsimile of the monumental Kelmscott Chaucer by William Morris, reputed to be the finest example of book design and hand printing ever produced.
Goatskin, Silk, Gold, Red gold, Paper, Acrylic paint, Book cover, Warminster, United Kingdom
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Book cover
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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
This binding is in pierced dark green goatskin, with 23k red gold borders, green goatskin doublures with terracotta goatskin onlays, gold tooling, terracotta goatskin joints, dendritic printed paste endpapers, handsewn silk endbands and watercolour and dendritic printed top edges. This is a rebinding of the magnificent Basilisk Press 1974 facsimile of the monumental Kelmscott Chaucer by William Morris, reputed to be the finest example of book design and hand printing ever produced.
Goatskin, Silk, Gold, Red gold, Paper, Acrylic paint, Book cover
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