The Kelmscott Chaucer

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The Kelmscott Chaucer is the lavish 1896 edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works designed by William Morris and illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones, celebrated as one of the finest achievements of the Arts and Crafts movement in bookmaking.

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The Kelmscott Chaucer canonical 2
Kelmscott Chaucer 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
fine press book ⓘ
illustrated book ⓘ
artStyle Pre-Raphaelite ⓘ
authorOfText Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
bindingTypical pigskin over oak boards ⓘ
vellum over boards ⓘ
bordersDesigner William Morris ⓘ
commissionedBy William Morris ⓘ
commonName The Kelmscott Chaucer ⓘ
containsText Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
Shorter poems by Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
The Book of the Duchess ⓘ
The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The House of Fame ⓘ
The Legend of Good Women ⓘ
Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
containsWorkBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
decorationDesigner William Morris ⓘ
designer William Morris ⓘ
format folio ⓘ
genre medieval literature collection ⓘ
heldBy British Library ⓘ
Huntington Library ⓘ
Morgan Library & Museum ⓘ
illustrationArtist Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ
illustrator Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ
initialLettersDesigner William Morris ⓘ
inkColor black ⓘ
red ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
movement Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
notableFor high-quality craftsmanship ⓘ
influence on private press movement ⓘ
integration of text and illustration ⓘ
ornate borders and initials ⓘ
numberOfIllustrations 87 ⓘ
pageLayout double-column ⓘ
paperType handmade paper ⓘ
placeOfPublication Hammersmith, London ⓘ
linked to: Hammersmith
printer Kelmscott Press ⓘ
printingTechnique letterpress ⓘ
productionPeriod 1890s ⓘ
publicationYear 1896 ⓘ
publisher Kelmscott Press ⓘ
recognizedAs masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
one of the finest books of the nineteenth century ⓘ
title The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
typeDesigner William Morris ⓘ
typefaceUsed Chaucer type ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kelmscott Press → notableWork → The Kelmscott Chaucer ⓘ
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer → alsoKnownAs → Kelmscott Chaucer ⓘ
linked to: The Kelmscott Chaucer
The Kelmscott Chaucer → commonName → The Kelmscott Chaucer ⓘ