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Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
de Chaucer, Geoffrey
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London: George Bell and Sons, 1878. Finely bound set of Chaucer's poetical works. Small octavos, four volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. In near fine condition. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, Geoffrey Chaucer is best known for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer also achieved fame in his lifetime as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. Among Chaucer's many other works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and Troilus and Criseyde.
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- Título
- Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Autor
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
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- Usado
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- Editorial
- George Bell and Sons
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- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1878
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- Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Finely Bound Set
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- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....