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The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (English, died in 1400)
Illustrated by: Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)
Publisher: Covici-Friede (American, 20th century)
Printer: Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs (American, 20th century)
Illustrated by: Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)
Publisher: Covici-Friede (American, 20th century)
Printer: Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs (American, 20th century)
1930
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with photomechanical lithographs, 25 of which are two-color full-page
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 39 x 26.5 x 3.5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession Number2000.741
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: Covici-Friede, 1930
Description(New York: Covici-Friede, 1930) Folio, 2 vols.; (v. 1) [3 ff.] 250 pp., plus plates; (v. 2) [4 ff., pp. 251-529, 1 f.] plus plates; original publisher's gilt-stamped beige cloth (cream-colored phase boxes).
No. 967 from an edition of 999 copies; the first 75 printed on Crane's Olde Book, the next 924 on Worthy Number Two Rag. William Van Wyck rendered the modern English text, printed side-by-side with the original old English. The illustrations are reproduced in the "Knudsen Process" from drawings by Kent.
No. 967 from an edition of 999 copies; the first 75 printed on Crane's Olde Book, the next 924 on Worthy Number Two Rag. William Van Wyck rendered the modern English text, printed side-by-side with the original old English. The illustrations are reproduced in the "Knudsen Process" from drawings by Kent.
Signed
Pen and black ink below colophon, vol. 2: "Rockwell Kent."
ProvenanceLloyd and Vivian Hawes, Wellesley, MA; her bequest to MFA, June 21, 2000.
CopyrightBy permission of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum, Plattsburgh College Foundation, Rockwell Kent Gallery and Collection.