The Canterbury Tales - Limited Edition - Folio Society edition

The Canterbury Tales - Limited Edition

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The Canterbury Tales - Limited Edition - Folio Society edition
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The Canterbury Tales - Limited Edition
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The Canterbury Tales - Limited Edition

Geoffrey Chaucer
Edition year 2010
Binding Leather
Volumes 2
Limited edition Yes
Weight 5 Kg
Pages V1: 768; V2: 48
Dimensions 12½ × 7¾ in

Edition details

The Canterbury Tales. (2v.). Facsimile printed on felt-marked laid paper, endpapers of Merida Graphite, bound in Nigerian goatskin leather blocked with a 24-carat gold design, gilding on all three book edges, black satin ribbon marker, 768pp. Commentary essay by Peter Holliday quarter-bound in buckram. Buckram-bound solander box with gold blocking on the spine. 1980 copies. 12½x7¾in. (£395)

About the book

Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is one of the foundational works of English literature. It follows a diverse group of pilgrims travelling from London to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury, who agree to entertain one another by telling stories along the journey. The tales range from courtly romance and moral fable to bawdy comedy and sharp satire, while the pilgrims themselves represent a remarkable cross-section of medieval society. Through figures such as the Knight, Miller, Wife of Bath and Pardoner, Chaucer explores love, religion, class, greed and human weakness with extraordinary humour and insight.

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