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A faithful reproduction of William Morris' Kelmscott Chaucer with the famous eighty-seven wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. 559 pages, including an afterword essay on the Kelmscott Chaucer by William S. Peterson. Handsomely printed throughout in red & black on special heavy paper, commissioned from the James Cropper Mill; uncut edges, top edge gilt. Elephant folio, burgundy cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped designs by William Morris, protected in a printed board slipcase. London: Folio Society, [2008]. A fine copy, as new. William Morris's masterpiece: The Kelmscott Chaucer. "The most beautiful of all printed books" -- W.B. Yeats.