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46cm x 33.5cm (box size). ii, [1], 552, [3] pages, full leather, gilt lettering and decoration, gilt top edge. 15 pages. Lettered saddle-stitched wrappers. 2 volumes housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather label. The first Folio Society Facsimile Edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer, bound in full Nigerian goatskin leather in an edition of 1,010 copies, of which this is number 731. With an accompanying essay booklet 'The Kelmscott Chaucer' by William S. Peterson. "One of the most splendid books issued by Folio. Not surprisingly, the edition went out of print as soon as it was published." FORD-SMITH 1117. Shipped Weight: 8.25 kilos.