Books

London: Leslie Waddington Prints. 1972. Elephant folio. Original green cloth with blocked bird illustration in gilt to front cover; gilt lettering to spine; pages untrimmed; unpaginated with 19 full page etchings; spine a little rubbed with a tear at rear and bruised at head; spine at a slight lean; otherwise a near fine copy. An exceptionally rare and phenomenal rendition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, resplendent with animals, birds and mythical characters by the renowned English artist and printmaker Elisabeth Frink. Frink's nineteen full page etchings provide illustration for all of the following from the Middle English classic: The Prologue, The Knight's Tale, The Miller's Tale I, The Miller's Tale II, The Reeve's Tale, The Shipman's Tale, The Prioress's Tale, Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topaz, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Physician's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Summoner's Tale, The Clerk's Tale, The Merchant's Tale, The Squire's Tale, The Franklin's…

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.