Now First Put into Modern English by Percy Mackaye and John Tatlock
The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now First Put into Modern English by Percy Mackaye and John Tatlock
The Macmillan Company, 1912.
First edition. 4to. Navy boards decorated with gilt vignette and borders to the upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Thirty-two colour plates by Warwick Goble under captioned tissue guards. A very good copy, with some light general wear, internally very bright and clean.
Includes The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Creseyde, The Book of the Duchess, The Legend of Good Women, The House of Fame and his minor poems.
Wonderfully atmospheric illustrations, from ethereal glades peopled with fairy inhabitants to maritime adventure, the diversity of the pilgrim's tales giving the artist an opportunity to employ different styles, all accompanied by his exceptional use of colour.
Stock ID: 46020
