The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. With an essay on his language and versification, and an introductory discourse; together with Notes and a Glossary by Thomas Tyrwhitt.. Cet article n’est pas disponible.The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. With an essay on his language and versification, and an introductory discourse; together with Notes and a Glossary by Thomas Tyrwhitt.

8vo. x, (2), lxx, (2), 501, [1] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, eng. half-title; some foxing or spotting to endleaves. Original full maroon diced calf, gilt rules and corner pieces, gilt-stamped spine with titles, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves; front cover was scarred at one time, but neatly rendered in color. Bookplate of Robert Henry Arrowsmith [signed in ink], d.d., Jac. Edv. C. Welldon, A.M. School Harrov. Magister, Aug. 1, 1887 [obviously pre-fore-edge]. Very good. With a panoramic scene, extending along all three edges, which when fanned show the procession of characters from the Canterbury Tales. Clearly painted by the same Shakespeare, Works, 1875 (below). / Sold by Harrington's with their cost-marks. Probably commissioned by or represented by that firm just after it was painted, perhaps a house artist, the period of execution being approximately 1994.