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Troilus and Criseyde: PB 1927.6

Object information

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Titles

Troilus and Criseyde

Maker(s)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Editor: Del Re, Arundell
Illustrator: Gill, Eric
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher: Gibbings, Robert John
Binder (person): Sangorski & Sutcliffe

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Description

By Geoffrey Chaucer ; edited by Arundell Del Re ; with wood engravings by Eric Gill

Xi,[1], 309, [ 4]p : ill ; 32cm

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1935-11) by Anderson, A.E.

Dating

Production date: AD 1927

Note

"This was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press ... Compositors: F. Young and A. H. Gibbs. Pressman: A. C. Cooper. The edition is limited to 225 copies, of which nos. 1-6 are on vellum."--Colophon. Museum has no. 146. Quarter bound in orange niger morocco, 5 raised bands on spine, with patterned paper-covered boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Top of pages gilt, other edges untrimmed.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1927.6
Primary reference Number: 99032
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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