The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Artist: Ronald King (British, born 1932)
Publisher: Circle Press Publications, Surrey, England, 1978 (1st ed. 1966 by Editions Alecto, London; 1st Circle Press ed. 1967)
Printer: text: Seven Corners Press, Guildford and Charles Mitchell, Ltd., Woking
prints: Loddon Displays, Guildford and Pegasus Print & D
Binder: Webb, Son & Co., Glamorgan, Wales
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (British, died 1400)
Date: 1978
Dimensions:
slipcase: 16 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (413 x 289mm)
book: 15 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (403 x 283mm)
page: 15 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (397 x 276mm)
Medium: Original prints: 15 screenprint in colors (incl. 1 reduced vignette), plus 1 signed screenprint laid in
Text: letterpress (typeface: Monotype Plantin series 110)
Paper: Antique White wove Queen Anne paper
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Donald L. Thal, through the Martin S. Ackerman Foundation
Object number: 1979.129A
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