10363

Title

Subject

Description

Morris wanted a fifteenth-century style binding for the Chaucer, but Cobden-Sanderson, declining to produce a retrospective pastiche, convinced Morris to design it himself for the Doves Bindery to execute. This copy was presented by the book's illustrator, Edward Burne-Jones, to his daughter.

Creator

Chaucer, Geoffrey, –1400, Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898, illus., Wilcox, Michael. Binder, Doves Bindery. binder.

Source

10363. Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400). The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, now Newly Imprinted. Hammersmith: William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 8 May 1896.

Relation

Nineteenth

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

15th century style binding

Collection

Six Centuries of Master Bookbinding at Bridwell Library

Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey, –1400, Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898, illus., Wilcox, Michael. Binder, Doves Bindery. binder. , “10363,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1509.