Written in the late fourteenth century, this unfinished collection of verse tales is framed by a spring pilgrimage from Southwark to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. A knight, miller, reeve, wife of Bath, pardoner, prioress, and other travellers agree to tell stories on the road; the Host judges the contest. The tales range from chivalric romance and saint's legend to fabliau, sermon, and beast fable, and the tellers quarrel and reply to one another. The work is a framed anthology of estates satire and story, not a single plot about the journey's end.
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7 Subjects| No. | Volume Title | Page Count |
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 | The Canterbury Tales | 768 pp |
| Vol. 2 | The Golden Cockerel Press, the Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill, Decoration and the Mise En Page | — |
Bound in Nigerian goatskin leather blocked with a 24-carat gold design, gilding on all three book edges, black satin ribbon marker. Buckram-bound solander box with gold blocking on the spine.
| Printing | Print Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Printing | 2010 | — |