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The Canterbury Tales
LIMITED EDITION, one of only 500 sets, illustrated with thirty-six colored plates by W. Russell Flint, one of the most renowned book illustrators of the 20th century. Elegantly printed on handmade Ricciardi paper and in the original deluxe vellum bindings.
"The Medici Society printed colored reproductions of paintings and also published illustrated books. This edition of the Tales appeared under the Society's Ricciardi Press imprint, in three volumes in a limited edition of five hundred copies, some of them bound in vellum... The text was taken from W.W. Skeat's edition, and the illustrations were by William Russell Flint (1880-1969), famous for his watercolors and in particular for his treatment of the female form. Flint provided thirty-six plates for this handsome printing... These illustrations show the appeal of stories about medieval women--an appeal which should probably be set in the context of such artistic movements as the Pre-Raphaelites, the Arts and Crafts movement, Aestheticism, and Art Nouveau..." (Echard, Printing the Middle Ages).
London: Phillip Lee Warner for the Medici Society [The Ricciardi Press], 1913. Quarto, original publisher's limp vellum. Three volumes. A few stray marks to boards, light toning to covers, heavier to volume II, some wear to silk ties; internally clean. An excellent set with only minor flaws.
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