Description

Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in full genuine brown leather, lettered and decorated in 22kt gold, with raised spine, all edges gilt and silk ribbon marker bound in. New in shrink wrap. 550 pages. Translated from the original Middle English by Frank Ernest Hill, with an introduction by the translator. Illustrated with wood-cuts frontispiece of Chaucer and two-page color illustration by Arthur Szyk. A title in the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. Brand new copy in publisher’s original shrink wrap.