£1,500
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 616
Auction: Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
woodcut print, engraved by W. H. Hooper, framed
Note: The specimen leaf is of the original text version, which was later altered. The first column of text here contains seven lines; in the published version the seventh line appears at the head of the second column and the final line "The chambres and the stables weren wyde" is moved to the following page. The illustration depicts Chaucer in a garden, holding a book and pen.