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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

Etchings illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury tales

1972

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Etchings illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury tales /, London : Waddington, 1972, Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport.




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  • Title(s)

    Etchings illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury tales / Elisabeth Frink ; introduction and translation by Nevill Coghill.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Canterbury tales. Selections 1973.

  • Published/Created

    London : Waddington, 1972.

  • Physical Description

    [192] p. : ill. ; 67 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio B P 4 Copy 2
    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio B P 4 Copy 1
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is no. [C171] of the boxed unbound edition, issued in portfolio, signed by the artist. Copy 2 is no. [A24] of the De Tete edition, signed by the artist. Bound in English hide over millboard, inlaid on front with natural vellum.
    At head of title: Elisabeth Frink.
    From Manet to Hockney. London, 1985. 149.
    Includes full text in modern English, of all the tales. Nineteen full-page plates, illustrating 19 of the tales, included in paging, not numbered. Versos blank.
  • Subject Terms

    Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales -- Illustrations. |
    Etching -- Specimens -- 1973. |
    Waddington Gallery -- Publisher.

  • Contributors

    Coghill, Nevill, 1899–1980. | Frink, Elisabeth, Dame, 1930–1993.

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The Prologue -- The Knight's tale -- The Miller's tale -- The Reeve's tale -- The Shipman's tale -- The Prioress's tale -- Tale of St. Tropaz -- The Nun's Priest's tale -- The Pardoner's tale -- The Wife of Bath's tale -- The Summoner's prologue -- The Clerk's tale -- The Merchant's tale -- The Squire's tale -- The Franklin's tale -- The Second Nun's tale -- The Manciple's tale.

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