CHAUCER ILLUSTRATED: Five Hundred Years of The Canterbury Tales in Pictures

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This work presents ten scholarly essays, specifically commissioned for this volume, which collectively trace pictorial renditions of the Canterbury Tales from the Ellesmere Manuscript (c.1410) to the 20th century illustrations of Rockwell Kent and Eric Gill. The contributors address the way the illustrations illuminate the history of book production, marketing, and readership; the writers also consider how artists have interpreted Chaucer's text. 140 illustrations, including 40 in color. Tall octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. (Inventory #: 72391)