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Some images from The William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer, published originally by William Morris in 1896 at the Kelmscott Press in Hammersmith, London. I am scanning from the Omega press fac simile, which is not in colour (some of the original pages were in red and black), but I did not find good scans elsewhere online. The book was an important example of the Arts and Craft movement.
Title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press]
City: London
Date: 1896
Total items: 15
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Atrolabe: scientist and boy]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/397-astrolabe-illo-with-closest-border-251x200.jpg "[picture: Atrolabe: scientist and boy]")
This illustration, surrounded by a leafy border inspired by medieval and early printed books, shows a man holding a robe and with sixteenth-century or earlier style courtly footwear and hat, standing on the balcony of a castle at night, with a starry sky visible, holding up an astrolabe, while next to him stands a boy also wearing a long robe, and barefoot [...]Chalmers in his Biography doubts this. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Title Page, Kelmscott Chaucer]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/000-title-page-q75-138x200.jpg "[picture: Title Page, Kelmscott Chaucer]")
![[picture: Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page image]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May-q75-135x200.jpg "[picture: Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page image]")
Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page image
Troilus and Criseyde are shown on either side of a hexagonal table; there are plates of fruit and a flagon of drink. There is grass on the floor, suggesting a courtyard. This [...]Troilus and Criseyde. [more...] [$]
![[picture: The Kiss: the two lovers in the bedroom, a woodcut from page 501.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/501-Troilus-and-Criseyde-III-the-kiss-picture-and-frame-wallpaper-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: The Kiss: the two lovers in the bedroom, a woodcut from page 501.]")
The Kiss: the two lovers in the bedroom, a woodcut from page 501.
A man and a woman stand together in a bedroom; one kisses the cheek of the other. They are dressed in medieval costume. Although Troilus and Criseyde is set in ancient Greece, Chaucer was writing in the 14th century, and William Morris and Edward [...] [more...] [$]
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![[picture: Leafy Border from page 483]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May-outer-border-q75-135x200.jpg "[picture: Leafy Border from page 483]")
