The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer Illustrated after Drawings by W. Russell Flint by Geoffrey Chaucer, Illustrated by W Russell Flint: - 1928

EB: The Medici Society. Very Good. 1928. Leather. Leather. Large 8vo. Jonathan Cape and The Medici Society Ltd. , London, UK. 1928. Xiii + 635 pages. Illustrated Title page with 24 color plates by Flint. Slipcased in patterned illustrated paper over cloth. Bound in full decorated brown morocco by Sangorski andwith raised bands and decorated gilt dtamping with gilt titles and decoration present to the spine and the front board. Matching patterned paper present to the reverse of the boards. All edges gilt. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Name stamped to the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Chaucer's collection of stories 'told' by a group of pilgrims on their way to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement and by the stylized neoclassical art of the Renaissance, William . Russell Flint (1880-1969) was educated at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh. He began his career on the staff of Illustrated London News 1903-1907 but "from this period onwards. Turned increasingly to watercolour, particularly for the illustration of colour books. He was strongly influenced by the illustrations of Rip Van Winkle by Arthur Rackham and between 1905 and 1924 produced a whole series of brilliant luxury editions for the Riccardi Press of the Medici Society. His figures are finely modeled and contain elements of a Burne-Jones influence by way of Byam Shaw" (Houfe). His illustrations for the Medici Society/Riccardi Press editions of The Greek Heroes, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the volume under notice are considered to be his best and most beautiful work. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 637 pages .