NMLP P-038321 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (the Kelmscott Chaucer)

Geoffrey Chaucer (designed by William Morris; illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones) · Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith (London) · 1896

The colophon is the anchor point: printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex, "finished on the 8th day of May, 1896"; publication followed in June 1896 (sources differ on the exact June day, so cite the colophon date, not the publication day)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-038321 for "The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (the Kelmscott Chaucer)" by Geoffrey Chaucer (designed by William Morris; illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038321, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).