GILL, Eric

‘The Miller’s Tale’ by Eric Gill

Description

Eric Gill wood engraving for ‘Canterbury Tales’ printed by Gill and Hague for Douglas Cleverdon edition ‘Engravings 1928-1933 by Eric Gill’.  Unsigned as issued, published by Faber & Faber Ltd in 1934. The sheet has some very light foxing and old soft handling folds in the margins, else good.
Image Size 200 x 140 mm  (7.5 x 5.5 inches)
Paper size 210 x 310 mm  (12 x 9 inches)

Item details

The wood cut was used as a illustration on page 107, volume 1 of Chaucer’ ‘Canterbury Tales’ which was published by the Colden Cockerel Press in 1929. The woodcut was subsequently printed from the original woodblock for the Douglas Cleverdon edition ‘Engravings 1928-1933 by Eric Gill’, page 28, printed by Gill and Hague, published by Faber & Faber Ltd in 1934. This edition is rare and was printed in a small edition size.

Reference: Physick 542, Cleverdon 258 ,28