Antique Oxford Press The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Gilt Leather Book with Extensive Vintage Marginalia

Hand-bound in London during the early 20th century (circa 1900 - 1930), this hardcover volume features a striking maroon leather spine adorned with gold gilt tool-work in a classical revival style.

The volume opens to reveal an extraordinary layer of original vintage scholarly marginalia hand-written in fountain pen ink across multiple flyleaf pages. The extensive notes provide an intricate, early 20th-century student or professor's study framework of the text, meticulously categorizing the Canterbury Tales by narrative theme and cross-referencing external historical volumes. 

5.25"W × 1.5"D × 7.5"H