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(Description)

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer. (Illustrators, Keith Henderson & Norman Wilkinson).
Title: The Romaunt of the Rose. Rendered out of the French into English by Geoffrey Chaucer and illustrated by Keith Henderson & Norman Wilkinson of Four Oaks.
Language: Text in English.
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1911. First Keith Henderson & Norman Wilkinson illustrated edition.
Size: 10 "X 8 ".
Pages: 107 pages. 
Binding: Very good original full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown, upper outer corner slightly bumped - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown, signed by Keith Henderson the illustrator on the half-title page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 20 enchanting tipped-in color plates by Keith Henderson & Norman Wilkinson.

Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies Signed by Keith Henderson).

The book:  Wonderful First Keith Henderson (Signed) & Norman Wilkinson illustrated edition of The Romaunt of the Rose (the Romaunt) -- a partial translation into Middle English of the French medieval allegorical poem, le Roman de la Rose (le Roman). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, the Romaunt inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from Chaucer's other works. Also, the text was found to contain three distinct fragments of translation. Together, the fragments—A, B, and C—provide a translation of approximately one-third of Le Roman.

The author: Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) -- an English poet and author. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, he is best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament.

Illustrators:
Norman Wilkinson CBE RI (24 November 1878 – 30 May 1971) was a British artist who usually worked in oils, watercolors and drypoint. He was primarily a marine painter, but also an illustrator, poster artist, and wartime camoufleur. Wilkinson invented dazzle painting to protect merchant shipping during the First World War.
Keith Henderson OBE RP RSW RWS ROI (17 April 1883 – 24 February 1982) was a Scottish painter who worked in both oils and watercolors and who is known for his book illustrations and his poster work for London Transport and the Empire Marketing Board.[ He had a long professional career that included periods as a war artist in both the First World War, in which he served in the trenches, and in the Second World War.