This 1602 copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's Work had been badly repaired, with a new leather covering on top of the original cover, destroying it in the process. The first and last  few pages shortened and crudely glued onto each other  in the binding.

After repairing the pages with Japanese paper, they were re-sewn  together with new end papers (Sekishu natural),  unto restored cords which are laced into shaped wooden boards,  pegged tight and secure as it was done in 1602.
Next, new headbands were sewn into the head and foot of the spine.

The paper for the fly leaves, marbled at the Studio, was placed after the leather hinges were fashioned to finish the inside covers

The boards are from a cathedral pine felled about 35 years ago, lumbered and air dried.

In Colonial days, the cathedral pines grown in Cornwall Connecticut were tagged for the King's reserve , their height and straightness being  ideal for ships masts.

The choice of a scarlet vegetable tanned goat skin for the half covering was for Chaucer, I thought the color was befitting his humor. The blind tooled titling and lines around the raised cords suggest a humbly styled binding, perhaps puritan and not unlike what a pilgrim would have had.

The font used for the title is Camberwell.