The Canterbury tales of Chaucer; . with an essay on his language and versification, an introductory discourse, notes, and a glossary by Tho. Tyrwhitt, Esq. ...
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)
Category
Books
Date
1830
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3041992
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v., plates . port.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: D.4.1-5. Provenance: Purchased from William Pickering, 12 September 12th 1839, for Đ5-5 (Warwickshire Record Office, L6/1145/5A).. Binding: Nineteenth-century full purple goatskin binding (described in Pickering's bill as "Harleian Style"); gold-tooled covers and spine; text block gold; red leather spine labels with author and volume number; marbled papers. Price in pencil on front flyleaf of v.1: "5 vols Đ5:5-".
Makers and roles
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730-1786)