The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, . compared with the former editions, and many valuable MSS. Out of which, three tales are added which were never before printed; by John Urry, ... together with a glossary, by a student of the same college. To the whole is prefixed the author's life, newly written, and a preface, giving an account of this edition.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)
Category
Books
Date
1721
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3051412
Summary
Bibliographic description
[52],626,81,[1]p., [2] leaves of plates . ports.., ill.. (metal cut) . fol... Imperfect: wants 1 plate?. Provenance: Entered in Alda Hoare's Supplementary catalogue, 1936: p. 35, F.11. - Armorial bookplate on blue paper of 'Anthony Trollope' superimposed on a former bookplate; signed in ink on front pastedown: 'Henry Colt Arthur Hoare', and 'W. Archer'; and again on title page: 'W. Archer'. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style. - Boards loose
Makers and roles
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) Timothy Thomas (1693/4-1751) John Urry (1666-1715)