The works of our ancient, learned, & excellent English poet, Jeffrey Chaucer: . as they have lately been compar'd with the best manuscripts; and several things added, never before in print. To which is adjoyn'd the story of the siege of Thebes, by John Lidgate, monk of Bury. Together with the life of Chaucer, shewing his countrey, parentage, education, marriage, children, revenues, service, reward, friends, books, death. Also a table, wherein the old and obscure words in Chaucer are explained, and such words (which are many) that either are, by nature or derivation, Arabick, Greek, Latine, Italian, Franch, Dutch, or Saxon, mark's with particular notes for the better understanding their original.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3058121
Summary
Bibliographic description
[36],660,[24]p., plate . ill.. (woodcuts), port.. (metal cut) . fol... Previously at 21.G.5. Slight worming on front board and early pages; no significant loss of text.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on title page verso: Dame Alice Brownlowe (large version) [= Dame Alice Brownlow (1659-1721), wife of "Young" Sir John Brownlow]; inscription on flyleaf, probably in her hand: No: 1st 90: Præ - 15s:-0: . Bookplate on pastedown: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmarks on pastedown: c/9 and XXI.7. Binding: Late seventeenth-century calf binding, double blind ruled border and off-centre vertical rules. Spine gilt: label = Chavcers Works.
Makers and roles
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) John Lydgate (1370-1451) Thomas Speght (fl.1600)