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
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Saltram, Devon
NT 3058122
Summary
Bibliographic description
[36],660,[24]p., plate . ill.. (woodcuts), port.. (metal cut) . fol... Old shelf-mark: P.5.8. Provenance: Bookplate - Earl of Morley (stuck over an earlier plate). Slip stamped "George Parker" loose inside (George Parker, d. 1743).. Binding: Sprinkled calf, red edges
Provenance
At Saltram House by 1951 and included in the list of books offered to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in part payment of death Duty by the executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley.
Makers and roles
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) John Lydgate (1370-1451) Thomas Speght (fl.1600)