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
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3058123
Summary
Bibliographic description
[36],660,[24]p., plate . ill.. (woodcuts), port.. (metal cut) . fol... Not indigenous. Provenance: Late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century inscriptions: 1. on title page: T. Stonor. 2. on pastedown: Tomas Stonor His Booke 1601 [i.e. 1701?]. 3. on flyleaf: Ce liver apartient [?] a le Mounsiour Stonor. 4. on flyleaf: Dangerious [sic] it tis you know tru Love to undergo. [Thomas was a recurrent name in the Stonor family, but this is probably Thomas Stonor (1677-1724), of Stonor, Oxfordshire]. Late nineteenth-century (?) armorial bookplate lettered Stonor. (Not found in Franks). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Stonor Park 1939. Đ2/11/0. S. [Sotheby's] 3/8 39. Lot 263.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; spine gilt; brown leather spine label: "Chavcers Works"; sewn on five raised bands; small leather spine label with pressmark (?): "M.2".
Makers and roles
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) John Lydgate (1370-1451) Thomas Speght (fl.1600)