The Canterbury tales of Chaucer.. To which are added an essay on his language and versification, and an introductory discourse together with notes and a glossary. By the late Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq. F.R.S.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 3259803.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
The second edition.. v.1., plate. 4to. Binding: late eighteenth-century tan calf, triple gilt fillet with gilt tools to at the corners to form a border; spine with four raised bands, gilt tooled compartments; red spine title and volume labels, gilt lettered "Chaucer's Canterbury tales" and "I"; gilt roll to inner edge of boards; marbled endpapers and edges.
Makers and roles
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730-1786)