The workes of Geffrey Chaucer, : newlie printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in print before: with the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Ihon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly doeth appere.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Imprinted at London :
By Ihon Kyngston, for Ihon Wight, dwellyng in Poules Churchyarde],
1561.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Edited by William Thynne, who is named on [fleuron]2r; with additions, mostly spurious, by John Stow. Mostly in verse. Contains a number of non-Chaucerian works. Printer's and publisher's names from colophon. "The Caunterburie tales" and "The romaunt of the rose" each has separate divisional title; foliation and register are continuous. A variant of the edition with title "The woorkes .." and Chaucer's coat of arms on title page with date 1560 at top. Another state of the edition with title page reading "The workes .. 1561". The title page and prologue to the Canterbury Tales are printed on [cross]⁶ A⁴, with illustrations. Title within ornamental border (McK. and Ferg. 67). Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([14], ccclxxviij leaves : illustrations. |