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The Canterbury tales of Chaucer /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Corporate Authors: J. and R. Tonson (Printer), Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Authors: Ogle, George, 1704-1746, Urry, John, 1666?-1715, Cobb, Samuel, 1675-1713, Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, Boyse, Samuel, 1708-1749, Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783, Markland, John, 1701 or 1702-, Grosvenor, Mr., Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand, MDCCXLI [1741]
Subjects:
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Poetry.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
English poetry > Middle English.
Tales, Medieval.
England > Canterbury.
1100-1500
Poetry.
Bookplates (Provenance) > 19th century > England > Specimens.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) > 19th century > England.
Description
Item Description:A free paraphrase in verse.
"Several hands" = George Ogle, Thomas Betterton, John Dryden, Samuel Cobb, Samuel Boyse, Henry Brooke, Alexander Pope, John Markland, Mr. Grosvenor.
Includes the Life of Chaucer by John Urry, and the continuation of the Squire's tale by Edmund Spenser.
Volume 1: 2 unnumbered pages, lx, 250 pages.; volume 2: 4 unnumbered pages, 324 pages; volume 3: xxxii, 271 pages, 1 unnumbered page.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection.
Physical Description:3 volumes ; 21 cm (8vo)
Place of Publication:England -- London.