[CHAUCER, Geoffrey]; URRY, John (editor).
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer,
Compared with the Former Editions, and many valuable MSS. Out of Which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased: Together with a Glossary, By a Student of the same College.
Stock Code
106525
London, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1721
£2,500
Description
First edition thus; folio, (40.2 x 26.5 cm); 2 engraved portraits of Urry and Chaucer, engraved title-vignette, other engravings in-text, decorative initials and head- and tail-pieces throughout, some light toning, scattered light spotting; contemporary blind-tooled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco title-piece with gilt lettering, boards slightly worn, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good copy; [vi], 626, 81, [1, errata]pp.
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