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Record Nr.

UNISA996395030203316

Autore

Chaucer Geoffrey <d. 1400.>

Titolo

The workes of our antient and lerned English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed [[electronic resource] ] : In this impression you shall find these additions: 1 His portraiture and progenie shewed. 2 His life collected. 3 Arguments to euery booke gathered. 4 Old and obscure words explaned. 5 Authors by him cited, declared. 6 Difficulties opened. 7 Two bookes of his neuer before printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Londini, : [Printed by Adam Islip] impensis Geor. Bishop, Anno. 1598

Descrizione fisica

[29], 394, [14] leaves, plate : ill., port

Altri autori (Persone)

SpeghtThomas <fl. 1600.>

LydgateJohn <1370?-1451?>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editor's dedication signed: Tho. Speght.

Includes "The siege of Thebes" by John Lydgate. Contains many works not by Chaucer.

Mostly in verse.

"The Canterbury tales", "The romaunt of the rose", and "The story of Thebes" have divisional titles; foliation and register are continuous.

With an errata leaf whose position may vary; placed in preliminaries in foliation above.

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

The plate has heading "The progenie of Geffrey Chaucer" and is signed: IS, i.e. John Speed.

A variant of the edition with Adam Islip's name in the imprint.

Title within ornamental border (McK. & Ferg. 148).

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113