Bonhams 1793 : CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Works... Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable Mss. Out of Which, Three Tales are Added Which Were Never before Printed, by John Urry

The Works... Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable Mss. Out of Which, Three Tales are Added Which Were Never before Printed, by John Urry, engraved vignette on title, engraved portraits of Chaucer and Urry, 26 engraved illustrations, eighteenth century annotations (including "Pd. 1s.14s.-0d, 1728") on front free endpaper and pasted inside upper cover, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, upper cover detached, folio (387 x 245mm.), Bernard Lintot, 1721

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Footnotes

The first edition of Chaucer's collected works printed in roman type. John Urry began work on the edition as early as 1711, and after his death in 1715 final revisions were made by Timothy and William Thomas, with a life of Chaucer by John Dart. It also includes a comparative study of existing manuscript texts, a lengthy glossary explaining obsolete words, and the addition of previously unpublished works attributed to Chaucer, such as Gamelyn and The Tale of Beryn.

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