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Lot 54
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, edited by Thomas Speght, [Adam Islip], 1687.
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, edited by Thomas Speght, largely printed in black letter, double column, engraved frontispiece, woodcut arms on d1, cancel slip pasted over final 7-line stanza on p.42, some foxing, short tear to X4 just into text block, small burn-hole to 4G2 slightly affecting text, later calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, g.e., [Wing C3736; Pforzheimer 179], folio, [Adam Islip], 1687.
⁂ A good, complete copy of the eighth and final black letter edition.
Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Description
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, edited by Thomas Speght, largely printed in black letter, double column, engraved frontispiece, woodcut arms on d1, cancel slip pasted over final 7-line stanza on p.42, some foxing, short tear to X4 just into text block, small burn-hole to 4G2 slightly affecting text, later calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, g.e., [Wing C3736; Pforzheimer 179], folio, [Adam Islip], 1687.
⁂ A good, complete copy of the eighth and final black letter edition.
Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
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