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The Canterbury tales : To which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes. In four volumes.

Accession number
PML 5965-69
Creator
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Published
London : printed for T. Payne, at the Mews-Gate, MDCCLXXV [[1775]-1778].
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt. Cf. ESTC.
Vol. 5 is the glossary, dated 1778.
Vol. 5 imprint: Printed for T. Payne and Son.
Vols. 1-4 printed by William Bowyer and John Nichols; their records show 750 copies printed; v. 5 printed by Nichols alone, after Bowyer's death.
Description
5 vols. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Provenance
James Toovey; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Green morocco.
Classification
Department