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ebob/00000828 Chaucer, Geoffrey : The Canterbury Tales

Chaucer, Geoffrey:
The Canterbury Tales

Record Identifier00000828
TitleThe Canterbury Tales
ImprintWestminster : William Caxton, about 1483]
Format
NoteWoodcuts
Languageeng
SubjectLit.Mdl
Bibliographic CitationGoff C432, GW 6586

LocationSt. John's, b.2.21
Description of CopyGW 6592, Goff Q14, Ms. of Siege of Thebes in English
Description of ProvenanceConstat Wyllam Myddelton. Roger Thorney, mercer of London. apparently put together by De Worde for his patron Thorney, including the ms. which he used as printer's copy for his own edition.
Physical Characteristicslines ruled in red throughout tract vol., woodcuts colored, elaborate initials illum.
Former OwnerThorney, Roger (c1450-1514) → CERL Thesaurus
Copy ID00004719

Chaucer, Geoffrey:
The Canterbury Tales

Record Identifier00000828
TitleThe Canterbury Tales
ImprintWestminster : William Caxton, about 1483]
Format
NoteWoodcuts
Languageeng
SubjectLit.Mdl
Bibliographic CitationGoff C432, GW 6586

LocationSt. John's, b.2.21
Description of CopyGW 6592, Goff Q14, Ms. of Siege of Thebes in English
Description of ProvenanceConstat Wyllam Myddelton. Roger Thorney, mercer of London. apparently put together by De Worde for his patron Thorney, including the ms. which he used as printer's copy for his own edition.
Physical Characteristicslines ruled in red throughout tract vol., woodcuts colored, elaborate initials illum.
Former OwnerThorney, Roger (c1450-1514) → CERL Thesaurus
Copy ID00004719