Chaucer, Geoffrey:
The Canterbury Tales
ISTC No.ic00433000
AuthorChaucer, Geoffrey
TitleThe Canterbury Tales
Imprint[London] : Richard Pynson, [between June 1491 and 13 Nov. 1492]
Formatf°
NotesOn the date, see BMC
Woodcuts
Language of itemeng
Reference worksGoff: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) C433
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 4923
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STC: Pollard, A.W. and Redgrave, G.R. A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad 1475-1640. London, 1926. 5084
SI: Undorf, Wolfgang. Catalogue of books printed in the 15th century in Swedish collections. 2 vols. Wiesbaden, 2012. 1109
Coll(S): Collijn, Isak. Katalog der Inkunabeln der Kgl. Bibliothek in Stockholm. 3 pt. Stockholm, 1914. (‘Nyförvärv 1915-1939 jämte tillägg’. Kungl. Bibliotekets Handlingar, Bilagor 5. Uppsala, 1940.) 1193
Morg(B): Pollard, A.W. Catalogue of … early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett … and other sources now forming portion of the library of J. Pierpont Morgan. 3 vols. London, 1907. 750
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. C-173
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 7526, 7527
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 9780
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Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2002. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 49 - Printing in England Part II, EN 154
Holdings
New ZealandAuckland, Central City Library (imperfect)
SwedenStockholm, Kungliga Bibliotheket (imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandBlackburn, Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, Robert Edward Hart Library (imperfect)
Cambridge, King's College Library
Cambridge, Magdalene College (imperfect)
Glasgow, University Library (Hunterian)
London, University of London, Senate House Library (imperfect)
London, Royal Society
Longleat Library and Archive
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (2: 10002, R37631 (imperfect)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (2, imperfect)
London, British Library (C.11.c.15 = IB.55484)
London, British Library (G.11588 = IB.55485) (Imperfect, wanting leaves a1-2 and k5 (supplied in facsimile), and k6 (blank))
United States of AmericaBoston MA, Public Library
Bloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library (-)
Chicago IL, The Newberry Library (-)
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division
New York NY, Public Library, Berg Collection
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY
Number of holding institutions20
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