The boke of Chaucer named Caunterbury tales.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. author.; Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871-1948, former owner.; Knightley, Rainald, baron, 1819-1895, former owner.; Ashburnham library, former owner.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer.; Leighton, binder.
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Title
The boke of Chaucer named Caunterbury tales.
Uniform title
Canterbury tales
Created/published
Emprynted at Westmestre : By Wynkin de Word, the yere of Our Lord 1498.
Description
[306] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 29 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. author.
Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871-1948, former owner.
Knightley, Rainald, baron, 1819-1895, former owner.
Ashburnham library, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer.
Leighton, binder.
Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871-1948, former owner.
Knightley, Rainald, baron, 1819-1895, former owner.
Ashburnham library, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer.
Leighton, binder.
Note
In the Monk's tale where the extra leaf is inserted a considerable portion of the text is omitted. Cf. Duff.
Imprint from colophon (leaf .:. 3v).
Signatures: a-b⁴ c-d⁸ e-q⁶ r-s⁸ t⁴ u⁵(+Ne hym signed u1) x⁶ y⁴ z⁶ [et]⁶ [con]⁶ [.:.]⁴; l2 signed k2, t2 signed t, y2 signed x2.
Woodcut initials.
Printed in 2 columns.
Imprint from colophon (leaf .:. 3v).
Signatures: a-b⁴ c-d⁸ e-q⁶ r-s⁸ t⁴ u⁵(+Ne hym signed u1) x⁶ y⁴ z⁶ [et]⁶ [con]⁶ [.:.]⁴; l2 signed k2, t2 signed t, y2 signed x2.
Woodcut initials.
Printed in 2 columns.
Publications about material
Wiggins, Alison. "What Did Renaissance Readers Write in their Printed Copies of Chaucer?" The Library 9:1 (2008): 3-36. doi: 10.1093/library/9.1.003.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108866
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 5085
Duff 90
GW 6588
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-434
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 5085
Duff 90
GW 6588
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-434
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 5085
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Westminster.
Item Details
Call number
STC 5085
Folger-specific note
Folger copy lacks gatherings a and b, leaves c1, c2, c8, e3-e4, m2, n3-n4, o3-o4, x6, .:.3-.:.4; title page supplied in facsimile followed by 15 inserted blank leaves at beginning of the book; last 2 leaves supplied in facsimile; leaves k1, l1, p6, t1, and [con]5-.:.2 damaged with loss of text; leaf m5 misbound after m1; woodcut and some text cut off on leaves l1 and p6. Manuscript notes at beginning of each tale in an early hand in brown ink; a few annotations in margins. Bookplate of J.P.R. Lyell partially covered by the bookplate of Rainald Knightley; Ashburnham library copy (no. 1049 in the Sotheby sale catalog of the Ashburnham library, June 1897); booklabel of R. Leicester Harmsworth; purchased in 1938. In a brown blind tooled morocco (Leighton). Curatorial file available.