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CHAUCER, Geoffrey. [The workes, newlie printed,
London : 1532
First complete collected edition of Chaucer and the first attempt to collect into a single volume the complete writings of an English author, this copy in contemporary blind-tooled calf being much the most complete to have appeared in commerce in the past 40 years.
The editor was William Thynne, clerk of the kitchen and of the green cloth to... Learn More£150,000.00Stock Code: 108308
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CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed,
London : [1550?]
Fourth collected edition, one of four variants each with a different publisher's name in the colophon: the others were Richard Kele, Thomas Petit, and Robert Toye. Pforzheimer notes that, to judge from the relative numbers of extant copies, it is probable that they shared equally in the edition.
The woodcuts of the pilgrims that had first been... Learn More£25,000.00Stock Code: 105500