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1598318051Londin: printed by Adam Islip for George Bishop 1598. First Speght edition. Full page woodcut of the progeny of Chaucer incorporating a portrait of the author full page woodcut arms of Chaucer large woodcut of Knight at head of his tale separate title for Canterbury Tales within elaborate woodcut borders woodcut initials. 27 394 13 ff. Without first and final blank leaves and printed errata provided in near contemporary manuscript at end. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. Folio 31.3 x 19.6 cm. Near contemporary calf rebacked lacking cornerpiece and one clasp detached later ownership blindstamp at center of covers. Intermittent browning minor edge chips to a few leaves overall very good. Provenance: Mary & Brent Maxfield gilt ownership stamp to upper cover. First Speght edition. Full page woodcut of the progeny of Chaucer incorporating a portrait of the author full page woodcut arms of Chaucer large woodcut of Knight at head of his tale separate title for Canterbury Tales within elaborate woodcut borders woodcut initials. 27 394 13 ff. Without first and final blank leaves and printed errata provided in near contemporary manuscript at end. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. Folio 31.3 x 19.6 cm. First Speght edition. The first of several influential editions to be published by Thomas Speght; while it relies heavily on the Stowe edition of 1561 "Speght's notes and introductory material are far more elaborate than in any previous edition and he was the first to provide a substantial glossary . Speght also contributed new annotations to the text of Chaucer . and an extensive biography which informed all subsequent accounts of the poet's life until the 1840s ODNB. STC 2nd ed 5077 Pforzheimer 177 Luborsky & Ingram English illustrated books 1536-1603 5077 [printed by Adam Islip for] George Bishop unknown books
159867348First Edition of Chaucer Edited by Thomas Speght CHAUCER Geoffrey. The Workes of our Antient and lerned English Poet Geffrey Chaucer newly Printed. In this Impression you shall find these Additions: 1 His Portraiture and Progenie shewed. 2 His Life collected. 3 Arguments to every Booke gathered. 4 Old and obscure Words explaned. 5 Authors by him cited declared. 6 Difficulties opened. 7 Two Bookes of his never before printed. London: Impensis George Bishop 1598. First edition edited by the Chaucerian scholar Thomas Speght sixth published edition. Folio 11 7/8 x 8 inches; 302 x 204 mm. 27 394 14 leaves. With errata leaf bound at the end. Lacking the initial and final blank leaves. Black letter. Double columns. Engraved portrait of Chaucer on ∂7v after Hoccleve. Woodcut arms of Chaucer on A6v and woodcut illustration for the ìKnightÃs Taleî at head of B1r. Woodcut title border McKerrow and Ferguson 148 and three divisional titles within repeated woodcut border McKerrow and Ferguson 75. Woodcut historiated and floral initials. Eighteenth-century paneled calf rebacked with possible original spine laid down. A bit of rubbing to boards and spine. Some worming sporadically throughout mainly marginal. Some toning and browning throughout. Previous owner's old ink signature on title-page and old ink notes on dedication page top margin. Overall a very good copy. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell. This is the first edition of Chaucer edited by Thomas Speght fl. 1600. He introduced for the first time a biography of Chaucer in English a glossary of Chaucerian words and the spurious ìDreameî and the ìFlower and the Leafî both of which Francis Beaumont apologized for in the preface. ìThis is the first edition edited by Speght who had the assistance of John Stowe Francis Thynne Francis Beaumont the elder and Robert Glover. The most remarkable feature of this edition is the glossary which was largely the editorÃs production and was the main object of Francis ThynneÃs Animadversionsî Pforhzheimer. Speght was also the editor for the seventh edition printed in 1602. Grolier Langland to Wither 43. Pforzheimer 177. STC 5077. HBS 67348. $12500 Impensis Geor[ge] Bishop hardcover books
1561318052London: printed by John Kyngston for John White 1561. Stowe edition issue without illustrations in prelims. Large woodcut arms of Chaucer to title separate titles for Canterbury Tales and Romaunt of the Rose printed within elaborate historiated border woodcut of Knight at head of his tale woodcut initials head and tail pieces. 10 378 ff. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. Folio. Modern calf. Title page laid down with losses to blank top corners and inner margin second leaf silked with marginal losses affecting a few letter final leaf repaired with marginal losses not affecting text a handful of additional repairs and tears throughout some dust-soiling and intermittent browning. Stowe edition issue without illustrations in prelims. Large woodcut arms of Chaucer to title separate titles for Canterbury Tales and Romaunt of the Rose printed within elaborate historiated border woodcut of Knight at head of his tale woodcut initials head and tail pieces. 10 378 ff. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. Folio. 1561 Stowe edition. The fifth printed edition of Chaucer overall. The editing is mostly William Thynne's from his edition of 1532 with several additions made by John Stowe of pieces he attributed to Chaucer now proved spurious. Stowe's edition was however that most likely used by the Elizabethans including Shakespeare in creating his Troilus and Cressida. STC 2nd ed 5076; Langland to Wither 42 printed by John Kyngston for John White unknown books
15611489Full calf. Probable first issue of the Stowe Edition with Chaucer's arms dated 1560 and before woodcut additions. Relative to the precedence of issues of the 1561 Stowe edition David R. Carlson "The Woodcut Illustrations in Early Printed Editions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" in Chaucer Illustrated: Five Hundred Years of The Canterbury Tales in Pictures British Library 2003 states "the most plausible explanation seems to be that the printer and publisher of the Stowe edition came into possession of the woodcuts belatedly after most of the press work for the edition had been done. After obtaining the blocks they ran up a new issue of the beginning of the book incorporating a "General Prologue" illustrated with woodcut. In all documented cases the unillustrated i.e. first"General Prologue" occurs with a title page showing the Chaucer arms dated 1560 at the top of the shield. A different title-page dated 1561 is found in copies incorporating the woodcut illustrated General Prologue." v. also David R. Carlson "Woodcut Illustrations of the Canterbury Tales 1483-1602. More specifically a recent Robert Temple Catalogue adds: "The first three gatherings in the 1561 second issue were entirely reprinted this being done to permit the inclusion of twenty-two wood-cut illustrations in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales the signatures running floret4 floretiii being mis-signed Aiii 6 A4 B - I6. instead of the floret4 A - I6. of the first issue. In the illustrated i.e. second issue some damage to the wood-cut frame of the first secondary title is apparent which is not evident in the first issue: a crack in the wood extends from the centre of the lower edge up through the box identifying King Henry IIII to just left of centre of the title box and another from the top left-hand corner of the title-box through the box identifying King Henry VII and ending apparently at a worm-hole in its top rules. STC 2nd edition unaccountably and without assigning a reason lists these two issues in the reverse order - despite the evidence in the illustrated issue of the later date on the title-page the obviously interpolated gathering `' which contains the first six illustrated leaves of ten the rest being in the variant short gathering `A' and the extended splitting of the wood-block on the title-page to the Canterbury Tales which shows only a slight split at the extreme tail in the first printing and no worm-hole." Professional restoration to the present copy include wash and repair of title page with ancient replacement of top inch and periphery of same not affecting text; repapering of Prologue gutters; new pastedowns & fly papers. All that said a complete copy without loss of text. Light peripheral worming. Handsomely bound in appropriate period style full ruled English calf five raised bands six compartments; morocco title & date labels. This copy was presented by the Durants to Wellesley College then sold in 1912 to George Herbert Palmer & then to Lewis Kennedy Morse. Folio 12 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches 310 x 215 mm; 5 ccclxxviii leaves. Divisional title pages of the "Caunterburie Tales" and "Romaunt of the Rose" both borrowed from Edward Hall's 1550 Vnion of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke in ornamental border showing the ascent of Henry VIII. Large woodcut of the Knight at the head of his tale recto of B1. Collation: Floret4; A-I6; K-U6; Aa-Ii6. Kk-Pp6; Q-U6; X-Z6; Aaa-Iii6; Kkk-Uuu8. Numerous oddities in foliation following CCXXIV though catchwords and signatures remain constant. A handsome & supple copy beautifully printed in fifty-six line two-column black-letter Gothic. The 1561 Stowe edition is probably the one known to William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser and presents some nineteen poems here first printed from manuscript sources. STC5076 Foregoing copyright 2021.; Folio ; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. John Kyngston for Jhon Wight hardcover books
