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1782045535London: T. Caslon and W. Davenhill 1782. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary sheep much worn hinges cracked spine dry cords still holding. Lacking front endpapers rear stained title browned binding a little loose first signature loose light browning otherwise unmarked. 263pp Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045535. <br/><br/> T. Caslon and W. Davenhill hardcover books
1717318152Oxford: printed at the theater for Anthony Peisley 1717. First and only edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound stitching gone uncut. Title and final leaf dust-soiled. First and only edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First and only edition of this 18th century version of a poem attributed to Chaucer in Stow's 1561 edition which attribution persisted into the 19th century before being disproven by Skeat. Catcott 1692-1749 was a Church of England clergyman whose reputation as a poet rested on the present volume and on his version The Loves of Hero and Leander of Musaeus 1715. Foxon C69 printed at the theater for Anthony Peisley unknown books
174500007862London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand; Printed for J. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand 1745. Sixth Edition; Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 vol. 12mo. 3 vi-cxi 1 296 2 pp.; 59 2-345 5 pp. I9 of Volume One signed A. Set bound in 19th century full red fine-grained morocco with gilt tooling and ruling to the boards. Spine has six gilt rules with the title in gilt on each spine; the Fables has the year 1745 in gilt on its spine. All edges gilt beautiful marble endpapers and pastedowns. Finely bound by Cecil and Larkins. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and a copper-engraved portrait of Charles the Earl of Middlesex and portrait of the bust of Persius illustrated with an additional 23 engraved plates. Volume two illustrated with a frontispiece title page printed in red and black. Packer 29. Text internally very clean the boards are in exceptional condition. A beautiful set of two collections of stories from some of the greatest authors in the Western canon with translations from one of the greatest translators of Classical literature. A Near Fine set with moderate age-darkening to the spines else a lovely set of eighteenth century literature. Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand; Printed for J. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand hardcover
1721ZB1340182London: Bernard Lintot 1721. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item folio 50 626 81 glossary 1 errata pp. frontis. portrait of Urry portrait plate of Chaucer illustrated headpieces and decorations; late 18th century marbled boards & leather backstrip and corners binding very worn with the leather dry and chipped modern circular book plate to the front paste down old inked signature to the top margin of the title page offsetting from the two plates to the adjacent pages occasional light foxing else internally clean. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: Bernard Lintot hardcover
1798243701Oxford: Clarendon Press 1798. Second. hardcover. very good. To which are added an Essay on His Language and Versification and an Introductory Discourse Together with Notes and a Glossary By Thomas Tyrwhitt. Frontis. 2 vols. thick 4to half 19th century olive green leather over marbled boards lightly rubbed; marbled end-papers and edges. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1798. Second Edition.<br/><br/> Lowndes I p. 427.<br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
1721gff26bLondon: Bernard Lintot. G : in good condition. Cover worn and heavily rubbed and scuffed. Hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing and marks but content in overall good condition. 1721. First Urry Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 400mm x 260mm 16" x 10". xxx xviii 626pp 82pp. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Together with a Glossary by a Student of the Same College. To the Whole is Prefixed the Author's Life Bewly Written and a Preface Givuing an Account of this Edition. . Bernard Lintot hardcover
178266577Edinburg: at the Apollo Press by the Martins 1782. 14 volumes 16mo approx. 5½" x 3½"; engraved portrait frontispiece of Chaucer in volume I engraved title pages serving as frontispieces in each volume "Bell's Edition the Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill" - by Cook Delattre Heath Grignion and Sharp all after Strothard; largely unopened; original marbled wrappers; occasional loss to spines on volumes I II III IX and X small tape repair inside back wrapper of volume VII rear hinge splitting on the final volume; all else very good. Bell's Poets were published by John Bell 1745-1831. There were 109 volumes in this series. Chaucer in 14 volumes was the first in the series and by far the most extensive. at the Apollo Press, by the Martins unknown
1721318062London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First Urry edition. Engraved portraits of Chaucer and Urry vignette illustrations at head of each Tale and to title head and tail pieces woodcut initials. 52 626 81 1 pp. Printed double column. 1 vols. Folio 40 x 24 cm. Contemporary speckled calf lacework panels to covers six raised bands. Front joint cracked lower board re-hinged early on scuffing to boards leaves mildly browned. First Urry edition. Engraved portraits of Chaucer and Urry vignette illustrations at head of each Tale and to title head and tail pieces woodcut initials. 52 626 81 1 pp. Printed double column. 1 vols. Folio 40 x 24 cm. First Urry Edition. Though editor John Urry 1666-1715 was subsequently criticized for his frequent conjectural emmendations "the justice of such criticisms should not obscure his achievement. His the first edition of Chaucer for nearly a hundred and fifty years to consult any manuscripts and is the first since that of William Thynne in 1534 to seek systematically to assemble a substantial number of manuscripts to establish his text. It is also the first edition to offer descriptions of the manuscripts of Chaucer's works and the first to print texts of 'Gamelyn' and 'The Tale of Beryn' works ascribed to but not by Chaucer" ODNB. It is also the first collected edition of Chaucer to be printed in Roman type. Urry died before the edition was brought out and the work was completed by Thomas Ainsworth and Timothy and William Thomas. ESTC T106027 Bernard Lintot unknown books
1721046693London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good. Contemporary ruled calf rebacked but rebacking failed and the front board cleanly detached rear board interior joint weak but attached and sound. Old armorial bookplate inside front cover. Scattered minor foxing and soiling very clean overall. The first Urry edition of Chaucer and the first edition not printed in black letter in folio 15 1/2" x 10". A compendious achievement with additional tales never before printed though all are apocryphal. With two frontis portraits Urry and Chaucer and woodcut illustrations at the beginning of the of tales. 626pp plus an 81 page glossary and errata. A bit of worming to the margin in the glossary<br/><br/>Includes The Canterbury Tales Troilus and Creseide Romaunt of the Rose his translation of Alfred's translation of Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy and others. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046693. Bernard Lintot hardcover books
1778324756London: Printed for T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate 1778. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century tree calf spines elaborately gilt marbled endsheets. Bookplate of Thomas Lancaster. Upper board of vol. 1 detached headcaps of vols. 1 & 2 worn. Good. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. An important late eighteenth century edition of the Canterbury Tales with the Tales in four volumes and the fifth volume containing a Glossary. The preface includes an account of the manuscripts and of the editions of Chaucer's works to date. Printed for T. Payne and Son, at the Mews-Gate unknown
1721046693London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good. Contemporary ruled calf rebacked but rebacking failed and the front board cleanly detached rear board interior joint weak but attached and sound. Old armorial bookplate inside front cover. Scattered minor foxing and soiling very clean overall. The first Urry edition of Chaucer and the first edition not printed in black letter in folio 15 1/2" x 10". A compendious achievement with additional tales never before printed though all are apocryphal. With two frontis portraits Urry and Chaucer and woodcut illustrations at the beginning of the of tales. 626pp plus an 81 page glossary and errata. A bit of worming to the margin in the glossary<br/><br/>Includes The Canterbury Tales Troilus and Creseide Romaunt of the Rose his translation of Alfred's translation of Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy and others. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046693. Bernard Lintot hardcover
17981338815Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1798. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quartos 2 volumes; VG; bound in contemporary full polished calf spines rebacked with gilt tooling paneled with morocco label and gilt titling; some rubbing and scraping to boards rear cover of volume one with uneven fading; marbled text block; wide margins; ownership pen marks to front pastedowns ffeps sfep of volume 1 title pages; frontispiece to volume 1 slight offsetting onto title page; shelved case 3. ESTC: T75508;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "Chaucer's reputation had suffered because the principles on which his verse depends were no longer understood; it was Tyrwhitt who pointed out that final e's by his time mute ought to be pronounced as separate syllables and that the accent of a word was often placed in the French manner e.g. virtúe not vÃrtue. Tyrwhitt's scholarship is still held in great respect." Britannica;. 1338815. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. at the Clarendon Press hardcover books
17981338815Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1798. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quartos Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full polished calf spines rebacked with gilt tooling paneled with morocco label and gilt titling. Boards show some rubbing and scraping and uneven fading to rear cover of Volume One. Text block has wide margins ownership pen marks to front pastedowns first and second free end pages of Volume One and slight offsetting onto title page from frontispiece in Volume One. Page edges marbled. Shelved case 3.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. "Chaucer's reputation had suffered because the principles on which his verse depends were no longer understood; it was Tyrwhitt who pointed out that final e's by his time mute ought to be pronounced as separate syllables and that the accent of a word was often placed in the French manner e.g. virtúe not vírtue. Tyrwhitt's scholarship is still held in great respect." Britannica. ESTC: T75508. 1338815. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1737931P31London: J. Walthoe; W. Bickerton; O. Payne 1737. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A scarce edition of Chaucer's magnum opus Thomas Morell's edition which includes only the prologue and 'Knight's Tale'. Frontispiece is present.A scarce and very sought after edition of 'The Canterbury Tales' edited by Thomas Morell adapted into modern English.Morell was unable to finish this edition of Chaucer this volume contains only the prologue and the 'Knight's Tale'. This work was Chaucer's magnum opus an impressive collection of twenty-four stories told in verse running over seventeen-thousand lines.Including a life of Geoffrey Chaucer and a preface in which Morell discusses the language and meter of Chaucer.Thomas Morell was a printer classical scholar and librettist. He dedicated this volume to Frederick Prince of Wales.Collated complete.Two bookplates to the front paste down for M. Cockin and J. O. Edwards. In a rebacked calf binding with renewed endpapers. Externally generally smart. Light rubbing and marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. A couple of light marks to the spine. Extremities are discoloured. Two bookplates to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good J. Walthoe; W. Bickerton; O. Payne hardcover
17212861London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First edition. Contemporary speckled calf. Very Good. LANDMARK EARLY MODERN EDITION OF CHAUCER'S WORKS. The Canterbury Tales the most culturally productive of Chaucer's works has existed in a state of flux since its earliest manuscript traces. No manuscript surviving from the Middle Ages contains all of the known tales and in exemplars which do witness the same episodes the sequence often varies-in addition to containing more commonplace textual variations in language and presentation. Thus the task of compiling Chaucer's works for print publication with an increased need for standardisation and an expectation of mass circulation gives rise to manifold editorial considerations and yields no unprecarious route towards the modern ambition for a definitive volume. These complexities result in a rich and storied editorial history of Chaucer's works from the fourteenth century to the present day.<br /> <br /> John Urry was one of those who undertook the herculean task of editing Chaucer. By the eighteenth century once a medieval text had been set in print the need to return to manuscript sources was often felt with less imperative. Such was the case with Chaucer and in post-Reformation Britain an "obvious interest in Chaucer coupled with wide misinformation about his life" contributed to need for substantive critical intervention Shugrue p. 229. Indeed Urry's 1721 edition presented here is primarily noteworthy for being the first new edition of Chaucer's works in over a century to examine Chaucer from the early source texts. "His is the first edition of Chaucer for nearly a hundred and fifty years to consult any manuscripts and is the first since that of William Thynne in 1534 to seek systematically to assemble a substantial number of manuscripts to establish his text"writes British historian E.I. Carlyle noting Urry's is "also the first edition to offer descriptions of the manuscripts of Chaucer's works" DNB. Published in 1721-having been completed posthumously by fellow members of Christ Church Oxford Thomas Ainsworth and Timothy and William Thomas following Urry's death in 1715-it is also the first edition of Chaucer to printed in Latin type.<br /> <br /> While the return to manuscript sources demonstrates an admirable dedication to the task of the editor Urry's endeavour resulted in a unique compilation of Chaucer's works in particular while also including canonical works such as the The Parliament of Fowls and The Romance of the Rose. One of Urry's sources was the late fifteenth-century Northumberland MS 455 the only extant manuscript that contains "The Tale of Beryn". Across the fifteenth century Chaucerians around Great Britain furnished texts which emulated the works which today are firmly ascribed to Chaucer namely The Canterbury Tales whose episodic structure lends itself to modes of extra-authorial continuation and expansion. So though "The Tale of Beryn" as well as another romance included by Urry "The Tale of Gamelyn" are today placed outside of the accepted canon they are important literary works that inform our understanding of Chaucer's immediate reception context and which continue to receive scholarly attention and editorial treatment. Urry's inclusion of "The Merchant's Second Tale or the History of Beryn" and "The Coke's Tale of Gamelyn" thus constitutes the tales' editiones principes and is a benchmark in the history of how Chaucer has been received by modern audiences.<br /> <br /> Standing at over fifteen inches with richly detailed illustrations of each pilgrim of The Canterbury Tales on horseback and portraits of Chaucer and Urry the present copy would have been a deluxe publication upon its initial release in the first half of the eighteenth century-and still is regarded as one the most exquisite editions of Chaucer.<br /> <br /> CHAUCER GEOFFREY; URRY JOHN ED. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First edition. Tall folio 245 x 396 mm lii 626 81 1 pages; engraved plates and decorations include full-page portraits Urry and Chaucer. 20th-century full speckled calf in period style raised bands red leather spine label. Occasional spots of foxing or toning but generally very clean. A very handsome and exceptionally tall copy.<br /> <br /> References:<br /> <br /> DNB "Urry John 1666-1715" by E. I. Carlyle Oxford: Oxford University Press 2004 <br /> <br /> Shugrue Michael "The Urry Chaucer 1721 and the London Uprising of 1384: A Phase in Chaucerian Biography" Journal of English and German Philology 65.2 1966 229-37. Bernard Lintot unknown
177971140At the Apollo Press, by the Martins | Edinburgh 1779 - 1804 | 8.50 x 13.50 cm | 99 tomes en 34 volumes reliés
17789147London: Printed for T. Payne at the Mews-Gate 1778. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 volumes 8vos 310 318 320 336 and 290pp. Contemporary tree calf red spine labels with gilt lettering. Spines dry toned and with a few cracks and chipping at caps. Joints rubbed upper joint in vol 1 cracked but holding. Few contemporary shelving numbers on front pastedowns contemporary inscription to verso of title in vol 1 "Calf leat. Mr. Hodgson." Overall a very good sound set. <br /> <br /> Beautiful 18th century Chaucer which was hailed at the time as the best-edited English classic that had appeared. Tyrwhitt consulted dozens of manuscript versions of Chaucer to put this together in 4 volumes and added a glossary as the 5th volume 3 years later. This set in an untouched period tree calf binding and scarce thus. . Printed for T. Payne at the Mews-Gate unknown
177971140Edinburgh: At the Apollo Press by the Martins 1779. Fine. At the Apollo Press by the Martins Edinburgh 1779 - 1804 8.50 x 13.50 cm 99 tomes en 34 volumes reliés Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill At the Apollo Press by the Martins Edinburgh 1779 - 1804 In-18 8.5 x 13.5 cm 99 parts in 34 bound volumes Very rare collation of volumes from the famous Bell edition of British poets in uniform binding which adds up to 101 volumes here and whose printing was widely spread over time the volumes being sold by author. Volume 8 which brought together parts 5 and 6 of Edmund Spencer's poetic works is unfortunately missing. Some volumes appear for the first time others are second editions. This particularly important edition for British poetry brings together 39 poets from Chaucer to Charles Churchill and 99 figures portraits and frontispieces. It is precious because many poets saw their first complete edition this way notably John Donne. English binding in contemporary blond sheepskin. Spine decorated with various finishing tools including a kneeling King with multiple filets Title piece in green morocco. Overall clean paper but some browned leaves with foxing notably some engravings. At the Apollo Press, by the Martins unknown
172138380London: Bernard Lintot. Very Good. 1721. Hardcover. Oversized recent quarter leather with hand tooled spine gilt titled red label marbled boards. Large folio by John Urry. "Compared with the former editions and many valuable MSS. Out of which three tales are added which were never before printed; . Together with a glossary. The author's life and a preface." 626 pages plus numerous additional pages of the life of Chaucer. 81 page glossary errata sheet at rear. Full page engravings of Urry and Chaucer additional remarkable engravings for each tale plus typographical decorations. Some light foxing margins at some pages have ink notes not affecting text. A few page corners professionallly repaired some wrinkling to glossary pages. Tight binding and hinges; trace wear to board edges. Limited edition. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Bernard Lintot hardcover
17751272181775. CHAUCER TYRWHITT Thomas editor. The Canterbury Tales. London: T. Payne 1775-78. Five volumes. Octavo early 19th-century full navy straight-grain morocco elaborately blind-tooled spines raised bands all edges gilt. $4800.First Tyrwhitt edition of Chaucers classic""the best-edited English Classic that ever has appeared""handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt. From the esteemed collection of Frederic Perkins with his engraved armorial bookplates.In preparing his groundbreaking edition Tyrwhitt consulted roughly 25 manuscripts of Chaucer's Tales. ""Tyrwhitt's edition has enjoyed the highest reputation and the estimation in which it has been held is in great part deserved and ought to be permanent"" Child. ""It was considered 'the best-edited English Classic that ever has appeared' and Professor Skeat in his edition 1894 speaks of it 'as a work of high literary value to which I am greatly indebted for many necessary notes.' As late as 1891 his notes and glossary were condensed and arranged under the text in the edition of Chaucer in Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books"" DNB. With an essay on Chaucer's language and versification as well as an introduction notes and a glossary volume published three years after the four volumes containing the Tales themselves all by Tyrwhitt. From the library of Frederic Perkins 1780-1860 noted as an important English literature collector in De Ricci English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts with his armorial bookplate. ""Perkins started collecting books about 1820 and left his library to his second son George who died in 1879. A portion chiefly musical was sold by auction in London 17 July 1861 and a second sale rich in Shakespeare quartos and folios took place on 10 July 1889"" University of Toronto Libraries.A beautifully bound set of this important edition with distinguished provenance in fine condition. hardcover
