Author: Chaucer, [Geoffrey].
Title: THE CANTERBURY TALES. In the Original From the most Authentic Manuscripts; And as they are Turn’d into Modern Languages by Several Eminent Hands. With References to Authors, Ancient and Modern; Various Readings, and Explanatory Notes.
Description: London: Printed for J. Osborn ..., 1740. 2nd Ed. xxxvi,452p. [Lacking port. frontis]. Dec. initial letters and head and tail pieces. Pp.206-7 with pen marking, manuscript index to partially detached front f.e.p., rear f.e.p. detached, faint inscription to head of title page with sl. surface loss to paper, contemporary calf, joints cracked with rope exposed to upper joint, dec. gilt compartments with chipped title label to spine with loss to head, spine with vertical crack. ¶ ESTC N26579; ‘A reissue of the edition of 1737, with a cancel titlepage. Containing the Prologue and the Knight's tale only. Edited by Thomas Morell.’

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