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CHAUCER, Geoffrey (ca 345-1400). [Canterbury Tales. Westminster: William Caxton, late 1476-early 1477].
Single leaf, chancery 2º (239 x 167 mm). Folio 1420, containing 58 lines of the 'Knight’s Tale'. 29 lines. Type: bastarda 2:135.
A leaf from the FIRST EDITION of the Canterbury Tales. See also previous lot. Duff 87; GW 6585; Goff C-431.
Single leaf, chancery 2º (239 x 167 mm). Folio 1420, containing 58 lines of the 'Knight’s Tale'. 29 lines. Type: bastarda 2:135.
A leaf from the FIRST EDITION of the Canterbury Tales. See also previous lot. Duff 87; GW 6585; Goff C-431.