CHAUCER, Geoffrey (c.1345-1400). [Canterbury Tales. Westminster: William Caxton, c.1476- 1477].
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CHAUCER, Geoffrey (c.1345-1400). [Canterbury Tales. Westminster: William Caxton, c.1476- 1477].

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CHAUCER, Geoffrey (c.1345-1400). [Canterbury Tales. Westminster: William Caxton, c.1476- 1477].

A leaf from the first edition of the Canterbury Tales, one of the most important poetic works in the English language. This section of the ‘Monk’s Tale’ is concerned with the marriage of Zenobia to Odenathus. William Caxton, England's first printer, set up his printing shop within the precincts of Westminster Abbey in 1476, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was his first substantial book. HC 4921; GW 6585; BMC XI 103; Bod-inc C-172; BSB-Ink C-258; ISTC ic00431000; Goff C-431.

Single leaf, chancery folio (201 x 131 mm), window-mounted on 19th-century paper (sheet size 278 x 192mm). Folio 300, containing 58 lines of the 'Monk's Tale' (lightly browned, some spots to mount). Modern cloth binding.
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