Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Canterbury Tales . . . In the Original, From the Most Ancient Manuscripts; And as they Turn'd into Modern Language by Several Eminent Hands. xxxvi, 452 pages. 8vo, 195x127 mm, later 18th-century tree sheep with later arms of Harvard College on front cover and Edward Hopkins on rear cover, rebacked, spine worn, lettering piece chipped, cover corners worn through; dampstain in blank upper margin of opening leaves. Harvard College prize certificate to Richard Samuel Salant dated 1933 on front pastedown. London: J. Osborn, 1740

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Second edition of a modern version edited by Thomas Morell, originally published in 1737; issue with appendix.