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CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Works. . . To which is adjoyned, The Story of the Siege of Thebes, by John Lidgate, Monk of Bury. Together with The Life of Chaucer. [36], 660, [24] pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait of Chaucer after John Speed. Mostly printed in black letter. Folio, 315x192 mm, contemporary panelled calf with later leather lettering piece, few stains on covers, spine slightly chipped at top, joints partly cracked, cords intact; attractive copy with only minor marginal soiling on preliminaries, upper margin of title restored with top of rule border supplied in pen and ink, contents otherwise generally clean. London: J. H., 1687
