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CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Works . . . compared with the Former Editions, and many valuable MSS.Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before printed. Edited by John Urry. Engraved text illustrations of the tellers of the various Canterbury Tales. [56], 626, 81, [1] pages, including 2 engraved portraits of Urry and Chaucer. Folio, 445x285 mm, 19th-century 1/2 mottled sheep by W. Farror of Ross, with ticket, later morocco lettering piece, spine ends and cover corners worn; scattered marginal spotting, some light dampstaining in lower outer corners, portrait of Urry mounted. London: Bernard Lintot, 1721
first urry edition. one of 250 large-paper copies. "Urry's edition . . . is the first since that of William Thynne in 1534 to seek systematically to assemble a substantial number of manuscripts to establish his text. It is also the first edition to offer descriptions of the manuscripts of Chaucer's works, and the first to print texts of 'Gamelyn' and 'The Tale of Beryn,' works ascribed to, but not by, Chaucer" (ODNB).
