May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
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. Printed in black letter. Folio, 320x202 mm, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, cover corners worn; contents generally clean. Signature of Edward Godard dated 1742 on title; H. P. Kraus bookplate. London: J. H., 1687

Additional Details

Eighth edition, and the last printed in black letter. Pforzheimer 179; Wing C3736.