Books

"The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer", edited by Thomas Speight. 1687, The last black-letter edition. Double column, mostly black letter, engraved frontispiece incorporating a portrait of Chaucer after John Speed, large woodcut arms to second title (c1, but missigned 'd'), small woodcut arms within text, 7-line cancel slip pasted over bottom right-hand stanza on p. 42, ci ('d') misbound after title, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, hinges strengthened, 19th century half calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, covers little marked, in all a solid copy, [Pforzheimer 179; Wing C3736], folio, no printer. The last black-letter edition, which includes the recently discovered conclusions to the Cook's Tale and the Squire's Tale. The final 12 ff. contain a glossary and 'names of Authors cited by G. Chaucer in his Works'.