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Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1798. Second edition. Frontispiece Portrait. xxv, 494; [4], 650, [2] pp. 2 vols. 4to. Full black calf, boards with triple rules in gilt and in blind, a.e.g. Rebacked with black morocco spines gilt. Scuff at head of vol. I, some foxing, paper repair to A3. Second edition. Frontispiece Portrait. xxv, 494; [4], 650, [2] pp. 2 vols. 4to.

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.