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Facsimile Edition as printed by William Caxton. Limited Edition of 500 copies, this copy No.276, signed by Walter Hamilton Master of Magdalene College. 4to, unpaginated pp628 with introduction by J. A. W. Bennett. Hardcover issued without DJ. Hand bound in goat skin by Zaehnsdorf with five raised bands and gilt titles and designs to spine and gilt armorial design to both boards. Binding in near fine condition. Inside all pages with bright full edge gilt in beautiful near fine condition. An excellent copy of this scarce reproduction from Pepys' own copy at the famous Magdalene College library.

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.