The works of our ancient, learned, & excellent English poet, Jeffrey Chaucer
Subtitle: as they have lately been compar'd with the best manuscripts; and several things added, never before in print
By: To which is adjoyn'd, The story of The siege of Thebes, by John Lidgate; together with the life of Chaucer, shewing his countrey, parentage, education, marriage, children, revenues, service, reward, friends, books, death. Also a table wherein the old and obscure words in Chaucer are explained, and such words (which are many) that either are, by nature or derivation, Arabick, Greek, Latine, Italian, French, Dutch, or Saxon, mark'd with particular notes for the better understanding their original
Contributors: Tyrwhitt, Thomas, 1730-1786, annotator; Child, Francis James, 1825-1896, former owner; Parker, Henry T., active 1862, former owner; Speght, Thomas, active 1600, ed
Published: 1687
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Description: Pages 1-158, 169-170 only, interleaved and bound in 7 fascicles; these pages include all of the Canterbury tales except the Plowman's tale and part of the Parson's tale; the margins and the interleaves contain autograph collations made by Thomas Tyrwhitt for his edition of the Canterbury tales, 1775.
Notes: Tipped into the first fascicle is an autograph note by Francis James Child regarding the history of these collations.

The slip cancel is not present on p. 42.

Gothic type.

In a tray case, 35 cm.

MS Eng 1219. Houghton Library, Harvard University.