The Canterbury tales of Chaucer
Subtitle: in the original, from the most authentic manuscripts
By: and as they are turn'd into modern language by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Pope, and other eminent hands. With references to authors, ancient and modern; various readings, and explanatory notes ...
Publisher: Printed for the editor; and sold by J. Walthoe [etc.
Published: 1737
Place of publication: London
Language: enm; eng
Number of pages: 452
Work titles: Canterbury tales
Notes: Contains the Prologue and the Knight's tale only, in the original and modernized versions: the Prologue modernized by Betterton, Dryden and Morell, the Knight's tale by Dryden.

Edited by Thomas Morell.

ESTC T76322

Hammond, E.P. Chaucer, p. 204
Table of contents: title: To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. / The editor; title: To the Kynge's Highnesse, my Most Gracious Soveraigne Lord, Henry the Eight.; title: Some account of the life of Geoffrey Chaucer.; title: The preface.; title: The Prolog.; title: The knyghtes tale.; title: Chaucer's characters: or, The introduction to the Canterbury Tales. / By Mr. Betterton.; title: Palamon and Arcite: or, The knight's tale. / By Mr. Dryden.; title: The Appendix. Annotations chiefly relating to antiquities.; title: Abbreviations made use of in this volume.; title: Index of obsolete words, proper names, &c. explained in this volume.