The workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed
Subtitle: with dyvers workes whiche were never in print before : as in the table more playnly dothe appere : cum privilegio
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 31
Publisher: By Thomas Godfray
Published: 1532
Place of publication: Printed at Lodon [sic]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Work titles: Works
Notes: Signatures: A⁴ B-2P⁶ 2Q⁶(-2Q3+'2Q3'.1,'2Q4'.1) 2R-3V⁶.

Leaf no. ccc repeated in the numbering.

Known to exist in two states: in one, 2Q3 is cancelled by four leaves bearing "The testament of Creseyde" by Robert Henryson; in another, 2Q3 is uncancelled.

Colophon: Thus endeth the workes of Geffray Chaucer. Printed at Lõdon by Thomas Godfray. The yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxii.

Edited by William Thynne; the first attempt to provide the collected works of Chaucer in 1 volume. Includes the genuine works as well as a large number of spuria; for contents of this edition, see E.P. Hammond, Chaucer a bibliographical manual, p. 116-118; the preface was written for Thynne by Sir Brian Tuke.

Title within ornamental border (McK. & F. 19); border repeated 8 times for titles of other works throughout the volume; many of the woodcuts are printed from the blocks used for Caxton's 2d ed. ([1484?]); for full descriptions of the woodcuts, see Hodnett.

Edwards brothers no. 895 (case 6, carton 31)

STC (2nd ed.) 5068