The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Compared with the Former Editions and Many Valuable Mss by John Urry (4 results)

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A facsimile of Urry's work - A digital text - this copy printed in the UK by Amazon. Quarto-size, 626 pages of the copied work plus preliminary pages both contemporay and modern: printer's pale yellow pictorial card coversL Very Good, no marks of previous ownership: Pictures show this actual book. UK orders are post-free. Heavy book - extra charges will be needed for shipping overseas (packed weight 2 kg) Note that, correctly, this book has no ISBN.

Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. First Urry Edition. G : in good condition. Cover worn and heavily rubbed and scuffed. Hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing and marks, but content in overall good condition. 400mm x 260mm (16" x 10"). [xxx], [xviii], 626pp, 82pp. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Together with a Glossary by a Student of the Same College. To the Whole is Prefixed the Author's Life, Bewly Written, and a Preface, Givuing an Account of this Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (Title Continues): "Of The Same College. To The Whole Is Prefixed The Author's Life, Newly Written, And A Preface, Giving An Account Of This Edition." In an Appealing and Complex Full Leather Binding: The fields of an earlier (apparent 18th century) dark brown calf leather set of boards have been laid and bound over a later (apparent early 19th century) tan calf leather binding, so that the overall appearance of the leather is two-toned. The Original letteringpiece from the earlier (dark brown calf) binding is retained to the spine. Additionally, a thin and deliberate margin of the tan calf binding rules the boards, and this frontier has been tooled and black stained all around with floral sprays, etc. All edges of the boards and spine are dentelle tooled/rolled and gilt. The spines in seven (7) compartments with raised bands. The letteringpiece reads "URRY'S CHAUCER" and the foot of th spine is dated 1721. The spines RICHLY GILT. Raised bands with a gilt spiral and feather motif applied. The compartments with symmetrical, central, outwardly radiating floral wreaths, all gilt. HINGES SOLID, LEATHER VERY SUPPLE. Copper-engraved frontis portrait of Urry by Pigné. Full-page portrait of Chaucer by Vertue. Title Page, Illustrated w/ vignette of Chaucer's Tomb. All the usual textal embellishments, including woodcut head and tailpieces, textual vignettes, and tale illustrations. 626 pages + all rear matter. COMPLETE, c. & p. The rest as usual, save that OUR COPY IS VERY GOOD++Bordering on Very Fine. One of 250 copies printed. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! Offered by Hirschfeld Galleries of Saint Louis--Rare Books--Since 1931. Photographs sent upon request.

Edition : First edition., recent ½ calf with marbled boards, spine with 7 compartmets of raised bands, red morocco lable on two, green morocco lable on three. All edges tinted red. Endpapers renewed., This is a rare large paper copy.First edition of what is disputed to be either the best or the worst of early modern Chaucer scholarship. This book marks the last in a 200 year tradition of printing folio editions of Chaucer, and the first in the tradition of printing Chaucer in roman type rather than in blackletter. Due to Urry?s access to manuscripts (unavailable for over a century), his systematic consultation with a network of aristocrats and educated gentry, and his detailed descriptions of manuscript sources, critics have generally kept him in the notes of many current editions., Size : Folio, Contains frontis portrait of John Urry and also portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, title page contains a vignette of Chaucer?s tomb, many engraved illustrations, elaborate head and tail pieces, and elaborate initials. , References : Bateson I 208; Graesse II 127; Maggs Bros Dec 1929 383, P. frontis, title, blank (2), portrait, (32), preface (13), contents (2), (3), 1-626, 1-81, eratta. A handsome tall copy in excellent condition, crisp and clean.