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The Canterbury tales of Chaucer, : completed in a modern version
Canterbury tales. Selections. English. 1795
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- Creator
- edited by William Lipscomb
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, translator
- Boyse, Samuel, 1708-1749, translator
- Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783, translator
- Cooke, Joshua, active 1772-1804, publisher
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700, translator
- Grosvenor, Mr., translator
- Lipscomb, William, 1754-1832, editor
- Lipscomb, William, 1754-1832, translator
- Lipscomb, William, 1754-1832, writer of preface
- Markland, Jeremiah, 1693-1776, translator
- Ogle, George, 1704-1746, translator
- Ogle, George, 1704-1746, writer of added commentary
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, translator
- Tyrwhitt, Thomas, 1730-1786, writer of added commentary
- Tyrwhitt, Thomas, 1730-1786, writer of introduction
- G.G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England)
- Publication
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- London : Printed for J. Cooke; and G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London., 1795
- Physical Details
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- 3 v. (xiv, 289, [1]; iv, 312; iv, 389, [3] p.) ; 19 cm (8vo)
- OCLC
- ocm10351521
- Translations and adaptations, chiefly in verse.
- Edited by William Lipscomb.
- "Preface" initialed: W.L.
- Signatures: v.1: [A]( -A8) B-T(T8+1(=A8?)); v.2:[A]² B-U X⁴; v.3: [A]² B-2B 2C⁴.
- "In three volumes."
- Mispagination: vol. 1 iv as xiv.
- Horizontal chain lines.
- "Errata. Vol. III.": Vol. 3, p. [391].
- Excluded are The parson's tale, The miller's tale, and The reeve's tale.
- English short title catalogue, T142811
- Hammond, E.P. Chaucer, p. 227
- Vol. I. Life of Chaucer / by Mr. Tyrwhitt -- Introductory discourse / by the same -- Prologue to the tales / by Mr. Ogle -- The knight ; The squire ; The squire's yeoman ; The prioress ; The monk ; The fryar ; The merchant / by Mr. Betterton -- Prologue to The knight's tale / by Mr. Ogle -- Palamon and Arcite: or, The knight's tale / by Mr. Dryden
- Vol. II. Prologue to The cook's tale / by Mr. Ogle -- The cook's tale / by Mr. Boyse -- Prologue to The man of law's tale / by Mr. Ogle -- Constantia: or, The man of law's tale / by Mr. Brooke -- Prologue to The wife of Bath's tale / by Mr. Pope -- The desire of woman: or, The wife of Bath's tale / by Mr. Dryden -- Prologue to The fryar's tale / by Mr. Ogle -- The sumner and the Devil: or, The fryar's tale / by Mr. Markland -- The farmer and the fryar: or, The sumner's tale / by Mr. Grosvenor -- Prologue to The clerk of Oxford's tale ; Gualtherus and Griselda: or, The clerk of Oxford's tale ; Prologue to The merchant's tale / by Mr. Ogle -- January and May: or, The merchant's tale / by Mr. Pope
- Vol. III. Prologue to The squire's tale / by the Rev. William Lipscomb -- Cambuscan: or, The squire's tale / by Mr. Boyse -- Prologue to The franklein's tale ; The franklein's tale ; Prologue to The doctor's tale ; The doctor's tale ; Prologue to The pardoner's tale ; The pardoner's tale ; Prologue to The shipman's tale ; The shipman's tale ; Prologue to The prioress's tale ; The prioress's tale ; Prologue to Sir Thopas ; The rhime of Sir Thopas ; Prologue to Melibeus ; The tale of Melibeus ; Prologue to The monk's tale ; The monk's tale ; Prologue to The nun's priest's tale ; The nun's priest's tale ; The second nun's tale ; Prologue to The canon's yeoman's tale ; The canon's yeoman's tale ; Prologue to The manciple's tale ; The manciple's tale / by the Rev. William Lipscomb