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The workes of our antient and lerned English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed. : In this impression you shall find these additions: 1 His portraiture and progenie shewed. 2 His life collected. 3 Arguments to euery booke gathered. 4 Old and obscure words explaned. 5 Authors by him cited, declared. 6 Difficulties opened. 7 Two bookes of his neuer before printed
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- Londini, : Impensis Geor. Bishop., Anno. 1598
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- 28 unnumbered pages, 394 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, portrait ; 33 cm (folio in 6s)
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- Gothic type. Title within architectural border, bearing date 1574. The Canterbury tales, The Romaunt of the Rose, and The Story of Thebes: compiled by Iohn Lidgate, monke of Bury, are each preceded by half-title within border showing the houses of York and Lancaster, terminating in Henry VIII. The portrait of Chaucer, preceding the life, has engraved border giving his "Progenie," with coats of arms, etc.
- Many errors in numbering of leaves.
- Editor's dedication to Sir Robert Cecil signed: Tho. Speght.
- Signatures: a̲⁶b-c⁶[par.]⁴A-U⁶2A-2T⁶2U-2X⁸2Y-4A⁶4B⁸.
- Initial leaf and final leaf are blank.
- Leaf b1 signed c1; leaf [par.]3 signed A.iii.
- Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
- Other variants of the 1598 Chaucer have a different architectural border around the t.p., and have either imprint: London, Printed by Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton. Anno 1598; or imprint with Thomas Wight in place of Norton's name. Cf. STC.
- STC (2nd ed.), 5077