THE CATERBURY TALES OF CHAUCER; With An Essay Upon His Language And Versifications, An Introductory Discourse, Notes, And A Glossary, By T. Tyrwhitt, Esq. [five volumes]
W. Pickering: London, 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #22-3357
Frontis and 1 plate (Volume I only), 7.5 x 5", blindstamped dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering, edges and inner dentelles, aeg, marbled endpapers, vi, lx, 284; (vi), 354; (vi), 291; (vi)344; (x)300. Covers have light wear/rubbing/scuffing/scraping, bookplates (Albert R. Graves), foxing to the first and last few pp else very good condition. Inside Volume I is the bookbinder's ticket: J. Curtis, Bookbinder Lincolns Inn Fields. A new printing of Tyrwhitt's landmark edition of 1775-1778. This is a particularly attractive edition, one of the earliest books published by William Pickering- he began publishing in 1820. "Pickering's first entirely characteristic production" (Keynes).
Price: $495.00