$610
London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1721. Folio, later quarter calf, gilt-lettered spine. The first edition of Chaucer's works published in Roman text and the first appearance of three previously unpublished Canterbury Tales: "The Pardoner," "The Merchant's Second Tale," and "The Coke's Tale of Gamelyn." Illustrated throughout with two frontispiece portraits, title page vignette, engraved initials, head and tail-pieces, and each Tale accompanied by a character portrait, mainly on horseback, as the chapter heading. Final blank leaf detached; hinges cracked and starting with rubbing to calf spine; some light scattered brownspotting; a few creases; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-04-05
