Author: CHAUCER, GEOFFREY; THOMAS TYRWHITT (ED)
Title: The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer (Three Volumes, Complete) to Which Are Added, an Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Together with Notes and a Glossary by Thomas Tyrwhitt, F.R. S.
Description: Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1860. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Half brown crushed morocco over marbled boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on burgundy labels in two compartments, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340s – 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament. Among Chaucer's many other works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and Troilus and Criseyde. He is seen as crucial in legitimising the literary use of Middle English when the dominant literary languages in England were still Anglo-Norman French and Latin. Chaucer's contemporary Thomas Hoccleve hailed him as "the firste fyndere of our fair langage". Almost two thousand English words are first attested to in Chaucerian manuscripts.. Mild shelf-wear along edges and hinges, which remain strong, covers lightly rubbed, otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. A heavy set (6 pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. cxli, 233; xxi, 299; xxxiii, 341 pp. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .
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Title: The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer (Three Volumes, Complete) to Which Are Added, an Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Together with Notes and a Glossary by Thomas Tyrwhitt, F.R. S.
Description: Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1860. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Half brown crushed morocco over marbled boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on burgundy labels in two compartments, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340s – 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament. Among Chaucer's many other works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and Troilus and Criseyde. He is seen as crucial in legitimising the literary use of Middle English when the dominant literary languages in England were still Anglo-Norman French and Latin. Chaucer's contemporary Thomas Hoccleve hailed him as "the firste fyndere of our fair langage". Almost two thousand English words are first attested to in Chaucerian manuscripts.. Mild shelf-wear along edges and hinges, which remain strong, covers lightly rubbed, otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. A heavy set (6 pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. cxli, 233; xxi, 299; xxxiii, 341 pp. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .
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