Lot 130
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
£1,625
Description
[Works.] London: John Kyngston for John Wight, 1561. Folio, lacking all leaves before Ciii (Bi-Cii supplied in facsimile), lacking 2Liii & iv (supplied in facsimile bound into front of book), contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco gilt label to spine, ownership signature of Miss Spottiswoode to paste-down endpaper, some ink scribbles in an early hand, occasional light marginal dampstaining, a few running titles trimmed with slight loss, Cvi and final leaf both repaired, with some loss to text, marginal signature of 'J. Madam' to 3Hvi [ESTC S107207]