Lot 131
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[Chaucer, Geoffrey]
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
£1,875
Description
[Works, n.p., n.d., collation resembles ESTC S107023: The Workes of Geffray Chaucer... London: Rycharde Kele, [1550?]] Folio, 17th century panelled calf, lacks all leaves before B6 and after 3O5, lacking 3N1 & 3N6 (i.e. probably 28 leaves in total), many leaves replaced in manuscript facsimile, including title-page, facsimile pages signed and dated 1666, with title giving an inaccurate publication date of 1471, soiling and tears throughout with loss to text, joints split, covers worn, parts of spine lacking, sold not subject to return