Beschreibung:

Chaucer (Geoffrey) [The Woorkes], fifth collected edition, black letter, double column, 2 divisional titles within decorative woodcut borders, woodcut illustration for The Knight's Tale, woodcut initials, lacking 4 preliminary ff. (general title, dedication, table and verses), minor worming to first 4 gatherings, occasional browning, a few ff. closely shaved at head, a few margins with neat repairs, ink inscriptions to title and final f., modern calf, [STC 5076], folio, by Jhon Kyngston, for Jhon Wight, dwellyng in Poules Churchyarde, 1561. ⁂ Provenance: Edwardus ?Aunderdine; John ?Prostyn; Ger. Hollys; Henry Spencer; Thomas Calthorpe Blofeld; George Cousins (ink inscriptions).