The workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyuers workes whiche were neuer in print before: as in the table more playnly dothe appere. Cum priuilegio.

The workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyuers workes whiche were neuer in print before: as in the table more playnly dothe appere. Cum priuilegio.

Works

[Imprinted at London] : [by [Nicholas Hill for] Rycharde Kele, dwellynge in Lombarde strete nere vnto the stockes market at the sygne of the Egle, [1550?]]

[8], cxciii, cxciii-cc, ccii-ccvii, ccx-cclxxi, cclxxiii-cclxxvii, cclxxix-ccclv, [1] leaves : ill. ; (fol.)

Edited by William Thynne, whose name appears on A2r.

Mostly in verse.

Imprint from colophon; actual printer's name supplied and publication date conjectured by STC.

"The romau[n]t of the rose" has separate divisional title; foliation and register are continuous.

The last leaf is blank.

Signatures: A⁸ B-V⁶ X⁴ 2A-3Q⁶.

One of four variants with different publishers' names in the colophon.

Wiggins, Alison. "What Did Renaissance Readers Write in their Printed Copies of Chaucer?" The Library 9:1 (2008): 3-36. doi: 10.1093/library/9.1.003.

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Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 5072
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107203

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 5072

HH22. Contemporary vellum binding. Lacking blank. Margins of t.p. and other leaves mended. Provenance: manuscript note on cover: "This book belongs to the Whitchurch (Hants.) Church library"; Harmsworth copy