The woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, Thynne, William, -1546, editor, Stow, John, 1525?-1605, editor, Kingston, John, active 1553-approximately 1584, printer, Wight, John, -1589, bookseller, Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Siege of Thebes, Henryson, Robert, 1430?-1506? Testament of Cresseid, Bolton, Edward, former owner, Nathan, Alfred, former owner, Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927, former owner, Poor, Henry W. (Henry William), 1844-1915, former owner, Anderson Galleries, Inc., auctioneer · 1561 · Imprinted at London : By Ihon Kyngston, for Ihon Wight, dwellyng in Poules Churchyarde · 8 pictures

The Workes of Geoffrey Chaucer is a 1561 London folio edited by William Thynne and John Stow, printed by John Kingston for the bookseller John Wight and aimed at English readers of vernacular poetry. Its pictures are woodcut historiated initials, a decorative frieze and a densely ornamented title page, with black-letter type set around figures and scrollwork that a designer could borrow for letterforms, borders and panel layouts.

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