works ancient learned excellent english di chaucer geoffrey (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. THE LAST BLACK-LETTER EDITION OF CHAUCER, and the eighth edition of his works overall. This edition, edited by Thomas Speght, includes the recently discovered conclusions of the Cook's and the Squire's Tales on the final page, but is otherwise a reprint of the 1602 edition. Folio, collated and complete with frontispiece of "Progenie of Geffrey Chaucer", title page, pp32, pp660 + pp24. Hardcover issued without dust jacket. Bound in slightly later full dark brown calf leather with 5 raised bands and red leather title label to spine in good condition with some bumping to tips and rubbing to edges. Inside a little toning and the occasional spot of foxing to be expected of a book this age but otherwise in excellent clean and bright condition. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Printed in the Year MDCLXXXVII [1687]. The third Speght edition and the last 'black letter' edition of Chaucer's works. Full leather binding, re-backed, with gilt title to spine. General wear to exterior as shown with some marks/scuffs to leather. Bookplate to front pastedown of Winston Edward Dawkins. Pages collate as complete, with a few leaves at the end that would normally be bound at the start. Pages 539-542 with small holes to fore-edges as shown, a couple of letters in text affected. Light age toning and the odd little mark/spot here and there, otherwise pages are generally clean as shown. Pages: [10], 660pp, [48], frontispiece. Signatures: [title], c4, B-4R4, 4S2, A4, a-b4. Collates as complete, with a few leaves at the end that would normally be bound at the start. Size: 22.5cm by 19.5cm.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The third Speght edition, and the last 'black letter' edition of Chaucer's works, adds the conclusions of the Cook's and the Squire's Tales on the final page; otherwise, it is a reprint of the 1602 edition. [36], 660, [24] pp. including engraved frontispiece "The Progenie of Geoffrey Chaucer." Bound in contemporary mottled calf, recased preserving original back strip. Repaired tear on front free endpaper, a few small marginal tears, gift inscription on upper paste-down dated 1928, two bookplates on lower paste-down, scattered blemishes.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. none. Folio. Frontis., t.p., (32), (2), 660 pp. Edited by Thomas Speght. Full calf, raised band, spine gilt, marbled edges. The last so-called 'Black-letter-edition' of Chaucer's works. The eighth edition of the collected works, edited by Thomas Speght, who had also edited the two editions prior to this one.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. FINAL BLACK LETTER EDITION. Bound in 17th c. sprinkled calf, the boards framed by a repeating gold tool. Discreetly rebacked preserving most of the original spine, corners bumped; new endpapers. With the full-page engraved portrait of Chaucer bound opposite the title page and a second title page (leaf c1) with a three-quarter page woodcut of Chaucer's arms. A very fine, crisp copy with trivial faults: a burn-hole in blank margin of leaf E4; two small spots on leaf N3; lvs. T2-3 lightly toned, clear dampstain to gathering Uu; occasional rust spots. The contents are: "The Canterbury Tales", together with the "Prologues"; "The Romaunt of the Rose"; "Troilus and Criseyde"; "The Legend of Good Women"; Chaucer's translation of Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy"; "The Dreame of Chaucer"; "The Assemblie of Foules"; The Flower of Courtesie"; "How Pitie is Dead"; "La Belle Dame sans Mercie"; "Annelida and false Arcite"; "The Assembly of Ladies"; The Conclusion of the Astrolaby"; "The Complaint of the Black Knight"; "A Prayse of Women"; The House of Fame"; "The Testament of Love"; "Jake Upland"; John Lydgate's "Siege of Thebes" and a number of other minor works. Thomas Speght: "The schoolmaster and literary editor Thomas Speghtbecame interested inChaucerat Cambridge, an enthusiasm he shared withFrancis Beaumont, who later contributed a prefatory letter toSpeght'sChauceredition. It is possible that they formed part of a circle of Chaucerians at Peterhouse and it is perhaps significant that they overlapped with the Cambridge years of another noted Chaucerian,Edmund Spenser(156976). After Cambridge,Speghtappears to have maintained a private interest inChaucer. In October 1592 a reprint ofChaucer'sworks was entered in theStationers'register and by the time this work appeared under the titleThe Workes of our Antient and Lerned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printedearly in 1598,Speghtwas the editor. "In preparing the editionSpeghtcertainly had the help of the antiquaryJohn Stowand the 1598 edition ofChauceris in some ways not much more than a revision ofStow'sown edition of 1561. AlthoughSpeghtlists works ofChaucer'swhich he claims were 'never before imprinted' (Speght,Workes, sig. Aiiiv) most of them in fact appeared inStow'sedition, suggesting the extent to which he saw his task as simply presenting anew whatStowhad done. "Nevertheless,Speght'snotes and introductory material are far more elaborate than in any previous edition and he was the first to provide a substantial glossary. While this suggests thatChaucer'slanguage was becoming difficult to read, it is also part of the process whereby the Chaucerian text was dignified by the kind of extensive apparatus a classical author might receive. Speghtalso contributed new annotations to the text ofChaucer, of which the most famous is his comment on a reference to the legendary hero Wade.Speghtwrote, 'because the matter is long and fabulous, I passe it over' (Speght,Workes, sig. Bbbb.iiiiv), an unfortunate omission as all knowledge of stories of Wade has subsequently been lost. "Also among the introductory material was an extensive biography, which informed all subsequent accounts of the poet's life until the 1840s. Several common beliefs aboutChaucerwere established here, some of them on the basis of texts attributed to the poet, but spurious. Hence,Chaucerwas thought (as supposed author ofThomas Usk'sThe Testament of Love) to have spent time in exile in the 1380s and was claimed as a fellow Cantabrian on the basis ofThe Court of Love.Speghtplayed upChaucer'slinks withJohn of Gauntand enhanced the image of the poet as a man who 'alwaies held in with the Princes, in whose daies he lived' (Speght,Workes, sig. Bviv). He was also the source of the biographical detail thatChaucerwas once fined2s.for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet Street. The document supposedly recording this was found in the Inner Temple, leadingSpeghtto suggest that the poet studied law there. While the beating of the friar has never been disproved, it is suspiciously convenient evidence of an early and vigorous tendency to anti-clericalism on the poet's part, which, making him appear at odds with theChurch of Rome, helped to refashion aChauceracceptable to Reformation England. "Criticisms of the 1598 edition were forthcoming fromFrancis Thynne, son of the earlierChaucereditorWilliam Thynne, in hisAnimadversions uppon the Annotacions and Corrections of Chaucers Workes.Speghttook heed of the criticisms, though they were not always accurate, and in a new edition ofChaucerappearing in 1602 he departed more decisively fromStow. In this work the Chaucerianuvrewas augmented by theABC, in print for the first time, and the anti-clerical (but non-Chaucerian)Jack Upland, which further bolstered the poet's reputation as a Wycliffite. "In 1687 a reprint of this work with a few alterations appeared, and remained in use even after the publication ofJohn Urry'smuch reviledChauceredition of 1721.Thomas Tyrwhitt, editing theCanterbury Talesin the 1770s, used the 1602 and 1687 editions ofSpeght, taking the latter as his base text. With a period of influence stretching from the late sixteenth century to the late eighteenth, then,Speght'sChaucerhas been the most durable of anyChauceredition.(Matthews, Oxford DNB).

Hardcover. Folio, [36], 660 pages, [22]. In Good condition. Bound in early half leather and marbled paper boards, with gilt lettered morocco spine label. Boards show significant chipping and wear to corners and edges, significant wear to boards overall, and significant cracking to joint along the loose (but attached) front board. Text block has moderate age toning and curling to untrimmed edges, occasional scattered marginalia in both pencil and ink, with light age toning to pages throughout. Two ownership inscriptions appear in ink on the front pastedown: "N:C: Proby" and "Mary Proby - the gift of her dear Mother / 1834". Ink ownership inscription in 18th-century hand to title page: "Catherine Weller". Includes engraved frontispiece incorporating a portrait of Chaucer, as well as the seven-line cancel slip pasted over six-line stanza on page 42. Double-columned text. WK consignment. Shelved in Case 4. The final black-letter edition of Chaucer's works. This edition follows Speght's 1602 edition, except for the addition of the then-recently discovered conclusions to the Cook's and Squire's Tales. References: ESTC R3920; Pforzheimer 179; Wing C3736. 1373607. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Folio [12.00 tall x 8.50 wide]. ESTC ref. 006100359. C3736. Pforzheimer 179. Collates complete including the engraved frontis portrait. [36], 660, [24]p. A very good, crisp and sound copy in the main. Text mainly in black letter. Minimal light marks, blemishes or insignificant light reading wear else a lovely copy. Final twelve leaves contain a glossary and bibliography. MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONTACT ME TO REQUEST.

The third Speght edition, and the last 'black letter' edition of Chaucer's works. With the famous engraved Gower portrait and genealogical frontispiece, engraved coat of arms at the beginning of the works and with woodcut initials throughout. Folio, full antique calf, the spine sometime restored to correct period style with raised bands ruled in double gilt and with a red morocco label gilt ruled and lettered. (36), 660, (24) pp. A very handsome copy, internally quite clean and still crisp, a bit of expected mellowing or age evidence, the binding handsome with some expert restoration as noted. A nice, tall copy of this important work. A SCARCE, HANDSOME AND IMPORTANT EDITION. This was the last 'black letter' edition of Chaucer to be published. Thomas Speght included in this edition "The Court of Love," added to the Chaucer canon by Stow in 1561, as well as four new pieces: "The Flower and the Leaf;" "Chaucer's Dream;" "Jacke Upland" (spuriously attributed to Chaucer); and "Chaucer's A B C." The text of the Tales follows that of the 1602 edition, but with the addition of the then recently rediscovered endings of the Cook's and the Squire's tales. There is also a twenty-four page Glossary, "The Old and Obscure Words Explained", at the end of the volume. This copy with fine provenance, with the engraved bookplate of Oliver Huckel, published author and authority on Richard Wagner. Huckel was the translator into English of such works as 'Tannhauser' and 'Parsifal'. With the plate of the Brooklyn Public Library (now deaccessioned) noting it was purchased with the gift of Alexander M. White. There are none of the typical library markings other than this label noting the donor and previous owner.