[Chaucer (Geoffrey)]

Chaucer Complete Works Romance of the Rose, Troylus and Creseyde and other poems…

with own divisional title-page, modern mss title-page, lacking all before fol. Cxx, Ccc6 – Fff1, Jjj3 & Jjj4 and all after fol cccxliiii, modern full morocco, 3 pp remargined, 4pp repaired at edges & 3 trimmed, [from '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.' Printed by William Bonham, 1542 (?); [Chaucer]. Together with the remnants of the original volume to include, The launterbury Tales, Aiii & Aiii, The Knights tale, Bii-Ciiiii , The man of lawes tale, Eii- Fffiii, The marchauntes tale, fol. Xxxi & Xxxii, The wife of Bathes prologue 1pp, The Sompners tale (& others), Ji -K6, The Pardoners tale Ni-Niiii, The tale of Chaucer, Mi-iPiii, The Monks tale, Piiii – Qiii, The Prologue of the Monnes priest, Qiiii – Ri, The Mantiples prologue, R1 – Rii, plus 32pp others including The Plowmans’ tale, printed in black letter, some loose in early binding, from the library of H.J.Massingham with his signature to front paste-down, and contemporary signature of William Morgan [1542?] Not subject to return.