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BOOKS PRINTED BY \_Canterbury Tales;
of 25. ladies, the book of y e duchesse, the book of seynt valentyns day
of the parlament, of birdis, the talis of Caunterbury tho that sownyn vnto
synne, Ihe book of the lyon, and many other bokis yf they were in my
remembrance and many a songe and many a lccherous laye that crist
of his grete mercy foryeue me the synne, But of the translacion of
Boece de cosolacioe and other bookis as of legendis of saintis and
omelies. moralite. and deuocion, that thanke I of our lord Jhesu crist
& his blessid moder & alle the saintis of heuene Besecliing hem
that they from hensforth vnto my liuys ende sendeme gi’ace to be-
wayle my giltis that, it may stande vnto the sauacion of my soule, &
graunte me grace of verrey repentance, confession, & satisfaction to
doo in this present lif, thurgh the benigne grace of hym that is
kynge of lcyngis and preest of alle preestis that bought vs with the
precyous blood of his herte, so that I may be one of hem at the day of
dome that shal be sauid. Qui cu patre et spu sco viuit et regnat deus.
Per omnia secula secvdorum Amen.’
No copy of this work has yet been found with the name or device of
the printer subjoined; though I strongly incline to believe that some
such distinction marked the volume on its first appearance. The
paper of this work is of superior character : but the right side or margin
of the press work, in the Parson’s tale, is, like the earlier productions
of Caxton’s press; in very bad register (as printers term it). A full
page has 29 lines ; and the character of the type is similar to the fac-
simile at p. 232 ante. This copy, although not tall, is in very sound
and beautiful condition. The copy in his Majesty’s library, formerlyin
West’s, is the only perfect and genuine one known : that in the library
of Merton College, Oxford, wanting 3 leaves. The present is most
tastefully bound, in olive-colour morocco, by C. Lewis.
869. The Tales of Canterbury. TVithout Place
or Date. Folio.
Second Edition. The prologue of this edition, with which the
work commences, on sign. a ij, is unluckily imperfect in the present
copy; but the reader will find the whole of it reprinted in the Typog.
Antiq. vol. i. p. 295-6. It is a very interesting one; and we learn
from it that Caxton published the previous impression from a corrupt
and ‘ incorrect text which had been brought to him 11 years past.’
BOOKS PRINTED BY \_Canterbury Tales;
of 25. ladies, the book of y e duchesse, the book of seynt valentyns day
of the parlament, of birdis, the talis of Caunterbury tho that sownyn vnto
synne, Ihe book of the lyon, and many other bokis yf they were in my
remembrance and many a songe and many a lccherous laye that crist
of his grete mercy foryeue me the synne, But of the translacion of
Boece de cosolacioe and other bookis as of legendis of saintis and
omelies. moralite. and deuocion, that thanke I of our lord Jhesu crist
& his blessid moder & alle the saintis of heuene Besecliing hem
that they from hensforth vnto my liuys ende sendeme gi’ace to be-
wayle my giltis that, it may stande vnto the sauacion of my soule, &
graunte me grace of verrey repentance, confession, & satisfaction to
doo in this present lif, thurgh the benigne grace of hym that is
kynge of lcyngis and preest of alle preestis that bought vs with the
precyous blood of his herte, so that I may be one of hem at the day of
dome that shal be sauid. Qui cu patre et spu sco viuit et regnat deus.
Per omnia secula secvdorum Amen.’
No copy of this work has yet been found with the name or device of
the printer subjoined; though I strongly incline to believe that some
such distinction marked the volume on its first appearance. The
paper of this work is of superior character : but the right side or margin
of the press work, in the Parson’s tale, is, like the earlier productions
of Caxton’s press; in very bad register (as printers term it). A full
page has 29 lines ; and the character of the type is similar to the fac-
simile at p. 232 ante. This copy, although not tall, is in very sound
and beautiful condition. The copy in his Majesty’s library, formerlyin
West’s, is the only perfect and genuine one known : that in the library
of Merton College, Oxford, wanting 3 leaves. The present is most
tastefully bound, in olive-colour morocco, by C. Lewis.
869. The Tales of Canterbury. TVithout Place
or Date. Folio.
Second Edition. The prologue of this edition, with which the
work commences, on sign. a ij, is unluckily imperfect in the present
copy; but the reader will find the whole of it reprinted in the Typog.
Antiq. vol. i. p. 295-6. It is a very interesting one; and we learn
from it that Caxton published the previous impression from a corrupt
and ‘ incorrect text which had been brought to him 11 years past.’