Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works of our Antient and Learned

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed, edited by Thomas Speght, black letter, double-column, engraved portrait "The Progenie of Geffrey Chaucer" by John Speed, title within elaborate woodcut architectural border, 3 other divisional titles with woodcut borders, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking initial and final blank ff., title and portrait neatly and expertly laid down with margins neatly restored, occasional light soiling, the odd spot, a few ff. with neat marginal repair or restoration, some possibly cleaned or with weak printing impression, occasional minor worming to margins, a few small old ink notes or underlinings, bookplate of Murray A. W. Newman, early 20th century crushed morocco, gilt, light fading to spine, corners bumped, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Pforzheimer 177 (with different imprint); STC 5078], folio, Adam Islip, at the Charges of Bonham Norton, 1598.

⁂ An attractive copy of the sixth edition and the first Thomas Speght edition which would become the preferred edition over the following centuries.