The Canterbury tales of Chaucer /
modernis'd by Mr. Betterton ... [et al.] ; published by Mr. Ogle ; to which is prefixed the life of Chaucer, written by Mr. Urry.

Description

Main Author

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Related Names

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Grosvenor, Mr.
Markland, Jeremiah, 1693-1776.
Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.
Boyse, Samuel, 1708-1749.
Cobb, Samuel, 1675-1713.
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Urry, John, 1666?-1715.
Ogle, George, 1704-1746.

Language(s)

English

Published

Dublin : Printed by and for George Faulkner, 1742.

Subjects

English poetry.

Note

Vol. 2 has separately paged section with special t.p. which reads: Gualtherus and Griselda: or, the Clerk of Oxford's tale, from Boccace, Petrarch, and Chaucer. To which is added, A Letter to a Friend, with the Clerk of Oxford's Character, &c. The Clerk of Oxford's Prologue, from Chaucer. The Clerk of Oxford's Conclusion, from Petrarch. The Declaration, or l'Envoy de Chaucer a les Maris de notre Temps, from Chaucer. The words of our Host, from Chaucer. A letter in Latin, from Petrarch to Boccace. By George Ogle, Esq. Dublin: Printed for George Faulkner in Essex-street. MDCCXLI.
The Cook's tale (v. 1) has title: Gamelyn, or, The Cook's tale, by Mr. Boyse.
Includes: Characters of the pilgrims, by Betterton, Ogle, and Dryden, and prologues and tales by Betterton, Boyse, Brooke, Cobb, Dryden, Grosvenor, Markland, Pope, and Ogle.
Signatures: v.1. [*]²,a-d⁶,e⁴,B-P⁶,Q³,A-K⁶,L⁴.
Library has: v.1 only (2 p.ℓ., i-lvi, 1-170, 1-131, [1] p.)

Physical Description

2 v. ; 17 cm. (12mo in 6s)

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