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The Ellesmere MS. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. x, [3], 683 (i.e. 687), 28*, pages, 3 leaves 23 cm One page numbered "332-333", and extra pages 275*, 587a-b, 588a-b, inserted. Leaf of corrections by Prof. Flügel dated 1907 Issued in 8 parts, 1868-84 (final t.p. dated "1868-1879") "Drawings of the 23 tellers-of the 24 Canterbury tales, copied from the Ellesmere ms. ... by Mr. W.H. Hooper", also facsimiles of the 23 minatures of the manuscripts An "Index of proper names and subjects to Chaucer's Canterbury tales ... by Prof. Hiram Corson" was published by the society in 1911 as no. 72. It is confined to the Ellesmere manuscript and issued in that size

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the title, “Tales” in the description, “Tales” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· in title
    • “Tales”· in description
    • “Tales”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in edition title

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Editions

Open Library reports 4 editions; 1 cataloged here.

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1879London, Pub. for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner & Co.; Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.English—Public

Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL16336015W
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