TYRWHITT, Thomas [Geoffrey Chaucer].
The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. To Which are Added, An Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Together with Notes and a Glossary.
Edinburgh: James Nichol , 1860.
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Finely bound example of Tyrwhitt's famous edition of The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer
Finely bound example of Tyrwhitt's famous edition of The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. With Memoir and Critical Dissertation by the Rev. George Gilfillan. In near fine condition. A very nice set.
Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, Geoffrey Chaucer remains best known for his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales, a collection of twenty-four stories written between 1387 and 1400. Perhaps the greatest contribution of The Canterbury Tales to English literature was the popularisation of the English vernacular in mainstream literature, as opposed to French, Italian or Latin. English had, however, been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucer's time, and several of Chaucer's contemporaries—John Gower, William Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Julian of Norwich—also wrote major literary works in English.
The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. To Which are Added, An Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Together with Notes and a Glossary.
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