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The nun's priest's tale of Chaucer : newly rendered into modern English by Nevill Coghill: PB 127-2003

Object information

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Titles

The nun's priest's tale of Chaucer : newly rendered into modern English by Nevill Coghill

Maker(s)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Translator: Coghill, Nevill
Illustrator: Lamb, Lynton Harold
Publisher: Lane, Allen
Publisher: Lane, Richard
Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd.

Categories

Description

[3], 29, [3] p : ill ; 25 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Edinburgh

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1950-12

Note

"One thousand copies ... printed for Allen and Richard Lane by R. and R. Clark Ltd, of Edinburgh, on Unbleached Arnold. The modern English rendering by Nevill Coghill is from his complete new version of the Canterbury Tales, shortly to be published [issued 1951]. The wood engravings are by Lynton Lamb"--Colophon Ilustrated title-page. Bound with patterned paper sides over boards.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 127-2003
Primary reference Number: 95079
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 March 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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