Shelfmark
Km.2.02 (01) - Km.2.02 (02)
Author
Collective uniform title
Poems. Selections
Title
The riches of Chaucer : in which his impurities have been expunged; his spelling modernised; his rhythm accentuated; and his obsolete terms explained. Also have been added a few explanatory notes and a new memoir of the poet / by Charles Cowden Clarke ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1835.
Physical description
2 v, leaves of plates : ill. (engravings), port. ; 18 cm.
Note
Proofs.
Note
Two vols bound together.
Note
Both vols with a half-title.
Note
Engravings tipped-in and pasted onto pages.
Note
Typed bookseller's description pasted onto front endpaper.
Note
Ms. bookseller's notes, code, and price in pencil.
Provenance
Editor's proof copy ; extensive ms. annotations and corrections throughout text in Charles Cowden Clarke's hand ; four leaves with ms. altered passages in Charles Cowden Clarke's hand tipped-in.
Binding
19th century red morocco half-binding with marbled paper boards, edges, and endpapers, and gilt lettering and tooling.
Subject
Added entry--name
Wilson, Effingham, 1783 - 1868 publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B26108