Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Title:: The Canterbury tales.
Published / Created:: [Westminster : William Caxton, 1483]
Physical Description:: [312] leaves : ill. ; 27 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:1306028
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BEIN Zi +9661: Restricted. Permission of curator needed for use.
Exhibition History:: Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
Subject Terms:: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales -- Illustrations. | Crespigny, Philip Champion -- Bookplate. | Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878 -- Ownership. | Crocker, Ethel, 1861-1934 -- Ownership. | Crocker, William W., 1893-1964 -- Ownership. | Gibbon, John, 1629-1718 -- Ms. notes. | Gibbon, John, 1629-1718 -- Autograph. | Gibbon, John, 1629-1718 -- Presentation inscription from J. Garrett. | Garrett, John -- Presentation inscription to J. Gibbon. | Bell, Beaupré, 1704-1745 -- Pres. insc. to the Revd. Mr. Beaty, 1740 Nov. 17. | Beaty, Rev. -- Pres. insc. from Beaupré Bell, 1740 Nov. 17. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:: Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Annotations (Provenance) | Woodcuts.
Contributors:: Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1840-1913 Ownership. | Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer. | Tregaskis, James, 1850-1926, bookseller.