COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader 8694
Reference Number:
8694
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
The Canterbury tales
Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
[c1483]
Publication Details:
Westminster: William Caxton
Language:
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater London: London: City of Westminster: Westminster
Item Height:
246 mm
Item Width:
197 mm
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
Copy specific information: Imperfect: wanting the first leaf (blank) and the following (supplied in facsim.): aij, aiij, a6, bj, ciiij, c5, c8, dj-6, ii6, Giij, Giiij, quires K and L. - Initials and paragraph marks supplied in ms. in red.