Detail View: Early Printing Collection: Bookreader 8694
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Image Number:
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Bookreader 8694
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Reference Number:
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8694
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Link to Catalogue:
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Parent Work Title:
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The Canterbury tales
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Creator:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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[c1483]
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Publication Details:
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Westminster: William Caxton
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Language:
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
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Subject:
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Poetry, Medieval
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Subject:
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English literature
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Incunabula
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
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Woodcut (process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: Greater London: London: City of Westminster: Westminster
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Item Height:
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246 mm
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Item Width:
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197 mm
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Notes:
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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.
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