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A.W. Pollard - S.T.C. - England Z2002 P77 Ref.
The Book of G Chaucer - 1963 Cherler Muscatine Gunst Z 239 K35M8 f 1478 Canterbury Tales - Caxton 1484? " " - Caxton's 2nd edition 1492? " " - Pynson 1498 " " - Wynkyn de Worde STC # 5068 1) 1532 Works. Ed. William Thynne; printed by Thomas Godfrey 2) 1542 " Ed. " " ; printed by Richard Grafton or Edward Witchurch for William Bonham + (1545-50) John Reynes. STC#5070 STC#5069 See #48 - 1551? Works. Ed. Thynne; printed by Nicholas Hill for William Bonham #5071, Richard Kele #5072, Thomas Petit #5073 + Robert Toye #5074. Pforzheimer #175 (11 7/8 x 7 3/4") Pforzheimer #174 (12 1/2 x 7 7/8") 3) content depends upon the 1st as well as the 2nd. See #15 - 1562 Works (several issues) different title page. with additions by John Stow (1525?-1605); 4) #5075 (10 1/4 x 8 1/2") #5076 printed by John Kingston for John Wright v Henry Bradshaw 5) 1598 Works. Ed. Thomas Speght; printed by Adam Islip for George Bishop #5077, Bonham Norton #5078 + Thomas Wight. #5080 6) 1602 Works A. Islip #5079 Nicholas Hill - a native of the Low Countries who came to England in 1519, began printing in 1546 + by 1553 had turned out about 35 books. In 1551 he printed a "Matthew" version of the Bible for Toye Bonham, Petit + John Wight. In Chaucer's Works, Hill used an English texture type very similar to that of the 1542 ed but his decorative initials are quite distinctive. Some of them were originally cut for John Reynes. This book came to over 700 pages. Some of Hill's initials + decorative ornaments passed into the hands of the printer J. Kingston + we recognize them along with a texture font very similar to Hill's in the ed. printed the Kingston in 1561. There are 2 different issues - one rarer + earlier. J. Kingston set up his own shop at the west door of St. Paul's in 1556 + printed until 1585. Caxton - the text of his 2nd ed. of the Canterbury Tales remained the direct or indict basis for all subsequent ones until the 18th C.
