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London: In the Old Bayly
Thynne's printer was T. Godfray of whom we know little except that almost all of his 30-odd books were of a religious on controversial natre and that he rarely dated them (only 1 other one is)
10 years later W. Thynne's ed. was reprinted no doubt under the original editor's supervision. It differs from the former only in the addition of the Plowman's tale.
S.T.C. 5069 x 5070 (1542) Printed by R. Grafton or E. Whitchurch for W. Bonham + John Reynes. set entirely in an English blackletter, a lettre de forme or textura.
1551? ed. Thynne - printed by 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) roughly a reprint of the 1542 ed. S.T.C., 5071 --> 74; W. Bonham, R. Kele, T. Petit, R. Toye
1561 several issues c additions by John Stow; printed by John Kingston for John Wight + Henry Bradshaw
1598 ed. Thomas Speght. Printed by A. Islip for G. Bishop, B. Norton + T. Wight (most common)
HEHL #60776
Testament of Love --> 3 books my leaf Nnn' (of 6) begins fo. cccxxv Lll^2 (of 6) end fo. ccclxi Rrr^2 before The House of Fame. after The lamentation of Mary Magdaleyne.
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616 Bill Mayer St. Petersburg, FL March '05 $49.00
Chaucer, Geoggrey (d. 1400) The workers of our ancient and learned English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed. London: Adam Islip, 1598 Ed. Thomas Speght (fl. 1600)
Ref: STC 5077 55 lines
Copy: HEHL
1st ed. edited by Thomas Speght (fl. 1600) who had the assistance of John Stowe, Francis Tynne, Francis Beaumont the elder + Robert Glover
Virtually all we know of T. Speght is that he was an antiquary + schoolmaster, educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge where he received a yearly scholarship from the mother of Sir Robert Cecil, to whom he dedicates the book.
issued c 2 different elaborate title pages, both dated 1598. One bears the name of G. Bishop; the other B. Norton or Thomas Wight.
The text is a close reprinting of the 1561 ed (the [?issue?] without woodcuts except for the addition of 2 more spurious works to canon towards the end.
The 1598 Islip used for the text a black letter (about 94 mm. for 20 lines)
1598 ed "The Testament of love", folio 285-307.
Adam Islip fl. 1591-1640^39. Printer in London (1585) In 1594 he acquired much of the printing material of John Wolfe.
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1598 Stanford copy
my leaf folio 180 is LL^5 (of 6) 4th book --> folio 176^a --> 184^v The First Book of Troilus begins folio 141^v(error) - actually 15, Ggi (of 6)
Fifth Booke ends folio 164^a (error) - actually 194 Oo5 (of 6)
The fourth Booke of Troilus. Fol. 180 2 cd. 49 lines. (7, seven line stanzas) catchwords.
Troilus and Criseide - Chaucer's longest poem, probably completed about
5704 lines become 8239 lines
1385 is an adaptation of Boccaccio's Il Filostrato ("The Love-Stricken") The Italian work is one of cansiderable stature, which Chaucer reworked into one of the greatest love poems in any language. Even if he had never written the Canterbury Tales, Troilus would have secured Chaucer a place among the great English poets.
HEHL #84666
S.T.C. 5077 Toilus begins folio 151 ends folio 194 Oo^2 (of 6) 4th book begins 176 ends 183 my leaf Ll^6 (of 6) in this copy.
