First Pickering edition. Three volumes. 8vo. Contemporary polished tree calf, spines with five raised bands outlined in gilt, second panels lettered in gilt, third panels numbered in gilt, the rest elaborately tooled in gilt, covers with floral gilt roll-tool borders, marbled endpapers, yellow edges. London, William Pickering, 1846.
A beautiful copy of this collection bringing together several of Chaucer's major works and translations along with shorter poems and miscellaneous pieces.
Engraved armorial bookplates of Thomas Lancaster to front pastedowns, just a hint of faint spotting to endpapers, contents otherwise clean and fresh, joints slightly rubbed.
