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Chaucer, Geoffrey7
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400)7
Dryden, John (1631-1700)5
Ovid5
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)5
Publius Ovidus Naso5
Boccaccio, Giovanni4
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375)4
Homer4
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Fables antient and modern : translated into verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer, with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Homer

1745

Page 338 incorrectly numbered 388. Title in red and black. Contents: Preface.--Palamon and Arcite: or, The knight's tale [from Chaucer]--To my honour'd kinsman, John Driden, of Chesterton.--Melage...

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Fables ancient and modern; translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1700

First edition. Error in paging: p. 272-359 omitted; the page following p. 646 is numbered 565. Half-title: Mr Dryden's fables. Contents on final two pages. p. 567-646 are not mentioned in the ...

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Fables ancient and modern : translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer : with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1713

Head- and tailpieces; initials.

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Fables ancient and modern : translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer : with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1713

Head- and tailpieces; initials.

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Boecius De consolacione philosophie
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Boecius De consolacione philosophie

Boethius (524); Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Caxton, William (1422-1491)

[about 1478]

Signatures: [A-L M⁶]. Imprint from ISTC. An English translation by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is named on [M]5v. "Maister Geffrey Chaucer hath translated this sayd werke out of Latyn into oure usua...

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Ovid's Art of love

Ovid; Ovid; Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Maynwaring, Arthur (1668-1712)

1709

Numbers 175-178, 236-237 omitted in paging. Ovid's Art of love and Remedy of love translated by J. Dryden, W. Congreve and N. Tate; Chaucer's The court of love modernized by A. Mainwaring. "The hi...

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Here begynneth the boke of Fame, made by Geffray Chaucer : with dyvers other of his workes

Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Caxton, William (1422-1491); Chartier, Alain (1385-1433); Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?); Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?); Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?); Ros, Sir Richard; Pynson, Richard (1530); Huth, Henry (1815-1878); Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400)

[1526?]

Signatures: a-e[sup]6·[sup]4 f[sup]6. Imprint from colophon. This work is generally known as The house of fame. Edited by William Caxton.--cf. STC (2nd ed.). Date of printing suggested by STC...

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