[BINDING]. CHAUCER, Geoffrey (1340?–1400). –– TYRWHITT, Thomas (1730–1786), editor. The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer… Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1798.
2 volumes, 4to. (Some spotting). Engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. I. Full contemporary green straight–grain morocco gilt framed with filigree corners, coat of arms of Oriel College, Oxford within central lozenge gilt, spines in 5 compartments with 4 flat bands gilt, Prince of Wales’s feathers in three compartments, gilt–lettering in remainder, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles and board edges (spines a bit darkened).
SECOND EDITION Published after Tyrwhitt’s death as a “tribute of respect for the editor”, incorporating the changes from his own annotated copy of the first edition of 1775. Chiefly regarded in its editorial practices of Chaucer including only words, phrases, and punctuation that Chaucer used himself drawing parallels to that of the work of Thomas Newton and his 1749 edition of Milton’s “Paradise Lost”. IN A PRIZE BINDING with a presentation inscription from the College dated 1822. Lowndes, p. 427.