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Page xxiii
These are printed by Urry from a manuscript of which I have not been able to
trace the subsequent history , and , if it should not previously be found , I shall
reprint them from Urry ' s edition , correcting the more apparent errors , for Urry ' s
...
These are printed by Urry from a manuscript of which I have not been able to
trace the subsequent history , and , if it should not previously be found , I shall
reprint them from Urry ' s edition , correcting the more apparent errors , for Urry ' s
...
Page xxiv
It is therefore much more to the honour of our meritorious countryman , William
Caxton , that he chose to make the Canterbury Tales one of the earliest
productions of his press , than it can be to his discredit that he printed them very
incorrectly .
It is therefore much more to the honour of our meritorious countryman , William
Caxton , that he chose to make the Canterbury Tales one of the earliest
productions of his press , than it can be to his discredit that he printed them very
incorrectly .
Page xxvii
from the slightest comparison of the three books , Pynson ' s first edition has no
date , but is supposed ( upon good grounds , I think ) to have been printed not
long after 1491 , the year of Caxton ' s death . His second edition * is dated in
1526 ...
from the slightest comparison of the three books , Pynson ' s first edition has no
date , but is supposed ( upon good grounds , I think ) to have been printed not
long after 1491 , the year of Caxton ' s death . His second edition * is dated in
1526 ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ... Volume 24 of Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy society |
| Author | Percy society |
| Publisher | Percy society, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
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