DOI: 10.1093/library/fpaf005 ISSN: 0024-2160

The Earl of Ashburnham’s Copies of Caxton’s First Edition of the Canterbury Tales and the 1905 Caxton Club of Chicago Leaf Book

A S G Edwards
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Abstract

This article identifies the source for the leaves from an imperfect copy of William Caxton’s first edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales that were distributed separately in copies of E.G. Duff’s William Caxton produced by the Caxton Club of Chicago in 1905. The source is identified as one of the four copies of this edition that were owned by Bertram, Duke of Ashburnham. The history of the other copies is also examined.

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