The Literature Network - Sale of first edition of Chaucer's ``Canterbury Tales'' sets record at book auction

Sale of first edition of Chaucer's ``Canterbury Tales'' sets record at book auction

Content courtesy of

From: AP Online
Date: 19980709
Author:

AP Online
07-09-1998
LONDON (AP) _ A first edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's ``Canterbury Tales'' printed by England's earliest typographer sold at auction Wednesday for a record $7.5 million, auctioneers said.

``This has become the most expensive book ever sold,'' said Victoria Coode, spokeswoman for Christie's, the auctioneers.

Coode said the previous record sale price for a book was $5.3 million paid at a 1987 auction in New York for a Gutenberg bible printed in 1455.

The red leather bound edition of ``Canterbury Tales,'' printed by William Caxton in either 1476 or 1477, was one of ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Geoffrey Chaucer

Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Suggestions For Further Reading And Research

Providence and incest reconsidered: Chaucer's poetic judgement of his Man of Law. (Geoffrey Chaucer)

Chaucer's mutability in Spenser's Mutabilitie Cantos.(Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser)

Chaucer's The Complaint of Mars. (analysis of a Geoffrey Chaucer poem)

Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Chaucer Takes His Leave

Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Miller's Tale

Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Sir Thopas

Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Preface

A conduct book for Richard II.(Geoffrey Chaucer's poem 'The Parliament of Fowls')

Geoffrey Chaucer

Find More Articles

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.