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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and 'The Kinis Quair': A Facsimile of Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Arch. Selden. B24.(Review)

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From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 19991001
Author:Hardman, Phillipa

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and 'The Kingis Quair': A Facsimile of Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Arch. Selden. B.24. With an introduction by JULIA BOFFEY and A. S. G. EDWARDS and an appendix by B. C. BARKER-BENFIELD. Cambridge: Brewer. 1997. viii + 62 + [468] pp.+8 colour plates. 395 [pounds sterling]; $711.

The phrase on the spine of this volume, 'A Working Facsimile', is surprising. It first appeared in The Ellesmere Manuscript (Cambridge: Brewer, 1989) where it accurately described the status of the facsimile, as booksellers use 'reading copy' for a usable but less than ...

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