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Download or read book A Detailed Comparison of the Eight Manuscripts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as Completely Printed in the Publications of the Chaucer Society (Classic written by John Koch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Detailed Comparison of the Eight Manuscripts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as Completely Printed in the Publications of the Chaucer Society For shortness' sake I must also refer my readers to the descriptions of the Mss. In question found in Dr. Furnivall's Temporary Preface, p. 44 - 85, to Prof. Skeat's Editions, to the Specimens of all accessible Mss. Of the Pardoner's Pro logue and Tale, Parts I and VIII, of the Clerk's Tale, Parts VI, VII, IX, and the Introductions to them by the late Prof. Zupitza and myself; further to the Introduction to my edition Of the Pardoner's Tale, eta, p. XXX sqq., and to Miss hammond's Chaucer, a Bibliographical Manual, p. 173 sqq. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.