This book was owned by Harold Jefferson Coolidge, his book plate is within the front board, prominent lawyer and the great great grandson of Thomas Jefferson and distant relative of President Calvin Coolidge! This book came from the estate of John Robert Gregg, the inventor of the Gregg Shorthand writing system from his property in York, Maine.

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Compared with the Former Editions, and many valuable MSS. By John Urry. London: Bernard Lintot, Between The Temple Gates. 1721. Folio. The first collected Chaucer in easier-to-read Roman typeface, Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased; Together with a Glossary, By a Student of the same College. To the Whole is prefixed The Author’s Life, newly written, and a Preface, giving an Account of this edition, Printed for Bernard Lintot, between the Temple Gates, London, 1721, 626 pp, 81 pp, plus errata, frontispiece of Urry, full-page copper engraving of Chaucer, numerous in text copper engravings of the various Canterbury pilgrims. vignettes of each Tale, head and tailpieces, woodcut initials, full leather, 16 x 10.25”, Folio. 

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