London: 1687. Eighth Edition
Folio, [-]2, A, a-c, B-Rrrr4, Ssss2, (c1 mis-signed “d” and bound after [c3]), eng. front., 17ff, 660pp, 12ff, 8-line cancel slip pasted to G1 verso, mainly black letter with some roman, contemporary calf, rebacked, old back laid on, corners renewed, new e-p’s. A tall clean copy (127/8” against Pforzheimer’s 121/4”). Armorial bookplates of “George Cockburn” and “Genl. J.G. Clay, K.G.”, and the modern one of Dr & Mrs H.R. Knohl on front pastedown.
This, the third edition to be edited by Thomas Speght, is a straight reprint of the 1602 edition, except that on the last leaf it carries an “advertisement” stating that a manuscript has just been discovered with endings for the Cook’s Tale and the Squire’s Tale which were thought lost. They consist of 12 lines to be added to the former and 10 to the latter. It is the last Black Letter edition.
Wing C 3736 Pforzheimer 179