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The Canterbury Tales

First printed version (editio princeps) of the Canterbury Tales
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The Canterbury Tales

Summary

The Canterbury Tales is an incunable[1].

Key Facts

  • The Canterbury Tales authored Geoffrey Chaucer[2].
  • The Canterbury Tales's image is recorded as Caxton's Canterbury Tales.jpg[3].
  • The Canterbury Tales's instance of is recorded as incunable[4].
  • The Canterbury Tales's instance of is recorded as version, edition or translation[5].
  • The Canterbury Tales's instance of is recorded as editio princeps[6].
  • The Canterbury Tales's publisher is recorded as William Caxton[7].
  • The Canterbury Tales's place of publication is recorded as City of Westminster[8].
  • The Canterbury Tales's Commons category is recorded as Caxton's Canterbury Tales (ca. 1476 or 1477)[9].
  • The Canterbury Tales's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Canterbury Tales's catalog code is recorded as 6585[11].
  • The Canterbury Tales's publication date is recorded as +1476-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Canterbury Tales's edition or translation of is recorded as The Canterbury Tales[13].
  • The Canterbury Tales's title is recorded as The Canterbury Tales[14].
  • The Canterbury Tales's Incunabula Short Title Catalogue ID is recorded as ic00431000[15].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Canterbury Tales authored Geoffrey Chaucer[2]. Its publisher is recorded as William Caxton[7].

Publication

The Canterbury Tales's publication date is recorded as +1476-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as City of Westminster[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . data.cerl.org. data.cerl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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