Library Exhibition 17 April – 20 September 2026 Curated by Petra Hofmann (Special Collections Librarian) Contents Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (1483) Jane Austen, Letters (1814) Manuscript Addition to Book of Common Prayer (1625) William Laud, History of my Troubles (1641-1645) Johannes Kepler, Astronomia nova (1609) Second Folio of William Shakespeare’s Plays (1632) Brittany GospelsContinue reading “Treasures of St John’s College Library”
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Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Westminster: William Caxton, c. 1483)
Early printed books form a significant part of the library’s Special Collections, and this particular item contains an illustrated second edition of one of the most famous works of middle English literature, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. It is thought to have been published in 1483 by William Caxton, famous for being the first English printer, andContinue reading “Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Westminster: William Caxton, c. 1483)”