London - A 500-year-old first edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is expected to fetch up to £700,000 sterling at auction by Christie's in London this week. One of the earliest books to be printed in England, the first edition of the medieval tale was printed by England's earliest typographer, William Caxton, and is one of only 12 to survive today.
`Canterbury Tales' edition for sale
London - A 500-year-old first edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is expected to fetch up to £700,000 sterling at auction by…
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