LANGLAND, William

The Vision of William concerning Piers Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet et Dobest, Secundum Wit et Resoun .... the 'Vernon' Text; or Text A. [Together with] The 'Crowley' Text; or Text B, [and] The 'Whitaker' Text; or Text C

London, Early English Text Society (by) Oxford University Press, 1968/ 1867, 1964/ 1869, 1959/ 1873 (later impressions).

Octavo, three volumes, [iv], xliv, 136, 137*-144* (supplement), 137-158, [2] (blank), 8 (publisher's catalogue); [x], lvi, 426; and viii, 472, 8 (publisher's catalogue) pages .

Cloth lightly bumped; an excellent set.

Facsimile editions of all three text volumes of the Early English Text Society's edition of Langland's narrative poem 'Piers Plowman' (circa 1370-86), edited by Walter W. Skeat. These volumes (EETS o.s. 28, 38, and 54) give the three main manuscript versions of the text in Middle English (the so-called A, B, and C texts), with glosses and notes. The edition included several further volumes containing Skeat's critical apparatus.

Provenance: T.G.H. Strehlow, with his contemporary ownership details in two volumes.

Item #83917

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