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Links to Parallel Comparison Images: "1687" Issue vs. "1689" Issue

Title Page 1687 vs. 1689: The title page layouts of both issues are nearly identical with the exception of the "U" in the 1687 "CHAUCER" on the left that has a "right leg" with a foot and the 1689 "U" resembles closely this page's Times New Roman "U" with no leg/foot, and the 5 mm. capitals used for "London: MDCLXVIII" and the 5 mm. capitals used for the 1689 issue's publication information differ to allow space to list the five booksellers in the 1689 reissue title page.
sig a1v 1687 vs. 1689: The capital "W" in the first line of the poem, "Upon the Picture of Chaucer," is slightly battered on its left serif.

sig B1 / page (1) low-set printer's ornaments top right 1687 vs. 1689: The right four bottom type ornaments are set too low for proper ink impression on the page.