Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "de Consolatione Philosphiæ" Edited from Additional Ms. 10, 340 in the British Museum (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosphiæ" Edited From Additional Ms. 10, 340 in the British Museum Consolation as 'a book not known by many.'1 Belgium had her translations - both Flemish2 and F rencha; Germany hers, ' France hers,5 Italy hers.6 The Latin editors are too numerous to be catalogued here, and manuscripts abound in all our great libraries. N o philosopher was so bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of Middle-age writers as Boethius. Take up what writer you will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.