Four-hundred-year-old Shakespeare book recovered


	Four-hundred-year-old Shakespeare book recovered

Newfman

7-11-2008 8:57 PM

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The university hoped to recover the other stolen works, which include a 15th-century manuscript containing a fragment of a poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer, author of "The Canterbury Tales''; an edition of "Beowulf'' printed in 1812; and a book of maps and poetry dating from 1612.

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