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The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England's arch-poeêt, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.

  • Author

    Spenser, Edmund

  • Date published

    1611

  • Publisher

    [London] : Printed by H[umphrey]. L[ownes]. for Matthew Lownes, Anno. Dom. 1611 [i.e. 1615?]

General note: In verse. Printer's name from STC. A third "reissue" of the 1609 edition, though both parts are now actually in later settings. Part 1 still has the 1611 cancel title page and conjugate dedication of the first reissue (STC 23083.3). The text of part 1 has now been reset (the 1615 date conjectured by STC); B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight". Part 2 still has separate title page dated 1612 or 1613 (stop-press variants) and R3r catchword reads "And". Pagination and register are continuous. The last leaf is blank. Signatures: A6(-A1+pi²) B-P6 Q4 R-2H6. Ideally issued with STC 23086.3, 23093.5, 23077.3, and 23087, though some copies have parts from the 1617 editions. LacksTp. and preliminaries (quire [pi]); corners of many leaves damaged; staining throughout, slightly affecting text UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 23084 Johnson, F.R., Crit. bib. of the works of Edmund Spenser, 19 Pforzheimer, 973 Ownership and custodial history: MS. signatures on A2r: "Eustasia Trelawny", C2r "John Walsh his booke", inside back board: "Thomas Wentworth his book. Mary Wentworth her book. Jane. Kate", "Elizabeth Kelly 1762", "Elizabeth Kelly is my name 1787", "I. Jewsell", "Thomas Wentworth his book Cathn. Powny"; deposited by the RSC UK-SuSCL Binding Information: C18th 1/2 calf with blind-tooled border and marbled paper boards; boards detatched and paper torn UK-SuSCL