Editionnotes: | This issue corresponds to no. 19, group II in: Johnson, F.R. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser, p. 33-48: i.e. I. general t.p. and dedication (1611); II. Faerie Queene, first part (1st printing, (1609)); III. Faerie Queene, second part (2nd printing, 1612-1613); IV. The letter to Raleigh, etc. (1st printing, (1611)); V. The shepeards calender (sic) (1st printing, 1611); VI. Prosopopoia or Mother Hubberds tale (1st printing, 1612-1613); VII.Colin Clouts come home againe, and the rest of the minor poems (1st printing, (1611)).
Signatures: pi2A6(-A1)B-P6Q6(-Q5,6)R-2H6(par.)8,2A-E6,2F4,3A8,4A-L6,4M2.
In the 363 p. section, p. 8 misnumbered 10; leaf 2C3 signed S3.
Most of the minor works have special title pages.
General title within ornamental border (McKerrow & Ferguson 212); for other borders and printer's devices see Johnson, p. 33-48.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials; woodcut illustrations.
Verso of dedication leaf (p. (4) at front) and p. (1)-(2) (leaf F4) following 56 p. section are blank; also leaves 2H6 and (par.)8 are blank.
Colophon at end of Faerie Queene, part 2 (leaf 2H5 verso) has date 16012 rather than 1612.
References: STC (2nd ed.) 23077.3
References: STC (2nd ed.) 23083.7
References: STC (2nd ed.) 23086.3
References: STC (2nd ed.) 23087
References: STC (2nd ed.) 23093.5
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