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The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of Englands arch-poet, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected., 1617, K 4.23* Art

Title: The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of Englands arch-poet, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.
Repository: Oxford U Bodleian Library
Shelfmark: K 4.23* Art
Published by: H[umphrey] L[ownes]
Published for: Mathew Lownes
Published Location: London
Published date: 1617
Copynotes: sig. A2,3 of the faerie queen mutilated. "A letter of the authors" (sig. [para]) bound in between "Prosopopoia" and "Colin Clout" 29 cm Calf. Rebacked Notes on flyleaf Bookplate: Henry Bowly Bowly, Henry George, W. Owners In correspondence of 5/28/10, Bodleian librarians report the following contents of K 4.23* Art.: 1. The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: together with … 1617, ‘Young’. Second part, 1613 2. Shepheards Calender, 1617 3. Prosopopoia, 1613 4. Letter of the authors (1617) 5. Colin Clouts, (1617) This copy is one of Johnson's paradigmatic instances of Group IV, discussed on pp. 46-7.
Editionnotes: In verse. Printer’s name from STC. The colophon is dated "16012" [sic]. The second part has separate title page dated 1612; pagination and register are continuous. Variant: this title page dated 1613. The last leaf is blank. A reissue of STC 23084, with cancel general title page and dedication. Signatures: A⁶(-A1+pi²) B-P⁶ Q⁴ R-2H⁶. Issued with STC 23086.7, 23094, 23077.7, and 23087. Some copies have STC 23087.5 in place of the last.
Record Author: irc; checked by EJS 11/4/09; NS 5/29/10
Record Source: Johnson
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Siglum: OXB_WKS_010
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