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The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues. [Printer's Device], 1596, 3940.332.1596

Title: The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues. [Printer's Device]
Repository: Princeton U Library
Shelfmark: 3940.332.1596
Published by: Richard Field
Published for: William Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1596
Copynotes: The second edition of books I-III. The blank spaces left on p. 332 of the first edition for Welsh names are filled in in this edition. Errors in paging; nos. 79-80 omitted and nos. 95-96 repeated in paging. Signatures: A-Z8; Aa-Oo8. Lettered vol.1 the 1st ed. ...of "The Second Part Of The Faerie Qveene. Containing The Fovrth, Fifth, and Sixth Bookes. By Ed. Spenser. Imprinted at London for VVilliam Ponsonby. 1596." The name VVilliam East, probably a former owner, is printed on the t.-p.
Editionnotes: In verse. Printer’s name from STC. "The second part of The faerie queene" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. This edition omits the sonnets at the end of the 1590 edition. Signatures: A-2O⁸, A-2I⁸ 2K⁴. Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E4 has title page to "The second part of the Faerie Queene" only. Pt. 2 entered 20 January [1596]
Record Author: checked by NS 7/17/10
Record Source: catalog
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Siglum: PRT_FQU_008
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