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The faerie queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. Morall vertues., 1596, 16th-93

Title: The faerie queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. Morall vertues.
Repository: Princeton U Library
Shelfmark: 16th-93
Published by: Richard Field
Published for: William Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1596
Copynotes: Separate title page to v. 2: The second part of the Faerie queene : containing the fourth, fifth, and sixth bookes / by Ed. Spenser. Imprintedat London : for William Ponsonby, 1596. Signatures: v. 1: A-2O⁸; v. 2: A-2I⁸, 2K⁴. The second edition of books I-III (v. 1); the first edition of books IV-VI (v. 2). RHT copy: With this is bound his Colin Clouts come home againe. 1595. Rare Books: Robert H. Taylor Collection (RHT)
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_009
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