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The works of that famous English poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser, viz., The faery queen, The shepherds calendar, The history of Ireland, &c : Whereunto is added an account of his life, with other new additions never before in print., 1679, 821.31 S74.H

Title: The works of that famous English poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser, viz., The faery queen, The shepherds calendar, The history of Ireland, &c : Whereunto is added an account of his life, with other new additions never before in print.
Repository: Barr Smith Library, U of Adelaide
Shelfmark: 821.31 S74.H
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
Copynotes: This item was restored in 2013 under the University of Adelaide Library’s Adopt-a-Book program.
Editionnotes: The editorship has been attributed, probably erroneously to Dryden. Cf. Johnson, F.R. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser, 1933, p. 53-56. The fairy queen part 2, Mother Hubberd’s tale, and The shepherd’s calendar each have separate title pages, dated 1678. There are several pagination sequences. Register is continuous. Includes: "Brittain’s Ida", first attributed to Spenser by Thomas Walkley in 1628; now generally attributed to Phineas Fletcher. Includes Theodore Bathurst’s translation of The shepheardes calendar. Title page is in red and black. Title words "The faery ... &c." are gathered by a left brace. Frontis. plate signed: R White sculp. Text is continuous despite numerous mispaginations. Most works included have separate t.p. dated at 1678 Includes index
Record Author: Nathan Sasser; E. Rendek 9/17/09; EG 07/04/2018
Record Source: Repository catalog; correspondence
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