| Title: | The faerie queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an exact collation of the two original editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first Three Books printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary. Adorn’d with thirty-two copper-plates, from the original drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq; Architect and principal Painter to his Majesty. ...
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| Repository: | National Library of Ireland
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| Shelfmark: | LO 13376 /1-3
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| Published for: | J. Brindley, and S. Wright
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| Published Location: | London
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| Published date: | 1751
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| Copynotes: | 3 volume set. Large format (quarto)
Bound by the NLI 1891
Contains copper plate illustrations.
Slight foxing, otherwise good condition.
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| Editionnotes: | Sig. Eee is present in duplicate in vol. I.
The ’life’ is by T. Birch.
The ’Proposals for printing by subscription, The faerie queene’ were issued on 1 July 1751.
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| Record Author: | NS 6/18/09; NS 6/10/10; Elena Galkina 05/18/2018
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| Record Source: | Correspondence
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