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The faerie queene: Disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. morall vertues, 1596, Forster 48.C.34 v. 1-2

Title: The faerie queene: Disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. morall vertues
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum National Art Library
Shelfmark: Forster 48.C.34 v. 1-2
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Published for: VVilliam Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1596
Copynotes: Vols. 1-2: Leather binding with blind-stamped tooling. Vol. 1 ends imperfectly at p. 590.
Editionnotes: Dedication, verso of t.p., signed: Ed. Spenser. The second edition of books I-III and the first edition of books IV-VI. "The second part of The faerie queene" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. Printed by Richard Field. Cf. ESTC. Signatures: A-2O8, A-2I8 2K4. Title vignette (printer's device); head and tailpieces; initials; Caption at head of each canto enclosed in ornamental border. Reference: Johnson, F.R. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser. Baltimore, 1933, p. 11-18; Pollard and Redgrave, 23082.
Record Author: Cait Martinez 7/8/09; Elena Galkina 05/18/2018
Record Source: Repository catalog; correspondence
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