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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, & Whereunto is added, an account of his life; with other new additions never before in print. , 1679, Forster S Fol. 8306 (Copy B)

Title: The works of that famous English poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. Viz. : The Faery queen, the Shepherds calendar, The history of Ireland, & Whereunto is added, an account of his life; with other new additions never before in print.
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum National Art Library
Shelfmark: Forster S Fol. 8306 (Copy B)
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
Copynotes: Contains ms. notes by Mr. Forster. Title page imperfect. Bound in dark-brown leather, blind tooled and stamped. Condition: Tears, creases and staining mainly to first and last few pages, historic repairs to first few pages, deterioration and losses of leather on the binding.
Editionnotes: Frontispiece and title are mounted. Most of the pieces have special title-pages dated 1678: Prosopopoia and The shepherds calendar have also separate paging. The shepherds calendar has numerous errors in paging. A catalogue of books printed for Jonathan Edwin (1 leaf) inserted after p. 258. "Brittain's Ida", first ascribed to Spenser in 1628 by Thomas Walkley, is now generally assigned to Phineas Fletcher.
Record Author: Cait Martinez 7/8/09; Elena Galkina 04/30/2018
Record Source: Repository catalog; correspondence
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