| Title: | The Fairy Queen. Written by Edmund Spenser. With a glossary, explaining the old and obscure words. In two volumes. Volume the first [-second].
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| Repository: | U of Kansas Spencer Research Library
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| Shelfmark: | C8131
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| Published for: | J. and R. Tonson
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| Published Location: | London
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| Published date: | 1758
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| Copynotes: | Stamped throughout: Athenee de Marseille. Scattered ms. annotations [in Nelson’s hand?]. -- Clipping about Samuel Provoost, 1st bishop of New York pasted inside front cover.
Vol. 2 t.p. omits "In two volumes." -- In v. 1: pp. 33-48 skipped in numbering (text & reg. continuous), p. 239 misn. "29", p. 395 misn. "393". -- In v. 2: p. 356 misn. "256", p. 379 misn. "37".
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| Editionnotes: | Text as in 1750 reprint of John Hughes’ 1715 edition of the works. -- Preliminary matter in v. 1 includes Hughes’ life of the poet, his ’Remarks on the Fairy Queen’, Spenser’s letter to Raleigh (23 January 1589), and an "Advertisement" to the reader. -- Glossary at end of v. 2 (pp. 484ff.)
Advertised in ’The Daily Advertiser’ for Apr. 13, 1758. --Apparently issued by Tonsons in case a rival edition by Ralph Church (issued by William Faden) made it through the press before their own 4to edition annotated by John Upton (cf. Wurtsbaugh, Jewel. Two centuries of Spenserian scholarship).
2v.plates : ill.,port. ; 8⁰.
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| Record Author: | Cait Martinez 7/10/09; NS 6/23/10
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