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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, 33.A.11

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: Oxford U Merton
Shelfmark: 33.A.11
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
Copynotes: Binding: 20th century half-calf with brown paper boards; text block edges stained red; spine with 5 raised bands and title. Bookplate: Merton College bookplate (type 2) on pastedown of upper board; Merton College bookplate (type 1) on verso of title-page. Previous shelfmark: 37.C.19. Previous shelfmark: 36.C.19. Previous shelfmark: P.10.15.Art. Previous shelfmark: K.1.1.Art.
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.
Record Author: NS 7/20/09; NS 6/28/10
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