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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, Psi.3.35

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 St. John's
Shelfmark: Psi.3.35
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
Copynotes: Binding: calf over pasteboards; blind rolls on board edges; text block edges sprinkled red. Bookplate: STJ type 4 (foliate facsimile).
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
Record Source: catalog
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