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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, and account of his life ; with other new additions never before in print., 1679, PR2350 1679 (copy 1)

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, and account of his life ; with other new additions never before in print.
Repository: U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Shelfmark: PR2350 1679 (copy 1)
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
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Editionnotes: "Brittain's Ida", first ascribed to Spenser in 1628 by Thomas Walkley, is now generally assigned to Phineas Fletcher. Engraved frontispiece of Spenser's tomb plate signed: R White sculp. Signatures: [pi]1 A-4I⁴ 4K², 5A-5C⁴. (4A gathering missigned 3A). Text is continuous despite numerous mispaginations. Register is continuous to 4K2. There are several pagination sequences. The editorship has been attributed, probably erroneously, to Dryden. The fairy queen part 2, Mother Hubberd's tale, The shepherd's calendar, Colin Clouts come home again, and the minor poems each have separate title pages, dated 1678. Typographic ornaments on these title pages reference, perhaps, the reign of King Charles II with crowned thistles. The shepherds calendar has numerous errors in paging. A catalogue of books printed for Jonathan Edwin (1 leaf) inserted at the end of A view of the state of Ireland (p. 258). The next page beginning with Calendarium pastorale is numbered 369 and signed 5A1 which would have been correct if all gatherings between 4K and 5A had been printed. Title page in red and black, within double line border.
Record Author: Cait Martinez 7/28/09; NS 6/23/10; EG 04/16/2018
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