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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. (beside this there is written y.m. in ink), 1679,  3Wa 10

Title: The works of that famous English poet, Mr Edmond Spenser, viz: The Faery Queen, The Shepherds Calendar, the History of Ireland, &c. (beside this there is written y.m. in ink)
Repository: Oxford U Oriel College
Shelfmark: 3Wa 10
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin, at the Three Roses
Published Location: Ludgate-street, London
Published date: 1679
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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: Catherine Blose; NS 6/30/10
Record Source: Marjory Szurko
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