| 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.
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| Repository: | U of Iowa
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| Shelfmark: | 828 .S748
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| Published by: | Henry Hills
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| Published for: | Jonathan Edwin
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| Published Location: | London
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| Published date: | 1679
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| Copynotes: | There are handwritten notes on one of the end sheets, and somebody has pasted in a portrait of Edmund Spenser. There are also handwritten notes on the back of the title page, and there are a few notes in the same hand throughout. It is a fairly horrible library binding. Otherwise it is in good condition.
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| Editionnotes: | Signatures: leaf (t.-p.) unsigned. A-Z¹. Aa-Zz¹. Aaa-Zzz⁴. Aaaa-Iiii⁴ (Aaaa lettered Aaa). Kkkk¹. Aaaaa Ccccc⁴.
The book was "Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, at the Three Roses in Ludgate-street. 1679."
Frontispiece and title are mounted.
Most of the pieces have special title-pages dated 1678: Prosopopoia and The shepherds calendar have also separate paging.
The shepherds calendar has numerous errors in paging. A catalogue of books printed for Jonathan Edwin (1 leaf) inserted after p. 258.
"Brittain’s Ida", first ascribed to Spenser in 1628 by Thomas Walkley, is now generally assigned to Phineas Fletcher.
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.
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| Record Author: | Cori Perdue 8/21/09; ER 9/10/09; EG 07/04/2018
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| Record Source: | Email from Greg Prickman
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