| Title: | The faerie queen; The shepheards calendar: together with the other works / of England's arch-poet, Edm. Spencer; collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.
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| Repository: | Bryn Mawr College Library |
| Shelfmark: | q 821.2 Sp3 |
| Published by: | H. L. |
| Published for: | Mathew Lownes |
| Published Location: | London |
| Published date: | 1611 |
| Copynotes: | Title-page of first part & p. 1-2 of the Fairie queen are wanting, supplied in manuscript
Head & tail pieces; initial. Signature: 1 p.l., , 4 l. (not original),A-Z, Aa-Gg, Hh, A, A-E, F (F missing), A-I, K, L, M. 2 recto & verso reversed; 5 or 6 inserted before 4.
Order: The General title page is lacking, though the dedication page is present. Letter to Raleigh and dedicatory sonnets; FQ (but see notes above); Prosopopoia; Colin Clouts, Prothalamion, Amoretti and Epithalamion, Foure Hymnes; Shepheardes Calender; Daphnaida, Complaints.
Marbled paper over card; vellum spine.
Poor condition - Title page detached and glued down to fresh leaf. Canto I: 1-8 lacking, supplied in manuscript. |
| Editionnotes: | The faerie queen, The shepheard's calendar & the Prosopopoia are each separately paged. Several of the minor pieces have separate title-pages & are without pagination. The Prosopopoia bears date 1613. |
| Record Author: | Cori Perdue 8/23/09; NS 5/20/10; EG 07/04/2018 |
| Record Source: | Email from Eric Pumroy and Marianne Hansen |
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