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The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England’s arch-poët, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected. , 1617, STC 23085 Copy 2

Title: The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England’s arch-poët, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.
Repository: Folger Shakespeare Library
Shelfmark: STC 23085 Copy 2
Published by: H[umphrey] L[ownes]
Published for: Mathew Lownes
Published Location: London
Published date: 1617
Copynotes: Imperfect: t.p. and ded. leaf (pi1.2) torn and mounted, with loss to title, title-border, and text (supplied in MS.). MS. note, pi2v: "Mogg was killed 15th of October 1802"; MS. markings; small stains and foxing affecting esp. early part of text. Bound between pi2 and A2 is: Spenser, A letter of the authors ... [London, 1617] (STC 23086.7); bound at end are these works of Spenser: The shepheards calender. London, 1617 (STC 23094); Prosopopoia. Or, Mother Hubberds tale. London, 1612 (STC 23087); Colin Clouts come home againe. London, [1617] (STC 23077.7); bound in half calf over marbled boards, all edges marbled.
Editionnotes: In verse. Printer’s name from STC. The colophon is dated "16012" [sic]. The second part has separate title page dated 1612; pagination and register are continuous. Variant: this title page dated 1613. The last leaf is blank. A reissue of STC 23084, with cancel general title page and dedication. Signatures: A⁶(-A1+pi²) B-P⁶ Q⁴ R-2H⁶. Issued with STC 23086.7, 23094, 23077.7, and 23087. Some copies have STC 23087.5 in place of the last.
Record Author: EJS
Record Source: online catalogue (Hamnet)
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