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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, 1346.l.1

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: British Library
Shelfmark: 1346.l.1
Published by: H[umphrey]. L[ownes].
Published for: Mathew Lownes
Published Location: London
Published date: 1617
Copynotes: Correspondence of 6/3/10: Date on general title-page: 1617 No colophon at the end of the first three books of The faerie queen, but the text on page B3r reads ‘Young knight’ Date on title-page of the second part of The faerie queen: 1612 Colophon date at end of The faerie queen: 16012 Date on title-page of The shepheards calendar: 1617 Dates of the poems following Colin Clouts come home againe: 1617 Text on the first page of the letter to Sir Walter Raleigh (which is bound after The shepheards calendar): ‘Allego-‘ There is no copy of Prosopopoia bound in this copy
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: NS 6/3/10
Record Source: catalog; correspondence
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