| Title: | The faerie queene / by Edmund Spenser ; with an exact collation of the two original editions, published by himself at London in quarto, the former containing the first three books printed in 1590, and the latter the six books in 1596 ; to which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary ; adorn’d with thirty-two copper-plates, from the original drawings of the late W. Kent ...
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| Repository: | McGill U Library
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| Shelfmark: | PR2358 A1 1751 (c. 2)
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| Published for: | J. Brindley and S. Wright
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| Published Location: | London
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| Published date: | 1751
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| Copynotes: | (Note that, as both copies share a single catalog entry and shelfmark, the referent of the copy notes is somewhat ambiguous).
Each vol. of one of library’s sets bears inscription: William Deane Ryland from his father Herman W. Ryland.
Each vol. of one of library’s sets with armorial bookplate of Henry Anthony Littledale; in pencil on 2nd front flyleaf, v. 1: Sold at the Marquis of Townsend sale; from the estate of Dr. Joseph G. Stratford.
One set (from Stratford) contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spines with red and black leather labels, comb-marbled endpapers, sprinkled red edges (cracked joints, rubbed); without errata leaf; laid in at front of v. 1: newspaper clipping from the Times literary supplement of a review of Carpenter’s "Reference guide to Edmund Spenser" in which this edition is mentioned; ms. annotation on leaf pasted in on 2nd front flyleaf, v. 1; laid in v. 3, p. 69: paper cut-out depicting 3 figures, one hanging.
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| Editionnotes: | Sig. Eee is present in duplicate in vol.I.
The ’life’ is by T. Birch.
The ’Proposals for printing by subscription, The faerie queene’ were issued on 1 July 1751.
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| Record Author: | NS 6/8/10
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| Record Source: | catalog
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