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, an account of his life ; with other new additions never before in print. / Licensed October 24th 1678. Roger L'Estrange.
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Repository: | U of Virginia
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Shelfmark: | PR2350 1679
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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: | SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: Signature of Tho. Travell. Bookplate of Edward, Earl of Powis.
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Editionnotes: | 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: | NS 6/14/10
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Record Source: | catalog
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