| 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: | National Trust
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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: | 1670
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| Copynotes: | CURRENT LOCATION: BELTON HOUSE
Imperfect: lacks leaf Kkkk2 (blank?) before final sequence of pagination. With the final advertisement leaf (additional to ESTC). Tear in leaf Qqq3 (p. 125/6 of second sequence): torn and folded before printing, slight loss of text. Binding: Seventeenth-century panelled calf, blind-tooled, edges of boards gilt. Spine gilt (panel stamps off-centre), with spine-label: 'Spencer Works'.
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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 6/17/10
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| Record Source: | catalog
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