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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, Eliz +34

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: Yale U Library
Shelfmark: Eliz +34
Published by: H[umphrey] L[ownes]
Published for: Mathew Lownes
Published Location: London
Published date: 1617
Copynotes: Eliz +34: Fol. [-]² (-[-]₁) [par.]⁸ (-[par.]₈) A-P⁶ (-A₁) Q⁴ R-Hh⁶ (-Hh₆) A-E⁶ F⁴ (-F₄) A⁸ A-L⁶ M² (lacking [-]₁, title-page, and blanks as indicated) 27.2 cm. Eliz +34: Bound in tree calf, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. In this copy the leaves signed [par.] have been incorrectly bound in after [-]₂; they should appear after Hh. Several leaves have been remargined. Signature of William Wheeler, New Haven, Conn., November 1858, on front flyleaf. There are numerous modern pencil annotations throughout the text. Provenance not traced.
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 6/21/10
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