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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.. , 1679, pp.infra 2.4

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..
Repository: Oxford U All Souls College, Codrington Library
Shelfmark: pp.infra 2.4
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
Copynotes: Local Copy Notes: Bookplate: College bookplate no: 6 (see J. Henderson Smith "The book-plates of All Souls' College, Oxford" in Journal of the Ex Libris Society, ix (1899), pp. 17-23) on verso of t.p. Binding: 17th century sprinkled calf over pasteboards; blind roll on edges of boards; gilt tooling on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and brown; end bands worked in blue and white. Previous shelfmark: pp.2.8. Previous shelfmark: ff.infra.6.
Editionnotes: Signatures: [pi]2 (-[pi]2) A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Zzz4 Aaa[a]-Iiii4 Kkkk2 Aaaaa-Ccccc4. 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. Engraved frontispiece signed: "R. White sculp.". Text is continuous despite numerous mispaginations. Title-page printed in red and black. Title enclosed within double rule-border. Includes an alphabetical index at the end. Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1962. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 77:7).
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