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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, s.13.11

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 Magdalen
Shelfmark: s.13.11
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
Copynotes: Local Copy Notes: Wanting sig. 4K2. Formerly X.13.12; G.5-5.Am. Wraparound papertab shelfmark (illegible). Tight-back binding: medium-brown sprinkled leather over millboard. Staple holes for bookchain, upper board, upper right. Decoration: blind-tooled double-fillet borders.
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).
Record Author: NS 6/28/10
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