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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, and account of his life ; with other new additions never before in print. Licensed October 24th 1678. Roger L'Estrange., 1679, B823Sp3 I3 1679

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, and account of his life ; with other new additions never before in print. Licensed October 24th 1678. Roger L'Estrange.
Repository: Columbia U Libraries
Shelfmark: B823Sp3 I3 1679
Published by: Henry Hills
Published for: Jonathan Edwin
Published Location: London
Published date: 1679
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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. A summary of the life of Mr. Edmond Spenser The Fairy queen [books 1-3] The second part of The Fairy queen [books 4-6] Two cantos of mutability Prosopopoia or, Mother Hubberds tale The shepherds calendar Cohn Clouts come home again [etc.] Prothalamion, or a spousal verse Amoretti and Epithalamion Four hymns Daphnaida an elegy Complaints containing sundry small poems of the worlds vanity. The ruines of time. The tears of the muses. Virgils gnat. The ruines of Rome, by Bellay. Muipotmos Visions of the worlds vanity. The visions of Bellay. The visions of Petrarch. Letter of the author's. Vision upon the conceit of The Fairy queen Brittain's Ida. A view of the state of Ireland Calendarium pastorale [Theodore Bathurst's Latin version of The shpeherd's calendar] Glossary.
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