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The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelve books, fashioning XII. Morall vertues., 1590, Case 4A 923 v. 1

Title: The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelve books, fashioning XII. Morall vertues.
Repository: Newberry Library
Shelfmark: Case 4A 923 v. 1
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Published for: William Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1590
Copynotes: First edition of books I-III. Signatures: A-Z8, Aa-Pp8, Qq4 (Pp6-7, both cancels and caneled leaves of the complimentary sonnets present in this copy) Pages 79, 82-83, 86-87, 90-91, 94, 309, 317, 403, 439, 510, 562, 586 incorrectly numbered 81, 84-85, 88-89, 92-93, 96, 319, 217, 40 [character 3 reversed and up-side down], 493, 600, 592, 589, respectively. Inserted at front is an extraneous port. Title vignette (printer’s device of John Wolfe, a fleur-de-lis with motto "Ubique floret."); head and tailpieces; initials; caption at head of each canto enclosed in ornamental border. Reference: Johnson, F.R. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser. Baltimore, 1933, p. 11-18; Pollard and Redgrave, 23080 or 23081 (facsimile t.p. makes identification of variant impossible)
Editionnotes: In verse. Printer’s name from STC. One of three variants of this edition. This one has dedication on title page verso signed "Ed. Spenser"; first digit of imprint date is under the "r" of "for". Quire 2Q is intended to cancel 2P6,7, but the latter are usually retained; pagination above reflects this.
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