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The faerie queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, fasioning XII. Morall vertues, 1596, Keynes C.12.01 & Keynes C.12.02

Title: The faerie queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, fasioning XII. Morall vertues
Repository: Cambridge U King's College
Shelfmark: Keynes C.12.01 & Keynes C.12.02
Published by: Richard Field
Published for: William Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1596
Copynotes: condition "good" Pts. 1 and 2. Pt. 2 has title remargined and contains a note by Bosanquet reading, "this copy came to me in a dilapidated buff calf binding. I then had it rebound . . ."
Editionnotes: Signatures : v.1: A-2O⁸. v:2: A-2I⁸, 2K⁶. Page 332 misnumbered 342. Author's name from v. 2 t.p.: The second part of the Faerie queene.,containing the fourth, fifth, and sixth bookes / by Ed. Spenser. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth, on verso of t.-p., signed: Ed. Spenser. Printer's name from STC and ESTC, see also McKerrow, R.B. A dictionary of printers and booksellers for dates of this ed. Titles pages on both volumes carry the Anchora Spei device, which belonged to Richard Field. - Cf. McKerrow.
Record Author: checked by EJS 10/28/09
Record Source: correspondence; library catalogue; ESTC
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Siglum: CKC_FQU_001
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