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The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of Englands arch-poet, Edm. Spenser: collected into one vlume, and carefully corrected., 1617, NS/B/5/3

Title: The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of Englands arch-poet, Edm. Spenser: collected into one vlume, and carefully corrected.
Repository: Oxford U Press
Shelfmark: NS/B/5/3
Published by: H[umphrey] L[ownes]
Published for: Mathew Lownes
Published Location: London
Published date: 1617
Copynotes: Correspondence of 8/10/09: "We hold one volume of Spenser's works, printed in 1617 in London by H.L [owndes] for M. Lowndes. The title page reads as follows: The Faerie Qveen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together WITH THE OTHER Worksof [ sic] England's Arch-Poet Edm. Spenser The title page also carries an elaborate engraved border. The book measures 11" x 7.5". Besides the above mentioned works, the volume Mother Hubbard, Colin Clout, Astrophel, Epithalmion ,and some shorter poems.The book has suffered some water staining, but the printing, pages, and binding are in good condition." Correspondence of 7/1/10: 1. Gen. t.p.: 1617. 2. FQ Pt. 1: canto IIII, verse 1 begins "Young Knight, what euer that doft arms profesfs..." 3. FQ Pt. 2: The title page reads : "Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes/Anno Dom. 1613" . The colophon is "16012". under a woodblock design featuring the sun is: "LONDON/Printed by H.L. for Matthew [sic]Lownes" 4. SC: 1617: "Printed by Bar:Alfop for John Harrifon ..." 5. "Colin Clout" no date on title page, as noted. "Prothalamion" = "At London/Printed by. H.L. for Mathew Lownes/1617." "Amoretti," "Fovre Hymnes," "Daphnaida," and "Complaints" carry the same printer's name and date. 6. Letter to Raleigh is not bound in this copy, so far as I can see. The content runs: Faerie Qveene, Shepheards Calender, Prosopopoia, Colin Clouts, Prothalamion, Amoretti, Epithalamion, Fovre Hymns, Daphnaida, Complaints. In the last section, "Teares of the Mvses" and "Mviopotmos" have individual title pages, each carrying the same printing information outlined in point 5 above - "H.L. for Mathew Lownes, 1617." 7. "Prosopopoia": the title page does not carry a date. Under the title is: ___________________ By Edm. Sp. ___________________ Dedicated to the right Honourable, the Lady Compton and Montegle ____________________ (woodblock design of a pillar and rampant dragon holding shield among roses) ____________________ ____________________ LONDON, Printed by H.L. and are fold by G. Lathum. [Note by NS, 7/1/10: this must be the later printing of the Prosopoia; see ESTC S2337 (STC 23087.5), F.R. Johnson p. 41)
Editionnotes: In verse. Printer’s name from STC. The colophon is dated "16012" [sic]. The second part has separate title page dated 1612; pagination and register are continuous. Variant: this title page dated 1613. The last leaf is blank. A reissue of STC 23084, with cancel general title page and dedication. Signatures: A⁶(-A1+pi²) B-P⁶ Q⁴ R-2H⁶. Issued with STC 23086.7, 23094, 23077.7, and 23087. Some copies have STC 23087.5 in place of the last.
Record Author: NS 7/20/09; NS 7/1/10
Record Source: Correspondence; ESTC
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Siglum: ODR_WKS_002
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