| Title: | The faerie queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an exact collation of the two original editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first Three Books printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary. Adorn’d with thirty-two copper-plates, from the original drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq; Architect and principal Painter to his Majesty. ..
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| Repository: | Suffolk Record Office
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| Shelfmark: | Cullum ADD 5053/55
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| Published for: | J. Brindley, and S. Wright
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| Published Location: | London
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| Published date: | 1751
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| Copynotes: | Vols I, II and III - tan leather, half bound, gilt decoration and lettering on spine, rebound. There is a hand written inscription in the front cover :
"Given by Lg Storis to Ronald Storis- Bury St. Edmunds 1 x54- From the library of the Duchess of Northumberland."
Also includes a life of the author and a glossary.
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| Editionnotes: | Sig. Eee is present in duplicate in vol.I.
The ’life’ is by T. Birch.
The ’Proposals for printing by subscription, The faerie queene’ were issued on 1 July 1751.
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| Record Author: | Cait Martinez 5/21/09; Elena Galkina 04/30/2018
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| Record Source: | Repository; correspondence
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| Siglum: | SRO_FQU_001
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