| 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: | U of Liverpool Library
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| Shelfmark: | SPEC L55.1-2 Vol. I-II
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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: | 18th century full mottled calf, with gilt tooling to boards, board edges and spine; gilt-tooled red leather spine label and black leather decorative onlays.
SPEC holds volumes 1 and 2 only.
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| Editionnotes: | 3v.: plates ; 4⁰.
The 'life' is by T. Birch.
The 'Proposals for printing by subscription, The faerie queene' were issued on 1 July 1751.
Alston, III.93
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| Record Author: | Nathan Sasser; CM 9/24/09; EG 07/15/2018
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| Record Source: | Repository catalog
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| Siglum: | LUL_FQU_001
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