Spenser Archive Finding Aid
Editions -> Faerie Queene, First and Second Parts -> 1751

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 glossary. Adorn'd with thirty-two copper-plates, from the original drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq; architect and principle painter to her Majesty., 1751, UW Porter. Rare Book Room .C0208-C0210

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 glossary. Adorn'd with thirty-two copper-plates, from the original drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq; architect and principle painter to her Majesty.
Repository: U of Waterloo
Shelfmark: UW Porter. Rare Book Room .C0208-C0210
Published by:
Published for: J. Brindley, and S. Wright
Published Location: London
Published date: 1751
Copynotes: Library has V. 1-3. V. 2: Signatures begin at B1. Text appears to be extant. V. 3: Signatures begin at B1. Text appears to be extant.
Editionnotes: V. 1: Includes books 1 & 2. V. 2: Includes books 3 & 4. V. 3: Includes books 5 & 6.
Record Author: Cait Martinez 8/6/09; Elena Galkina 04/16/2018
Record Source: Repository catalog; correspondence
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Siglum: UWO_FQU_001
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