| 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 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.
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| Repository: | F.W. Olin Library, Mills College
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| Shelfmark: | Early Printed 1751
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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: | "The bookseller’s (undated) description is pasted in and reads: “Complete in 3 volumes, with the exact collation of the two original editions, published in 1590 and 1596, including a new Life of the Author and a Glossary. This rare set, complete in 3 volumes, beautifully illustrated in 32 scarce Kent copper plates, priced @ [price obliterated].” The set is in splendid condition. I am not great with bindings but they might be original or at least of the period. They are speckled calf with gold tooled spines with red and green spine labels. The endpapers are marbled with a combed design (mostly dark red with blue and yellow). The only bookplates are from our library (Mills College, Albert M. Bender Collection)." --Janice Braun, Special Collections Curator, F.W. Olin Library, Mills College, June 18, 2009.
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| Editionnotes: | "Thirty-two copper-plates, from the original drawings of the late W. Kent ..."
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.
3 vols.
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| Record Author: | NS 6/18/09; NS 6/9/10
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| Record Source: | catalog
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| Siglum: | MIL_FQU_001
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