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The faerie queene. 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., 1751, SpC PR2358.A3 B57

Title: The faerie queene. 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.
Repository: U of California-Riverside Library
Shelfmark: SpC PR2358.A3 B57
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Published for: J. Brindley, and S. Wright
Published Location: London
Published date: 1751
Copynotes: 3 v. 32 fold. plates. 30 cm. Edited by Thomas Birch. "A glossary, explaining the obsolete and difficult words in Spenser's works": v. 1, p. [li-lxiii] Numbers 213-216, v. 1, omitted in paging.
Editionnotes: ESTC:Sig. Eee is present in duplicate in vol. 1. The ’life’ is by T. Birch. The ’Proposals for printing by subscription, The faerie queene’ were issued on 1 July 1751.
Record Author: Cait Martinez 5/25/09; Elena Galkina 05/04/2018
Record Source: Repository catalog; ESTC
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Siglum: UCR_FQU_001
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