| 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
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| Repository: | Bates College Library
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| Shelfmark: | RB PR 2358.A1 1751
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| Published by: |
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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: | Handsomely bound in smooth leather with decorated borders and spines; front covers on vols. 1 and 2 are detached.
Binding is 19th century decorative (gold tooling)
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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: | Cori Perdue 6/25/09; checked by E. Rendek 9/17/09
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| Record Source: | Letter from Elaine Ardia
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| Siglum: | BCO_FQU_001
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