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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 a glossary : adorn'd with thirty-two copper-plates from the original drawings of ... W. Kent ... , 1751, PR2358 .A1 1751

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 ... W. Kent ...
Repository: Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette U
Shelfmark: PR2358 .A1 1751
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Published for: J. Brindley, and S. Wright
Published Location: London
Published date: 1751
Copynotes: v.1-3 Error in pagination: v. 1, p. 213-216 omitted "The life of the author" (v. 1, p. i-xxxvii, 2nd count) signed by the editor, Thomas Birch
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. "A glossary explaining the obsolete and difficult words in Spenser's works"--V. 1, p. li-lxiii, 2nd count Errata: v. 1, [2] p., 3rd count
Record Author: CM 9/30/09; NS 5/14/2010; Elena Galkina 5/25/2018
Record Source: Library Catalogue; ESTC
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Siglum: MAQ_FQU_001
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