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The faerie queene. Disposed into twelve bookes, fashioning XII. Morall vertues, 1590, IUB00181 (RB and Manuscript Lib.)

Title: The faerie queene. Disposed into twelve bookes, fashioning XII. Morall vertues
Repository: U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Shelfmark: IUB00181 (RB and Manuscript Lib.)
Published by: John Wolfe
Published for: William Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1590
Copynotes: Imperfections: Several leaves (including t.p.) repaired with print supplied. Binding: Full gold-ruled red morocco by Wallis; gilt dentelles on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine; gilt edges. Quire 2Q and leaves 2P6-7 are present. Imperfect; lacks pages 601-604 and [1-8] at end. See http://archive.org/details/faeriequeenedispo00spen Clearly missing Qq gathering.
Editionnotes: Printer’s name from STC. One of three variants of this edition. This one has dedication on title page verso signed "Ed. Spenser"; first digit of imprint date is under the "r" of "for". Quire 2Q is intended to cancel 2P6,7, but the latter are usually retained; pagination above reflects this.
Record Author: checked by EJS 10/7/09
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Siglum: ILL_FQU_002
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