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The faerie queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. morall vertues., 1596, Meth.Arch. /MAW CW430

Title: The faerie queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. morall vertues.
Repository: John Rylands University Library, Manchester U
Shelfmark: Meth.Arch. /MAW CW430
Published by: Richard Field
Published for: William Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1596
Copynotes: JRUL copy at MAW CW 430: annotated throughout. JRUL copy at MAW CW 430: full calf over boards; rebacked; quintuple blind fillets to form a border, with ornate blind blocked design at front centre; gilt edges; sewn onto four raised supports with single gilt fillet across each support; gilt designs at centre of each spine panel with double scrolls at head and foot; binders ticket found inside front cover [details above]; .
Editionnotes: In verse. Printer’s name from STC. "The second part of The faerie queene" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. This edition omits the sonnets at the end of the 1590 edition. Signatures: A-2O⁸, A-2I⁸ 2K⁴.
Record Author: checked by EJS 11/3/09
Record Source: online catalogue, ESTC
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