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The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England's arch-poet, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected., 1611, PI 821.31 SPE

Title: The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England's arch-poet, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.
Repository: Newcastle U Library
Shelfmark: PI 821.31 SPE
Published by: H[umphrey] L[ownes]
Published for: Mathew Lownes
Published Location: London
Published date: 1611
Copynotes: In the "Post Incunabula" collection. Correspondence of 6/18/10: Gen. t.p.: The title page indicate this was printed by H. L. For Mathew Lownes Anno. Dom. 1611 with the dedication to Elizabeth overleaf. FQ, pt. 1: With some assistance this was identified as a 1609 printing. FQ, pt. 2: Again some assistance and this was identified as a 1609 printing. Shepheards Calender: Again this was printed by H. L. For Mathew L. and are to be sold at the Signe of the Bishops head in Paules Church-yard 1611 Colin Clouts et al: These all have 1611 as their publication date. Letter to Raleigh: Looking at the letter to Raleigh which in our copy is bound after the title page of Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, neither word is mentioned in the letter. [It's highly likely this is a 1611--NS 6/18/10] Prosopopoia: This was not in our copy.
Editionnotes: A reissue of the 1609 edition of the 'faerie queen', with a cancel titlepage dtaed 1611, serving as a collective titlepage for the author's works. In this issue of the 'faerie queen', stanza 1 on sig. B3r begins "Yo~ug knight," and the catchword on R3r is "She". The colophon is dated 1609. 'A letter of the authors, expounding his whole intention in the course of this worke' (STC 23086.3) has a caption title, and separate register. In this issue of 'The author's letter', The first line of text ends: "Alle-". 'The shepheards calender' (STC 23093.5) has a separate titlepage dated 1611, separate pagination, and register. 'Colin Clouts' (STC 23077.3), 'Prothalamion', 'Amoretti and Epithalamion', 'Four Hymnes', 'Daphnaida', and 'Complaints containing sundry small poemes of the worlds vanitie', 'The butterfly', have separate titlepages with the imprint: "At London printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes", and continuous register. Includes translations of Du Bellay's 'Les antiquitez de Rome' and 'Visions', Vergil's 'Gnat', and Petrarch's 'Visions'. Backlog: 087 RB.23.b.1551; 957 ndd. Other authors: Du Bellay, Joachim; Petrarca, Francesco; Vergil. Other titles: Colin Clouts; Prothalamion; Amoretti and Epithalamion; Four Hymnes; Daphnaida; Complaints containing sundry small poemes of the worlds vanitie; The teares of the muses; Muiopotmos; The shepheards calendar; A letter of the authors; Les antiquitez de Rome. English Rime; English Selections.
Record Author: NS 7/7/09; GAL 10/28/09; NS 6/18/10
Record Source: catalog
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Siglum: NUN_WKS_001
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