| 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.
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| Repository: | Oxford U English Faculty Library
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| Shelfmark: | YH75
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| Published by: | H[umphrey] L[ownes]
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| Published for: | Mathew Lownes
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| Published Location: | London
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| Published date: | 1611
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| Copynotes: | defective copy
It's in pretty good condition with a leather binding with a
small decorative gold lozenge in the middle of the front and back
covers. The spine has been repaired (or replaced??) and marked
with "English Library University of Oxford" in gold near the bottom;
near the top of the spine it says "SPENSER'S WORKES -- 1609-
1611".
Transcription of the (2) old catalogue cards:
First catalogue card
SPENSER, Edmund
Works - 1611
T[he] faerie [queen:] T[he] shepheard[s calendar:] t[ogether] with
th[e other] works of Eng[land's arch-poet,] Edm. Sp[enser]
collected into on[e volume, and] carefully c[orrected.]
Printed by H.L. for [Mathew Lownes.] Anno Dom. [1611.]
A defective copy with title-page and dedication partly torn away.
For further details see following card, and F.R. Johnson's Critical
bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser printed before 1700,
No.19.
11 ins.
31824
STC 23084 with the omission of Prosopopoia, 1612-3. [Mother
Hubberd's tale].
Second catalogue card
SPENSER, Edmund
Works - 1611 continued.
Contents
[1] [General title page and dedication. 1611]
[2] [The faerie queene, first part, (Books I-III). 1609.]
[3] The second part of The faerie qveene; containing the fovrth, fift,
& sixt booke ... 1609. [These 2 parts are the first folio edition,
Johnson No. 12.]
[4] [The letter to Raleigh, the commendatory poems, and
dedicatory sonnets. 1611.] For letter: The last leaf is blank. In this edition the first line of text ends: Alle-. Intended to be issued with "The faerie queen", STC 23083.3-23084.
[5] The shepheards calendar .... 1611. [=6th edition of Shepherds
calendar.]
[6] Colin Clovts come home againe ... [and Prothalamion, 1611. -
Amoretti and Epithalamion, 1611. - Epithalamion, 1611. - Fovre
hymnes, 1611. - Daphnaida, 1611. -Complaints, 1611. - The
teares of the mvses, 1611. - Mviopotmos, 1611. All with separate
t.pp.]
This copy does not contain Mother Hubberds tale.
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| 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.
Signatures: [pi] A-Hh6 Ii^2; Parag^3[I.e.4]; [pi^3] A-E6 F-F4; A-L6 M-M^2 Signature F4 (2nd sequence) is blank
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| Record Author: | Catherine Blose; NS 6/25/10
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| Record Source: | Susan Usher
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| Siglum: | OXE_WKS_001
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