| Title: | The works of that famous English poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. Viz. The faery queen, The shepherds calendar, The history of Ireland, &c. Whereunto is added, an account of his life; with other new additions never before in print. Licensed, October 24th 1678. Roger L'Estrange.
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| Repository: | Harry Ransom Center, U Texas-Austin
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| Shelfmark: | PFORZ 980 PFZ
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| Published by: | Henry Hills
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| Published for: | Jonathan Edwin
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| Published Location: | London
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| Published date: | 1679
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| Copynotes: | The editorship has been attributed, probably erroneously to Dryden. Cf. Johnson, F.R. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser, 1933, p. 53-56.
The fairy queen part 2, Mother Hubberd's tale, and The shepherd's calendar each have separate title pages, dated 1678. There are several pagination sequences. Register is continuous.
Includes: "Brittain's Ida", first attributed to Spenser by Thomas Walkley in 1628; now generally attributed to Phineas Fletcher.
Includes Theodore Bathurst's translation of The shepheardes calendar.
Text is continuous despite numerous mispaginations.
Title page is in red and black.
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| Record Author: | Cait Martinez 6/18/09
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| Record Source: | Repository Catalog (and ESTC)
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| Siglum: | TRC_WKS_012
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