| 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: | -Q- PR 2350 A1 1679 (Copy 1)
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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: | Contains an advertisement leaf bound at the end rather than preceding p. 369.
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| Editionnotes: | Third set of numbering omits numbers 5-8 in pagination.
Page [1] at front, p. [340], and p. [2] preceding p. 369 are blank.
Advertisements: p. [1] preceding p. 369.
Signatures: piа-4IפKץA-5Cמ
(4 copies)
Leaves Kk1, Nn1, and Aaaa 1-2 incorrectly signed K, N, Aaa and Aaa2, respectively.
Title in red and black.
Most of the pieces have special title-pages dated 1678; Prosopopoia and The shepherds calendar have also separate paging.
"Brittain's Ida", first ascribed to Spenser by Thomas Walkley in 1628, is now generally assigned to Phineas Fletcher.
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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_016
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