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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, VAULT Ruggles 317

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: Newberry Library
Shelfmark: VAULT Ruggles 317
Published by: H[umphrey] L[ownes]
Published for: Mathew Lownes
Published Location: London
Published date: 1611
Copynotes: Signatures: [1] unsigned leaf, A-P⁶, Q⁴, R-Z⁶, Aa-Hh⁶, [paragraph]⁸, A-E⁶, F⁴, A⁸, A-L⁶, M². Cc₃ signed S₃. Includes original blank leaves at the ends of the Faerie Queen (Hh₆), of the letter to Sir Walter Raleigh ([paragraph]₈), and of the Shepheards Calendar (F₄). Title page with woodcut border, initials, and tailpieces. First collected edition, second issue. Title page of second part of the Faerie Queene has 1613 imprint, p.[187]. Contains Mother Hubberd’s Tale with 1612 imprint. This title was not included in first issue of 1611. Most of the minor works have special title pages and are unpaged. Correspondence of 7/8/10: -The General Title page: 1611 -1st part of the Faerie Queene: 1609 -2nd part of the Faerie Queene: 1612/1613 -Shepheardes Calender: 1611 -Colin Clouts Come Home Again: 1611 -Letter to Raleigh: 1611 -Prosopopoia or Mother Hubberd’s Tale: first printing
Editionnotes: In verse. Printer’s name from STC. A second reissue of the 1609 edition. Part 1 still has the 1611 cancel title page and conjugate dedication of the first reissue (STC 23083.3); B3r stanza 1 begins "Yoūg knight". Q5-6 of part 1, bearing respectively the 1609 title page and first leaf of text of part 2, are canceled. Part 2 has been reprinted, with a title page dated either 1612 or 1613 (stop-press variant). The R3r catchword now reads "And". Pagination and register are continuous. In some copies (such as the one on the microfilm) the 1612/1613 title page has been canceled instead of the 1609 one. The last leaf is blank. Signatures: A⁶(-A1+pi²) B-P⁶ Q⁴ R-2H⁶. Issued with STC 23086.3, 23093.5, 23077.3, and 23087. Identified as STC 23084 on UMI microfilm.
Record Author: checked by NS 7/12/10
Record Source: catalog
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Siglum: NEL_WKS_001
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