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.

Works

London : Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, at the Three Roses in Ludgate-street, 1679.

[10], 339, [1], 16, [8], 1-2, 10-11, 9-258, [2], 369-391, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; (fol.)

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.

Title page is in red and black.

Title words "The faery ... &c." are gathered by a left brace.

Frontis. plate signed: R White sculp.

Text is continuous despite numerous mispaginations.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S4965
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 980
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R7177

Great Britain -- England -- London.

S4965

ac5344. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "Rob: [Robert] Koch. 1705."; armorial bookplate of Henry Westropp; manuscript inscription on Westropp bookplate: "R.C. Dobbs 1870"