The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar : together with the other works of England's arch-poët, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.

The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar : together with the other works of England's arch-poët, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.

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[London] : Printed by H[umphrey]. L[ownes]. for Mathew Lownes, anno. Dom. 1617.

[4], 363, [3] p. ; (fol.)

In verse.

Printer's name from STC.

The colophon is dated "16012" [sic].

The second part has separate title page dated 1612; pagination and register are continuous. Variant: this title page dated 1613.

The last leaf is blank.

A reissue of STC 23084, with cancel general title page and dedication.

Signatures: A⁶(-A1+pi²) B-P⁶ Q⁴ R-2H⁶.

Issued with STC 23086.7, 23094, 23077.7, and 23087. Some copies have STC 23087.5 in place of the last.

B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight"; R3r catchword "And". - Match subsidiary parts to their individual records.
Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 23085
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122304

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 23085 copy 1

Variant. Manuscript markings (underlining, etc.); small stains and foxing, occasionally affecting text. Bound in old calf gilt, rebacked, with binder's title on label: "Spenser Pomes"; bound at end are these works of Spenser: The shepheards calender. London, 1617 (STC 23094); Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds tale. London, 1612 (STC 23087); A letter of the authors ... [London, 1617] (STC 23086.7); Colin Clouts come home againe [London, 1617] (STC 23077.5). Provenance: inscribed on title page: J Hartoppe (?); armorial bookplate of Richard Warner (1713-1775), title page verso; Sotheby, 8 March 1926, no. 464; Harmsworth copy

HH195/15

STC 23085 copy 2

Imperfect: title page and dedication leaf (pi1.2) torn and mounted, with loss to title, title-border, and text (supplied in manuscript). Manuscript note, pi2v: "Mogg was killed 15th of October 1802"; manuscript markings; small stains and foxing affecting esp. early part of text. Bound between pi2 and A2 is: Spenser, A letter of the authors ... [London, 1617] (STC 23086.7); bound at end are these works of Spenser: The shepheards calender. London, 1617 (STC 23094); Prosopopoia. Or, Mother Hubberds tale. London, 1612 (STC 23087); Colin Clouts come home againe. London, [1617] (STC 23077.7); bound in half calf over marbled boards, all edges marbled. Provenance: Folger purchase from Miles' Bookshop, Leeds, 1934

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