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| 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 |
| Detail Depicted | Printing--Page design (p. 19) |
| Uniform Title | Faerie queene |
| Creator/Author | Part 1: Edm. Spenser (on title page);
Part 2: By Edm. Spenser (on title page, leaf R1 recto)
[Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599] |
| Publisher | Part 1: Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes (on title page);
Part 2: Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes (on title page, leaf R1)
[Lownes, Matthew, d. 1625] |
| Place of Publication | Imprinted at London (on title page of second part, page [187] ) [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | Part 1: Anno Dom. 1611
Part 2: Anno Dom. 1613
Colophon date 16I12 on 2H4 verso |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Knights and knighthood--Poetry
Virtues--Poetry
English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700
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| Genre Heading | Poetry
Early printed books--1601-1700 (17th century)
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| Bibliographic Elements | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | Part 1: Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes (on title page);
Part 2: Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes (on title page, leaf R1)
[Lownes, Humfrey, d. 1629] |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Bound in mid-late 17th century in tree calf.
Covers tooled with central panels in gold. Elaborate tooled spine.
Author and title tooled with handle letters on red spine label. Gold tooling on board edges and leather turn-ins.
Sewn on 3 cords.
Spine has false bands.
Silk headbands in 2 colors.
All edges trimmed and gilt. |
| General Notes | Signatures: (fol): A[superscript 6] (-A1; + chi(superscript 2), *2, 3, 4, 5) B-P[superscript 6] Q[superscript 4] R-2H[superscript 6], [superscript 2]A-E[superscript 6] F[superscript 4], [superscript 3]A[superscript 8], [superscript 4]A-L[superscript 6] M[superscript 2] (par.)[superscript 6] ((par.)6 missing, blank?) [$3 (- (par.)3; +A4, N4, [superscript 2]A4, (par.)4) signed; missigning 2C3 as S3]; 304 leaves, pp. [12] 1-58 [59] 60-121 [122] 123-185 [186-188] 189-245 [246] 247-363 [364] [12], [superscript 2]1-56 [2], [superscript 3][1-4] 5-16, [146] [misnumbering 8 as 10, 32 as 23]
Text in 2 columns.
Cracked block on colophon page [364].
A reissue of the 1609 edition of "The faerie queene" with a cancel title page and dedication dated 1611, serving as a collective title page for the author's works. (ESTCS 123523) |
| Previous Owners | Katherine Seymour her Booke inscribed on leaf *4 |
| References | ESTCS 123523 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Historical Book Arts Collection |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections |
| Call Number | SpecColl Rare Books 821 Sp3f 1611 c.1 |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned in RGB color using an Olympus C-2000 Zoom digital camera and saved in.jpg format and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2003 |
| Restrictions/Copyright | Some of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections. |
