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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
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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 (Leaf A1)
Printers and publishers -- Marks and colophons (Leaf A1) |
| Uniform Title | Faerie queene |
| Creator/Author | Part 1: Edm. Spenser (on title page);
Part 2: By Ed. Spenser (on title page, leaf Q5 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 the second part, page [187] ) [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | Part 1: Anno Dom. 1611
Part 2: 1609
Colophon date 1609 on 2I3 verso of seventh book. |
| 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 Q5)
[Lownes, Humfrey, d. 1629] |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Bound in contemporary plain calf with simple blind tooled rule.
Rebacked in 19th century.
Gold tooled decoration on spine.
Sewing cannot be determined.
Endsheets replaced. All edges trimmed. |
| General Notes | Signatures: (fol): A[superscript 6] (-A1, + chi 2, (par.) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) B-Y[superscript 6] 2A-2H[superscript 6] 2I[superscript 4](-I4), [superscript 2]A-E[superscript 6] F[superscript 4] (-F4), [superscript 3]A[superscript 6] B[superscript 6] (-B1.6) C-L[superscript 6] M[superscript 2] [$4 (-2I3, [superscript 2]A4, B4, C4, D4, E4, [superscript 3]A4, B4, C4, D4, E4, F4, G4, H4, I4, K4, L4) signed]; 294 leaves, pp. [14] 1-121 [122] 123-185 [186-188] 189-245 [246] 247-363 [364], [10] 1-56, [132]
Running titles of the Fourth Booke are printed "THE FIFT BOOKE OF" on pages 228, 232, 234, 238. |
| Previous Owners | Frederick Morgan Padelford bookplate on front pastedown endsheet.
Cha. Wheeler written on title page.
Richard Lee written on title page.
Lady Looke her book...1647 written on page 69. |
| 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.3 |
| 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. |
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