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| Title | The Faerie Qveene [and the other works] |
| Detail Depicted | Printers and publishers -- Marks and colophons (Leaf [superscript 4]D6) |
| Uniform Title | Faerie queene |
| Creator/Author | [Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599] |
| Publisher | Part 1: title page missing [Lownes, Matthew, d. 1625]
Part 2: Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes
The Shepheards Calender: Printed by Bar : Alsop for Iohn Harrison the elder, and are to bee solde at his shop at the signe of the golden Anker in Pa |
| Place of Publication | London [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | Part 1: title page missing
Part 2: Anno dom. 1613.
Other works: 1617 |
| 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 p. b., [595] p. front., port |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | Part 1: title page missing [Lownes, Humfrey, d. 1629]
Part 2: Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes
[The Shepheards Calender: Printed by Bar : Alsop [Alsop, Bernard]
Concluding poetry and letters: Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes [Lownes, Hu |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Rebound in 18th century in full diced calf.
Spine title, imprint place, and date tooled with handle letters. Board edges and leather turn-ins tooled in blind.
Edges trimmed and marbled.
Marbled endsheets.
Sewn on five cords.
Linen headbands in two colors.
Spine has false bands. |
| General Notes | Signatures: (fol.): A[superscript 6] (-A1, + chi[superscript 2]) B-P[superscript 6] Q[superscript 4] R[superscript 6] (-R3) S-2G[superscript 6] 2H[superscript 6] (-H6), [superscript 2]A-E[superscript 6] F[superscript 4], [superscript 3]A[superscript 8] (par.)[superscript 8], [superscript 4]A-L[superscript 6] M[superscript 2] [$3 (- [superscript 2]E3, [superscript 4]C1; +A4, B4, N4, [superscript 3]A4, (par.)4) signed; missigning 2C3 as S3]; 300 leaves, pp. [2] 1-121 [122] 123-185 [186-188] 189-190 193-245 [246] 247-363 [364] [= 362]; [10] [superscript 2]1-56 [2]; [superscript 3][1-4] 5-16; [152] [misnumbering 8 as 10, 32 as 23].
Colophon date at end of seventh book is 16012.
C of Cant. VII is italic and rests on baseline. |
| Previous Owners | Bookplate on front endsheet Croke...'Virtutis Amore' |
| 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 Sp3fL 1613 |
| 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. |
