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| Title | The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelve bookes, fashioning XII. Morall vertues |
| Detail Depicted | Printing -- Page design (Leaf A1 verso and A2 recto)
Printing -- Decorative elements -- Head and tail pieces (Leaf A1 verso and A2 recto) |
| Uniform Title | Faerie queene |
| Creator/Author | Part 1: Edmund Spenser (on dedication page, leaf A1 recto);
Part 2: Ed. Spenser (on title page)
[Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599] |
| Publisher | Printed for VVilliam Ponsonbie [Ponsonby, William, 1546?-1604] |
| Place of Publication | London [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | 1596 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Knights and knighthood-- Poetry
Virtues--Poetry
English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700
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| Genre Heading | Poetry
Early printed books--1501-1600 (16th century)
Literary works
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| Bibliographic Elements | 2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm. (4to) |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | [by Richard Field] [Field, Richard, d. 1624] (ESTCS 117748) |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Rebound in late 18th century in calf. Evidence of diced pattern in blind on covers and spine. Simple border gilt, done with a roll.
Sewn on 4 cords; spine has fake bands.
Double silk headbands in 3 colors.
Sprinkled edges.
Marbled endsheets similar to Wolfe 83. |
| General Notes | Signatures: 4to: v.1: A-2O[superscript 8]; v.2: [superscript 2]A-2I[superscript 8] 2K[superscript 4] [$4 (-[superscript 2]2K4) signed]; 556 leaves, pp. [2] 1-78 81-96 95-387 [388] 389-590, [superscript 2]1 [2-3] 4-181 [182] 183-353 [354] 355-367 366-518 [=520] [misnumbering 10 as 18, 102 as 120, 311 as 331, 468 as 478, 497 as 597, 510 as 600, 586 as 589; [superscript 2]4 as 2, 30-31 as 28-29, 153 as 15, 269 as 271, 272 as 274, and 332 as 342]
Separate title page to v. 2: The second part of the faerie queene : containing the fourth, fifth, and sixth bookes, by Ed. Spenser. Imprinted at London for VVilliam Ponsonby, 1596.
Printer's mark on title pages of both volumes.
Illustrated head-pieces and tail-pieces, and caption at head of each canto is enclosed in ornamental border. |
| Previous Owners | 'William James, Bilton Rectory ' on front pastedown.
'Mr Ed. Ohstwin NRW' on title page.
Frederick M. Padelford, Dean of UW Graduate School |
| References | STC 23082 |
| 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 Sp3f1 |
| 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. |
