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| Title | The faerie qveene, disposed into XII. bookes, fashioning twelue morall vertues |
| Detail Depicted | Printing -- Technique (Italic C of Cant, page 32) |
| Uniform Title | Faerie queene |
| Creator/Author | Part 1: Edmund Spenser (on dedication page, leaf A1 recto);
Part 2: By Ed. Spenser (on title page, leaf Q5)
[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 Q5)
[Lownes, Humphrey, d. 1629] |
| Place of Publication | At London [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | 1609 |
| 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)
Literary works
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| Bibliographic Elements | 363 p. : ill. ; 29 cm (fol.) |
| 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, Humphrey, d. 1629] |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Bound in mid-late 17th century in speckled calf. Rebacked in 20th century. Covers tooled with central panels in blind. Author and title tooled with handle letters in gold on spine label. Sewing structure cannot be determined. Remnants of original linen headbands. All edges trimmed. |
| General Notes | Signatures: (fol.): A-Y[superscript 6] 2A-2H[superscript 6] 2I[superscript 4] (leaf 2I4 missing, blank?] [$4 signed]; 184 leaves, [2] 1-121 [122] 123-185 [186-188] 189-245 [246] 247-363 [364] [misnumbering 8 as 10 and 311 as 31].
Includes Books 1-7
Text in double columns.
Crack in block seen on colophon image, page [364].
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| Previous Owners | P.J. and A.E. Dobell |
| 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 1609 |
| 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. |
