The faerie queene : disposed into XII. bookes, fashioning twelue morall vertues.
1609
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Details
Title
The faerie queene : disposed into XII. bookes, fashioning twelue morall vertues.
Added title page title
Second part of the faerie qveene
Created/published
At London : Printed by H[umphrey]. L[ownes]. for Mathew Lownes, 1609.
Description
[2], 363, [3] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599, author.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
By Edmund Spenser, whose name appears on A1v.
In verse.
First word of title is xylographic.
The second part has separate dated title page on Q5r; pagination and register are continuous.
"Tvvo cantos of mutabilitie", p. 353-end.
The last leaf is blank.
Signatures: A-Y⁶, 2A-2H⁶, 2I⁴.
Variant: books 4-7 in the 1612/13 setting (see other record for characteristics).
In verse.
First word of title is xylographic.
The second part has separate dated title page on Q5r; pagination and register are continuous.
"Tvvo cantos of mutabilitie", p. 353-end.
The last leaf is blank.
Signatures: A-Y⁶, 2A-2H⁶, 2I⁴.
Variant: books 4-7 in the 1612/13 setting (see other record for characteristics).
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1986-1987. Time, the greatest innovator (catalog p. 100)
Copy 2. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 99)
Copy 2. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 99)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 23083
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 971
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S1728
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 971
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S1728
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 23083 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH195/12. Wanting the blank. T.p. and verso stained; N6r-v stained, affecting text; occasional small stains throughout, affecting text; paper repairs to last (extant) leaf. Bound in old half calf over boards. Provenance: Mostyn family library copy (sold at Sotheby's Mostyn sale, 16 April 1920, no. 229 [Folger files]); coll. perf. at Quaritch, 21 April 1920; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 23083 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs171. Wanting the blank. Manuscript notes, pp. 38, 41, 113, 238, 314; occasional small stains or foxing affecting text. Bound in red sheep. Provenance: inscribed on front free endpaper: "Christ [Christopher] Twynihoe e coll: Oriel 1707"; "E libris Gulielm. [William] Cary e Coll. Oriel. May 31. 1712"; bookplate and signature of John Tomlinson
Call number
STC 23083.8 (folio)
Folger-specific note
cs447. Numerous small stains or foxing, affecting text. Bound at end are these works of Spenser: The shepheards calender (London, 1611; STC 23093.5); Colin Clouts come home againe [and other minor works] (London, [1611]; STC 23077.3); A letter of the authors ... ([London, 1611]; STC 23086.3); bound in old half calf over marbled boards. Provenance: "The shepheards calender" section inscribed on E3v: "Edmond [? Harrupp] Esqr 1681"; inscribed on t.p.: "John Heath"; anr. name scribbled out: "John [? Coke], 1628"; on front paste-down: "J.S. Brewer, Kings College"; manuscript notes of J.O. Halliwell-Phillips on paste-down