Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of
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Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England's arch-poët, Edm. Spenser:, title within woodcut historiated border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, occasional later ink marginalia and passage marking, lacking S3 and 2G4&5, general title laid down, S2 torn and repaired with loss of text, a few marginal repairs, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf in compartments with a burgundy leather label, corners restored, rubbed and marked, [STC 23085], Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1617; and another by the same (defective), folio (2) sold not subject to return.
⁂ Issued with STC 23086.7 (bound in after general title and lacking final blank); STC 23094 (with final blank); STC 23087 (variant imprint date of 1613); and STC 23077.7 (lacking C6).
⁂ Issued with STC 23086.7 (bound in after general title and lacking final blank); STC 23094 (with final blank); STC 23087 (variant imprint date of 1613); and STC 23077.7 (lacking C6).
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Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of
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