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1679270856London: Henry Hills 1679. hardcover. near fine. The Faery Queen. The Shepherds Calendar. The History of Ireland &c. Whereunto is added an Account of his Life with other new Additions never before in Print. Rubricated title. Frontispiece engraving of the poet's tomb by Robert White. Rubricated title 12pp. 339 16 8 258pp. i.e. 254 369-391 3 leaves. Handsomely rebound in full tan calf in the style of the period. London: Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwards 1679. Third Folio Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> Poetry and prose of the celebrated 16th century author whose lasting influence on English literature has earned him the title of "the poet's poet." DNB 18 804. Wing S4965. Lowndes 2477.<br/><br/> Henry Hills unknown books
167949639London: Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin 1679. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Viz. The Faery Fairy Queen The Shepherds Calendar The History of Ireland Etc. Whereunto is Added An Account of His Life; with Other New Additions Never Before in Print. London: Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin 1679. Illustrated with an engraved frontis of SpenserÕs tomb. 10 339 blank4 16 8 2 10-11 9-11 10-11 14-49 blank 1 blank 53 blank 55-391 1 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Brown period modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards spine tooled in compartments with a red morocco lettering label. Interior lightly toned; Otherwise a tight clean copy with a very handsome shelf presence. Very good/No jacket issued. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin hardcover books
167916502London: Henry Hills for J. Edwin 1679. First complete edition. Near fine. Hardcover. Folio. xii339i168210-119-1114-258369-391ipp. Early full calf Cambridge-style binding rebacked in the 19th century with the spine in 7 compartments intricately gilt; leather label gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Each work has its own title page and for the first three begins the pagination anew though 'The Shepherds Calandar' is mispaginated in three places. 2A-Z4 Kk mismarked K Nn mismarked NAa-Zz4Aaa-Zzz4Aaaa-Iiii4Kkkk Aaaaa-Ccccc4. A handsome copy with an inscription dated 1891 probably the date of the reback. Unbeliveably quirky pagination and signature markings but complete. One of two states of this printing: This state shows two bars with catchword 'Calen-" on page 258 followed by p. 359 'Calendarium Pastorale'. A second state lacks the catchword has 'Finis' between the bars on p. 258 an advertisement leaf and then the 'Calendarium'. Carpenter p. 111. DNB suggests that this edition may have been edited by Dryden. Wing S4965. ESTC R7177. Henry Hills for J. Edwin hardcover books
1617047088London: Humphrey. Lownes. for Mathew Lownes 1617. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary calf rebacked and recornered marbled endpapers added hinges reinforced with cloth tape but binding quite sound overall. Lacking the general title and Faerie Queen part two title but with separate title pages for most of the individual parts and an old manuscript Faerie Queen title tipped in at the beginning. Light tide mark occasionally in bottom right corner heavier in last dozen or so pages. Scattered minor browning small marginal repair to C3 right edge of Foure Hymnes Title replaced - generally very good or better internally. Faerie Queen colophon dated 16012. ESTC S122304 with points B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight"; R3r catchword "And". Lacking blank at end of Faeirie Queen; a confusing book to collate but collates as follows: 363pp 10 56pp blank 4 5-16 14 blank 26 22 14 10 14 12 10 6 10 8pp.<br/><br/>Faeries Queen The Shepheards Calender Mother Hubberds Tale A Letter of the Authors etc no separate title or pagination Colin Clouts Come Home Againe Prothalamion Foure Hymnes Dapnaida Complaints Containing Sundry Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie The Teares of the Muses Virgils Gnat no separate title but half title with dedication The Ruines of Rome no separate title The Fate of the Butterfly Visions of the Worlds Vanitie etc no separate title. A few of the last poems Visions Petrarch Virgil are translations from du Bellay.<br/><br/>Old inscription describing provenance on front endpaper. <br/> Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 047088. H[umphrey]. L[ownes]. for Mathew Lownes hardcover books
161166412The First Collected Edition of SpenserÃs Works and First Folio Edition SPENSER Edmund. The Faerie Queen: The Shepherds Calendar: Together with the Other Works of EnglandÃs Arch-PoÃŽt Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume and carefully corrected. London: Printed for H.L. for Mathew Lownes 1611. First collected edition of SpenserÃs works and first folio edition second issue with the title to The Second Part of the Faerie Queene beginning with signature R dated 1613 and the colophon dated ì16012î sic. With the Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale consisting of a single gathering A of eight leaves and dated 1612 on the title not found in the first issue. Lacks the last blank Hh6 at the end of the second part of The Faerie Queen; but has the blank Q8 at the end of Letter to Raleighonly found in first issue and blank F4 at the end of The Shepherds Calendar. Folio. 11 inches x 7 1/2 inches. i-vi 363 xvi; x 56 16 xxvi iv xxvi vi xvi x xii iv. General title within woodcut border McKerrow & Ferguson 212 twelve woodcut illustrations and ornamental borders decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. The woodcuts in The Shepherds Calender were used in all the earlier separate editions. Beautifully bound by Riviere in full cherry red straight grain morocco ruled in gilt on covers gilt-stamped on spine with five raised bands. Gilt turn-ins. All edges gilt. Small restoration to outer margin of title-page not affecting text and small closed cut to page 162 some toning mostly in outer margins. Overall a very good and solid copy in an appropriate binding. "The first modern English poet to achieve major stature Spenser demonstrated with his fluency in many meters and stanzaic forms that English waÂs at least the equal to any other language as a vehicle of great poetry. While his poetry particularly The Faerie Queene looks backward as the culmination of the allegorical verse tradition of the Pearl Poet Langland and Chaucer he has influenced with his fertile imagination and especially his sensuous imagery and melodic language nearly every important English poet who followed him." Grolier Langland to Wither 239. Johnson 19. Pforzheimer 973. STC 23084. HBS 66412. $7500 Printed for H.L. for Mathew Lownes hardcover books
1611105854Folio 10 x 7 ins. London: Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes 1611. Folio 10 x 7 ins. paginating thus: Faerie Queen i-xvi 363 3 inc. final blank; Shepheards Calendar x 56 2 blank; Prosopopoia 16; Colin Clout 26; Prothalamion 4; Amoretti 16; Epithalamion 6; Foure Hymnes 16; Daphnaida 10; Complaints 12; The Teares of the Muses 12; Virgils Gnat 20; The Ruines of Rome 6; Muiopotmos 10; Visions of the Worlds Vanitie 6; The Visions of Petrarch 2 pp. General title within woodcut border McKerrow & Ferguson 212 twelve woodcut illustrations and ornamental borders decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. The woodcuts in The Shepheards Calender were used in all the earlier separate editions. A bright clean copy handsomely bound in early 20th century crushed red morocco paneled in gilt and blind inner dentelles all edges gilt; skillfully rebacked a few scuffs to the boards. Bookplates of Edward N. Crane and of John L Clawson 1865-1933 of Buffalo NY whose collection of Elizabethan literature was considered the greatest of its time. § First collected edition of Spenser’s works and first folio edition second 1615 issue with the title to The Second Part of the Faerie Queene beginning with signature R dated 1613 and the colophon dated “16012†sic. With the Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale consisting of a single gathering A of eight leaves and dated 1612 on the title not found in the first issue. "The first modern English poet to achieve major stature Spenser demonstrated with his fluency in many meters and stanzaic forms that English was at least the equal to any other language as a vehicle of great poetry. While his poetry particularly The Faerie Queene looks backward as the culmination of the allegorical verse tradition of the Pearl Poet Langland and Chaucer he has influenced with his fertile imagination and especially his sensuous imagery and melodic language nearly every important English poet who followed him." Grolier Langland to Wither 239. Johnson 19. Pforzheimer 973. ESTC S123122. Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes hardcover books
