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Spenser, Edmund; Crane, Walter (Illus)Biblio.com

Faerie Queene: 3 Volume Set

[John Upton] SPENSER, Edmund (1552?-1599)Biblio.com

Spenser’s Faerie queene. A new edition with a glossary and notes explanatory and critical by John Upton . . . In two volumes Extra-Illustrated

1758BB1494London: printed for J. and R. Tonson 1758. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Fine. First Annotated Edition illustrated grangerized with the full suite of 32 double-page plates by William Kent for the 1751 edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene published by Stephen Wright and John Brindley ESTC T35152. 4to: xlii68 including glossary6731; 673pp Illustrated with 32 double-page tab-mounted copperplate engravings by William Kent. Engraved armorial bookplates of John Moore Paget 1791-1866 on front paste-downs. Laid in are various manuscipt leaves one on stationary of the Old Vicarage Cuckfield now a Grade II listed building originally built in the early 17th century rebuilt in Georgian style in 1780s and finally altered in the nineteenth century. A magnificent set printed on heavy paper and bound in contemporary full stained calf joints very skillfully rebuilt spine in six compartments between raised bands four very richly gilt two with red and black morocco lettering pieces gilt; decorative gilt rolls on thick board edges page edges speckled red. A superb perhaps unique example pages and plates pristine crisp fresh and bright. Lowndes V 2477 and III 2477. Alston III101. Spenser Encyclopedia pp. 389 for Kent and 706 for Upton. . Upton's edition was the first attempt at an original-spelling and an annotated text. "The extensive notes tracing sources and identifying historical personages are still valuable; all later annotators are indebted to Upton's erudition." Radcliffe Spenser and the Tradition: English Poetry 1579-1830 William Kent was a skilled designer and decorator but a poor painter and draughtsman and despite their energy and directness his designs for The Faerie Queene are not wholly successful they were severely criticised by Horace Walpole in his Anecdotes of Painting in England. But the subjects represented contain many interesting reflections of Kent's involvement with picturesque gothic architecture and garden design including such romantic structures as the Hermitage and Merlin’s Cave a thatched mock-gothic building housing a library for Queen Caroline at Richmond. John Moore Paget of Cranmore Hall Somerset inherited from his father a "library of curious and valuable books and a decided taste for bibliology. A book-hunter from his youth his constant delight in after life was to search old book-stalls and add from time to time some scarce or quaint old work or rare engraving to his increasing collection." Gentleman's Magazine vol. 221 1866. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. printed for J. and R. Tonson unknown

Fine Editions Ltd · États-Unis2 149,00 $US≈ 1 818,27 €

SPENSER, EdmundBiblio.com

Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser The

06420London: Scott Webster and Geary 1842. A Handsome Pall Mall Prize Binding: Spenser in Full Green Morocco with Institutional Supralibros and Country-House Provenance SPENSER Edmund. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. In five volumes. A new edition; with introductory and glossarial notes: to which is prefixed the account of the author's life and criticism of his works by John Aikin M.D. London: Scott Webster and Geary 1842. Five small octavo volumes 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 194 x 118 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1842 in full green straight-grain morocco by White of 24 Pall Mall London with their printed binder's stamp on the front pastedown. Covers elaborately tooled in gilt with a wide fillet border and centrally stamped with the gilt supralibros of Downing's Academy incorporating an oval device enclosing an open book and the motto Domine illuminatio mea. Spines with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments with repeating floral and foliate tools red morocco lettering labels and volume numbers lettered in gilt. Board edges and turn-ins finely tooled marbled endpapers all edges gilt. A very attractive and well-preserved set the bindings bright and fresh with only minimal wear the gilt crisp and luminous. Provenance: Bound as a mid-nineteenth-century institutional or prize binding for Downing's Academy as evidenced by the gilt supralibros on each cover. Later in the library of William Carr 1862-1925 of Ditchingham Hall Norfolk historian and collector with his engraved armorial bookplate Ad sidera tollite vultus on the front pastedowns. With a later penciled bookseller's or shelf mark. This elegant five-volume Spenser represents the high standard of West End binding in the 1840s produced by the Pall Mall binder White whose work - while less frequently encountered than that of Zaehnsdorf or Bedford - embodies the same careful craftsmanship and decorative restraint characteristic of the period's best trade bindings. The use of straight-grain morocco combined with dense gilt ornament and repeating floral tools reflects the mid-Victorian taste for richly textured yet orderly decoration while the bold red labels provide a striking chromatic contrast against the deep green leather. Particularly appealing is the presence of the institutional supralibros indicating that the set was likely issued as a presentation or prize binding-a form of book production that often resulted in bindings of a higher-than-usual quality. Such volumes were intended to convey both scholarly merit and aesthetic distinction and frequently entered private libraries of substance as here. The later ownership of William Carr of Ditchingham Hall adds a further layer of interest situating the set within the tradition of nineteenth-century English country-house collecting where finely bound editions of canonical authors such as Spenser formed an essential component of the cultivated gentleman's library. London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1842 unknown

David Brass Rare Books, Inc. · États-Unis1 850,00 $US≈ 1 565,29 €

St John, SpenserBiblio.com

Life in the Forests of the Far East; or Travels in Northern Borneo. Vol. I-II

1863A48993London: Smith Elder and Co. 1863. xvi 406 2 ads; xi 424 4 hand-col 12 tinted lithographic plates 3 folding maps. . HB. 2 vols 8vo orig. green cloth blind-stamped borders and central floral design to boards gt title and dec. palm design to spines. Minor wear short nick to head of each spine. Orig. coated yellow endpapers browned to reverse; hinges cracked but firm. Stitching tender in places with a few gatherings just starting. Some foxing to a few plates and adjacent pages mostly light but heavier to several of the tinted plates. Folding maps each with one short closed tear to inner edge. Armorial bookplate with motto 'Festina Lente'. A pleasing set of this rare work in bright original bindings. Second edition revised. Published a year after the first St. John added to this second edition an introduction a chapter on pirates another on animals an index and occasionally introduced some new anecdote. The four hand-coloured plates illustrate carnivorous pitcher plants Nepenthes and are engraved after illustrations first published in the Transactions of the Linnean Society.'Borneo one of the most interesting and romantic regions in the world' thus starts this fascinating book. Its author Spenser St. John 1825-1910 was a British diplomat and explorer. He was private secretary to Sir James Brooke the Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo. In 1856 St. John was appointed British consul-general to the native states of Borneo; he explored the country and went further into the interior than any previous European traveller. His habit of wearing native dress resulted in complaints to London. The present book based on his full and accurate journals also supplemented by other visitors' testimonies is a well-written and beautifully illustrated account of the author's travels. ODNB. Smith, Elder and Co. hardcover

Pemberley Natural History Books · Royaume-Uni1 200,00 £GB≈ 1 370,16 €

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