Spenser EdmundABAA
Amoretti and Epithalamion. Written Not Long Since by Edmunde Spenser
19271002671London: Noel Douglas 1927. Limited edition of this fine press facsimile number 40 of 100 on handmade rag paper a replica of William Ponsonby's first printing of 1595 reproduced from the copy in the British Museum. Spenser's sonnet cycle Amoretti follows the courtship of the poet and a lady with a "twinkle" in her eye inspired by Spenser's second wife Elizabeth Boyle: "But when I pleade she bids me play my part / and when I weep she sayes teares are but water: / and when I sigh she sayes I know the art / and when I waile she turns her selfe to laughter" Sonnet XVIII. The volume concludes with Epithalamion Spenser's ode to his bride on their wedding day: "Set all your things in seemely good aray / Fit for so joyfull day / The joyfulst day that ever sunne did see." A fine copy. Small octavo measuring 5 x 3 inches: 140. Original publisher's vellum lettered in gilt text block uncut and partially unopened. Vignettes on both title pages decorative headpieces and tailpieces. Bookplate of George B. Cluett to front free endpaper. Noel Douglas unknown books
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