SPENSER, EdmundBiblio.com
Spenser, EdmundBiblio.com
The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser
183924247London: William Pickering 1839. leather_bound. Decorated full polished green calf. Top edges gilt. Near fine. 5 Vols. 282 295 296 303 317 pages 16.5 x 10.5 cm. The Aldine Edition. One of the great poets of the English Renaissance. Spenser was well-read in classical literature scholars have noted that his poetry does not rehash tradition but rather is distinctly his. Walter Raleigh wrote a commendatory poem to The Faerie Queene in 1590 in which he claims to admire and value Spenser's work more so than any other in the English language. Bright fresh set with the memorable gilt Aldine anchor front covers and bound by Bartlett. Raised bands panels decorated in gilt brown spine labels gilt lettered marbled endpapers gilt turn-ins. One volume with slight sunning front cover head. William Pickering unknown
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