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FAIRFAX-MUCKLEY, Louis (illus); SPENSER, EdmundBiblio.com

The Faerie Queene

SPENSER, EDMUND [CHIVERS, CEDRIC]Biblio.com

18972945London: J.M. Dent 1897. Chivers bindings. Fine. STUNNING CHIVERS VELLUCENT BINDINGS. One of 100 large-paper copies illustrated by Louis Fairfax Muckley. The three thick quarto volumes are elegantly printed on handmade paper and illustrated throughout with images and designs by the British artist and illustrator Louis Fairfax Muckley. The illustrations are magnificent and feature the plates in two states red and black. The bindings by Chivers however are the star of the show and perfectly complement the text. For the front boards Muckley has created an intricate design featuring a knight and lady on galloping horses surrounded by decorative borders and gilt titling. Each spine depicts a lady emerging from a colorful background while each rear board has a stylized dragon seemingly jumping out from the binding. While the outlines of the designs are the same on each volume they are each painted with different colors creating a unique look and mood for each. On Cedric Chiversâ€™s â€œvellucentâ€ bindings: Chivers created a masterful binding technique in the late 19th century he called â€œvellucentâ€ â€“ a portmanteau combining â€œvellumâ€ and â€œtranslucentâ€. The process was arduous but the results were stunning with artwork seeming to glow under a layer of thin protective vellum. His process began with a decorative designâ€”in the case of these volumes artwork by Louis Fairfax Murray â€“ created on paper or thin parchment. The artwork was then placed underneath a sheet of vellum that was extremely thin and specially treated to be translucent allowing the colors to almost shine like a stained glass window. The final step was particularly tricky â€“Â since vellum is not particularly flexible it required expert craftsmanship to lay it smoothly over the book's boards and spine without wrinkles or bubbles. The result is a binding that doubles as a work of fine art. The bindings are stamped â€œBound by Cedric Chiversâ€ in gilt on the rear dentelles and decoratively written on the rear endpaper of volume 1 likely by Chivers is the note: â€œTHIS BOOK IS BOUND BY / CEDRIC CHIVERS BATH / 2 COPIES ONLY WITH THIS DESIGN / THIS IS NO 1â€. Anecdotally however we are aware of three copies that have been bound with this design although without the written limitation. Provenance: There is a note in pencil in the first volume that these are from the Robert Hoe collection but we have not been able to confirm this. London: J.M. Dent 1897. Thick octavos 258 x 197 mm vellucent bindings by Chivers. Text nearly pristine. A touch of bowing to bindings. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF CHIVERS BINDINGS IN UNUSUALLY FINE CONDITION. J.M. Dent unknown

The Manhattan Rare Book Company · États-Unis14 500,00 $US≈ 12 268,45 €

Edmund Spenser; Rev Alexander B GrosartBiblio.com

The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser

1844864N58-: Printed for Private Circulation 1844-1884. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 8" by 5". None. A privately printed set of the complete works of Edmund Spenser. With illustrations and a biographical introduction to the sixteenth century poet. A privately printed set of the complete works of Edmund Spenser with an autobiographical introduction by the literary editor Alexander Grossart. With four illustrations to volume I collated but Hamerton's Woodcuts and the facsimile called for. With three illustrations to volume III collated but lacking frontispiece. With two illustrations to volume V collated and complete. Only 150 copies of this set were printed for private circulation only. Complete in nine volumes. Whilst the title pages in the set state ten volumes the final book was not published. Grossart provides a detailed biographical introduction to the sixteenth century poet in the first volume which is followed by Spenser's first major work The Shepheardes Calendar. This is followed by Complaints his collection of poems that mournfully or mockingly express the poet's grievances and his narrative elegy for the heiress Douglas Howar Daphnaida. Spenser's celebrates the Tudor dynasty in allegorical poem The Faerie Queen which can be found in volumes five to seven followed by a collection of his letters. The prior owner's pencil inscription can be found to the half title or the recto of the front endpaper of the volumes 'S. B. M. In a full green cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Bumped to the head and the tail of the spines with some closed tears to each across the set. Lightly bumped to the extremities. The front hinge has failed to volumes I and IX and the rear hinge has failed to volume IV but the spines have been re-adhered to all three volumes. Both hinges are starting but firm to volume II the front hinge is starting to volume VII and the rear hinges is starting but firm to volumes V and IX. Internally the binding is strained to volumes I IV and IX with the front endpaper disbound to the latter volume. Otherwise the volumes are generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean across the set. Good Only Printed for Private Circulation hardcover

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni285,00 £GB≈ 325,41 €

Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599)Biblio.com

The complete works in verse and prose of Edmund Spenser / edited with a new life based on original researches and a glossary embracing notes and illustrations by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. complete in 9 volumes

1882218315London : printed for private circulation 1882-1884 1882. Limited Edition. Hardback. Good to very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt-tooled portrait and decorative border to front panels. Spines bands worn with some fraying evident in places. Spine covers faded and sun-toned. Some fading and toning also evident to the panels of vols. 1-3 and 7-9. Panel edges dulled and rubbed. Bumped corners. Small tear between the top of the spine cover and front panel of vol. 5. Vols. 6 7 8 and 9 are unread copies with unopened pages. Fore and bottom page edges rough-trimmed. Internally pages are clean and bright with just some scattered spots of marginal foxing evident in places. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Physical description: 9 v. : facsim. ill. maps ; 20 cm. 100 copies only in this form --c.f. title page. Contents: v. 1. Life of Spenser / by the editor with appendix. Essays: Characteristics of Spenser's poetry / by Aubrey de Vere. Spenser the poet and teacher / by Prof. Edward Dowden. Certain aspects of the poetry of Spenser / by the Rev. W.B. Philpot. The introspection and outlook of Spenser / by the Rev. William Hubbard -- v. 2. The Shepheards calender and Glosse 1597: with various readings of the quartos 1579-91 -- v. 3. Complaints 1590-91. Essay on English pastoral poetry / by E.W. Gosse. Rider on the same ; Who were Rosalinde and Menalcas ; Notices of Edward Kirke / by the editor -- v. 4. Essays on the minor poems of Spenser / by F.T. Palgrave. Daphnaida: an elegie upon the death of . Douglas Howard etc. 1591. Colin Clouts come home again 1595. Amoretti and Epithalamion 1595. Fowre hymnes 1596. Prothalamion or A spousal verse etc. 1596. Astrophel etc. and Sonnets -- v. 5. The faerie queene. bk. i.-ii. -- v. 6. The faerie queene. bk. ii. continued-iii. -- v. 7. The faerie queene. bk. iii. continued-v. -- v. 8. The faerie queene. bk v. continued-vi. Two cantos of Mvtabilitie. Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh. Commendatory poems and sonnets -- v. 9. Prose: A veue of the present state of Ireland. Letters etc. Subjects: Spenser Edmund 1552-1599 -- Collected works -- Biography -- English literature -- Poetry -- Verse -- Prose -- Studies interpretation and criticism. [London] : printed for private circulation, 1882-1884 hardcover

MW Books Ltd. · Irlande1 434,00 $US≈ 1 213,31 €

Edmund SpenserBiblio.com

Spenser's Fairie Queene.

1859FB197 /Str shlfRed leather binding with gilt lettering and raised banding on the spine. All edges gilt.This book also has "Epithalamion" added. The Faery Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I–III were first published in 1590 then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: at over 36000 lines and over 4000 stanzas it is one of the longest poems in the English language; it is also the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza. On a literal level the poem follows several knights as a means to examine different virtues and though the text is primarily an allegorical work it can be read on several levels of allegory including as praise or later criticism of Queen Elizabeth I. In Spenser's "Letter of the Authors" he states that the entire epic poem is "cloudily enwrapped in Allegorical devices" and that the aim of publishing The Faerie Queene was to "fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline". Spenser presented the first three books of The Faerie Queene to Elizabeth I in 1589 probably sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh. The poem was a clear effort to gain court favour and as a reward Elizabeth granted Spenser a pension for life amounting to £50 a year though there is no further evidence that Elizabeth I ever read any of the poem. This royal patronage elevated the poem to a level of success that made it Spenser's defining work. Edmund Spenser 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599 was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse and is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language. Though Spenser was well-read in classical literature scholars have noted that his poetry does not rehash tradition but rather is distinctly his. This individuality may have resulted to some extent from a lack of comprehension of the classics. Spenser strove to emulate such ancient Roman poets as Virgil and Ovid whom he studied during his schooling but many of his best-known works are notably divergent from those of his predecessors. The language of his poetry is purposely archaic reminiscent of earlier works such as The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer and Il Canzoniere of Francesco Petrarca whom Spenser greatly admired. An Anglican and a devotee of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth Spenser was particularly offended by the anti-Elizabethan propaganda that some Catholics circulated. Like most Protestants near the time of the Reformation Spenser saw a Catholic church full of corruption and he determined that it was not only the wrong religion but the anti-religion. This sentiment is an important backdrop for the battles of The Faerie Queene. Spenser was called "the Poet's Poet" by Charles Lamb and was admired by John Milton William Blake William Wordsworth John Keats Lord Byron Alfred Tennyson and others. Among his contemporaries 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. John Milton in his Areopagitica mentions "our sage and serious poet Spenser whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas". In the eighteenth century Alexander Pope compared Spenser to "a mistress whose faults we see but love her with them all." Routedge Warnes. hardcover

Martin Frost · Royaume-Uni146,00 £GB≈ 166,70 €

Edmund SpenserBiblio.com

Spenser's Faery Queen.

1868FB940 /str shlfTan calf binding with red and blue marbled boards. Black title plate with gilt lettering banding and decoration on the spine. From the Chandos Classics Library published circa 1868.The Faery Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I–III were first published in 1590 then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: at over 36000 lines and over 4000 stanzas it is one of the longest poems in the English language; it is also the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza. On a literal level the poem follows several knights as a means to examine different virtues and though the text is primarily an allegorical work it can be read on several levels of allegory including as praise or later criticism of Queen Elizabeth I. In Spenser's "Letter of the Authors" he states that the entire epic poem is "cloudily enwrapped in Allegorical devices" and that the aim of publishing The Faerie Queene was to "fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline". Spenser presented the first three books of The Faerie Queene to Elizabeth I in 1589 probably sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh. The poem was a clear effort to gain court favour and as a reward Elizabeth granted Spenser a pension for life amounting to £50 a year though there is no further evidence that Elizabeth I ever read any of the poem. This royal patronage elevated the poem to a level of success that made it Spenser's defining work.Edmund Spenser 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599 was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse and is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language. Though Spenser was well-read in classical literature scholars have noted that his poetry does not rehash tradition but rather is distinctly his. This individuality may have resulted to some extent from a lack of comprehension of the classics. Spenser strove to emulate such ancient Roman poets as Virgil and Ovid whom he studied during his schooling but many of his best-known works are notably divergent from those of his predecessors. The language of his poetry is purposely archaic reminiscent of earlier works such as The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer and Il Canzoniere of Francesco Petrarca whom Spenser greatly admired. An Anglican and a devotee of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth Spenser was particularly offended by the anti-Elizabethan propaganda that some Catholics circulated. Like most Protestants near the time of the Reformation Spenser saw a Catholic church full of corruption and he determined that it was not only the wrong religion but the anti-religion. This sentiment is an important backdrop for the battles of The Faerie Queene. Spenser was called "the Poet's Poet" by Charles Lamb and was admired by John Milton William Blake William Wordsworth John Keats Lord Byron Alfred Tennyson and others. Among his contemporaries 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. John Milton in his Areopagitica mentions "our sage and serious poet Spenser whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas". In the eighteenth century Alexander Pope compared Spenser to "a mistress whose faults we see but love her with them all." Frederick Warne & Co. hardcover

Martin Frost · Royaume-Uni85,00 £GB≈ 97,05 €