The works of that famous English poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. . Viz. 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. Licensed, October 24th 1678. Roger L'Estrange.
Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599)
Category
Books
Date
1679
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3058888
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],339,[1],16,[8],1-2,10-11,9-258,[2],369-391,[3]p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . fol... Imperfect: lacks leaf Kkkk2 (blank?) before final sequence of pagination. With the final advertisement leaf (additional to ESTC). Tear in leaf Qqq3 (p. 125/6 of second sequence): torn and folded before printing, slight loss of text. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 88. Binding: Seventeenth-century panelled calf, blind-tooled, edges of boards gilt. Spine gilt (panel stamps off-centre), with spine-label: 'Spencer Works'.
Makers and roles
Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599) Theodore Bathurst (d.1651) Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650) John Dryden (1631 - 1700)