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London: H[umphrey]. L[ownes]. for Mathew Lownes, 1617. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Contemporary calf rebacked and recornered, marbled endpapers added, hinges reinforced with cloth tape but binding quite sound overall. Lacking the general title and Faerie Queen part two title but with separate title pages for most of the individual parts and an old manuscript Faerie Queen title tipped in at the beginning. Light tide mark occasionally in bottom right corner, heavier in last dozen or so pages. Scattered minor browning, small marginal repair to C3, right edge of Foure Hymnes Title replaced - generally very good or better internally. Faerie Queen colophon dated 16012. ESTC S122304 with points B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight"; R3r catchword "And". Lacking blank at end of Faeirie Queen; a confusing book to collate, but collates as follows: 363pp, (10), 56pp, blank, (4), 5-16, (14), blank, (26), (22), (14), (10), (14), (12), (10), (6), (10), (8)pp.Faeries Queen, The… Read More

[London]: Mathew Lownes, 1611. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of the great long poems in the English language. VG+, dated 1611, but 1615 (third re-issue of the first 1609 edition). In modern Riviere brown full morocco, to style, some blind tooling, gilt arabesque centerpieces, worn along edges. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, worn along edges. Internally, (Faerie Queen 1611), [4], 185, [1], (The Second Part 1612), [2], 189-363, [1] (16012). [2], (The Shepheards Calender 1611), [10], 56. [2], (Mother Hubberds Tale 1613), [4], 5-16. (Colin Clouts, ND), 26. (Prothalamion, 1611), [4]. (Amoretti, 1611), 16. (Epithalamion, 1611), 6. (Foure Hymnes, 1611), 16. (Daphnaida, 1611), 10. (Complaints, 1611), 11, [1]. (The Teares, 1611, 11, [1]. (Virgils Gnat, ND), 9, [1]. (Ruines of Rome, ND), 6. (The Fate of The Butterfly, 1611), 9, [1]. Visions, ND), 8. (A letter, ND), 4 (1589). (A Vision, ND), 10. Each part with a large woodcut header & tail,… Read More