1679 RARE Edmund Spenser 1ed Fairy Queen Shephards Calendar FOLIO Provenance

1679 RARE Edmund Spenser 1^ed Fairy Queen Shephards Calendar FOLIO Provenance

“For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”

― Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser is one of the most well-known 16^th-century English poets. His most-famous poem, ‘The Faerie Queene’ is one of fantasy and allegory that celebrated the Tudors and Queen Elizabeth. Spenser explores human emotion, consciousness, and conflict and drew much of his influence from Italian greats Ariosto and Tasso.

This 1679 first complete works edition contains not only ‘The Fairy Queen’, but also works such as ‘The Shephards Calendar’, ‘Complaints’, and ‘Amoretti and Epithalamion’. A valuable and highly desirable printing of Spenser!

Item number: #25207

Price: $1500

SPENSER, Edmund

The works of that famous English poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser

London : Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, 1679. First edition!

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [10], 339, [1]; 16; [8], 258 (i.e., 256), 369-391, [3]
    • ‘Shepherds Calendar’ is mispaginated as expected
  • Works have separate, dated title pages (each dated 1678)
    • ‘The Fairy Queen’ (in two parts)
    • ‘Daphnaida’
    • ‘Complaints’
    • ‘Prosopopoia’
    • ‘Shepherds Calendar’
    • ‘Amoretti and Epithalamion’
    • ‘Four Hymns’
    • ‘Brittain’s Ida’
      • Originally ascribed to Spenser, but written by Phineas Fletcher
    • References: Lowndes 2477; van Es, Companion to Spenser Studies, 270; Wilkinson I, p. 132; Wing S 4965; ESTC R 7177
    • Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Sr. William Robinson Knight, 1704
      • Sir William Robinson (1644–1712) was a British architect, military engineer and politician. He held several posts in the Dublin Castle administration, including as Surveyor General of Ireland from 1671 until 1700. He was an influential figure in the development of classical architecture in Ireland, designing many buildings in the English Baroque-style, particularly in Dublin. Robinson was knighted in 1702 and was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland the same year.
    • Language: English / Latin
    • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
    • Size: ~13in X 8.25in (33cm x 21cm)

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