Spenser, Edmund
[The Faerie Queen]
£2,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
[The faerie Queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England’s arch-poët, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected]. [London]: printed by H[umphrey]. L[ownes]. for Mathew Lownes, anno. Dom. 1617]. 4to, woodcut on second title page (dated 1612), misbound with The Shepheards Calender, (1617) bound at beginning, The Fairie Queene lacking ? 2 leaves including title, [ESTC S122304], preliminary leaf *3 soiled, frayed and repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, occasional light spotting or staining; sold not subject to return
Footnote
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair