first edition Elaborate woodcuts througout; [4], 363, [1, blank; 14, blank]; [10], 56, blank, 16; [136]. Folio
1612 · London
by Spenser, Edmund
London: H[umphrey].L[ownes]. for Mathew Lownes, 1612. First collected edition, second reissue with title page of Second Part of Faerie Queen (R1) changed to 1612 & colophon date p. 369 is '16012'; First edition of Mother Hubbard; First folio editions of all of the minor poems. Elaborate woodcuts througout; [4], 363, [1, blank; 14, blank]; [10], 56, blank, 16; [136]. Folio. Full crimson morcco by Riviere with receipt tipped into rear endpapers, dated 1882, elaborate blind- and guilt-ruling, gilt stamping to covers, edges, and doublures, spine in compartments with gilt devices and titles, a.e.g. In excellent condition, some scattered spotting, annotations in ink in an early hand throughout, and in pencil in later hand in a few sections, a few spots of worming. First collected edition, second reissue with title page of Second Part of Faerie Queen (R1) changed to 1612 & colophon date p. 369 is '16012'; First edition of Mother Hubbard; First folio editions of all of the minor poems. Elaborate woodcuts througout; [4], 363, [1, blank; 14, blank]; [10], 56, blank, 16; [136]. Folio. First collected edition of the works of England's greatest and most important poet after Chaucer. STC 23084; Pforzheimer 973; Johnson, 12, 19; ESTC S121946; issued with STC 23086.3, 23093.5, 23077.3 and 23087
(Inventory #: 370384)