Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599) The Faerie Queene. Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues.

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Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599) The Faerie Queene. Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues. London: Printed for William Ponsonbie, 1596. Second edition of the first volume, quarto, woodcut printer's device on title, full-page woodcut of Sir Guyon at the beginning of the second book, contempoarry calf boards ruled in blind and gilt with gilt central lozenge, rebacked, title page defective at head, torn with loss in bottom right corner (repaired from verso),first signature with marginal paper repairs at head, a large copy, with deckle edges showing at the bottom margin of some leaves, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.

A-Z8, Aa-Oo8.
http://estc.bl.uk/S117748
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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