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The poetical works of Edmund Spenser . From the text of Mr. Upton &c. With the life of the author.

1778réf. 153521778 Fairy Queen Edmund Spenser Poetry Faerie Queene Vellum 8v SET w/ 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 16th-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. He embodied Elizabethan values and British history but he also wanted to have literary freedom balancing history and myth. Samuel Johnson was well-versed with 'The Faerie Queene' as it was a 'useful source for obsolete and archaic words' as he was organizing his 'Dictionary'. This 1787 edition of the poetical works of Spenser was published as part of John Bell's edition of 'The Poets of Great Britain.' This set featured 'The Faerie Queene' as well as a fine biographical sketch of Spenser himself. Item number: #15352 Price: $750 SPENSER Edmund The poetical works of Edmund Spenser . From the text of Mr. Upton &c. With the life of the author. London : Printed for J. Bell 1778. Details: · Collation: Complete with all pages; 8 volumes o 9 frontispiece engravings · References: Lowndes 2477; van Es Companion to Spenser Studies p.270; Wilkinson I p. 132 · Provenance: o Armorial Bookplate – Thomson Bonar Esqr. Camden Place § Thomas Bonar and his wife were the victims of an infamous drunken murder in Chislehurst Kent England in 1813 at the hands of one Philip Nicholson. Following the murder Nicholson was promptly convicted and sentenced to be publicly hanged. § Camden Place takes its name from the antiquary William Camden who lived in the former house on the site from c. 1609 until his death in 1623. The present house was built shortly before 1717 and it was given several additions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by the architect George Dance the younger. o Bookplate / Handwritten – Joseph Bevan Braithwaite 1840 § Joseph Bevan Braithwaite 1818 – 1905 was a conservative evangelical English Quaker minister. § In 1887 he drafted the Quaker Richmond Declaration which stated among other things that the Bible was of greater authority than the Inner Light the presence of Christ in the heart. · Language: English · Binding: Vellum; tight & secure · Size: ~5in X 3.25in 13cm x 8.5cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 15352 J. Bell hardcover

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The Works of Edmund Spenser in 8 vols.

1932réf. 7046Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press.and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell 1932. First Thus. Very Good. One of 375 numbered copies on Batchelor's Shakespeare Head handmade paper this copy being number 134 out of a total edition of 386 copies. Eight volumes large octavo 11 3/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 285 x 194 mm. Bound in the original quarter green calf over marbled boards by Douglas Cockerell. Vellum tips. Spines lettered and dated in gilt. Edges untrimmed. With 111 woodcut illustrations decorations and title vignettes after and by Hilda Quick all hand-colored except for five that are printed in red and black. A Vewe of the Present State of Ireland with pictorial woodcut title-page border and woodcut frontispiece map of Ireland by Macdonald Gill both hand-colored. Lettering for half-titles title-pages headings and initials printed in red black and blue after designs by Joscelyne Gaskin some shoulder notes printed in red with occasional text printed in red and black. Some scuffing to boards and rubbing to spines. Mid-twentieth-century ink ownership inscriptions in first two volumes. Bright and fresh throughout. A Very Good set. "The text of the present edition of Spenser's Works has been prepared by Professor W.L. Renwick. It follows in every case the first editions.The decorations have been designed and engraved on wood by Hilda Quick those in The Shepheardes Calender being based on the cuts in the original editions. The initial letters and the letterings for the title- page and headings have been engraved by her from designs by Joscelyne Gaskin.The eight volumes of Spenser 1930 are equally good-different as the character of the author is but in merita nothing to choose between them. Perhaps the small devices below Spenser's sonnets printed in black and in the vellum copies beautifully laid with gold are the most discreet and opulent form of decoration fitting and in flawless taste" Franklin. Franklin 150 236. Ransom 17:67. Very Good. Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press...and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell unknown

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THE WORKS

1862réf. ST19567-034London: Bell and Daldy 1862. 229 x 152 mm. 9 x 6". Five volumes. Edited by John Payne Collier. VERY ATTRACTIVE DEEP BLUE PEBBLE-GRAIN MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT covers with frames of one dogtooth and three plain rules raised bands spines in antique-style compartments with delicate scrolling cornerpieces and intricate central fleuron surrounded by small tools densely gilt floral turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With frontispiece portrait of Spenser in volume I. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Herbert Lionel Bashford M. A. Dibon Lodge Godalming. See: Day "History of English Literature to 1660" pp. 187-89. Spines just a shade darker than covers a couple covers with a slightly blotchy appearance due to leather preservative but quite an attractive set in generally fine condition the text fresh and bright and the leather lustrous. The first modern English poet to achieve major stature Spenser ca. 1552-99 in Day's words demonstrated "with his fluency in many meters and stanzaic forms . . . that English was at least the equal to any other language as a vehicle of great poetry." While his poems particularly "The Faerie Queene" look backward as the culmination of the allegorical verse tradition of the Pearl Poet Langland and Chaucer he has influenced with "his fertile imagination and especially his sensuous imagery and melodic language" nearly every important English poet who followed him. Day DNB praises Collier's "Spenser" first published in 1862 as "an excellent edition with the completest life of the poet that had as yet appeared." Despite his great knowledge and love of early English authors Collier 1789-1883 suffered a certain diminished respect because of his propensity for textual fabrication. This was true particularly in the case of the notorious "Perkins folio" supposedly containing an early copy of Shakespeare's works with superior variant readings which turned out to be forged. Britannica comments that these "fabrications . . . may charitably . . . be attributed to literary monomania but . . . it is difficult to speak with patience of them so completely did they for a long time bewilder the chronology of Shakespeare's writings." Apart from its important content this set is quite lovely on the shelf. The bindings are unsigned but they have the feel and appearance of work done by James Hayday 1796-1872 one of the most prominent and productive English binders of the 19th century. The present set is typical of Hayday's decorative work for a large market using high quality leather and being liberal with gilt embellishment. Bell and Daldy unknown

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