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Rare and modern books

Spenser Edmund

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. Volume I [only. Containing Aikin's Life of Spenser; Spenser's Letter to Raleigh; Verses and Sonnets of Faery Queene; Faery Queene Books 1-III]. IN CONTEMPORARY FULL ROAN

Suttaby Evance & Fox, 1819

78.20 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1819
Author
Spenser Edmund
Publishers
Suttaby Evance & Fox
Keyword
literature, spenser, edmund spenser, faery queene, faerie queene
Languages
English

Description

Tall 16mo., with engraved frontispiece and engraved title; attractively bound in contemporary full burgundy roan, sides with frame border enclosing geometric design all in gilt stopped at corners by arabesques in blind; back with four raised bands, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, gilt doublures, blue endpapers, covers very lightly age-scuffed, extremities lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. The frontispiece is engraved by Raimbach after Westall; the title by Rhodes after Westall. A remarkably well-preserved copy of a scarce and most attractive edition.
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