Amoretti and Epithalamion. Written not long since by Edmunde Spenser.
_Printed for William Ponsonby._ 1595. [Colophon] _Imprinted by P. S. for
William Ponsonby._
8^o. (4-7/8 × 3). *. 18.
Collation: A-H^8, unpaged. Ornament at head and foot of each page.
Part ii. has a separate titlepage with the word 'Epithalamion' and
printer's device but no imprint, at sig. G 3. Certain copies have a
half-sheet (4 leaves) with sig. ¶ inserted between A 1 and 2, but
it is possible that some were issued without this addition. The
half-sheet contains an epistle dedicatory to Sir Robert Needham
Knight, signed with the stationer's initials and commendatory
verses from G. W. senior and G. W. I[unior].
Sinker 770. BM 1438.
Colin Clouts Come home againe. By Ed. Spencer. _London Printed for
William Ponsonbie._ 1595.
4^o. (7-3/4 × 5-1/2). Q. 10. 2.
Collation: A-H^4, unpaged. Epistle dedicatory to Sir Walter
Raleigh, signed Ed. Sp. and dated, Kilcolman, Dec. 27, 1591.
'Astrophel', with half-title and dedicated to the Countess of
Essex, begins on sig. E 4.
Sinker 650. BM 1438.
Complaints. Containing sundrie small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie.
Whereof the next Page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp. _London. Imprinted for
William Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the
Bishops head._ 1591.
4^o. (7-1/8 × 4-3/4). S. 29. 1.
Title within woodcut border. Collation: A-Z^4, unpaged. Z 4 blank.
List of contents on verso of general titlepage. Printer's address
to the reader. Epistle dedicatory to the Countess of Pembroke,
signed E. S. 'The Ruines of Time'. 'The Teares of the Muses' with
separate title dated 1591 within same border. Epistle dedicatory to
Lady Strange, signed Ed. Sp. 'Vergils Gnat' with dedicatory verses
to the Earl of Leicester. 'Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale',
with separate title dated 1591 within same border. Epistle
dedicatory to Lady Compton and Mountegle, signed Ed. Sp. 'The
Ruines of Rome: by Bellay'. 'Muiopotmos, Or The Fate of the
Butterflie' with separate title dated 1590 within same border.
Epistle dedicatory to Lady Carey, signed E. S. 'Visions of the
worlds vanitie'. 'The Visions of Bellay'. 'The Visions of Petrarch
formerly translated'.
Sinker 724. BM 1429.
The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue books, Fashioning XII. Morall
vertues. _London Printed for William Ponsonbie._ 1590.
4^o. (7 × 5). S. 19.
Collation: A-2P^82Q^4, paged. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth signed
Ed. Spenser, on verso of titlepage. Books I-III. Letter to Raleigh
signed and dated Jan. 23, 1589. Commendatory verses signed W. R.
(_i.e._ Walter Raleigh), Hobynoll (_i.e._ Gabriel Harvey), R. S.,
H. B., W. L., Ignoto. Dedicatory verses from the author to Sir
Christopher Hatton, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Oxford, the Earl
of Northumberland, the Earl of Ormond and Ossory, Lord Charles
Howard, Lord Grey of Wilton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lady Carew, 'To
all the gracious and beautifull Ladies in the Court', the last two
only signed E. S. Errata. More dedicatory verses (mostly duplicates
of the above) to Hatton (dupl.), Lord Burleigh (signed E. S.),
Oxford (dupl.), Northumberland (dupl.), Earl of Cumberland (signed
E. S.), Essex (dupl.), Ormond (dupl.), Howard (dupl.), Lord Hunsdon
(signed E. S.), Grey (dupl.), Lord Buckhurst, Sir Fr. Walsingham,
(signed E. S.), Sir John Norris (signed E. S.), Raleigh (dupl.
signed E. S.), Countess of Pembroke (signed E. S.). On M 5^v is a
large woodcut of St George and the dragon at beginning of Book II.
On X 7^v spaces have been left for the insertion of some Welsh
words. These were filled up in the later copies and in the edition
of 1596. The printer was John Wolfe, whose device appears on the
titlepage. The first edition of Books I-III.
Sinker 598. BM 1438.
The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall
vertues. _London Printed for William Ponsonbie._ 1596.
4^o. (7-3/8 × 5-1/4). R. 6.
Collation: A-2O^8, paged. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth on verso of
titlepage. At the end of the volume are verses signed W. R. (_i.e._
Walter Raleigh) and Hobynoll (_i.e._ Gabriel Harvey). Large woodcut
of St George and the dragon on M 5^v at beginning of Book II, as in
the former edition. The printer was Richard Field, whose device
appears on the titlepage. The second edition of Books I-III.
Sinker 747. BM 1438.
The second Part of the Faerie Queene. Containing The Fourth, Fifth, and
Sixth Bookes. By Ed. Spenser. _Imprinted at London for William
Ponsonby._ 1596.
4^o. (7-3/8 × 5-1/4). R. 7.
Collation: A-2I^{8}2K^4, paged. Printed by Richard Field, with his
device on the titlepage. The first edition of Books IV-VI.
Sinker 748. BM 1438.
[Another copy.]
(7 × 5). S. 18. 1.
The Faerie Queene, disposed into XII. Bookes, Fashioning twelue Morall
Vertues. _At London. Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes._ 1609.
F^o. (10-1/2 × 7-1/4). G. 3. 1.
Collation: A-2H^{6}2I^4, paged. 2I 4 blank. Double columns.
Dedication to Queen Elizabeth on verso of titlepage. Bks. I-III.
Commendatory verses signed W. R. (_i.e._ Walter Raleigh) and
Hobynoll (_i.e._ Gabriel Harvey). 'The Second Part of the Faery
Queene', containing Bks. IV-VI, begins at _sig_. Q5 with separate
titlepage 'Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes. 1609.'. The
fragment of the seventh book 'Of Mutability' first appears in this
edition with head-title at sig. 2H 4. The copy described in the
Huth catalogue, which has the date in the colophon printed '16012'
belongs, as the collation shows, to the edition of 1611, and can
only have the earlier titlepage prefixed. The copy of the 'Faery
Queen' on the other hand in the collected edition of 1611, there
described, is properly that of 1609.