The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the other Works
of England's Arch-Poët, Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume, and
carefully corrected. _Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes. Anno Dom._
1611.
F^o. (11-1/4 × 7-1/4). F. 5.
Title within woodcut border originally used in 1593 for Sidney's
'Arcadia'. Collation: A^6, with two unsigned leaves inserted after
A 1, B-P^6Q^4R-2H^6; ¶^8; A-E^6F^4; A^8; A-L^6M^2; first alphabet
only paged. 2H 6, ¶ 8 and F 4 (second alphabet) blank. Wanting A 1
(first alphabet) (? blank). Double columns. Titlepage and
dedication to Queen Elizabeth occupying unsigned sheet. 'Faery
Queen' Bks I-III, with commendatory verses signed W. R. (_i.e._ W.
Raleigh) and Hobynoll (_i.e._ G. Harvey) at the end. Bks IV-VI,
with separate titlepage 'Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes.
Anno Dom. 1613.' (Some copies, _vide infra_, have the date 1612,
but the difference is in the last figure alone). Bk VII begins with
head-title at sig. 2G 6. At the end of this portion appears a
colophon with the date printed '16012', followed by one blank leaf.
The quire signed ¶ containing letter to Sir Walter Raleigh signed
Edm. Spenser and dated Jan. 23, 1589, followed by commendatory
verses signed W. R., Hobbynoll (these two same as above), R. S., H.
B., W. L., and Ignoto. Also dedicatory verses to Sir Christopher
Hatton, Lord Burleigh, Earl of Oxford, Earl of Northumberland, Earl
of Cumberland, Earl of Essex, Earl of Ormond and Ossory, Lord Ch.
Howard, Lord Hunsdon, Lord Grey of Wilton, Lord Buckhurst, Sir Fr.
Walsingham, Sir Joh. Norris, Sir Wal. Raleigh and the Countess of
Pembroke, each signed E. S., followed by one blank leaf. The second
alphabet contains the 'Shepherds Calender'. Separate titlepage with
imprint 'At London, Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes, and are to
be sold at the signe of the Bishops head in Paules Church-yard.
1611'. Contents as in separate edition, with same woodcuts. One
leaf blank at end. The single quire A contains 'Prosopopoia' with
separate titlepage bearing imprint 'At London, Printed by H. L. for
Mathew Lownes. Anno Dom. 1613'. Epistle dedicatory to Lady Compton
and Mountegle, signed Ed: Sp. The signatures are continuous
throughout the remainder of the volume. 'Colin Clout' with separate
titlepage having imprint without date. Epistle dedicatory to Sir W.
Raleigh signed Ed. Sp. and dated, Kilcolman, Dec. 27, 1591.
'Astrophel' follows with head-title only. 'Prothalamion' 'Amoretti'
'Epitalamion' 'Hymnes' 'Daphnaida' 'Complaints' and 'Muiopotmos'
have each a separate titlepage with imprint dated 1611. Some copies
of the present volume appear to have been issued containing the
1609 edition of the 'Faery Queen'; copies in this state are in the
Cambridge University and Huth Libraries.