Accession number
PML 127066
Creator
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Published
At London : Printed by Hugh Singleton, dwelling in Creede Lane neere vnto Ludgate at the signe of the gylden Tunne, and are there to be solde, 1579.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and Acquisitions Funds, 1990.
Notes
1st ed.
Partly in verse.
"To his booke" signed: Immeritô [i.e. Edmund Spenser].
Signatures: [par.]4 A-N4.
States: two states are noted in the outer forme of gathering N. In the earlier state there is a block with a woman's head between cornucopiae above colophon on verso of last leaf (N4). In the later state there is a printer's device above the colophon on last leaf. Cf. Pforzheimer, 976.
Library copy has printer's device on last leaf.
Partly in verse.
"To his booke" signed: Immeritô [i.e. Edmund Spenser].
Signatures: [par.]4 A-N4.
States: two states are noted in the outer forme of gathering N. In the earlier state there is a block with a woman's head between cornucopiae above colophon on verso of last leaf (N4). In the later state there is a printer's device above the colophon on last leaf. Cf. Pforzheimer, 976.
Library copy has printer's device on last leaf.
Description
[4], 52 leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 18 cm (4to)
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: cover. Hand with cuff. Variant 1) smaller, plain cuff on cover, bottom fragment
Watermark: folios 17-20, conjoined leaves. Small circle or shield with "B" inside.
Watermark: folios 21-24, conjoined leaves. Small tower (possibly).
Watermark: folios 50-51, conjoined leaves. Hand with cuff surmmounted by flower, Variant 2) decorated cuff.
Watermark: folios 17-20, conjoined leaves. Small circle or shield with "B" inside.
Watermark: folios 21-24, conjoined leaves. Small tower (possibly).
Watermark: folios 50-51, conjoined leaves. Hand with cuff surmmounted by flower, Variant 2) decorated cuff.
Provenance
From the library of Henry Bradley Martin.
Binding
Disbound, in 1/2 brown calf case.
Classification
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Department