The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser. In Six Volumes. With A Glossary Explaining the Old and Obscure Words Publish d by Mr Hughes [Full Leather Contemporary Binding Six Volumes]

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London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear s Head, 1715. Six volumes in worn contemporary leather bindings, some volumes lacking labels (see photos), nevertheless attractive. All title pages creased with a bookplate to the reverse. Engraved frontispiece to each volume, three plates in Volume I, one plate in Vol II, and III, four plates to Vol IV, and V, two plates to Vol VI. Pagination: Vol I iii-viii, i-cxl, 184pp, [Dedication, The Life of Mr Edmund Spenser, An Essay on Allegorical Poetry, Remarks on the Fairy Queen, Remarks on The Shepherd s Calendar &c, A Glossary on Old and Obscure Words, A Letter of the Author, The Fairy Queen]. Vol II 187-546pp, [Fairy Queen]. Vol III 547-854pp, [Fairy Queen]. Vol IV 859-1168pp, [Fairy Queen, The Shepherds Calendar, Colin Clout s Come Home Again, Virgil s Gnat]. Vol V 1171-1455pp, [Prosopopoia, Amoretti or Sonnets, Prothalamion, Four Hymns, Daphnaida, Muiopotmos, The Tears of the Muses]. Vol VI 1459-1758pp, [The Ruins of Time, Britain s Ida, A View of the State of Ireland, Calendorium Pastorale]. Provenance: bookplate for Sir Edward Littleton Bart to each volume. Approximately 6 ¾ inches tall (17.2cm). Condition Report Externally Spine fair to good condition worn and faded with gilt titles to morocco labels, some labels absent. Joints good condition worn, minor cracks but solid. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition scratches and marks with fading. Page edges good condition darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition solid. Paste downs good condition tanned and marked, ink stain to Vol VI which impacts the bottom of the pages throughout, not impacting the text. Free end papers good condition tanned and foxed. Title good condition some foxing, tanned and wrinkled (where the bookplate has been glued to the verso). Pages good condition tanned and foxed, some damp and ink staining. Binding good condition - structurally sound and strong, with faults. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1715 Binding: Hardback. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1708027934999

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