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Spenser, Edmund
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- The Faerie Queene. Disposed into Twelve Books, Fashioning XII Morall vertues. London: for William Ponsonbie, 1590 — The Second Part of the Faerie Queene. Containing the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Books. London: for William Ponsonbie, 1596
- paper, ink, leather
Two volumes, 4to (7 1/4 x 5 in.; 184 x 128 mm). Roman letter, woodcut title-page devices (Part I: McKerrow 242; Part II: ibid. 222), woodcut of St. George and the Dragon at M5v of Part I; occasional soiling, some headlines in Part I closely trimmed. Calf gilt, marbled endpapers; spines renewed in brown morocco gilt,
Provenance
Dan. Spurgeon, Emmanuel College, Cambridge (signature on verso of front free endpaper in each volume)
Literature
STC 23081, 23082; Grolier, Langland to Wither 231, 233; Hayward 22; Johnson, Spenser 9, 11; Pforzheimer 969, 970
Condition
Condition as described in catalogue entry.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First editions of both parts. The 1590 edition contains only Books 1–3; the 1596 Second Part, Books 4–6, was printed uniformly with the second edition, same year, of Part I. Part I has page 332 in an earlier state, with blanks for Welsh words in lines 4–5. The enlarged dedicatory sonnets of quire Qq were meant to replace the shorter group of Pp6–7, but in this copy, as in most, Pp6–7 was not cancelled.