The works of Spenser. Volume the Fifth [and] Volume the Sixth
by Spenser, Edmund (1552-1599)
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Worcester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: London: printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750. Full leather. Good/Good. 12mo, 2 volumes only of 6; 287, 312pp. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands (worn with oss to extrermities, hinges cracked but holding), vol.5 front free endpaper loose, pccasional spots and page creases, a presentable example of this part set in small 12mo format. Includes Prosopopoia, Sonnets, Prothalamion, Epithalamion, Four Hymns, Daphnaida, The Fate of the Butterfly, The Tears of the Muses, The Visions of Petrarch and Bellay, The Ruines of Rome, Visions of the World's Vanity, Astrophel, The Mourning Muse, A Pastoral Aeglogue, The Ruines of Time, Britiain's Ida, A View of the State of Ireland, Calendarium Pastorale, Letters between the Author and Mr Harvey. Sound copy. ESTC T134659
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- Bookseller
- Lyppard Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000754
- Title
- The works of Spenser. Volume the Fifth [and] Volume the Sixth
- Author
- Spenser, Edmund (1552-1599)
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1750
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- spenser fairie queene poet poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian books; Antiquarian English Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...