The Works of Edmund Spenser with A selection of Notes from Various Commentators; And a Glossarial Index: To which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Life of Spenser.

Edmund Spenser; Rev. Henry John Todd

Published by Edward Moxon, London, 1856

About this Item

A smart volume of Edmund Spenser"s major works, including The Faerie Queene, in a full morocco binding by Wiseman. Rebound in a full morocco binding by Wiseman.This volume is illustrated with a frontispiece of portrait of Edmund Spenser, engraved by H. Robinson, and an illustrated title page by T. H. Sheperd and T. H. Ellis. This volume brings together the works of Edmund Spenser, best known for The Faerie Queene, one of the landmark epic poems of English literature. It includes a detailed account of Spenser"s life along with The Shepheardes Calender, Amoretti, Epithalamion, Prothalamion, Astrophel, and many shorter poems. Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 1599) was a major figure of Elizabethan literature, blending classical and Renaissance influences with early modern English. His epic The Faerie Queene (1590 1596), dedicated to Elizabeth I, exploring virtue, chivalry, and morality. Rebound in a full morocco binding by Wiseman. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd slight handling mark to boards. Previous owner's small inscription to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot and one or two handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves with one or two spots to fore edge. Very Good Indeed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of Edmund Spenser with A selection of Notes from Various Commentators; And a Glossarial Index: To which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Life of Spenser.
• Publisher: Edward Moxon, London
• Publication Date: 1856
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: None
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry