The second part of the Faerie queene : containing the fourth, fifth, and sixth bookes

Alternate Title:

The Faerie Queene : disposed into twelve bookes, fashioning XII. morall vertues. Volume 2.

Creator:

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 (author)

Contributor:

Field, Richard, -1624 (printer); Ponsonby, William, 1546?-1604 (bookseller)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1596

Language:

English

Provenance:

Pease, John William (bookplate); Pease, Howard (bookplate); Pease, Lucy Anne (bookplate)

Publisher:

Printed for VVilliam Ponsonbie

Relation:

Digital facsimile for browsing v.1 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3416tg21

Subject:

Knights and knighthood -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800; Virtues -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800; Vertus -- Poésie -- Ouvrages avant 1800; Knights and knighthood; Virtues

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Early works; Poetry; Poems; Allegories; books

Physical Description:

v.2 of 2; 18 cm. (4to)

Related Place:

Great Britain -- England -- London.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Dedication (A1v) identifies Edmund Spenser as the author.; The second edition of books I-III (v. 1); the first edition of books IV-VI (v. 2).; Stationers' register: part 2 entered 20 January [1596]; Signatures: A-2O⁸; ²A-2I⁸ ²2K⁴.; Woodcut tailpieces; decorated and historiated initials. Printer's device of Richard Field on title page. Full page woodcut of St. George and the dragon on p. [184]. The caption at head of each canto in a compartment with borders of type ornaments.; Book 4-6 has separate title page: The second part of the Faerie queene : containing the fourth, fifth, and sixth bookes / by Ed. Spenser. Imprinted at London : for William Ponsonby, 1596.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, PR2358 .A1 1596

Collection:

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)