The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: together with the other Works of England's Arch-Poet

by Edmund Spenser, ca

$17,500 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, second issue see below for issue points . Bound in 19th c. sprinkled calfskin, gilt, hinges discreetly repaired, mild wear to corners and extremities. The boards are ruled in gold, with shell ornaments at the corners and a gilt arabesque at the center. The text itself is in very nice condition, lightly pressed, with a few trivial blemishes and small rust holes to four leaves F3, X1-2, C6 . The main title page is framed by

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