The works of that famous English poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. : Viz. The faery queen, The shepherds calendar, The history of Ireland, &c. Whereunto is added, an account of his life; with other new additions never before in print. Licensed, October 24th 1678. Roger L'Estrange.
Spenser, Edmund,1552?-1599.
Dryden, John,1631-1700.
Bathurst, Theodore,-1651.
Fletcher, Phineas,1582-1650.
London : Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, at the Three Roses in Ludgate-street,
1679.
The editorship has been attributed, probably erroneously to Dryden. Cf. Johnson, F.R.  A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser, 1933, p. 53-56.
The fairy queen part 2, Mother Hubberd's tale, and The shepherd's calendar each have separate title pages, dated 1678. There are several pagination sequences. Register is continuous.
Includes: "Brittain's Ida", first attributed to Spenser by Thomas Walkley in 1628; now generally attributed to Phineas Fletcher.
Includes Theodore Bathurst's translation of The shepheardes calendar.
Text is continuous despite numerous mispaginations.
Title page is in red and black.
Wing (2nd ed.)
Pforzheimer
ESTC
Microfilm.
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
England London.