The poetical works of Edmund Spenser. In eight volumes. From the text of Mr. Upton, &c. With the life of the author
Edmund Spenser, John Upton, John Bell (Publisher), John Hamilton Mortimer (Artist), Thomas Cook (Engraver), William Sharp (Engraver), David Balfour (Former owner), Allan Menzies (Former owner), Stephen Menzies (Donor)
Print Book, English, 1787-1788
Printed under the direction of J. Bell, British Library, Strand, bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, London, 1787-1788
Poems
8 v. : portrait ; 14 cm (12mo).
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Vols 1-6: Faery Queene, from Mr. Upton's text
Vol. 7: Shepherd's calendar, Hymns, Visions, Moth. Hubberd's tale, Prothalamion, Epithalamion, &c. &c. &c
Vol. 8: Sonnets, Elegiac poems, Tears of the muses, Ruins of Rome, Ruins of time, Muiopotmos, &c. &c. &c
Vol. 1 frontispiece is a portrait of Edmund Spenser engraved by [Thomas] Cook
With engraved collective title pages (Bell's edition. The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Spencer [sic] volume ...) dated 1778, drawn by [John Hamilton] Mortimer, and engraved by [William] Sharp
Each volume has an additional letterpress titlepage
Vol. 3-8 are dated 1788
Pages v-xviii of vol. 1 contain "The life of Edmund Spenser."
St Andrews engraved title pages have been trimmed at the bottom so that publication information is not visisble in all volumes