The faerie qveen : The shepheards calendar : together with the other works of England's arch-poët

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599, Lownes, Humphrey, d. 1629, printer, Lownes, Matthew, d. 1625, bookseller, Thompson, Silvanus Phillips, 1851-1916, former owner. IU-R, Riviere & Son, binder. IU-R · 1611 · [London] : Printed by H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes · 243 pictures

This is a 1611 London edition of Edmund Spenser's collected poems, The Faerie Queene and The Shepheardes Calender, printed by Humphrey Lownes for the bookseller Matthew Lownes and aimed at literate English readers. The pictures are ornamental printed headpieces: a central oval cartouche framed by scrolls, with urns of fruit, winged griffin-like figures, and globes at the sides, some bearing the IHS monogram.

Knights and knighthood · Virtues

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