1897 Limited Edition "The Faerie Queene" by Spenser, Three Volume Set
Item Details
A three volume set of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser containing books one through seven. First published in 1590, this allegorical poem was published in three volumes to which were added Volumes IV-VI in 1596. The themes presented in this work are holiness, temperance, chastity, friendship, justice and courtesy. The books are bound in gilt decorated and lettered cloth covered boards with beveled edges. Each features gilt top text edges, untrimmed fore and bottom edges and a sewn-in bookmark. The frontispiece is tissue-guarded with additional woodcut illustrations throughout the text.
| Title and Author/Editor | The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser with introduction by John W. Hales) |
| Genre | Poetry, Allegory and Fable, Mythology and Saga, Historical Fiction |
| Illustrator | Pictured and decorated by Louis Fairfax Muckley |
| Type of Illustration | Woodcuts |
| Binding | Embossed cloth on board |
| Publisher or Printer | J. M. Dent |
| Publication Year | 1897 |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Volumes | This edition was limited to 1250 copies. |
| Number of Books | 3 |
Condition
- wear to the covers withbumped corners, rubbed edges and soiling; cracked hinge; writing to the endpapers; fading; foxing.
Dimensions
- measures group.
Item #
ITMG453801
