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    By Edmund Spenser
    London   William Pickering
    6.5" by 4" lxxvi, 282; vi, 295; [6], 296; vi, 305; vi, 317pp.
    A smart set of the Aldine edition of Spenser's poetical works, containing his most important and highly influential 'Faerie Queene'.
    By Edmund Spenser

    1839 The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser

    London   William Pickering
    6.5" by 4" lxxvi, 282; vi, 295; [6], 296; vi, 305; vi, 317pp.
    A smart set of the Aldine edition of Spenser's poetical works, containing his most important and highly influential 'Faerie Queene'.
    £350.00
    : 2kgs / : 978K9
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    Description

    Leather Binding

    Complete in five volumes.

    In full calf with gilt detail to spine. 

    With an engraved frontispiece to volume one and publisher's anchor to title pages of all volumes. Collated complete. 

    A smart set of the desirable Aldine edition, notable for its high editorial standards. Contains Spenser's Magnum Opus, The Faerie Queene, an epic poem which celebrates the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. 

    Condition

    In full calf with gilt detail to spine. Externally smart with rubbing to joints and extremities, and marks to the boards. Evidence of bookplate removal to front paste downs. Hinges to volume three and five strained. Internally binding strained in places. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and handling mark heavier to the first and last few pages.

    Very Good

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