both Diuine and Wittie. All composed by R. S. London Printed by Valentine Sims, for Iohn Busbie 1595.

4°. (7×5). R. 18. 2.

Collation: A2B-E4, paged. Ornament at the foot of each page. Address to the reader, signed I. B. (i.e. John Busbie). By Robert Southwell. The poems in this volume were added to the later editions of 'Saint Peter's Complaint'.

Sinker 802. BM 1341.

SPENSER, EDMUND.

Amoretti and Epithalamion. Written not long since by Edmunde Spenser. Printed for William Ponsonby. 1595. [Colophon] Imprinted by P. S. for William Ponsonby.

8°. (47 × 3). *. 18.

Collation: A-H3, unpaged. Ornament at head and foot of each page. Part ii. has a separate titlepage with the word 'Epithalamion' and printer's device but no imprint, at sig. G 3. Certain copies have a half-sheet (4 leaves) with sig. ¶ inserted between A 1 and 2, but it is possible that some were issued without this addition. The half-sheet contains an epistle dedicatory to Sir Robert Needham Knight, signed with the stationer's initials and commendatory verses from G. W. senior and G. W. I[unior].

Sinker 770. BM 1438.

Colin Clouts Come home againe. By Ed. Spencer. London Printed for William Ponsonbie. 1595.

4°. (7×51). Q. 10. 2.

Collation: A-H1, unpaged. Epistle dedicatory to Sir Walter Raleigh, signed Ed. Sp. and dated, Kilcolman, Dec. 27, 1591. 'Astrophel', with half-title and dedicated to the Countess of Essex, begins on sig. E 4.

Complaints. Worlds Vanitie. By Ed. Sp.

Sinker 650. BM 1438.

Containing sundrie small Poemes of the Whereof the next Page maketh mention. London. Imprinted for William Ponsonbie,

Spenser]

145

dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Bishops head. 1591. 4°. (7 × 4). S. 29. I.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: A-Z4, unpaged. Z4 blank. List of contents on verso of general titlepage. Printer's address to the reader. Epistle dedicatory to the Countess of Pembroke, signed E. S. 'The Ruines of Time'. 'The Teares of the Muses' with separate title dated 1591 within same border. Epistle dedicatory to Lady Strange, signed Ed. Sp. 'Vergils Gnat' with dedicatory verses to the Earl of Leicester. 'Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale', with separate title dated 1591 within same border. Epistle dedicatory to Lady Compton and Mountegle, signed Ed. Sp. 'The Ruines of Rome: by Bellay'. 'Muiopotmos, Or The Fate of the Butterflie' with separate title dated 1590 within same border. Epistle dedicatory to Lady Carey, signed E. S. 'Visions of the worlds vanitie'. 'The Visions of Bellay'. 'The Visions of Petrarch formerly translated'.

Sinker 724. BM 1429.

The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue books, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues. London Printed for William Ponsonbie. 1590.

4°. (7 × 5). S. 19.

Collation: A-2P8 2Q4, paged. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth signed Ed. Spenser, on verso of titlepage. Books I-III. Letter to Raleigh signed and dated Jan. 23, 1589. Commendatory verses signed W. R. (¿.e. Walter Raleigh), Hobynoll (¿.e. Gabriel Harvey), R. S., H. B., W. L., Ignoto. Dedicatory verses from the author to Sir Christopher Hatton, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Oxford, the Earl of Northumberland, the Earl of Ormond and Ossory, Lord Charles Howard, Lord Grey of Wilton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lady Carew, 'To all the gracious and beautifull Ladies in the Court', the last two only signed E. S. Errata. More dedicatory verses (mostly duplicates of the above) to Hatton (dupl.), Lord Burleigh (signed E. S.), Oxford (dupl.), Northumberland (dupl.), Earl of Cumberland (signed E. S.), Essex (dupl.), Ormond (dupl.), Howard (dupl.), Lord Hunsdon (signed E. S.), Grey (dupl.), Lord Buckhurst, Sir Fr. Walsingham, (signed E. S.), Sir John Norris (signed E. S.), Raleigh (dupl. signed E. S.), Countess of Pembroke (signed E. S.). On M 5 is a large woodcut of St George and the dragon at beginning of Book II. On X7 spaces have been left for the insertion of some Welsh words. These were filled up in the later copies and in the edition of 1596. The printer was John Wolfe, whose device appears on the titlepage. The first edition of Books

I-III.

Sinker 598. BM 1438.

The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues. London Printed for William Ponsonbie. 1596. 4°. (75). R. 6.

Collation: A-208, paged. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth on verso of titlepage. At the end of the volume are verses signed W. R. (i.e. Walter Raleigh) and Hobynoll (i.e. Gabriel Harvey). Large woodcut of St George and the dragon on M 5' at beginning of Book II, as in the former edition. The printer was Richard Field, whose device appears on the titlepage. The second edition of Books I-III.

Sinker 747. BM 1438.

The second Part of the Faerie Queene. Containing The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Bookes. By Ed. Spenser. Imprinted at London for William Ponsonby. 1596.

4°. (754). R. 7.

Collation: A-2182 K+, paged. Printed by Richard Field, with his device on the titlepage. The first edition of Books IV-VI. Sinker 748. BM 1438.

[Another copy.]

(7 x 5). S. 18. 1.

The Faerie Queene, disposed into XII. Bookes, Fashioning twelue Morall Vertues. At London. for Mathew Lownes. 1609.

Printed by H. L. Fo. (10 × 7). G. 3. I.

Collation: A-2H6214, paged. 214 blank. Double columns. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth on verso of titlepage. Bks. I–III. Commendatory verses signed W. R. (i.e. Walter Raleigh) and Hobynoll (i.e. Gabriel Harvey). 'The Second Part of the Faery Queene', containing Bks. IV-VI, begins at sig. Q5 with separate titlepage 'Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes. 1609.'. The fragment of the seventh book 'Of Mutability' first appears in this edition with head-title at sig. 2H 4. The copy described in the Huth catalogue, which has the date in the colophon printed '16012' belongs, as the collation shows, to the edition of 1611, and can only have the earlier titlepage prefixed. The copy of the 'Faery Queen' on the other hand in the collected edition of 1611, there described, is properly that of 1609.

BM 1439.

Spenser]

147

The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the other Works of England's Arch-Poët, Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume, and carefully corrected. Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes. Anno Dom. 1611.

Fo. (117). F. 5.

Bks IV-VI,

Title within woodcut border originally used in 1593 for Sidney's 'Arcadia'. Collation: Ao, with two unsigned leaves inserted after A 1, B-P6Q4R-2H6; T8; A-E6F4; A8; A-L6 M2; first alphabet only paged. 2H6, T8 and F4 (second alphabet) blank. Wanting A I (first alphabet) (? blank). Double columns. Titlepage and dedication to Queen Elizabeth occupying unsigned sheet. 'Faery Queen' Bks I-III, with commendatory verses signed W. R. (i.e. W. Raleigh) and Hobynoll (¿.e. G. Harvey) at the end. with separate titlepage 'Imprinted at London for Mathew Lownes. Anno Dom. 1613.' (Some copies, vide infra, have the date 1612, but the difference is in the last figure alone). Bk VII begins with headtitle at sig. 2G 6. At the end of this portion appears a colophon with the date printed '16012', followed by one blank leaf. The quire signed ¶ containing letter to Sir Walter Raleigh signed Edm. Spenser and dated Jan. 23, 1589, followed by commendatory verses signed W. R., Hobbynoll (these two same as above), R. S., H. B., W. L., and Ignoto. Also dedicatory verses to Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Burleigh, Earl of Oxford, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Cumberland, Earl of Essex, Earl of Ormond and Ossory, Lord Ch. Howard, Lord Hunsdon, Lord Grey of Wilton, Lord Buckhurst, Sir Fr. Walsingham, Sir Joh. Norris, Sir Wal. Raleigh and the Countess of Pembroke, each signed E. S., followed by one blank leaf. The second alphabet contains the 'Shepherds Calender'. Separate titlepage with imprint 'At London, Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bishops head in Paules Church-yard. 1611'. Contents as in separate edition, with same woodcuts. One leaf blank at end. The single quire A contains Prosopopoia' with separate titlepage bearing imprint 'At London, Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes. Anno Dom. 1613'. Epistle. dedicatory to Lady Compton and Mountegle, signed Ed: Sp. The signatures are continuous throughout the remainder of the volume. 'Colin Clout' with separate titlepage having imprint without date. Epistle dedicatory to Sir W. Raleigh signed Ed. Sp. and dated, Kilcolman, Dec. 27, 1591. 'Astrophel' follows with head-title only. 'Prothalamion' 'Amoretti' 'Epitalamion' 'Hymnes' 'Daphnaida' 'Complaints' and 'Muiopotmos' have each a separate titlepage with imprint dated 1611. Some copies of the present volume appear to have been issued containing the 1609 edition of the 'Faery Queen';

copies in this state are in the Cambridge University and Huth Libraries.

BM 1438.

The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the other Works of England's Arch-Poët, Edm. Spenser : Collected into one Volume, and carefully corrected. Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes. Anno Dom. 1617.

Fo. (117). F. 6.

Title within woodcut border as above. Collation: A, with two unsigned leaves inserted after A 1, B-P¤Q1R-2H6; T; A-E6F4; A; A-L6 M2, paged in first alphabet only. A 1, 2H 6 (first alphabet), ¶ 8 and F 4 (second alphabet), blank. Double columns. In this copy the quire signed T is misplaced after the second alphabet, an arrangement also found in the copy in the Cambridge University Library. It is sometimes found at the end of the volume. The inserted sheet contains titlepage and dedication to Queen Elizabeth. The 'Faery Queen' is the same edition as above (1611), but has the date 1612 on the titlepage to Part II; so also is sig. ¶ and the single quire A containing the 'Prosopopoia'. The remainder is a very close reprint, the contents and collation being identical. The separate titlepages have dates as follows (they are all printed 'by H. L. for Mathew Lownes' except the first): 'Shepheards Calender' with imprint London, Printed by Bar: Alsop for Iohn Harrison the elder, and are to bee solde at his shop at the signe of the golden Anker in Pater Noster Row, 1617.'; 'Colin Clout' undated, 'Prothalamion' etc. 1617. The peculiarities observable in the various copies of the collected editions of 1611 and 1617 are best explained on the following hypothesis. On Sept. 3, 1604 W. Ponsonby assigned his right in both parts of the 'Faery Queene' to S. Waterson, who on Nov. 5 in the same year passed it on to M. Lownes, who published an edition in 1609. Two years later the question of a collected edition of Spenser's works arose. Lownes caused a complete edition to be printed, and at the same time determined to use up the remaining copies of the 1609 'Faery Queen'. Instead however of printing the new titlepage on A1 he caused a single sheet to be printed containing title and dedication, which could be substituted for the 1609 title. A consequently remained blank in the new edition as it is found in the present copy, and the title-sheet was inserted after it. The result of using up the 1609 edition was that the stock of some of the additional matter in the 1611 edition was exhausted before the stock of the 'Faery Queen'. In 1617 a new title-sheet was printed and prefixed to the remainder stock, the additional pieces being reprinted when necessary. Even now some of the original