| 001 | $ 04/3343 | ||
| 003 | $ UK-LoRAA | ||
| 005 | $ 20220114090611.0 | ||
| 100 | 1 | # | $a Spenser, Edmund |
| 240 | 1 | 1 | $a [Faerie queene. $f 1758.] |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a Spenser's Faerie Queene. A New Edition With A Glossary, And Notes explanatory and critical By John Upton Prebendary of Rochester and Rector of Great Rissington in Glocestershire. In Two Volumes. Volume the First. (Second.) |
| 260 | # | # | $a London: $b Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. $c MDCCLVIII. $c [1758] |
| 300 | # | # | $a 2 vols. ; $c 260 mm. (Quarto.) |
| 500 | # | # | $a Vol. I: xlii, [68], 673, [1] p. (Page 673 is misnumbered as 672.) - Vol. II: 673, [1] p. |
| 505 | # | # | $a Vol. I: [T.p., dedic.] - Preface - A Glossary ... ; Errata in the Glossary - [Dedic.] - A Letter of the Authors, expounding his whole intention ... - Verses To the Author ... - Sonnets Sent with the Faery Queen to several persons ... by the Author - [Text, 'The first (- fourth) Booke of the Faery Queene ...']. - Vol. II: [T.p.] - [Text, 'The fifth (- seventh) Booke of the Faery Queene ...'] - Notes ... - Addenda & Corrigenda; Index of Authors corrected and explained in the Notes. |
| 508 | # | # |
$a The decorations are unsigned. The edition is dedicated by the editor, John Upton, to Lady Talbot. |
| 510 | 4 | # | $a ESTC $c T134641 |
| 510 | 4 | # | $a A. Hadfield, 'William Kent's illustrations of the Faerie Queene', in Spenser Studies, 14 (2000), p.1-81 |
| 510 | 3 | # | $a D.H. Radcliffe, Edmund Spenser: a reception history (1996). |
| 520 | 2 | # |
$a The poem had been published first in 1590, and in a second edition in 1596. It tells the stories of six knights, each of whom represents a virtue. Like other literary texts, it will have been acquired by the Royal Academy as a source of subject-matter for history-painting. This edition is not illustrated, but is decorated with headpieces and initials. |
| 533 | # | # | $n An electronic reproduction was published in 2003 (Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale). A microfilm version was published in 1986 (Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications). |
| 561 | # | # | $a The front pastedowns are inscribed in ink, 'Gio. Sheppard'. Acquired between 1802 and 1821. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1821. |
| 562 | # | # | $a The rear pastedowns are inscribed in pencil, 'Repaired by R. Paling 2/92'. |
| 563 | # | # | $a 18th-century calf; rebacked in 1992, retaining earlier red and green morocco spine-labels lettered 'Upton's Spencer Vol. I (II)'. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Knights |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a English poetry - Great Britain - 16th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Upton, John $e editor |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Tonson $e publisher |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Talbot $e dedicatee |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Paling $e binder |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a J. and R. Tonson (London) $e publisher |
| 852 | 8 | # | $d 1821: J-3-03. |