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The Faerie Queene (Two Volumes) by Edmund Spenser

Introduction by John W. Hales. The Faerie Queene is an incomplete English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. The first half was published in 1590 and a second instalment in 1596. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: it is one of the longest poems in the English language. On a literal level, the poem follows several knights in an examination of several virtues, though it is primarily an allegorical work, and can be read on several levels of allegory, including as praise of Queen Elizabeth I. In Spenser's "Letter of the Authors" he states that the entire epic poem is "clowdily enwrapped in Allegoricall devises," and that the aim of publishing The Faerie Queene was to "fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline".

Features;

• Limited Edition of 1,250
• Publisher J M Dent & Co., London; 1897
• Full Brown Morocco Leather Hardback, Gilt Page Tops, Uncut Front and Bottom Edges, 1155 pp
• Illustrated by Louis Fairfax Muckley
• Size 250 x 200mm, 4.2kg

Condition: Very Good – No Inscriptions, Very Good Clean Copies

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