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With an Exact Collation of the Two Original Editions, published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first three books printed in 1590, and the latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, A new Life of the Author and also a Glossary. London. Brindley. 1751. 3 volumes. p.p. (1) xxxvii - 2 errata + 453, (2) 450, (3) 440. With thirty two full page copper-plates. Trinity College prize labels on paste downs. Fine contemporary calf with Trinity College Dublin Arms in gilt on all covers. Spines professionally rebound.

The Faerie Queene is a celebrated epic poem by Edmund Spenser, first published in 1590. The poem is an allegory praising Queen Elizabeth I and reflecting the values and ideologies of Elizabethan England. It is one of the longest poems in the English language and is renowned for its richly imaginative narrative and moral allegory.