Books

From a private collection. Two volumes bound in vellum with gilt - light surface marks and wear. Gilt a little fainter in some areas of the decoration. A tiny hole about halfway down the front hinge of volume I. A small nick to the vellum by the spine title of volume I. Uncut edges page edges a little foxed, save for top edge which is gilt. A few light foxing spots to end-papers, otherwise internally very clean and unmarked.

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.