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London: J. M. Dent. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1897. Hardcover. Oversized two volume set. Half vellum with marbled boards, morocco/gilt spine labels, marbled endpages, TEG, ribbon marker. Limited to 100 copies on handmade paper and 1250 copies on ordinary paper. Fairfax-Muckley edition. Pp. Lii, 1156 (continuous pagination) Inner hinges have been reinforced. Minimal foxing/soil/rubbing.. ; quarto .

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.