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The first folio edition. A good copy only, in contemporary calf central lozenge device to the covers, repair to the spine, with some loss to the leather. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown, repairs to the verso of the title page and a couple of corners, the text is generally browned with a few park. pp 95 / 96 is supplied in a neat early hard written script.

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.