Three works bound together: I. The Shepheards Calender 1591 ; II. The Faerie Queene 1596 ; III. Colin Clouts Come Home Againe 1595

by Edmund Spenser

$85,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

A remarkable volume containing 3 separately-printed works, including the first editions of the second part Cantos 4-6 of The Faerie Queene 1596 and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe 1595 . Bound in 17th c. calf, the boards gilt-ruled in compartments with ornamental tools at the corners and a large stamp of the Tudor arms at the center of each board hinges and endcaps restored, corners bumped, later label, lacking ties . Inscriptions: In the

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