"Printed at the Ashendene press, at Shelley House, Chelsea,in the county of Middlesex, by C.H. St J. Hornby assisted by I. Jenkins, compositor, and G. Faulkner, pressman ... The text ... is, with some few very minor alterations, that edited for theā¦
The text of Books I to VI is that of the edition of 1596; the fragment of Book VII is from the folio edition of 1609. The letter to Sir Walter Raleigh and the prefatory verses are from the edition of 1590
v. 1. The life of Mr. Edmund Spenser. An essay on allegorical poetry. With remarks on the writings of Mr. Edmund Spenser. A glossary explaining the old and obscure words in Spenser's works. The fairy queen, book I.
v. 2-3. The fairy queen, books II-
Reprint of the 1596 ed. published by W. Ponsonbie, London. Included as appendices are reprints of the ending of book 3 and the letter to Raleigh, both from the 1590 ed., and of the Mutability Cantos from the 1609 ed.