Works of Edmund Spenser
Title
Works of Edmund Spenser
[Edited by W. L. Renwick. The decorations... designed and engraved on wood by Hilda Quick]
Creator
Spenser, Edmund
Description
"The text of the present edition... follows in every case the first editions with such alterations only as are held to be corrections of printers' errors ... The decorations have been designed and engraved on wood by Hilda Quick, those in The shepheardes calender being based on the cuts in the original editions. The initial letters and the letterings for the title-page and headings have been engravedy by her from designs by Joscelyne Gaskin"-- Leaf [3] verso, vol. 1.
"Three hundred & seventy-five copies of this edition of which three hundred & fifty are for sale having been printed in England at the Shakespeare Head Press Saint Aldates Oxford and eleven copies have been printed on vellum"-- T.p. verso, vol. 1.
No. 262 of a limited ed. of 375 copies
Source
UW-Milwaukee Libraries Special Collections
Publisher
Oxford Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press at St. Aldates Oxford & published for the press by Basil Blackwell
Date
1930-1932
Contributor
W.L. Renwick
Hilda Quick
Rights
It is the responsibility of the researcher to seek permission from the copyright holder to reproduce for publication.
Format
8 v. illus., map.
29 cm.
Language
English
Identifier
(SPL) PR2351 .R43x 1930
Files
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Spenser, Edmund , “Works of Edmund Spenser,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed September 20, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/130.