Collation: A-2P⁸2Q⁴, paged. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth signed Ed. Spenser, on verso of titlepage. Books I-III. Letter to Raleigh signed and dated Jan. 23, 1589. Commendatory verses signed W. R. (_i.e._ Walter Raleigh), Hobynoll (_i.e._ Gabriel Harvey), R. S., H. B., W. L., Ignoto. Dedicatory verses from the author to Sir Christopher Hatton, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Oxford, the Earl of Northumberland, the Earl of Ormond and Ossory, Lord Charles Howard, Lord Grey of Wilton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lady Carew, ‘To all the gracious and beautifull Ladies in the Court’, the last two only signed E. S. Errata. More dedicatory verses (mostly duplicates of the above) to Hatton (dupl.), Lord Burleigh (signed E. S.), Oxford (dupl.), Northumberland (dupl.), Earl of Cumberland (signed E. S.), Essex (dupl.), Ormond (dupl.), Howard (dupl.), Lord Hunsdon (signed E. S.), Grey (dupl.), Lord Buckhurst, Sir Fr. Walsingham, (signed E. S.), Sir John Norris (signed E. S.), Raleigh (dupl. signed E. S.), Countess of Pembroke (signed E. S.). On M 5^v is a large woodcut of St George and the dragon at beginning of Book II. On X 7^v spaces have been left for the insertion of some Welsh words. These were filled up in the later copies and in the edition of 1596. The printer was John Wolfe, whose device appears on the titlepage. The first edition of Books I-III. Sinker 598. BM 1438. The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues. _London Printed for William Ponsonbie._ 1596. 4^o. (7⅜ × 5¼). R. 6. Collation: A-2O⁸, paged. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth on verso of titlepage. At the end of the volume are verses signed W. R. (_i.e._ Walter Raleigh) and Hobynoll (_i.e._ Gabriel Harvey). Large woodcut of St George and the dragon on M 5^v at beginning of Book II, as in the former edition. The printer was Richard Field, whose device appears on the titlepage. The second edition of Books I-III. Sinker 747. BM 1438. The second Part of the Faerie Queene. Containing The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Bookes. By Ed. Spenser. _Imprinted at London for William Ponsonby._ 1596. 4^o. (7⅜ × 5¼). R. 7. Collation: A-2I⁸2K⁴, paged. Printed by Richard Field, with his device on the titlepage. The first edition of Books IV-VI. Sinker 748. BM 1438. [Another copy.] (7 × 5). S. 18. 1. The Faerie Queene, disposed into XII. Bookes, Fashioning twelue Morall Vertues. _At London. Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes._ 1609. F^o. (10½ × 7¼). G. 3. 1.