1. Add MS 68942
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 68942
- Title:
- EDMUND SPENSER: 'Mother Hubberds tale'; circa 5 June 1607. Copy. This text of Spenser's satirical allegory, published as 'Prosopopoeia: or, Mother Hubberd's Tale' in Complaints (1591), comprises 1362 verses rather than the 1388 of the printed version, from which also its readings differ extensively. It was summarily collated by A. B. Grosart in The complete works . . . of Edmund Spenser, III, (1884), pp. 148-152, but remained unavailable to later editors. Other near-contemporary manuscript c...
- Scope & Content:
- Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bindings ENGLISH: Red morocco slipcase by Rivière and Son (bookbinders): 20th cent. Political and Satirical Poems: Edmund Spenser, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: 'Mother Hubberds Tale', in verse by Edmund Spenser: circa 1607: Copy. includes: f. 1 Poetry LATIN: Rosamund ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 5 Jun 1607
- Extent:
- 1 item