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LARGE PAPER EDITION OF THE FAERIE QUEEENE. SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552-1599. FAIRFAX-MUCKLEY, LOUIS, illustrator.  The Faerie Queen. London J.M. Dent, 1897. image 1
LARGE PAPER EDITION OF THE FAERIE QUEEENE. SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552-1599. FAIRFAX-MUCKLEY, LOUIS, illustrator.  The Faerie Queen. London J.M. Dent, 1897. image 2
LARGE PAPER EDITION OF THE FAERIE QUEEENE. SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552-1599. FAIRFAX-MUCKLEY, LOUIS, illustrator.  The Faerie Queen. London J.M. Dent, 1897. image 3
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LARGE PAPER EDITION OF THE FAERIE QUEEENE.
SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552?-1599. FAIRFAX-MUCKLEY, LOUIS, illustrator.
The Faerie Queen. London: J.M. Dent, 1897.

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LARGE PAPER EDITION OF THE FAERIE QUEEENE.

SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552?-1599. FAIRFAX-MUCKLEY, LOUIS, illustrator. The Faerie Queen. London: J.M. Dent, 1897.
3 volumes. 4to (262 x 198 mm). Half-titles, woodcut frontispiece and title-page, 26 woodcut illustrations by Fairfax-Muckley, decorated head-and tail-pieces. Publisher's cloth, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt.

LARGE PAPER COPY OF FAIRFAX-MUCKLEY'S THE FAERIE QUEEN, one of only 100 copies on hand-made paper, produced in three volumes. Fairfax-Muckley was an Arts and Crafts painter of the Brimingham School. His work early on attracted the attention of Edward Burne-Jones, whose influence is apparent in the fine illustration.

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