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The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months

Illustrator Walter Crane British
Author Edmund Spenser British
Publisher Harper & Brothers American
1898
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Object Information
  • Title: The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months
  • Illustrator: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
  • Author: Edmund Spenser (British, London 1552?–1599 London)
  • Publisher: Harper & Brothers (American, New York)
  • Published in: New York; London
  • Date: 1898
  • Medium: Illustrations: woodcut
  • Dimensions: 8 1/4 × 6 9/16 × 1 in. (20.9 × 16.7 × 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1972
  • Object Number: 1972.632.9
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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