Editionnotes: | The teares of the muses, 1591; Prosopopoia, 1591; and Mvipotmos, 1590, have special title pages.
For information on a privately owned copy, consult Department of Rare Books.
Ed. Sp. = Edmund Spenser.
In verse.
Signatures: A-Z⁴.
"The teares of the muses", "Prosopopoia", and "Muiopotmos" each have separate title pages, the last dated 1590; register is continuous.
The last leaf is blank.
Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E4 has title page to "Prosopopoia" only.
Stationer’s Register: Entered 29 December 1590.
First edition.
Signatures: A-Z⁴ (Z₄ blank)
Title within ornamental border; "The Teares of the Muses ... 1591", "Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale ... 1591", "Mviopotmos, Or The Fate of the Butterflie ... 1590", each has special t.-p. within identical border. Head and tail pieces; initials.
Cf. Clark, W.A. Early Eng. lit. 1920-25. v. 1, p. 124-125; Johnson, F.R. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser ... Baltimore, 1933, p. 24-28.
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