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Complaints. Containing sundrie small poeme of the worlds vanitie . . . By Ed. Sp., 1591, 16th-90

Title: Complaints. Containing sundrie small poeme of the worlds vanitie . . . By Ed. Sp.
Repository: Princeton U Library
Shelfmark: 16th-90
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Published for: William Ponsonbie
Published Location: London
Published date: 1591
Copynotes:
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.
Record Author: checked by NS 7/17/10
Record Source: catalog
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