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Complaints. Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. VVhereof the next page maketh mention., 1591, 3940.326.1591

Title: Complaints. Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. VVhereof the next page maketh mention.
Repository: Princeton U Library
Shelfmark: 3940.326.1591
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Published for: William Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard
Published Location: London
Published date: 1591
Copynotes: Rare Books (Ex)
Editionnotes: 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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