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Complaints. Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. VVhereof the next page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp., 1591, STC 23078 copy 1

Title: Complaints. Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. VVhereof the next page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp.
Repository: Folger Shakespeare Library
Shelfmark: STC 23078 copy 1
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Published for: William Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard
Published Location: London
Published date: 1591
Copynotes: Bound in teal goatskin with gilt decoration, signed by Riviere & son. Lacking blank. Signs of a removed bookplate. Purchased by Folger from J.O. Wright April 1906. The variants in gathering X are uncorreted (see F.R. Johnson, A critical bibl. of ... Spenser (1933), no. 14).
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. Stationer’s Register: Entered 29 December 1590.
Record Author: checked by EJS 11/10/09
Record Source: online catalogue (Hamnet); ESTC
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Siglum: FSL_COM_003
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