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Complaints. Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. Vvhereof the next page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp., 1591, VAULT Case Y 185 .S773

Title:	Complaints. Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. Vvhereof the next page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp.
Repository:	Newberry Library
Shelfmark:	VAULT Case Y 185 .S773
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Published for:	Vvilliam Ponsonbie
Published Location:	London
Published date:	1591
Copynotes:	Signatures: A-Z⁴ (Z₄ blank, wanting; X₃ signed B3; Y₂ signed Y₃; G2 correctly signed) In 4 pts., the 2d-4th with special title-pages (all with same imprint, the last with imprint date 1590): [2] The teares of the Muses. By Ed. Sp. ...; [3] Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds tale. By Ed. Sp. ...; [4] Mviopotmos, or The fate of the butterflie. By Ed. Sp. ... Pforzheimer 968. Johnson 14. The Roxburghe-Sykes-Heber-Pyne-Hagen-Clark copy. First edition. 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.
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.
Record Author:	checked by NS 7/1/10
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Siglum:	NEL_COM_001
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