Bel-vedére or The garden of the Muses.

Imprinted at London : By F[elix]. K[ingston]. for Hugh Astley, dwelling at Saint Magnus corner, 1600.

[18], 236, [20] p. ; (8vo)

One in a series sponsored by John Bodenham, to whom the editorship is usually attributed.
Prefatory sonnet to Bodenham signed: A.M., i.e. Anthony Munday? to who the editorship is sometimes attributed.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A⁸(-A2) chi² B-R⁸.
Leaf A2 is cancelled.
Leaves A3-6 contain "To the reader". A later state (STC 3189.5) has these cancelled.
Two preliminary unsigned leaves contain sonnets to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. They were possibly intended to cancel A3-6. They occur in two settings: line 5 of the Oxford sonnet has (1) "foorde," or (2) "foord,".
Includes index.
Stationers' register: Entered 11 August and 3 November

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1943. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 176:6; 1746:3).

Curatorial file available.

Copy filmed is CSmH 32117. - Only copies containing "To the reader" should be matched to this.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Shakespeare, Life of an Icon. January 20th-March 27th, 2016. Opening: A5v.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 3189
Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 21
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S102717

Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 3189
Bindings collection image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 3189

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 3189

cs0900. Mottled calf binding with gilt rolls. R8, lacking, supplied from the 1610 edition. Setting 2 of the Oxford sonnet. Provenance: signature of Thomas Franks M.D. 1704; George Chalmers - Britwell Court copy