Complaints. : Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. VVhereof the next page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp.

Complaints. : Containing sundrie small poemes of the worlds vanitie. VVhereof the next page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp.

London : Imprinted for VVilliam Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Bishops head, 1591.

[184] p. ; (4to)

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.

Stationers' register: Entered 29 December 1590.

Curatorial file available.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 23078
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 968
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111266

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Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 23078 copy 1

cs399. 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 uncorrected (see F.R. Johnson, A critical bibl. of ... Spenser (1933), no. 14). Provenance: Charles H. Kalbfleisch copy

STC 23078 copy 2

HH195/9. Bound in red goatskin, signed by Riviere & son. Lacking blank. The variants in gathering X are uncorrected. Provenance: E.M. Cox - Harmsworth copy

STC 23078 copy 3

cs274. Bound in dark green goatskin with gilt and blind decoration, signed by W. Pratt. T.p. and A4 are in facsimiles; lacking blank. The variants in gathering X are corrected

STC 23078 copy 4

cs452. Bound in polished calf. Lacking blank; A2-4 and C3-4, cut and remargined, are from another copy. T.p. worn with the loss of a few letters. There is an extra leaf signed X3 bound between X3 (signed B3) and X4; this is a duplicate leaf except for the signature. The extra leaf is cut and remargined. The variants in gathering X are uncorrected. Manuscript notes. Provenance: M.J. Perry - J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps copy

STC 23078 copy 5

cs174. Half bound in brown goatskin and marbled paper boards. Lacking Z2, Z3 and Z4 (blank); lower margins trimmed, affecting some signatures and catchwords. There are extra blank leaves bound between D4 and E1 and again between S4 and T1. The variants in gathering X are corrected. Stained