The lamentations of Germany : wherein, as in a glasse, we may behold her miserable condition, and reade the woefull effects of sinne / composed by Dr. Vincent Theol. an eye-witnesse thereof, and illustrated by pictures, the more to affect the reader ; hereunto are added three letters, one whereof was sent to the Dutch consistory in London, under the hand and seales of 14. distressed ministers of Swyburggen in Germany.

The lamentations of Germany : wherein, as in a glasse, we may behold her miserable condition, and reade the woefull effects of sinne / composed by Dr. Vincent Theol. an eye-witnesse thereof, and illustrated by pictures, the more to affect the reader ; hereunto are added three letters, one whereof was sent to the Dutch consistory in London, under the hand and seales of 14. distressed ministers of Swyburggen in Germany.

London : Printed by E.G. for Iohn Rothwell, and are to be sold at the signe of the Sunne in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1638.

[48], 20, [2], 25-34, [2], 35-63, [1] p. : ill. ; (8vo)

This expanded edition has signatures: A⁸ a⁸ B⁸ b⁸ C-D⁸ E⁸ (±E8); A1 blank.

E.G. is Edward Griffin.

Running title reads: A true representation of the miserable estate of Germany.

Imprimatur on leaf E8(r or v): Imprimatur November. 12. 1637. Sam. Baker. G. Rodolphus Weckerlin.

E8r first word is "that". E8 is a cancel with verso blank; recto line 18 begins "loke". Variant 1: E8 is a cancel (different setting) with verso blank; recto line 18 begins "looke". Variant 2: E8 is cancellandum (a third setting) with imprimatur on verso.

Chapter 1 begins on B1r (unpaged); a2v catchword: at.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004. Voices for Tolerance in an Age of Persecution (catalog entry 46)

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24761
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S121110

Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 24761 Bd.w. STC 11791: "Announcing a New Fellowship for Before “Farm to Table”: Early Modern Foodways and Cultures", The Collation (12 July 2018)
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STC 24761 Bd.w. STC 11791

HH120/7.3. Variant 1. Imperfect: wanting A1(blank), sigs. a1-B8, and D1; missing leaves supplied in photostat from another copy; with folded plate found in STC 3758 bound after sig. A8. With two other 1638 imprints concerning affairs in Germany (shelfmarks STC 11791 and STC 3758). Provenance: Harmsworth copy