The pleasauntest workes of George Gascoigne Esquyre: newlye compyled into one volume, that is to say: his flowers, hearbes, weedes, the fruites of warre, the comedie called Supposes, the tragedie of Iocasta, the Steele glasse, the complaint of Phylomene, the storie of Ferdinando Ieronimi, and the pleasure at Kenelworth Castle.

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  • The pleasauntest workes of George Gascoigne Esquyre: newlye compyled into one volume, that is to say: his flowers, hearbes, weedes, the fruites of warre, the comedie called Supposes, the tragedie of Iocasta, the Steele glasse, the complaint of Phylomene, the storie of Ferdinando Ieronimi, and the pleasure at Kenelworth Castle.
  • Hearbes VVeedes Weedes Complaint of Philomene Briefe rehearsall, or rather a true copie of as much as was presented before her maiesties at Kenelworth Briefe rehearsall, or rather a true copie of as much as was presented before her majesties at Kenelworth Certaine notes of instruction concerning the making of verse or rime in English
  • Steele glas.
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: imprinted by Abell Ieffes [for R. Smith], dwelling in the Fore Streéte, without Creéplegate, neere vnto Grubstreete, 1587.
Added name
Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577. Hundreth sundrie flowres bounde up in one small poesie.
Publication year
1587
ESTC No.
S125199
Grub Street ID
144453
Description
[32], 158, [6], 36, 45-76 p., 77-92, 91-106 leaves, 107-173, [3], 175-296 p., [4], 291-306 leaves, 307-309, p. 216, [8], p. 217, 318-351, [57] p ; 4⁰
Note
"The title is as in The whole workes except that the second line is altered to read: \pleasauntest workes of George\"--Pforzheimer Catalog.

Not in fact the complete works, but essentially an enlarged edition of: A hundreth sundrie flowres bounde up in one small poesie.

"Hearbes" has separate pagination, with divisional title on B1. "VVeedes" has separate divisional title on P3; pagination is continuous. "The steele glas" has title page on ?S1. "The complaint of Philomene" has title page dated 1576 on ?Y4r; "A briefe rehearsall, or rather a true copie of as much as was presented before her maiesties at Kenelworth .." (caption title) has separate register; "Certaine notes of instruction concerning the making of verse or rime in English", quires (D) and ?D.

With numerous mispaginations.