The vvhole woorkes 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.
1587
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Title
The vvhole woorkes 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.
Uniform title
Works
Created/published
London : Imprinted by Abell Ieffes [for R. Smith], dwelling at the Fore Streéte, without Creéplegate, neere vnto Grubstréete, 1587.
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 ; (4to)⁰.
Associated name
Gascoigne, George, -1577, author.
Broadbent, N. M., former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Gascoigne, George, -1577. Hundreth sundrie flowres.
Huth Library, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Broadbent, N. M., former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Gascoigne, George, -1577. Hundreth sundrie flowres.
Huth Library, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
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 ²S1. "The complaint of Philomene" has title page dated 1576 on ²Y4r; "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 ²D.
P. 310 misnumbered 216; p. 317 misnumbered 217; numerous other internal misnumberings.
Variant: title has "Whoole workes"; many pages in variant settings. Another variant (STC 11639, Greg III, p. 1064-6([dagger])) has title "The pleasauntest workes ..".
Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par].⁴ (-2[par.]4) 3[par.]-4[par.]⁴ 5[par.]¹ a-k⁸; B⁴ C-P⁸ Q⁴ S-Z⁸ ²[par.]⁴ ²S⁴ ²V-Y⁸; A-²B⁸; ²A-²C⁸ (D)² ²D².
Microopaque only contains "A briefe rehearsall".
"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 ²S1. "The complaint of Philomene" has title page dated 1576 on ²Y4r; "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 ²D.
P. 310 misnumbered 216; p. 317 misnumbered 217; numerous other internal misnumberings.
Variant: title has "Whoole workes"; many pages in variant settings. Another variant (STC 11639, Greg III, p. 1064-6([dagger])) has title "The pleasauntest workes ..".
Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par].⁴ (-2[par.]4) 3[par.]-4[par.]⁴ 5[par.]¹ a-k⁸; B⁴ C-P⁸ Q⁴ S-Z⁸ ²[par.]⁴ ²S⁴ ²V-Y⁸; A-²B⁸; ²A-²C⁸ (D)² ²D².
Microopaque only contains "A briefe rehearsall".
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 11638
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1064-6(*)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 405
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S105705
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1064-6(*)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 405
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S105705
Genre/form
Annotations.
Made-up copies.
Made-up copies.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 11638 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs1782. Brown calf binding, rebacked, with label printed '156' pasted inside front cover [i.e. Broadbent label?]. Manuscript notes in margins. Imperfect: wanting sigs. [par.]1(t.p.)-[par.]3, 5[par.]1, f2-7, and ²D1-2; gathering (D)² misbound after ²B8. Copy stained and badly frayed; a few leaves mounted; some interleaving. Provenance: inscriptions: sig. D8v: 'William Johnes'; ²Y8r: 'Gatering Owens'
Call number
STC 11638 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Brown Russia leather binding, elaborately blind-tooled and signed by C. Lewis, 7 Denmark Court, Strand, rebacked. Portrait ('A copy Machell Stace.') inserted before t.p. Made-up copy; imperfect: wanting all after gathering ²[par.]⁴; sig. k8 misbound after g7; t.p. and internal t.p. for 'Hearbes' are inlaid; cropped at fore-edge, affecting some side-notes. Provenance: bookplate of Revd. J. M. Rice (motto: 'gwell pwyll nag aur'); Henry W. Sewall copy
Call number
STC 11638 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Warwick. Brown half calf binding, with binder's ticket: D. Batten, bookbinder, Clapham Common. Manuscript notes: bibliographical notes on front fly-leaf. Imperfect: 'Supposes' only (sigs. B2-F4 only). Provenance: bookplate of Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library
Call number
STC 11638 Copy 4 Bd.w. STC 11645 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Brown Russia leather binding, with gilt centerpieces and corner pieces. Imperfect: sigs. ²A-C⁸ ('A briefe rehearsall') and (D)² ²D² only (former bound before and latter bound after STC 11643). Sophisticated copy; many leaves inlaid. With STC 11645 and STC 11643. Provenance: inscriptions on R1v of first item in binding: 'Sara Boswell', 'Jasper Boswell' and 'John Pawolle' [? Powell]; bookplate of Revd. J. M. Rice (motto "gwell pwyll nag aur')
Call number
STC 11637.8
Folger-specific note
HH93/8. Red goatskin binding, stamped in blind and gilt. Manuscript bibliographical notes. Variant, with title beginning: 'The vvhoole workes...' and many pages in variant settings. Provenance: bookplates of E. M. Cox and Huth library; Pickering and Chatto catalogue, July 1920:2789; pencilled inscription on back free endpaper indicates that sig. 2[par.]4 is signed '5[par.]1': this agrees with Pforzheimer catalogue, no. 405; Harmsworth copy