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<dl><dd>Ed. Sp. = Edmund Spenser</dd>
<dd>In verse</dd>
<dd>Title within woodcut border; head-pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-Z</dd>
<dd>"The teares of the muses", "Prosopopoia", and "Muiopotmos" each have separate title pages, the last dated 1590; register is continuous</dd>
<dd>The last leaf is blank</dd>
<dd>Library copy wants final blank leaf</dd>
<dd>In library copy, leaves X3 and Y2 are mis-signed B3 and Y3, respectively</dd>
<dd>Bound in gilt-tooled full red morocco by F. Bedford</dd>
<dd>(from title leaf verso) 1. The ruines of time -- 2. The teares of the muses -- 3. Virgils gnat -- 4. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds tale -- 5. The ruines of Rome: by Bellay -- 6. Muiopotmos, or The tale of the butterflie -- 7. Visions of the worlds vanitie -- 8. Bellayes visions -- 9. Petrarches visions</dd>
<dd>STC (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Pforzheimer</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599</dd>
<dd>Ponsonby, William, 1546?-1604, printer</dd>
<dd>Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder. IU-R</dd></dl></div>
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