The Whole 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 Fernando Ieronimi, and
the pleasure at Kenelworth Castle. _London Imprinted by Abell Ieffes,
dwelling in the Fore Streete, without Creeplegate, neere vnto
Grubstreete._ 1587.
=B. L.= in part. 4^o. (7-1/8 × 5-1/8). S. 2.
Collation: ¶-4¶^{4}5¶^2a-k^4B^4C-P^8Q^4S-Y^8[bullet]^4; S^4V-Y^8;
A-B^8; A-C^8(D)^2D^2, paged in part, folios numbered in part.
Wanting 2¶4 and 5¶2 (? blank). Addresses, 'To the reverende
Deuines', 'To all young Gentlemen' dated, 'Waltamstowe in the
Forest' Feb. 2, 1575, and 'To the Readers generally'. Commendatory
verses from T. B., E. C., M. C., R. S., T. Ch., G. W., P. B., A. W.,
I. B., I. D., Richard Smith, M. A. Perugino (Italian prose), A. de
B. (Fr.), and in Latin from H. M., B. C., K. D. (2 copies), W. P.,
G. H., E. H. The order of the works is as follows: 'Flowers'
including 'Dan Bartholomew of Barth' and 'The Fruits of war';
'Herbes' including the plays 'Supposes' and 'Jocasta'; 'Weeds'
including 'Ferdinando Jeronimi'; 'The Steel Glass' including 'The
Complaint of Philomene'; 'The Princely Pleasures at Kenelworth
Castle', and 'Certain notes of Instruction concerning the making of
verse or rime in English'. Of these the only one that has a regular
titlepage is 'The Steel Glass', 'Imprinted Ano. 1587.' The
'Complaint' which follows bears the date 1576 without imprint. This
is the third edition, the first being undated and the second having
appeared in 1575. Some copies have a different titlepage reading
'The pleasauntest workes' etc.
Sinker 670. BM 678.