Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge
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Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library -- Catalogs
Collation: A-H⁴, unpaged. Epistle dedicatory to Sir Walter
Raleigh, signed Ed. Sp. and dated, Kilcolman, Dec. 27, 1591.
‘Astrophel’, with half-title and dedicated to the Countess of
Essex, begins on sig. E 4.
Sinker 650. BM 1438.
Complaints. Containing sundrie small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie.
Whereof the next Page maketh mention. By Ed. Sp. _London. Imprinted for
William Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the
Bishops head._ 1591.
4^o. (7⅛ × 4¾). S. 29. 1.
Title within woodcut border. Collation: A-Z⁴, unpaged. Z 4 blank.
List of contents on verso of general titlepage. Printer’s address
to the reader. Epistle dedicatory to the Countess of Pembroke,
signed E. S. ‘The Ruines of Time’. ‘The Teares of the Muses’ with
separate title dated 1591 within same border. Epistle dedicatory to
Lady Strange, signed Ed. Sp. ‘Vergils Gnat’ with dedicatory verses
to the Earl of Leicester. ‘Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale’,
with separate title dated 1591 within same border. Epistle
dedicatory to Lady Compton and Mountegle, signed Ed. Sp. ‘The
Ruines of Rome: by Bellay’. ‘Muiopotmos, Or The Fate of the
Butterflie’ with separate title dated 1590 within same border.
Epistle dedicatory to Lady Carey, signed E. S. ‘Visions of the
worlds vanitie’. ‘The Visions of Bellay’. ‘The Visions of Petrarch
formerly translated’.
Sinker 724. BM 1429.
The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue books, Fashioning XII. Morall
vertues. _London Printed for William Ponsonbie._ 1590.
4^o. (7 × 5). S. 19.
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