B. L. 8o. (61⁄4 × 33⁄4). Y. 3. 1.
Title partly within woodcut border. Collation: A-G8, unpaged. Table to the two parts. The volume is a collection of ballads etc., Part 1 purporting to be of an historical nature, Part 2 containing songs and imaginary subjects. At the end is a publisher's advertisement of books, headed 'Books Printed for, and sold by J. Deacon at the Angel in Gilt-spur-street, without Newgate; where Country Chapmen may be furnished with all sorts of Histories, &c. small Books and Ballads.'
GASCOIGNE, George.
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. 4o. (71⁄8 × 51⁄8). S. 2.
Collation: ¶-4¶45¶2a-k4B4C-P8Q4S-Y8⁌4; S4V-Y8; A-B8; A-C8(D)2D2, 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.
GELLI, Giovanni Battista.
The Fearefull Fansies of the Florentine Cooper. Written in Tuscane, By Iohn Baptista Gelli, one of the free Studie of Florence. And for recreation translated into English by W. Barker. Pensoso d' altrui. Seene & allowed according to the order appointed. At London Printed by Tho. Purfoot, for the Companie of Stacioners. 1599.
B. L. 8o. (51⁄4 × 35⁄8). *. 8. 1.
Collation: A-R8, folios numbered. Address to the reader. The head-title runs 'The Reasoning of Iust the Florentine Cooper and his Soule. Gathered by his Nephew Sir Byndo.' The first edition appeared in 1568, the present appears to be the second.
Sinker 375. BM 683.