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.

General 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". q-M1-5, [superscript 2][par.]2.3, quire [superscript 2]S4, quires [superscript 2]V-Y8, quires A-[superscript 2]B8, all after [superscript 2]C7; 5[par.]1 bound after 2[par.]3; catalogue cutting inserted loose in front; MS. ink scribbles; bound with Gascoigne, George. The steele glas. [London] : Smith, [1576]; Gascoigne, George. The steele glas. [London] : Smith, [1576] bound between leaves Q4 and S1 UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 11638 Greg, III, p. 1064-6(*) Pforzheimer, 405 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1944. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 216:01, 216:02). Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex, 1955. 1 microopaque ;23 x 15 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1516-1641) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830). Also available in microfiche. Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink signature on inside front cover: "George Ledwith Esq. his book"; MS. ink inscriptions in B1v: "George Ledwith his book In the year of our Lord one thous.d seuven hundred and sixty one" and "Edward Ledwith Esq"; MS. ink signature on g8r: "John Lynch Esq"; purchased from F.C.Lapworth, 1956 UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Contemporary limp vellum UK-SuSCL