Certayne notes of instruction concerning the making of vese [i.e. verse] o [i.e. or] ryme, in English
By: from the posies of George Gascoigne....
Contributors: Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833.
Publisher: Harding's Press
Published: 1815
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Notes: Signatures: 4 unsigned leaves : B4 : D4.

Facsimile reprint of ed. originally published: London: by Henrie Binneman for Richarde Smith, 1575.

"The value of this copy is that of being unique, having been set up & pulled as a specimen and on my objection to the hoop & hollow pages the project of reprinting was at that time abandoned. Thiswas set up at Harding's Press, St. John's Sq." - anonymoushandwritten inscription on verso of leaf opposite half-title page.

Possibly a test pressing of a part of: Ancient critical essays upon English poets and poësy / edited by Joseph Haslewood, vol.2 of which contains a reprint of Gascoigne's essay. Vol.1 was published: London: printed by Harding and Wright for Robert Triphook, 1811. By the time that vol.2 was published in 1815, however, the printer had changed to T. Bensley.

Half title: Certayne notes of instruction, concerning the making of verse or ryme (in English), written at the request of Master Edouardo Donati.