See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 921.
10. ——. A SERMON | PREACH’D | ON EASTER-DAY | AT OXFORD, IN SAINT | PETERS CHVRCH IN THE | East, the Accustomed place for the | Rehearsall Sermon on | THAT DAY: | Wherein is prov’d the Sonne’s | Equality with the Father, the | Deity of the Holy Ghost, | AND | The Resurrection of the same Numericall Body, | Against the old, and Recent Oppugners of | these Sacred Verities. | [line] | BY | Richard Gardyner, D.D. and Canon of | the Cathedrall Church of Christ in Oxford. | [line.]
Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. the vertue: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to dr. Richard Baylie: 1–31, the sermon, on Rom. viii. 11.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 921.
11. Godwyn, Thomas. ROMANÆ | HISTORIAE | ANTHOLOGIA | [&c., exactly as 1633 G, except in line 9 “&” for “and,” “use,” and “inlarged by | the Author.”]
Impr. 182: 1638: sm. 4o: [collation, contents &c. precisely as 1633 G, except signature of dedication “Tho:” not “Tho.”]
See 1614 G. This appears to be an absolute reprint of the 1633 edition.
12. Jackson, dr. Thomas. A | TREATISE | OF THE CONSECRATION | OF THE SONNE OF | God to his everlasting | Priesthood. | AND | THE ACCOMPLISHMENT | of it by his glorious Resurrection | and Ascension. | BEING THE NINTH BOOK | of Commentaries upon the | Apostles Creed. | CONTINVED BY | Thomas Iackson Doctor in | Divinity, Chaplaine in ordinary to | his Maiesty, and President of | C. C. C. in Oxford. | [line.]
Impr. 180a: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [24] + 352 + [4]: p. 11 beg. the wages, 301 10.36. This: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to the King: (9–11) “To the Christian Reader”: (13–22) “A table of the principall Arguments ...”, a list of contents: (23) “Errata”: 1–352, (1–3), the treatise, in 43 chapters.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 667. Ten books of Jackson’s Commentary on the Creed were published in 1613–1654, this being the 9th and the last issued in the author’s lifetime, he dying in 1640. This part was published (according to Wood) in 1628 and 1633 in London, and now in Oxford. Every page is within lines.
13. Longinus, Dionysius. ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ | ΛΟΓΓΙΝΟΥ | [&c., from the same plate as 1636 L, except that a new line is added at end “Cum Indice”, the imprint and date are altered, and at the foot outside the bounding line is “editio Postrema.”]
Impr. 87 a: 1638: [&c. precisely as 1636 L, except that the page following 117 bears in addition “Errata ...”, and a new “Index rerum et verborum” is appended on 14 pages (the last of which adds “Imprimatur. Ric. Baylie Vice-canc. Oxon.”), and 4 blank pages follow: so that the collation is pp. [42] + 176 + [2] + 117 + [19] and one folded plate.]
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 446. This is a reissue of the sheets of 1636 L with the changes noted above. Some copies omit the preface by Langbaine and with it the blank sheet before the inserted (engraved) title. Conversely there are copies of this edition with the 1636 title and no ornament at the back of the folded plate.
14. Matthew, archbp. Tobias. PIISSIMI | ET | EMINENTISSIMI | VIRI, D. TOBIÆ | MATTHÆI Archiepis-|copi olim Eboracensis | CONCIO APO-|logetica adversus | Campianum. | [motto, then woodcuts.]
Impr. 176: 1638: (twelves) 16o: pp. [10] + 86: p. 11 beg. ducens qui: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line doubled at the sides: (3) “Campiani Calumnia ... quam D. Tobias Matthæus hac suâ Concione depellit”: (4–9) Testimonia about the sermon and author: 1–86, the sermon, on Deut. xxxii. 7.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 871, but the incident which was the occasion of the sermon is related on col. 870. Matthew died on 29 Mar. 1628, and this sermon was intended to disprove Campian’s statement that Matthew practically confessed that if one read and believed the fathers he would become a Papist. The sermon was originally delivered at Oxford on 9 Oct. 1581, but this is certainly the first printed edition.
15. Oxford, Christ Church. DEATH REPEAL’D | BY A | THANKFVLL MEMORIALL | Sent from Christ-ChuRCH | in Oxford, | CELEBRATING | THE NOBLE DESERTS OF | the Right Honourable, | PAVLE, | Late Lord Vis-CouNT | BAYNING | of SuDBuRY. | Who changed his Earthly Honours | Iune the 11. 1638. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 50 (“42”) + [2]: p. 11 beg. We may believe: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–4) dedication to lady Penelope widow of viscount Bayning: 1-“42”, the poems.
See Wood’s Fasti Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 468. These poems on lord Bayning’s death at Bentley hall in Essex are all by Christ Church men, 19 in English, 11 in Latin. William Cartwright, Robert Burton, John Fell, Martin Llewellin and Jasper Mayne are among the writers. Lord Bayning took his degree from Christ Church in 1633, but was only 24 years old at his death, when the title became extinct.
16. Oxford, University. Musarum Oxoniensium | CHARISTERIA | PRO | SERENISSIMA | REGINA | MARIA, | RECENS | E NIXVS LABORIOSI | discrimine receptâ. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 151 b: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [88], signn. A-D, DD, E, a-b, bb, c-d4: sign. B1r beg. Qui primos: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A1r title, within double lines: A2r-d4v, poems.
These are verses to congratulate the Queen on her safe delivery and condole with
her for the loss of the infant princess, who seems to have lived only a few hours. The
reference is apparently to the birth of the princess Catherine (b. and d. 29 Jan. 1638
9),
but the ordinary pedigrees and histories seem not to notice this event. The poems are
in Latin and English, except three Greek and two French. The printer (Lichfield)
contributes a poem at the end. The signatures show the hasty method of printing.
17. ——. STATVTA | Selecta è Corpore | Statutorum | VNIVERSITATIS | Oxon, | Vt in promptu & ad ma-|num sint, quæ magis ad usum, | (præcipuè Iuniorum) | facere videntur: | [line, then woodcut, then line.]
Impr. 179: 1638: (eights) 16o: pp. [8] + 213 + [15], and two folding plates: p. 11 beg. libros de Cœlo, 201 non priùs: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title, within a border: (5–7) “Admonitio ad lectorem de veteri Calendario omisso”, with a table of “Non Dis.” days: (8) Explanation of symbols used: 1–197, the statutes: 198–205, “Statuta Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ ... 1620”: 207–213, “Επινομις: seu explanatio Iuramenti ...”: (2–3), not seen: (4–12) “Elenchus Materiarum”: (14) “Errata ...”.
This is the first edition of the selected Statutes, the beginning of a long series, and
was compiled by Thomas Crossfield of Queen’s College. Other editions were issued
in 1661, and with the title “Parecbolæ” in 1671, 1674, 1682, 1693, 1705, 1710,
1721, 1729, 1740, 1756, 1771, 1784, 1794, 1808, 1815, 1820, 1828, 1830, 1835, 1838,
1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1845, 1846, and no doubt in some other years, especially after
1830: the book was in fact reprinted whenever the stock in hand was exhausted.
Wharton’s Second Volume of the Remains of ... William Laud ..., under the date,
proves that it was issued in Jan. 1637
8. A small folded sheet “Indiculus Statutorum”,
a plan of them arranged by subjects and bearing the signature A2, should follow the
titlepage, and in some copies the large Encyclopædia, described in 1635 O, is inserted
to face p. 16 or 20: but the book can hardly be pronounced imperfect, if this plate is
wanting. The signatures of the prefatory matter are peculiar: the first two leaves
(blank, and title) form a section of themselves, and also the next two, not counting the
folded leaf, and this even in large paper copies. So too sign. Q6 is divided into two
sets of two and four leaves respectively! The 4th leaf of P4 is presumably blank and
perhaps always torn off. The underlined words in the above title are printed in red,
as well as “Excusa cum Licentiâ,” and “pro Guil: Webb,” in the imprint.
18. Ranchinus, Gulielmus. A | REVIEW | OF THE | COVNCELL | OF | TRENT. | VVherein are contained the severall | nullities of it: With the many grievan/|ces and prejudices done by it to Christian | Kings and Princes: | As also to all Catholique Churches in the | World; and more particularly to the | Gallicane Church. | [two lines] | First writ in French by a learned Roman-Catholique. | Now | Translated into English by G. L. | [two lines before, between and after a motto and woodcut.]
Impr. 177: 1638: (fours) la. 8o: pp. [28] + 388: p. 11 beg. sider these, 301 to determine: Pica Roman. Contents:—(1) title, within double line: (3–4) dedication to dr. Christopher Potter, by Gerard Langbaine the translator, dated “Queenes Colledge in Oxford April 12. 1638”: (5–10) “To the Reader” by the translator: (11–12) “An Advertisement to the Reader...” by the anonymous author: (13–26) “A summary of the Chapters”: (27) “Faults escaped”: 1–388, the work, in seven books.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 448. The author’s name occurs in Langbaine’s Preface. Ranchin’s Revision du Concil de Trente was published anonymously in 1600.
19. Randolph, Thomas. POEMS | WITH THE | MVSES | LOOKING/GLASSE: | AND | AMYNTAS· | [line] | By Thomas Randolph Master of Arts, | and late Fellow of Trinity Colledge in | Cambridge. | [line, then device.]
Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [24] + 128 + [2] + 93 + [7] + 114: pp. 11 beg. Went forth, shall see and For to be: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line double at the sides: (3–24) poems on the author and book: 1–128, the poems: (1) a title:—“[woodcut] | THE MVSES | LOOKING/GLASSE. | [line] | By T. R. | [line, then woodcut]”, with impr. 184: 1–93, the play, in five acts: (2) a title:—“[two lines] | AMYNTAS | OR THE | IMPOSSIBLE DOVVRY. | A PASTORALL ACTED | before the King & QuEENE | at White-Hall. | [line] | Written by Thomas Randolph. | [line, motto, woodcut]”, with impr. 184: (4) “Drammatis Personæ”: (6–7), 1–114, the play in five acts.
Rare. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 565, and the Retrospective Review vi. 61.
The volume was posthumous (the author having died in March 1634
5) and was edited
by his brother Robert Randolph of Christ Church, Oxford. There are twelve sets of
complimentary verses, in Latin and English, by the editor, Owen Feltham, and others.
Editions of the poems and plays were published in 1640 (Oxford), 1643 (London),
1652 (London), 1664 (London) and 1668 (Oxford): both the last call themselves the
5th edition. The signatures run through the entire work.
20. Reusner, Nicolas. Nicolai Reusneri Leorini | IC. Comitis Palat. Cæs. | SYMBOLORVM | ImperatorioruM | Classis Prima. | [&c., exactly as 1633 R, except “Impp:”, “Julio”, “OPuS PHILOLOGICuM,” “utile,” and “SEXTA” for “QUINTA”].
Impr. 137: 1638: [&c. exactly as 1633 R, contents and all, except that the 3rd part contains 224 numbered pages, the last not being misprinted “198” as it is in the 5th edition: also the 3rd p. 11 begins “Nam & secundùm”: the second and third titles differ slightly in small details. The number of unnumbered pages at the end of the 3rd part are 36, and the “34” in the collation of 1633 R is an error for 36: the four last leaves in each edition are blank.]
This is simply a verbatim reprint of 1633 R.
21. Scheiblerus, Christophorus. ... | Metaphysica | [precisely as 1637 S, except as there noted].
Impr. 178: 1638 [&c. exactly as 1637 S, except as there noted].
This is a reissue of 1637 S.
22. Smiglecius, Martinus. LOGICA | MARTINI | SMIGLECII | SOCIETATIS IESV | S: THEOLOGIÆ | DOCTORIS, | SELECTIS DISPVTATIO/|nibus & quæstionibus illustrata, | ET IN DUOS TOMOS DISTRIBUTA: | In qua | Quicquid in Aristotelico organo vel | cognitu necessarium, vel obscuritate perple-|xum, tam clarè & perspicuè, quàm so-|lidè ac nervosè pertractatur. | [line] | Cum Indice Rerum copioso. | [line] | Ad Perillustrem ac Magnificum Dominum, | Dm Thomam ZamoysciuM, &c. |
Impr. 162a: 1638: (eights) sm. 4o: pp. [16] + 435 + [3] + “435”-“761” + [35]: p. 11 beg. Dico igitur, 701 Non tamen: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–6) Epistola dedicatoria to Thomas Zamoyscius, dated “Calissii in Collegio Carnecoviano Societatis Jesu, 15. Augusti 1616”: (6) “Approbatio R. P. Provincialis,” 24 June 1616: (7–11) “Index disputationum et quæstionum prima parte Contentarum”, a list: (12–16) “Index ... partis secundæ”: 1–435, “Pars prima logicæ ...”, disputations 1–11: (2) a bastard title:—“Logicæ ... pars altera ...”: 435–761, the second part, dispp. 12–18: (2–35) “Index rerum præcipuarum ...”.
See 1634 S: this is a verbatim reprint of that edition.
23. Taylor, bp. Jeremy. A | SERMON | PREACHED IN | SAINT MARIES | Church in Oxford. | Vpon the Anniversary of the | Gunpowder-Treason. | [line] | By Ieremy Taylor, Fellow of | Allsoules Colledge in Oxford. | [line, motto, woodcut.]
Impr. 180: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [10] + 64: p. 11 beg. third time: English Roman. Contents: p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–10) dedication to archbp. Laud: 1–64, the sermon, on Luke ix. 54.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 787. This sermon, which seems to have been delivered on Nov. 5, 1638, dashed the hopes which the Roman Catholics seem to have entertained of the conversion of Taylor to their faith. Wood asserts (ut supra, 782) that “several things were put in[to the sermon] against the Papists by the then vice-chanc.”, dr. Accepted Frewen. The sheets of this work were reissued as part of Taylor’s Treatises (Lond. 1648).
24. *Thornburgh, Edward, archdeacon of Worcester. ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED | OF AND ANSWERED | unto by the Church-wardens and | Sworne-men within the Arch-Dea-|conrie of Worcester in the Visitation | of the Right worshipfull Edward | Thornburgh Dr of Divini-|ty Arch-Deacon of | Worcester. | Anno Domini | [line, woodcut, line.]
Impr. 152: no date: sm. 4o: pp. [16], signn. A-B4: sign. B1r beg. 16. Hath your: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A1r, a form of summons to appear: A2r, the title: A2v-3r, Directions and Oath: A4r-B4v, the 86 articles.
This is not dated, but the copy seen bore a summons to Stratford-on-Avon officials, filled up with the date 11 Apr. 1638. It could not be earlier than 1635 from the woodcut ornaments used and the printer, and is probably of the year 1638.
25. Valdés, Juan de. THE HUNDRED AND TEN | CONSIDERATIONS | of SIGNIOR | IOHN VALDESSO: | TREATING OF THOSE | things which are most profitable, most | necessary, and most perfect in our | Christian Profession. | WRITTEN IN SPANISH, | Brought out of Italy by Vergerius, and | first set forth in Italian at Basil by | Cælius Secundus Curio, | Anno 1550. | Afterward translated into French, and Printed | at Lions 1563. and again at Paris 1565. | And now translated out of the Italian | Copy into English, with notes. | Whereunto is added an Epistle of the Authors, | or a Preface to his Divine Commentary | upon the Romans. | [motto.]
Impr. 180: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [32] + 311 + [13]: p. 11 beg. Consid. V, 301 the Heavens: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line: (3–4) “The Publisher to the Reader”: (5–13) “Brief notes relating to the dubious and offensive places ...”: (14–19) the preface of Curio (Basil, 1 May 1550): (20–28) “A Table of the ... Considerations”: (30) A “censure” of the book, or imprimatur, by Thomas Jackson president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford: (31–2) “A copy of a letter written by Mr. George Herbert to his friend the Translator of this Book” dated “Bemmorton Sept. 29”, 1637: 1–311, the Considerations: (1–11) the Epistle: (12) “Errata”.
This translation of Juan de Valdés’ work from the Italian is by Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding (d. 4 Dec. 1637), and it is interesting to find that there is a copy of this book in Little Gidding binding (Quaritch’s General Catalogue of Books, vol. i. (1887), no. 5929: £4). There was an edition issued at Cambridge in 1646.
Bacon, sir Francis. Of the advancement and proficience of learning: see 1640 B.
1. Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de. A | COLLECTION | OF SOME MODERN | EPISTLES | OF MONSIEVR | DE BALZAC. | CAREFVLLY | TRANSLATED OuT | OF FRENCH. | [line] | Being the Fourth and last Volume. | [line, motto, woodcuts.]
Impr. 184: 1639: (eights) 12o: pp. [48] + 249 + [9]: p. 11 beg. Let. III, 201 there is no: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) engraved title, see below: (3) title, within double lines: (5–11) “To the Reader”, signed “F. B.”, the printer F. Bowman: (13–15) “An advertisement of Mons. the King”: (17–47) letters, a poem &c., see below: 1–249, the letters: (2–5) “A table of the letters”.
The first three parts of Balzac’s Letters were printed at London in 1634 (part 1, translated by William Tyrwhitt) and 1638 (parts 2 and 3, translated by sir Richard Baker). The present volume is a venture by the printer, who has prefixed some letters, papers, and a Latin poem all connected with the quarrel between Balzac and the Jesuit Franciscus Garassus, in which Louis xiii intervened as a conciliator. There is an engraved title by W. Marshall, in which kings and theologians do honour to Balzac, the title being “A new collection of Epistles of Mons: de Balzac, being the fourth and last volume. Newly translated”, with impr. 192. The range of Balzac’s letters is from 1631 to 1637.
2. Bird, John. GROuNDS OF | GRAMMER | PENNED AND | PVBLISHED. | [line] | By | iohn Bird Schoolemaster | in the Citty of Glocester. | [line, Greek motto, woodcuts.]
Impr. 180: 1639: (eights) 16o: pp. [8] + 184: p. 11 beg. being the, 101 Adjectivall: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–5) dedication to archbp. Laud: (6–8) “To the Reader”: 1–184, the work.
See Wood’s Fasti Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 411; but nothing seems to be known of the author at present. The book is a Latin grammar in English, for the use of which latter language the author excuses himself. The sheets of this work, omitting the prefatory matter and with a different style of title and imprint, were reissued at Oxford in 1641. The author divides grammar into Rudiment (grammar proper, divided into Elementary and Accidentary) and Regiment (syntax).
3. [Cartwright, William]. THE | ROYALL | SLAVE. | A | Tragi/Comedy. | Presented to the King and Queene | by the Students of Christ-Church | in Oxford. August 30. 1636. | Presented since to both their Ma/|jesties at Hampton/Court by the | Kings Servants. | [two lines.]
Impr. 189: 1639: sm. 4o: pp. [68], signn. A-H4 I2: sign. C1r beg. The grand contrivance: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A1r, title: A2r, “The Prologue to the King and Queene”: A2v-3r, “The Prologue to the Vniversity”: A3v, “The Prologue to their Majesties at Hampton-Court”: A4r, “The Persons of the Play”: B1r-H4v, the play: I1r-2r, three epilogues corresponding to the prologues.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 69, and 1640 C. Cartwright’s poems and plays were published together in 1651, the author having died in 1643. The scene of this play is laid at Sardis. An account of the performance at Christ Church, at which the scenic arrangements seem to have been very elaborate, will be found in Wood’s Annals under the year 1636.
4. C[aussin], N[icolas]. The unfortunate politique: see 1638 C.
5. Dugres, Gabriel. DIALOGI | GALLICO-ANGLICO-LATINI. | PER | GABRIELEM DVGRES | LINGuAM GALLICAM IN | JLLVSTRISSIMA ET | famosissima, Oxoniensi | ACADEMIA Edocentem. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 186: (eights) 12o: pp. [8] + 195 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Commençons, 101 P. Il fera: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title, within a line: (5–7) French dedication to Charles prince of Wales: 1–195, the 22 dialogues in French, English (central in the page) and Latin.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 184. Dugres or Du Gres had already issued a French grammar at Cambridge in 1636, and new editions of his Dialogues, with rules of pronunciation and tables of verbs, were published at Oxford in 1652 and 1660.
6. Foxle, George. THE | GROANES | OF THE | Spirit, | OR | THE TRIALL | of the Truth of | Prayer. | [motto, line, motto, line.]
Impr. 187 or 188: 1639: (twelves) 16o: pp. [16] + 228 + [6]: p. 11 beg. mired, but, 101 the sight: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within border of woodcuts: (3–9) Epistle dedicatory “to the noble and much honoured Company of Hierusalem’s Artillery”, signed “George Foxle”: (10–14) “To the Reader”, also signed: (15) “The contents ...”: 1–228, the treatise.
A (George?) Foxley is mentioned in Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iv. 137, as
preaching in London in Jan. 1648
9. Copies of this treatise differ in the imprint,
showing that it was published both at Leicester and Bristol. Each page is within
lines, doubled at the top and outer side.
7. Fromondus, Libertus. Liberti Fromondi | S. TH. L. | Collegii Falconis in Academia | Lovaniensi Philosophiæ Profes-|soris Primarii | METEOROLOGICORVM | LIBRI SEX. | [device.]
Impr. 190: 1639: (eights) 12o: pp. [16] + 505 + [23]: p. 11 beg. nubem è Zona, 401 Multa generosa: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “A”: (3) title: (5–10) dedication to Maximilian de Rassenghem, Lovanii, 1 Jan. 1627: (11–15) “Ad Lectorem”: 1–505, the work, in 6 books: (2–8) “Index capitum et articulorum” in the order of the book: (10–22) “Index rerum memorabilium”, alphabetical.
This is a reprint of the 1627 or 1631 Antwerp edition, being itself the third. The scope of the work may be gathered from the definition of “Meteora” as being phenomena produced by vapour (rain, &c.), or by exhalation (fiery, as lightning and falling stars: or non-fiery, as winds), or by both (clouds). Fromondus lived from 1587 to 1654, chiefly at Louvain.
8. Gardyner, dr. Richard. A | SERMON | CONCERNING | THE | EPIPHANY, | PREACHED AT THE | Cathedrall Church of Christ | in Oxford. | By Richard Gardyner, D.D. | and Canon of the same | Church. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 193: 1639: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. What right: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—pp. (1–2), not seen: p. (3) title, within a border of woodcuts: (5–8) dedication to bp. John Bancroft: 1–31, the sermon, on Matth. ii. 2.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 921. The dedication mentions that the bishop had built the old palace at Cuddesdon, reformed the altars throughout his diocese, and suitably inscribed the Cathedral communion plate. Sign. A42 is paged 28 by error.
9. Greaves, Thomas (Gravius). DE LINGVÆ | ARABICÆ | VTILITATE | ET PRÆSTANTIA | Oratio Oxonii habita | Iul. 19. 1637. | A | Thoma Greaves Coll. Corp. | Christi Socio. | Cum | Arabicam Lecturam à Reverendissimo | Patre ac Domino GVLIELMO | Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi & Academiæ | Cancellario Oxonij institutam | loco absentis Professoris auspicaretur. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 151: 1639: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 21 + [3]: p. 11 beg. brarint. Innumera: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line: (3) “Lectori ...”: 1–21, the speech.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 1061. The speech mentions Laud’s benefactions to the Bodleian. The absent professor was dr. Edward Pococke. Some copies have imprint 176.
10. Grotius, Hugo. De veritate religionis Christianæ.
Both in the 3rd and 4th part of Richard Davis’s auction sale catalogue (3rd part (1688), p. 12, no. 550: 4th part (1692), p. 18, no. 323) an Oxford edition of 1639 is mentioned; as well as in Ersch and Gruber’s Encyclopædia: but the edition itself is not in the greater libraries and ordinary bibliographies. The first edition was in Dutch in 1722, the Latin editions before 1639 were all published at Leyden in 1624, 1627, 1629, 1633 and 1637. There are Oxford editions of 1660 and 1662, as well as later.
11. Heylyn, Peter. ΜΙΚΡΟ´ΚΟΣΜΟΣ | A | LITTLE DE/|SCRIPTION OF | THE GREAT WORLD. | [line] | By Peter Heylyn. | [line, motto, device.]
Imp. 119: 1639: (eights) sm. 4o: pp. [20] + 808 + [4]: p. 11 beg. 1. First then, 701 dals, or Vindelici: Pica Roman. Contents:—[as 1631 H, with a few minute differences of spelling or use of capitals, and a slight change of reference (only) to the last five pages.]
For the author and book see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 557: see also 1621 H. Some copies of this work have “1939” on the titlepage. There should be a folded leaf after p. 228 as in former editions.
12. Hommius, Festus. LXX. | dispvtatio/|nes theologicæ; | [&c., precisely as 1630 H, with “tertia” for “secunda”, and the j in adjectionibus rightly italic.]
Impr. 72 a: 1639: [&c. exactly as 1630 H.]
This is a verbatim reprint of the 1630 edition.
13. Hungerford, sir Anthony. THE | ADVISE OF | A SONNE PRO/|FESSING THE RELI/|GION ESTABLISHED | in the present Church of Eng-|land to his deare Mother a | Roman Catholike. | VVHEREVNTO IS ADDED | THE MEMORIAL OF A FATHER | to his deare children, containing an | acknowledgement of God his great mercy, in | bringing him to the Profession of the true | Religion, at this present established | in the Church of England. | [line] | BY | Anth. Hvngerford of Blackbourton | in Com. Oxon. KNIGHT. | [line.]
Impr. 182: 1639: sm. 4o: pp. [2] + 62: p. 11 beg. answer, that he: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border of woodcuts: 1–38, the Advice: 39–40, a preface to the following piece, dated “From my house at Blackbourton this 7th of Aprill 1627”: 41–62, the Memorial.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 411, where Wood says that the first part was written in about 1607, and that the writer died in June 1627: that Laud refused to license it for printing in 1635, because it was so strongly worded against Roman Catholicism, and that after this failure the son, sir Edward Hungerford, “got it to be printed at Oxon”, with the Memorial.
14. Jewell, bp. John. APOLOGIA | ECCLESIÆ | ANGLICANÆ. | [line] | Auctore Joanne JuELLO, | olim Episcopo Sarisburiensi. | [line] | Cum Versione Græca J. S. Bacc. in Art. | Coll. Mag. quondam Socii. | [motto, then woodcut.]
Impr. 153: 1639: (eights) 16o: pp. [12] + 331 + [1]: p. 11 beg. τῳ ἐξαιτεῖσθαι, 301 Θεῖος λόγος: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) Epistola P. Martyris, to Jewel: (5–11) the translator’s dedication to dr. William Langton, president of Magdalen, signed “Joh. Smith”: (1) a poor Greek epigram on this edition, signed “H. H.”: 2–331, the work, Latin on the verso of each leaf, Greek on the recto.
See 1614 J: the first English and Latin editions were in 1562. It is odd that in the Catalogus ... librorum Richardi Davis ... pars tertia (1688) on p. 13 the date of this book is twice misprinted 1637.
15. Kempis, Thomas a. THE | IMITATION | OF CHRIST, | Divided into four Books. | Written in Latin by | THOMAS à Kempis, | And the Translations of it | Corrected & amended | by W. P. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 156 b: 1639: (twelves) 16o: pp. [60] + 381 + [15]: p. 11 beg 26. In their life, 301 not to be discussed: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–8) Epistle dedicatory to Walter Curle, bp. of Winchester, signed “William Page”: (9–60) “To the Christian reader” signed “W. P.”: 1–381, the Imitation, in 4 books: (2–11) “A Table of the chapters...”.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 655. This is the first Oxford edition of the Imitation and the only edition of dr. Page’s revision. The reviser, who was the bp. of Winchester’s chaplain, has removed such passages as would offend a Protestant. The preface is largely an exhortation to unity among the churches.
16. [Mayne, Jasper]. THE | CITYE MATCH. | A | COMOEDYE· | PRESENTED TO THE | KING and QVEENE | AT WHITE-HALL. | ACTED SINCE | AT BLACK/FRIERS BY HIS | Maiesties Servants. | [motto, then 2 lines.]
Impr. 180: 1639: (twos) la. 8o: pp. [6] + 64 + [2]: p. 11 beg. Scena II: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3) “To the reader”: (4–5) two prologues: (6) “The Persons of the Play” &c.: 1–64, the play: (1–2) two epilogues.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 972. There are subsequent editions of the play in 1658 (Oxford) and 1659 (Oxford). The preface is depreciatory of the work, stating that it was at first written “out of obedience,” and that it was only published in self-defence to avoid a threatened unauthorized issue in London.
17. Prayer, book of Common. LIBER | PSALMORUM | ET PRECVM | in usum Ecclesiæ | Cath. Christi | Oxon. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 151: 1639: (twelves) 16o: pp. 295 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Cesset quæso, 201 Ac tradidit: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—1, title, within double lines: 3–283, the Psalter: 285–295, special prayers, as in 1615 P.
See 1615 P. It is noticeable that the University no longer prints the book of Common Prayer as a whole, but only the Psalter as found in that book, separately.
18. Prideaux, John. TABVLÆ | AD | GRAMMATICA | Græca Introductoriæ. | IN QVIBVS | Succinctè compingitur, brevissima, sed | tamen expedita, singularum partium orationis | declinabilium, Variandi ratio. | ACCESSIT | Vestibuli vice, ad eandem linguam παραίνεσις in | gratiam tyronum, quibus ut convenit explica-|tiora evolvere, ita necesse est hæc ipsa | ad unguem tenere. | [motto] | EDITIO TERTIA. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 191: 1639: sm. 4o: pp. [68], signn. A-F4, G2, H-I4: sign. B1r beg. profero clarâ, F2r 15. Asserit A: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A1r, title: A2r-A2v, dedication to dr. Tho. Holland, dated “Exon. Colleg. Ian. 1. 1607”, and signed “Io. Prideaux”: A3r-B3v, preface as in the 1607 edition: B4r-E1r, the work, “Conclusio”, &c., as before: E2r, a title:—“TYROCINIVM | AD SYLLOGISMVM | Legitimum contexendum, & | captiosum dissuendum, ex-|peditissimum. | IN QVO | Ad formam expensa Syllogisticam perstrin-|guntur punctìm Sophismata, nec minus solidè, | quàm vulgò fit, ratione materiæ; | Excerptis ex optimis Authoribus exemplis Græco-latinis, | ut majori cum voluptate & fructu, ex utriusq; lin-|guæ candidatis & legantur, & | intelligantur. | [motto, then woodcut]” with impr. 157: E3r-E4r, the dedication, as in the 1629 edition: E4r, two Latin poems: F1r-G2v, the treatise: H1r, a title:—“HEPTADES | LOGICAE· | SIVE | MONITA AD AMPLIORES | Tractatus Introductoria. | [motto, then device]”, with impr. 191 a: H2r-I4v, the treatise.
See 1607 P, 1629 P, and Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 267. The Heptades (seven divisions of Logic) seem to be here printed for the first time.
19. Smith, Samuel. ADITVS | AD | LOGICAM· | IN VSVM EORVM | qui primò Academi-|AM Salutant. | [line] | Autore Samuele Smith, | Artium Magistro. | [line] | Editio quinta. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 109 a: 1639: (twelves) 16o: pp. [14] + 204 + [2] + 2 folded leaves: p. 11 beg. Proximum est, 111 non autem: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (5) title: (7–11) “De nupera Londinensi editione ad Lectorem Προτρεπτικός.”: 1–204, the work in 3 books: (1) “Lectoribus ...”: before pp. 33 and 43 should be folded tables of Substantia and Qualitas.
See 1617 S. The undated preface complains of a pirated London edition, which may be that of 1621.
20. Tozer, rev. Henry. CHRISTIAN | WISDOME, | OR | THE EXCELLENCY | FAME AND RIGHT | MEANES OF | Trve | WISDOME. | As it was briefly delivered in | a Sermon in St Maries | Church in Oxford, | Novemb: 11. 1638. | [line] | By H. Tozer B.D. Fellow | of Exeter Colledge. | [line.]
Impr. 152: 1639: (eights) 16o: pp. [8] + 107 + [1]: p. 11 beg. The se-|cond Ge | : Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within double lines: 3–8, Epistle dedicatory to Robert (Kerr) earl of Ancrum: 1–107, the sermon, on 1 Kings x. 24.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 274.
21. Wescombe, Martin. FABuLÆ | PONTIFICIÆ | EVANGELICÆ | Veritatis radiis | dissipatæ. | [line] | Autore | Martino Wescombe | Artium Magistro in | Academia celeberrima | Oxoniensi. | [line, then woodcuts.]
Impr. 157: 1639: (eights) 16o: pp. [34] + 85 + [1]: p. 11 beg. it, nec alicui: English Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title, within double lines: (5–23) dedication to archbp. Laud: (25–33) “Ad candidum lectorem præfatio”: 1–85, the work, in five parts.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 675: the author, according to the dedication,
was a Franciscan at Toulouse, converted to Protestantism by Stephanus de Cursol,
settled at Exeter and patronized by bp. Hall. In 1637
8 he became a member of
Exeter College, and in 1639 incorporated at Cambridge: after which he is lost sight
of, except that he is said to have been reconverted to Roman Catholicism, and to
have gone abroad. The five “fabulæ” are “De universali Episcopo,” “de infallibilitate
papæ,” “de Purgatorio,” “de Transubstantiatione eucharistica,” and “de
invocatione Sanctorum.” Wescombe is a Somerset and Devon name.
1. Bacon, sir Francis, Viscount St. Alban’s. OF THE | ADVANCEMENT AND | PROFICIENCE OF LEARNING | or the | PARTITIONS OF SCIENCES | I̅X̅ Bookes | Written in Latin by the Most Eminent | Illustrious & Famous Lord | Francis Bacon | Baron̄ of Verulam Vicont St Alban | Counsilour of Estate and Lord | Chancellor of England. | [line] | Interpreted | by Gilbert Wats. |
Impr. 194: 1640: (fours) la. 8o: pp. [36] + 60 + [14] + 479 (“477”) + [21]: pp. 11 beg. Nature, but, and on between, 401 hard and severe: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) engraved title, see below: (3–4) dedication to the king and the two universities, in Latin, by Wats: (5–8) dedication to prince Charles, signed “Gilbert Wats”: (9–16) preface to the reader, by Wats: (17–22) “Testimonies consecrate to ... Sr Francis Bacon ...”: (23–24) Latin poem on the Instauratio Magna by George Herbert: (25–33) “Manes Verulamiani sive in obitum incomparabilis Francisci de Verulamio, &c. epicedia,” 6 Latin poems, one by Thomas Randolph, &c.: (35–36) address by Bacon to each university, in parallel columns: 1–39, the author’s preface: (41–42) “The generall argument of the IX. books”: (43–60) “The argument of the chapters ...”: (1–11) the general design of the Instauratio Magna: (13) a table of “the Emanation of sciences ...”: 1-“477”, the work in 9 books: (2–5) “A new world of sciences, or the Deficients”, headings: (6–8) “The Index of Sacred Scriptures ...”: (10–11) “The index of humane authors”: (12) “Errata”, marginal corrections only: (13) “Lectori Academico ...”, introducing what follows: (14–18) “Catalogus historiarum particularum . secundùm capita”: (19) Typographus Lectori” about what follows: (20) a Latin letter from the author to Trinity college Cambridge, beg. “Res omnes”: (21) impr. 195, as a colophon.
See 1633 B. This is part 1 of the Instauratio Magna, and is an expansion of the two books of the Advancement of Learning first printed in 1605, which were enlarged in Latin to nine books, and published in 1623 (and 1635) by W. Rawley: here they are translated by G. Wats. Some copies have 1639 in the colophon. At pp. 266–69 are some woodcut facsimiles of cipher-alphabets, &c. The engraved titlepage by W. Marshall (9⅝ × 5¾ in.) bears the title on a sheet suspended between two obelisks representing Oxford and Cambridge: above it are two globes and “INSTAVR.MAG.P.I.”: below, a ship in full sail and the imprint: the whole is fully described in the British Museum Catalogue of Prints and Drawings, Div. 1, vol. 1 (1870), p. 116 (no. 153). Three out of the four British Museum copies have a portrait of Bacon, but the translator’s own copy in the Bodleian has not. The collation, being elaborate, is here appended:—( )1, ¶4, ¶¶2, ¶¶¶1, A2B-C4: aa-gg4 hh2: †4, ††2, †1: A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Qqq4 Rrr2: pp. 351–2 are repeated in the numeration.
2. Brerewood, Edward. TRACTATVS | ETHICI: | SIVE | COMMENTARII | in aliqvot Ari/|STOTELIS LIBROS | ad NichomachuM, | De Moribus: | A Celeberrimo Philosopho | Edvardo Brerewood | Art. Mag. è Colleg. Ænea-|nasensi, olim conscripti: | Iam primùm ex authoris ipsius Autogra-|pho, summâ fide, nec minori curâ casti-|gati, & publici juris facti: | Per T. S. S. S. Theolog. Bacchalaureum, & | Colleg. Ænea-nasens. apud Oxon Socium. | [line.]
Impr. 200: 1640: sm. 4o: pp. [16] + 245 + [3]: p. 11 beg. De modo Doctrinæ, 201 tasia aliquando: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title within double lines: (3–11) Epistola dedicatoria to James lord Strange, dated “Oxonii è Musæo meo in Collegio Ænea-nasensi, Nono Cal. Januarii 1639.”, and signed “Thomas Sixesmith”: (13–16) “Index tractatuum, capitum, et quæstionum ...”: 1–245, the four treatises, on the first four books of the Ethics.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 141. The original MS. (finished 27 Oct. 1586) is now part of MS. (Queen’s coll. Oxford no. 218). The method of this commentary or rather analysis is scholastic and formal. The editor says that he rescued the original MS. from a “rurale musæum,” when it was “pulvere situque squalidum, & tantum non sepultum.” The author died in 1613. It is curious that in Moss’s Manual of classical bibliography (Lond., 1825, vol. i, p. 157) this book is called “Westerman, Commentaria in Ethica Aristotelis. Oxon. 4to. 1640,” with a reference to Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 141. The explanation is that Westerman heads the column in Wood’s work, because the account of William Westerman follows Brerewood on that column: but the ascription deceived even so acute a bibliographer as the late professor Chandler in his List of editions of the Nicomachean Ethics (Oxf. 1878).
3. Buridanus, Johannes. IOHANNIS | BVRIDANI | PHILOSOPHI | TRECENTIS RETRO | annis celeberrimi | QUÆSTIONES IN OCTO | LIBROS POLITICORVM | ARISTOTELIS. | uNA | CVM INDICE QUÆSTIONVM | Dubiorúm-que eisdem annexorum | locupletissimo. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 69: 1640: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 431 + [16]: p. 11 beg. quia unus homo, 401 crimini vitæ: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: two epigrams, one by, and one to, Guillermus Baterel, the original editor: 1–431, the work: (1–15) index.
Baterel’s annotated edition of Buridanus on the Politics was printed at least twice in the sixteenth century (1506 and 1526).
4. Carpenter, Nathaniel. ACHITOPHEL, | OR | The Picture of a Wicked | Polititian. | Divided into three Parts. | A TREATISE | Presented heretofore in three | Sermons to the Vniversity | of Oxford and | now Published. | By Nath. Carpenter | B. D. & Fellow of Excet. Coll. | in Oxford. | [line.]
Impr. 193 a: 1640: (twelves) 24o: pp. [8] + 177 + [3]: p. 11 beg. common equity, 101 next place: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line: (3–8) dedication to archbp. Ussher: 1–60, 61–125, 127–177, the three sermons, on 2 Sam. xvii. 23.
For an account of the earlier editions, see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 422, and 1628 C. The present edition closely resembles the London ones of 1633 and 1638. Probably the “N. H.” who edited the next article below, edited this also, Carpenter having died in 1628. The work is evidently intended to be read with a view to the political circumstances of the time, under the disguise of dealing with “a sacred tragedy” from Old Testament history.
5. ——. CHORAZIN | AND | BETHSAIDA’S | VVoe, or warning/|Peece. | A judicious and learned Sermon | On Math. 11. V. 21. | Preached at St Maries in Oxford, by | that renowned and famous Divine, Mr | Nathanael Carpenter, Bachellor in | Divinity, sometime Fellow of | Exeter Colledge; late Chap-|laine to my Lords Grace | of Ardmagh in | Ireland. |
Impr. 193 b: 1640: (twelves) 24o: pp. [8] + 95 + [1]: p. 11 beg. were the Secretaries: Pica Roman. Contents:—(1) title: (3–8) Epistle dedicatory to dr. Thomas Winniffe, dean of St. Paul’s, by “N.H.” the editor: 1–95, the sermon.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 422. This is a reprint of the Lond. 1633 edition. The preface gives some valuable biographical notes about Carpenter, who died in 1628, and was the editor’s tutor and “neere Affine” at Exeter college. It states with reference to the present book that “had not a kinsman’s (Io. Ca.) friendly hand given it safe conduct over the Surges of the Ocean, in all likelyhood it had perished on the Netherland shores.”
6. [Cartwright, William]. THE | ROYALL | SLAVE. | [&c., exactly as 1639 C, except that the hyphen in l. 7 is horizontal, that “The second Edition” is inserted between the two lines, and that after them is a woodcut.]
Impr. 189: 1640: sm. 4o: pp. [64], signn. A-H4: sign. C1r beg. Atos. I hope: Pica Roman. Contents:—exactly as in 1639 C, except that the play only extends to H3r, the three epilogues occupying H3v-H4r.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 69, and 1639 C, of which this is a reprint.
7. [Clain, Johann Theodor]. Historia Britannica | Hoc est, | De Rebus Gestis | BRITANNIÆ | Seu | ANGLIÆ. | Commentarioli | Tres: | Nunc denuò excusi. | Qvibvs accesservnt | præter generalem Angliæ descripti-|onem: Marginalia & Index | rerum copiosus. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 197: 1640: (twelves) 16o: pp. [12] + 220 + [44]: p. 11 beg. fuisset. Brutus, 201 quam cogitatione: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “A” between woodcuts: (5) title, within a line: (7–12) “Lectori ...”, signed “M.H.”: 1–7 “Angliæ descriptio generalis, ex Geographico Opusculo Johan. Büssenmecheri”: 9–61, 62–81, 82–220, the commentarioli: (1–44) “Index rerum et nominum memorabilium.”
This is an anonymous history of Britain from the earliest times. The editor, M(atthew) H(unt), does not mention the fact, that an undated edition was printed at London by Henry Bynneman (who published from 1566 to 1587), with the title “De rebus gestis Britanniæ commentarioli tres. Ad Ornatissimum Virum M. Henricum Broncarem Armigerum E.S.”, from which it has been conjectured that the author’s initials were “E.S.” The first words of the text are “Britannia est Insula natura triquetra.” The name of Clain is given in the British Museum catalogue as the author of an Amberg edition of 1603, and in Thomas Thorpe’s Catalogue of books (1851) p. 51 an edition printed at Hamburg in 1598 is mentioned under the same name, but I can find no account of the author, who probably lived at Amberg. Some have ascribed the book to John Clapham, who published an English History of England till the coming of the Saxons, in 1602 and 1606.
8. Ferrand, Jacques. ΕΡΩΤΟΜΑΝΙΑ | OR | A TREATISE | Discoursing of the Essence, | Causes, Symptomes, Prog-|nosticks, and Cure of | LOVE, | OR | EROTIQVE | MELANCHOLY | [line] | Written by | IAMES FERRAND | Dr of Physick. | [line].
Impr. 160 b: 1640: (eights) 16o: pp. [40] + 363 + [5]: p. 11 beg. Poetesse was, 301 purpose, and: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border between lines: (3–7) “The Author to the Reader”: (9–34) 8 English poems to the author and book by Oxford men, one by Martin Llewellin: (35–39) “A table of the chapters”: (39) “Errata”: 1–363, the work, in 39 chapters.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 350, where the translator from the French into English is stated to be Edmund Chilmead. The original French edition was published at Toulouse in 1612, under the title Traité de l’essence et guérison de l’amour, and at Paris in 1623 as De la maladie d’amour, ou melancholie erotique. If Robert Burton was acquainted with the first edition of this book, as he well may have been, there can be little doubt that he has taken or imitated the general method and treatment of the subject, in his Anatomy of Melancholy: but the French author is surpassed on his own ground. The research is greater and the felicities of language more numerous and striking in Burton, while the plan is also further and distinctively elaborated. There is no mention of Burton’s book in the poems prefixed to this translation. The words underlined in the above title are printed in red, as well as “Oxford,” and “sold by Edward Forrest . 1640.” in the imprint.
9. Fletcher, John. RVLE A WIFE | And have a Wife. | a comœdy | ACTED BY HIS | Majesties Servants. | [line] | Written by | John Fletcher | Gent. | [line, then woodcut.]
Impr. 180: 1640: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 67 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Only for present use: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) “Prologue”: 1–67, the play; (1) “Epilogue.”
This was Fletcher’s unaided composition, before the close of 1624, when it was twice performed at court. The underplot is said to be based on one of Cervantes’ “Novelas Exemplares.” See the Dict. of Nat. Biogr. under Fletcher, p. 307, col. 1. The present is the first edition, and the only quarto one.
10. ——. The Tragœdy of | ROLLO | DuKE of Normandy. | ACTED BY HIS | Majesties Servants. | [line] | Written by | John Fletcher | Gent. | [line, then woodcut.]
Impr. 180: 1640: sm. 4o: pp. [2] + 73 + [1]: p. 11 beg. But for you: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) “The Names of the Actors”: 1–73, the play.
The authorship of this play is doubtful. The first edition (Lond. 1639) was entitled “The Bloody Brother. A Tragedy. By B. J. F.” i. e. Ben Johnson and Fletcher?, and it was entered in the Stationers’ Register on 4 Oct. 1639 as by “J. B.” Massinger is also supposed to have had some share in it. See the Dict. of Nat. Biogr. under Fletcher, p. 308, col. 2.
11. H[arding], S[amuel], of Exeter college, Oxford. SICILY | AND | NAPLES, | OR, THE | FATALL VNION· | A Tragœdy. | By | S. H. A. B. è C. Ex: [line, motto, two lines.]
Impr. 119: 1640: sm. 4o: pp. [12] + 96: p. 11 beg. Cass. If the varlets: Pica Roman. Contents—p. (1) title: (2) “Dramatis Personæ”: (3) “To the Reader”, signed “P.P.”, the editor: (4–11) seven complimentary poems to the author, alluding to Shakespeare’s, Ben Johnson’s and Randolph’s deaths: (12) Errata: 1–96, the play, with epilogue.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 31. The author died before 1650, not, as Foster’s Alumni Oxonienses asserts, as late as 1699. The editor, who is known to be Philip Papillon of Exeter college, declares that the play is here printed without the author’s knowledge and against his modesty. The lines relating to Shakespeare, which have perhaps only been reprinted in Pickering and Chatto’s Catalogue of books, nos. 70–72 (June 1893), p. 15, are:—