Chapter XIII: Part 13

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Impr. 152: 1637: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [632], see below, signn.
( )^1A-X^8, Y^1, Z, Aa-Rr^8, Ss^2: pp. 11 begg. as below: English
Roman. Contents:—sign. ( ) 1^r, title: ¬i.¬ p. 1, a title, within
double lines, as are all the succeeding titles:—“CHRISTS | COVNSELL
FOR | ENDING LAVV | _CASES_. | AS IT HATH BEENE DELI-|VERED IN TWO
SERMONS | vpon the fiue and twentieth verse of | _the fifth of
Matthew_. | By IOHN PRIDEAVX, Doctor of | Divinity, _Regius
Professor_, and Rector | of _Exeter Colledge_. | [_motto_, _woodcut_,
and impr. 152 _b_, dated 1636]”: 3–4, dedication to Edmund Prideaux
and his wife, dated “From Exeter Colledge in Oxford. October 12.”:
5–31, 33–65, the sermons: then a blank page: p. 11 beg. _Fall not_:
¬ii.¬ (pp. [6] + 39 + [1], p. 11 beg. _it is reserued_) p. (1) a title
“Ephesus backsliding: considered and applied to these times ...”, with
impr. 152 _b_, 1636, an Act sermon at St. Mary’s, July 10, on Rev. ii.
4: (3–6) dedication to dr. Laurence Bodley, Aug. 5: 1–39, the sermon:
¬iii.¬ (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. _in this point_) p. (1) a title
“A Christians free-will offering ...”, with impr. 152_b_, 1636, a
Christmas sermon at Christ Church, on Ps. cx. 3: 1–27, the sermon:
¬iv.¬ (pp. [2] + 31 + [1], p. 11 beg. _with Pilate_) p. (1) a title
“The first fruits of the Resurrection ...” with impr. 152_b_, 1636, an
Easter sermon at St. Peter’s in the East, Oxford, on 1 Cor. xv. 20:
1–31, the sermon: ¬v.¬ (pp. [2] + 26, p. 11 beg. _abiects came_) p.
(1) a title “Gowries Conspiracie ...” with impr. 152_b_, a sermon at
St. Mary’s, Aug. 5: 1–26, the sermon, of some slight value for the
history of the Gowrie plot, A. D. 1600: ¬vi.¬ (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p.
11 beg. _Saint Augustine_), p. (1) a title “Higgaion & Selah: for the
discovery of the powder-plot ...” with impr. 152_b_, 1636, a sermon at
St. Mary’s on Nov. 5, on Ps. ix. 16: 1–27, the sermon: ¬vii.¬ (pp. [2]
+ 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. _murmured_) p. (1) a title “Hezekiah’s
sicknesse and recovery ...,” with impr. 152_b_, 1636, a sermon before
the King at Woodstock, on 2 Chron. xxxii. 24: 1–27, the sermon:
¬viii.¬ (pp. [4]+ 24 + [8], p. 11 beg. _springs, Schismatickes_) p.
(1) a title “Perez-Vzzah, or The Breach of Vzzah ...,” with impr.
152_b_, 1636, a sermon before the King at Woodstock, 24 Aug. 1624, on
2 Sam. vi. 6–7: (3–4) dedication to James earl of Arran, dated 22 Oct.
1624: 1–24 (1), the sermon: (3–8) “Alloquium serenissimo regi Iacobo
Woodstochiæ habitum 24. Augusti. Anno 1624”: ¬ix.¬ (pp. [8] + 29 +
[1], p. 11 beg. _acknowledge_) p. (1) a title “A sermon preached on
the fift of October 1624. at the consecration of S^t Iames Chappell in
Exceter Colledge ...”, with impr. 152_b_, 1636: (3–7) epistle
dedicatory to dr. George Hakewill, dated Nov. 15: 1–29, the sermon on
Luke xix. 46: ¬x.¬ (pp. 28, p. 11 beg. _which Iesus_) 1–28, a sermon
on John vi. 14, without title, see below, but head line “The great
Prophet’s Advent”: ¬xi.¬ (pp. [2] + 29+ [1], p. 11 beg. _Elenches_) p.
(1) a title “Reverence to Rulers. A sermon preached at the Court ...”,
with impr. 152_b_, 1636: 1–29, the sermon, on Acts xxiii. 5: ¬xii.¬
(pp. [2] + 22, p. 11 beg. _third a comfort_) p. (1) a title “The
draught of the brooke. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr.
152_b_, 1636: 1–22, the sermon, on Ps. cx. 7: ¬xiii.¬ (pp. [2] + 32,
p. 11 beg. _a bit is_) p. (1) a title “Davids rejoycing for Christs
Resurrection ...”, an Easter sermon at St. Peter’s in the East, on Ps.
xvi. 10–11, with impr. 152_b_, 1636: 1–32, the sermon: ¬xiv.¬ (pp. [2]
+ 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. _ther. There_) p. (1) a title “The Christians
Expectation. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152_b_,
1636: 1–27, the sermon, on 2 Pet. iii. 13: ¬xv.¬ (pp. [2] + 26, p. 11
beg. _beyond wisdome_), p. (1) a title “Wisedomes Iustification. A
sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152_b_, 1636: 1–26, the
sermon, on Luke vii. 35: ¬xvi.¬ (pp. [2] + 24, p. 11 beg. _Gods
appoyntment_) p. (1) a title “Heresies progresse. A sermon preached
before the Court ...”, with impr. 152_b_, 1636: 1–24, the sermon, on 1
Cor. xi. 19: ¬xvii.¬ (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. _the world_) p.
(1), a title “A Plot for preferment. A sermon preached at the Court
...”, with impr. 152_b_, 1636: 1–27, the sermon, on 1 Pet. v. 6:
¬xviii.¬ (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. _den lost_) p. (1) a title
“The patronage of Angels. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with
impr. 152_b_, 1636: 1–27, the sermon, on Matth. xviii. 10: ¬xix.¬ (pp.
[2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. _Iohns conclusion_) p. (1) a title
“Idolatrous Feasting. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr.
152_b_, 1636: 1–27, the sermon, on 1 Cor. x. 7.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 265 for the author, and 1636
P. This is a collection of twenty sermons by dr. Prideaux from 1614,
several preached before the king or court, and several preached at
Oxford: those delivered at the consecration of Exeter College Chapel
and about Gowrie’s conspiracy being of considerable interest. All,
except the second (which is grouped with the first) and the eleventh,
have separate titlepages, and are often cited as separate editions,
but the signatures run throughout the volume. Sign. Y consists of one
leaf only, the other three having been obviously intended for a
one-leaf title and two-leaf dedication of the sermon following (no. x
in the above divisions, really the eleventh sermon), but apparently
they were accidentally omitted. Some were already printed, those
before printed at Oxford being nos. i (see 1615 P), ii (see 1614 P),
and ix (see 1625 P): and nos. i-vii at least, were printed separately
at London in 1621. Collections of these sermons are often found
without the general title and in a confused order.

Impr. 160_a_: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 149 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _in
height_, 101 _which standing_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title
within a line: (3–6) Epistle dedicatory to Sir Nathaniel Brent, warden
of Merton College, Oxford, dated “From my study in Merton College,
Iun. 9. 1637”: (7) “To the Reader”: (8) “Errata & inserenda”: 1–149,
the work in 3 bks.: (2–3) not seen.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 104. This book, which passed
through several editions at Oxford (1649, 1654, 1651, 1662, 1670, and
1675) and London (2nd ed. 1645, 9th ed. 1685), became a companion
volume for school use to Godwin’s ©Roman Antiquities© (see 1614 G) and
©Moses and Aaron© (Lond. 1625, &c.).

Impr. 167: 1637: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 21 + [3] + 472 + [48] +
456 + [34] + 186 + [2]: pp. 11 begg. _absolutè_, and _Pererius_, and
_voco. Æquivocum_, and _linquatur_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title within double lines: (3–6) Epistola dedicatoria to Ludwig,
landgrave of Hesse, by Scheibler, dated Dec. 1616: (7–11) “Lectori
Philo-Metaphysico ...”, signed “Thomas Barlow ...”, the editor:
(12–13) “Summaria Methodus ...”: (14–24) “Index ad Librum primum ...”,
in order of the chapters: 1–21 “Prooenium”: (2) a titlepage to book
one: 1–472, bk. 1: (1–30) “Index rerum alphabeticus”: (31) a titlepage
to book two: (33–36) Epistola dedicatoria to Philip, landgrave of
Hesse, by Scheibler, dated March “1617”: (37–48) “Index ...”, in order
of the chapters: 1–456, book two: (1–26) “Index rerum alphabeticus
...”: (27) a titlepage “Exercitationes aliquot metaphysicæ, de Deo ...
per Thomam Barlow ...” with impr. 69: (29–31) “Lectori”: (33–34)
“Exercitationum ... Syllabus”: 1–186, six exercises: (1) errata.

Scheibler’s ©Metaphysica© was first issued in 1617, and reissued at
Oxford in 1665, as well as often elsewhere. Bp. Barlow edited it, and
added the Exercitationes de Deo (see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss,
iv. 336), which were reissued in 1658. The edition of 1638 is simply a
reissue of the sheets of the 1637 edition, with different imprint and
date on the first titlepage, and “Meta®-®” on the first titlepage
altered to “Meta-.” Some woodcut diagrams occur in the Exercitationes:
in which also the sections change from eights to fours.

20. ——. “157. Scheibleri (Chr.) Liber Commentariorum Topicorum—Oxon. 1637.”

So in “Catalogi ... librorum Richardi Davis bibliopolæ pars secunda”
(1686), p. 75 among octavos. Bagford (Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 9501, fol
76^v) also describes a copy: and it is probably not really rare, but
has escaped the nets of the larger libraries.

Impr. 170: 1637: (eights) 16^o: pp. 35 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _this
consideration_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within a border of
woodcuts: 3, dedication to Worcester: 4, the text, 1 Kings viii.
37–39: 1–35, the sermon.

See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i. 406.

Impr. 163: 1637: [4] + 151 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _Caligula. Nascitur_: 101
*_Illius Panis_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within
double lines: (3) Latin poem by George Herbert on Francis Bacon lord
Verulam: (4) Latin epitaph on Gustavus Adolphus by Dan. Heinsius, with
a chronogram: 1–38, the Cæsares: 39–151, “Ejusdem Carmina.”

The first edition of this work by Emanuele Tesauro (_b._ 1581) was
published in 1619 at Milan, and a third at the same place in 1643.
Backer mentions doubts whether the author of this work is identical
with the Jesuit who bore the same names. The book contains Latin
epigrams on the Cæsars, and miscellaneous poems. The occurrence of
Herbert’s poem in the volume is singular. I have seen a copy in which
the first line of the title contained “R. P.” only, which probably
indicates an early issue.

Impr. 119: 1637: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [156], signn. A-F^{12} G^6: sign.
B1^r beg. _Ruth. Cap._ 4: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r,
title: A2^r-3^v “To the courteous and judicoius Reader,” unsigned:
A4^r-G5^r, the work; G^6, not seen.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 222. The second edition of
this work was issued, doubled in size, in 1642. The author was
under-librarian at the Bodleian, and had compiled this list for
private use: nearly all the books referred to in the work have their
Bodleian references affixed, the arrangement being in the order of the
books of the Bible, the Apocrypha being excluded. The fact that some
of the books were not in the library “stirred up some well-wishers ...
who deprived themselves to furnish this Place with some bookes that
were wanting” (_Preface of_ 2_nd edition_), among whom was Robert
Burton.

Impr. 164: 1637: (eights) 12^o: pp. [32] + 285 + [5]: p. 11 beg.
_dignos pronunciaret_, 201 _tiam minus_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title, within a line: (3–10) dedication to the Vice-chancellor and
Heads of Houses in the University of Oxford, dated “Ab aula
Glocestrensi Kal. Iul. 1637”, and signed “Degoreus Whear”: (11–32)
“Relectionum Conspectus”: 1–20 “Antelogium,” delivered 17 Oct. 1635:
21–285, the work, in three parts (45 + 5 + 7 sections).

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 217 and 1625 W. This is
really the 3rd edition. Some copies have impr. 165, instead of 164,
omitting Forest’s name.

Impr. 68 _d_: 1637: (eights) 16^o: pp. [48], signn. A-C^8: sign. B1^r
beg. _The Moone hath_: Long Primer Roman and English. Contents:—sign.
A1^r, title, within a line and a border of woodcuts: A2^r-4^r
prefatory notes, chronological and astrological: A4^v-B8^r, the
Calendar: B8^v-C8^r, “A Prognostication” for each month.

Rare. This appears to be the first and last Almanac issued by Wyberd.
See the note under _Booker_, above in this year. Besides the words
underlined in the above title, the words “Oxford,” and “famous
Universitie. 1637.” in the imprint, are printed in red: as well as
other words in the text of the book. There is an astrological woodcut
of a man on sign. A4^r.

1638.

Impr. 172: 1638: (eights) 12^o: pp. [24] + 255 + [1]: p. 11 beg.
_affaires, distraction_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2)
verses “On the Frontispiece.”: (3) an engraved title, see below: (5–6)
“The Translator to the Reader”: (7–24) complimentary verses by friends
of the translator, whose initials and Christian name are incidentally
mentioned: 1–255, the book.

See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i. 301. The translator of the Τὰ
κατὰ Λευκίππην καὶ Κλειτοφῶντα was Anthony Hodges, of New College.
Wood refers to an impression of this book in 1638 without the
commendatory verses: this would be no doubt an early issue. The
engraved title is a fine one by W. Marshall, in which the words of the
ordinary title, with impr. 173, are on a shell held by two mermaids;
behind is a storm-tossed ship with the two lovers on board and Cupid
in the stern, with the city of “Alexandria” in the background. This
title was probably intended to be printed on the second leaf of the
first section: but as it is, the frontispiece is on an inserted leaf,
and the true second leaf is torn out. This book seems to be still the
only English translation of the romance, except that in Bohn’s
library.

Impr. 152: 1638: sm 4^o: pp. [16], signn. A-B^4: sign. B1^r beg.
_buried any_: Pica English. Contents:—p. sign. A1^r, title: A2^r-A3^r,
Oath, Charge and Directions: A3^v-B3^r, the Articles in two divisions:
B3^v, directions: B4, not seen.

3. ¬Burton¬, Robert. THE | Anatomy of | melancholy | [&c., exactly as 1628 B, being from the same plate with “fift” instead of “thirde,” and different date.]

Impr. 70: 1638: (fours) folio: pp. [14] + 78 + [2] + 723 (after 218
are two unnumbered leaves) + [9]: pp. 11 beg. _judgement_ and _®i®n
Germany_, 601 _sate up late_: English Roman. Contents:—exactly as in
the 1632 edition, except that the “Synopsis of the first partition”
precedes the poem “ad librum suum”, the “analysis of the third
partition” occupies pp. 399–401, and the partition extends to p. 723:
while there is no colophon, there being no p. (10) at end.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 653 and 1621 B. There is a
note before the _Errata_ in which the author says that the book was
begun to be printed not long before at Edinburgh “sed à typographis
nostris illicò suppressa, Londini mox illorum cum venia protelata,
Oxoniæ demum perfecta.” Accordingly signn. A-X x are not Oxford
printing, but presumably from Edinburgh type: at p. 347 begins Oxford
printing, the prefatory matter being also Oxford work. It would appear
that some Edinburgh printers began a reprint, that the Oxford printers
interfered and suppressed it, that with their consent the part printed
in Scotland was not destroyed but _protelata_, prolonged, given a
further lease of life, at London, and finally brought to Oxford and
completed. The woodcuts and details of printing point to the division
being before p. 347. The signatures of the first sheet are _nil_, § 2,
§, § 2, § 3, _nil_ (!), not counting the engraved title which should
occur between the first and second leaf.

Impr. 183: 1638: (fours) 12^o: pp. [8] + 224 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_discerpi_, 201 _locum ubi_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(2) “Approbatio” by the Oxford Professor of Hebrew, and Imprimatur by
the Vice-Chancellor: (3–4) Latin dedication to the dean and canons of
Christ Church: (5) two Greek poems on the book by Edw. Wirley, rector
of St. Ebbe’s, Oxford: (7) “Sceleton ...” of the book, a plan of
contents: (8) “Admonitio ad Lectorem”: 1–224, the work in 11 chapters
(120 rules), with an “Appendix de Aramæismo ...”: (1) “Nomina authorum
... ex quibus hæc Institutio est concinnata.”

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 675. This is the first
edition, the second being published at Cambridge in 1645 (the author
having moved thither when the Civil War broke out) and afterwards
several times, separately or with the ©Lyra Prophetica©, in London.
This is an advance on 1631 B.

Impr. 185: 1638: (eights) 16^o: pp. [8] + 218 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _rule,
by_, 201 _selfe so_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a
border of woodcut ornaments: (3–7) “To the courteous and ingenious
reader”: 1–218, the work, bearing as a second title “The Life of
Herod.”

This is a translation of the 4th book of the well-known ©Cour Sainte©
of Nicolas Caussin the Jesuit (_d._ 1651), entitled “De l’Impieté des
Cours” or “Le Politique malheureux”, omitting the first few words: and
is in fact a biography of Herod the Great, with reflections on his
conduct. The translator gives no clue to his own name, but mentions
the author as “the judicious and eloquent Causinus.” The ©Cour Sainte©
(first issued in 1624) was translated as a whole into English in 1631
and into Italian, German, Spanish, and other languages, but this 4th
part seems never to have been issued separately in French (in Italian
1634, &c.): and this Oxford volume though not rare has escaped even
the eye of Backer and his editor Sommervogel (1891), probably because
concealed under initials. Some copies have 1639 on the titlepage.

Impr. 180 or 181: 1638: (fours) la. 8^o: pp. [32] + 413 + [3]: p. 11
beg. _vinced that they_, 411 _which remain_: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–7) epistle dedicatory
to the king: (8) imprimaturs by the Vicechancellor and the two
Theological Professors at Oxford, one dated 14 Oct. 1637: (9–31) “The
Preface to the author of Charity maintained [M. Wilson] with an answer
to his pamphlet entituled a Direction to N. N.”: 1–413, the book,
which incorporates most of the text of the book answered: (1) Errata.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 91. This book (which Wood
erroneously states was issued in 1636, and which was republished in
1664, 1674, 1684, 1687, 1704, 1719, 1727, 1742, 1752, 1820, 1838,
1845, 1846), was the effect and cause of considerable controversy,
Chillingworth having recently reverted from Roman Catholicism to
Protestantism, and the form of the book being that of an answer to
part 1 of M. Wilson’s ©Mercy and truth or Charity maintayn’d© (1634),
itself an answer to Potter’s ©Want of Charity© (see 1633 P). The
controversy is well described in the Dict. of National Biography.
There was a suspicion that Wilson obtained advance copies of the
sheets of this book as it went through the press, see Laud’s History
of the Chancellorship under the year, where are also given the
archbishop’s views about the advisability of Chillingworth answering
the second part also of Wilson’s book. The present volume is headed
“Part i.” throughout. The issue of this volume with an imprint showing
that it was published in London is said to have some slight changes,
but they are not easily to be found, and in general the two issues
appear to be identical. The description of the Errata and their cause
shows that it was the custom, at least at Oxford, for authors to
revise their proofs—which has been recently denied.

Impr. 119: 1638: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 32: p. 11 beg. _leeve that_: Great
Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within arched border: (3–4)
dedication to sir Patricius and lady Curwen, signed “Ch. C.”: (5) “The
Author to the Reader”: (7–8) not seen: 1–23, the sermon, on Job xiv.
2: 24–32, description of the funeral and copies of the verses upon the
hearse.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i. 424. Sir Patricius
Curwen’s son had been sent for tuition to the Rector of Amersham, dr.
Croke, in whose house he died. The monument still exists at Amersham,
and is described in Lipscomb’s ©Buckinghamshire©, iii. 169: the burial
was on 23 Aug. 1636. The preface explains that “these papers have lien
two years in Cumberland in a Manuscript, which privacie not satisfying
the great affection of Noble Parents towards their deceased Son, they
are now come to ... view”. The ten copies of verses are in Latin and
English, the most considerable being “a Dialogue” in verse by Paul
Solomeaux a Frenchman.

Impr. 121: 1638: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [4] + 137 + [1] + 319 + [123] +
31 + [1]: pp. 11 begg. _immortalium, rum pleb., quem Carthaginienses_:
Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Typographus
Lectori”: 1, a title precisely as 1631 F, except that all V’s are now
U’s, I’s consonantal are J’s, and ij’s are ii’s, and in ll. 7–8
“_purgatior_ | _& emendatior_”, with impr. 72 _a_: 3–137, (1), 1–319,
(1–35) are also precisely as in 1631 F, the titlepage on p. 2
differing slightly in minute points: (36–67) the Excerptiones, with
Epilogus: (68–115) “Ad Florum variarum lectionum libellus”: (116–123),
1–31 “Lucius Ampelius ex bibliotheca Cl. Salmasii”, with preface.

This is a reprint of 1631 F, with additions shown on the titlepage.
The underlined words are in red, as well as “Oxoniæ,” in the imprint.

Impr. 175: 1638: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _pable to
save_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title, within a line:
(5–8) dedication to dr. Duppa dean of Ch. Ch.: 1–31, the sermon, on
John i. 14.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 921.

Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4^o: 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. 4^o: [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.

Impr. 180_a_: 1638: sm. 4^o: 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.

Impr. 176: 1638: (twelves) 16^o: 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.

Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4^o: 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.

Impr. 151 _b_: 1638: sm. 4^o: pp. [88], signn. A-D, DD, E, a-b, bb,
c-d^4: sign. B1^r beg. _Qui primos_: English Roman. Contents:—sign.
A1^r title, within double lines: A2^r-d4^v, 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.

Impr. 179: 1638: (eights) 16^o: 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. Q^6 is divided
into two sets of two and four leaves respectively! The 4th leaf of P^4
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.

Impr. 177: 1638: (fours) la. 8^o: 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.

Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4^o: 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.

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.

Impr. 162_a_: 1638: (eights) sm. 4^o: 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.

Impr. 180: 1638: sm. 4^o: 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).

Impr. 152: no date: sm. 4^o: pp. [16], signn. A-B^4: sign. B1^r beg.
16. _Hath your_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A1^r, a form of summons
to appear: A2^r, the title: A2^v-3^r, Directions and Oath: A4^r-B4^v,
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.

Impr. 180: 1638: sm. 4^o: 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.

1639.

Bacon, sir Francis. Of the advancement and proficience of learning: see 1640 B.

Impr. 184: 1639: (eights) 12^o: 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.

Impr. 180: 1639: (eights) 16^o: 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).

Impr. 189: 1639: sm. 4^o: pp. [68], signn. A-H^4 I^2: sign. C1^r beg.
_The grand contrivance_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title:
A2^r, “The Prologue to the King and Queene”: A2^v-3^r, “The Prologue
to the Vniversity”: A3^v, “The Prologue to their Majesties at
Hampton-Court”: A4^r, “The Persons of the Play”: B1^r-H4^v, the play:
I1^r-2^r, 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.

Impr. 186: (eights) 12^o: 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.

Impr. 187 or 188: 1639: (twelves) 16^o: 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.

Impr. 190: 1639: (eights) 12^o: 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.

Impr. 193: 1639: sm. 4^o: 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. A4^2 is paged 28 by error.

Impr. 151: 1639: sm. 4^o: 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 3^{rd} and 4^{th} part of Richard Davis’s auction sale
catalogue (3^{rd} part (1688), p. 12, no. 550: 4^{th} 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.

Imp. 119: 1639: (eights) sm. 4^o: 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.

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