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The first edition of this book was issued at London by Thomas
Vautrollier in 1584. The text of the treatise appears to be an
inaccurate reprint of the 1584 edition, but most of the complimentary
verses, with Nicholas Maurice’s preface dated Sept. 1582, are here
omitted: and there are other slight alterations. See 1598. C. See
Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 686.

Impr. 2: 1592: sm. 4^o (perhaps [fours] 8^o): pp. [20]. signn. A-B^4
C^2: sign. B 2^r beg. _That pleaseth_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A
1^r title, within border: A 2^r-A 2^v, dedication to the Queen: A
3^r-A 4^v, “A few volu ntary verses to the general readers”: B 1^r-C
2^r, the Handful of Verses: C 2^v “[A V]erse of variety to all those
that honors the onely Phœnix of the world” i. e. the Queen.

Extremely rare: a copy is in the British Museum. Reprinted in H.
Huth’s ©Fugitive Tracts in Verse©, 1st Ser., no. xxxi (privately
printed, Lond. 1875.)

[Impr. 7_a_: 1592]: sm. 4^o: pp. [24], signn. A-C^4: sign. B 2^r beg.
_Daphnes mischance_: Pica Roman. Contents:—[A 1^r, title?]: A 2^r-C
4^r, the speeches, &c.

Very rare. In the British Museum copy, the only one at present known
(?), the titlepage (A 1) is lost, a transcript being supplied
apparently from some other copy: also B 1 is lost. The text is
reprinted in John Nichols’ ©Progresses ... of Queen Elizabeth©, new
edition, iii. (London. 1823), p. 130, but the source is not stated. A
copy was sold in the Heber sale (Catal. pt. ii, p. 198, lot 3800) in
1834. Herbert’s Ames in the Additions iii. 1813 mentions the book.

7. ¬Gager¬, William. MELEAGER. | Tragœdia noua. | BIS PVBLICE ACTA IN | _ÆDE CHRISTI_ | Oxoniæ. [_device._]

Impr. 11: 1592: (eights) 16^o: pp. [96], signn. A-F^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Non leuior_: Pica Italic. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A 2^r-A
3^r, letter dedicatory to Robert earl of Essex, 1 Jan. “1592”
(1592/3?), signed “Guilielmus Gagerus”: A 3^v-A 4^r, Complimentary
poems to the author, one by Albericus Gentilis: A 4^v-A 5^r, short
poetical and prose account of the play by the author: A 5^v
“Personae”: A 6^r-E 7^v, the play with prologues, argument and
epilogues: E 8^r-F 5^v, “Panniculus Hippolyto Senecæ Tragœdiæ assutus
1591,” a short play: F 6^r “Apollo προλογίζει ad Serenissimam Reginam
Elizabetham 1592,” a poem: F 6^v-F 7^r, Prologue and Epilogue to
“Bellum Grammaticale.” [F 8 not seen].

For the controversy caused by the publication of this play (which had
been acted according to the letter dedicatory in 1581 or 1582 and 1584
or 1585), see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 88.

Impr. 11: 1591: (eights) 12^o: pp. [96], signn. A-F^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Viæque fessum_: Pica Italic. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A
2^r-A 2^v, “Prologus ad Academicos” in verse: A 3^r-A 4^r, epistle
dedicatory to lord Buckhurst, Ch. Ch., 10 May 1592, signed “Guilielmus
Gagerus”: A 4^v-A 7^r, complimentary poems, &c., one by Albericus
Gentilis: A 7^v, “Personæ”: A 8^r-F 1^r, the play: F 2^r-F 6^v, five
Latin pieces by Gager, including a “Prologus in Rivales, Comœdiam.” [F
8 not seen].

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 89.

Impr. 13_a_: 1592: (fours) 12^o: pp. [2] + 44 + [2] : p. 11 beg.
ὠνητὸς ἀιθαλω: Pica Greek. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border:
1–44, the work: (1–2) (not seen.)

The poem is better known as the ©Cassandra©, which is the running
title throughout. Some various readings are printed in the margin.

Impr. 11: 1592 : sm. 4^o: pp. [24], signn. A-C^4: sign. B 1^r beg.
_Cernis vt_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 1^v,
Latin poetical dedication to dr. Nicholas Bond, vice-chancellor and
president of Magdalen college, signed “Ioannes Sanfordus”: A 2^r-C
4^r, the Idylls.

Very rare, unknown even to Wood and Nichols (©Progresses of Qu.
Elizabeth©). Two copies are in the British Museum, and lord Robartes
has an imperfect one, seen in 1881. Reprinted literatim in the Oxford
Historical Society’s viii^{th} volume, (Oxf., 1887, 8v^o), where see
notes by the editor, the rev. Charles Plummer. The poems are ‘in
honour of the Queen’s Visit, and especially in connection with a
banquet given by the President and Fellows of Magdalen to the nobles
and Privy Councillors of the Queen’s retinue,’ 22 Sept. 1592.

Impr. 16: 1592: (eights) 12^o: pp. [32] + 253 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _Primi
Stromatis_, 111 ‘Πρόληψις: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(2) Engraved arms and motto of lord Pembroke, with verses: (3–8)
epistle dedicatory to William Herbert heir of lord Pembroke: (9–25)
“Eidem Willelmi Thorni parænesis ad Rhetoricam ἐγκωμιαστική”: (26–30)
complimentary verses to Thorn: (31–32) address to the reader, in
Latin: (32) 3 lines of errata: 1–253, the work, in three Stromata and
an appendix: (1) “Errata sic corrigenda.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 480. A treatise on Rhetoric. A poem on p.
(30) shows that John Sanford of Magdalen was ‘Corrector Typograph.’

1593.

Impr. 11: 1593: sm. 4^o: pp. [56], signn. A-G^4: sign. B 1^r beg.
Κλέπτων τὸν οἶνον: Pica Greek. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title within
border: A 2^r, Ὑπόθεσις and Δράματος πρόσωπα: A 3^r-G 4^r, the play.

The first separate edition of this comedy.

2. ¬Demosthenes.¬ “‘Demosthenis Orationes 15, cum interpretatione Nicolai Carri; 3 Olynthiacarum, 4 Philippicarum.’ Quarto.”

So in Herbert’s Ames, iii. 1405. Possibly a mistake for 1597.

3. ¬Gentilis¬, Albericus. “‘Albericus Gentilis Commentarii de Malificis & Mathemat. & aliis similibus.’ Quarto.”

So in Herbert’s Ames, iii. 1405. In the reprint (©Hanover©, 1604) the
title is ‘Alberici Gentilis, I. C., Professoris Regii, Ad Tit. C. de
Maleficis et Math. & ceter. similibus commentarius ...;’ the preface
is dated Oxford 26 June 1593, and addressed to dr. Toby Matthew.

Impr. 11: 1593: sm. 4^o: pp. [16], signn. A-B^4: sign. B 1^r beg.
_Epitaphium_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A
2^r-A 2^v, epistle dedicatory to Ferdinand Stanley (“Sanleio”) earl of
Derby, signed M[atthew] G[winne], H[enry] P[rice]: A 3^r-B 4^v, seven
Latin poems or epitaphs, the last signed in full “Henricus Priceus.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 702, ii. 415.

5. ¬Parry¬, Henry. “Concio de Victoria Christianâ, in Apoc. 3. 21. Oxon. 1593–94. Lond. 1606.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 193: see 1594. P.

Impr. 2: 1593: (eights) 16^o: pp. [8] + 87 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _talkes
of_: Pica English. Contents:—(1) title, within border: (3–7) Epistle
dedicatorie to the countess of Bedford, her daughter lady Grey and
Thomas lord Grey of Wilton, Bletchley, 1 Dec. 1593: (8) “In obitum
clarissimi Herois, Domini Arthuri Greij. θρηνῳδία,” a Latin hexameter
poem by “Ioannes Sanfordus”: 1–87, the sermon, on Is. lvii. 1–2: 87,
“Faultes escaped,” eight errata.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 190.

1594.

Impr. 2: 1594: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 114 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _nius. Sol:_,
111, _the thirde matter_: Pica English. Contents:—pp. (1–2) (not seen,
but presumably blank): (3) title: (5–8) Epistle dedicatorie to the
queen: (9) “The Authour to the Reader,” (10) “The booke vnto the
Reader”: (1–114) the treatise: (1–2) (not seen, but presumably blank).

Impr. 11: 1594: (eights) 12^o: pp. [48], signn. A-C^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _& Apostolus_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A 2^r-A
7^v, the Apologia: A 8^r-C 8^r, “Concio habita Oxoniæ festo cineritio,
A. D. 1594 per R. L. B. S. Th. Textus ex 3. cap. Ep. D. Pau. ad
Philipp. Ver. 1.”

Very rare. A diatribe against Edward Osberne’s ©Palinodia©, printed in
the ©Concertatio ecclesiae catholicae in Anglia© by Johannes
Aquepontanus (Bridgwater), _Augsburg_ 1594, p. 240, in which Osberne
who had been twice converted to the Roman Catholic religion had made
reflexions on Lewes a Protestant. The clue to the author’s name is
sign. A 5^v compared with p. 241 of the Concertatio. Some account of
the author is in Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 227.

Impr. 2_a_: 1594: (eights) 12^o: pp. [48], signn. A-C^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Isaac, see_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title, within
a border: A 2^r-A 3^r, Epistle dedicatory to sir Henry Unton, dated
“This xviij of June”: A 4^r-C 8^v, the sermon, on Gen. xxvii. 1–10.

See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, i. 227.

Impr. 11: 1594: (eights) 16^o: pp. [48], signn. A-C^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _culeo suo_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A
4^v, epistle dedicatory to William Herbert, lord Cardiff: sign. A
5^r-C 7^r(?: C 7 not seen), the sermon, on Rev. iii. 21: C 8 (not
seen, probably blank.).

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 193, where an edition of 1593 is
mentioned, perhaps by error.

Impr. 11: 1594: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + “344” [really 333] + [3]: p.
11 beg. _mia magnitudinem_, “111” _singularis_: Long Primer Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) epistle dedicatory to Robert earl of
Essex, signed “Griffinus Powel,” Jesus coll. Oxford, Feb. 27: (7–10)
“Ad Lectorem Academicum”: (11–15) “Prolegomena”: 1-“344,” the
Analysis.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 283. In the preface the author promises a
similar analysis of the Topica, Sophistici Elenchi (see 1598. P) and
Physica, and says that his method is derived from that of Ursinus. The
paging is very wild: the signatures are ¶, A-X^8 = 352 pages. See
1564. Diagrams occur in the text and margins.

6. Powel, Griffith. “Analysis libri Aristot. de Sophisticis Elenchis. Ox. 1594.” A mistake in Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 283 for 1598: see 1598. P.

Impr. 2: 1594: (eights) 16^o: pp. [10] + 110: p. 11 beg. _as good_:
Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title, within border: (3–10) Epistle
dedicatorie to Arthur lord Grey of Wilton, dated Bletchley. 25 Dec.
1585: 1–110, the sermon, dated at end 22 Sept. 1594.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 193. A new ed. of 1585. S.

Impr. 7: 1594: (eights) 16^o: pp. [96], signn. A-F^8: sign. B 1^r beg.
_state of Christes_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A
2^r-A 4^v, address “To the Christian Reader”: A 5^r-F 8^r, the sermon,
on Is. xxiv. 1–3.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 759: and 1595. T.

1595.

Impr. 11: 1595: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 102 + [6]: p. 11 beg. _Sic
respiraram_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) Epistola
Dedicatoria to sir (?) John Wolley and his wife Elizabeth, signed
“Robertus Moore,” New College, Oxford, 6 July 1595: (7–8) address “Ad
Lectorem Benevolum”: (8) “Auctoris ad libellum parænesis,” a short
poem: 1–102, the work: (1–6) Index: (6) five errata.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 654. The book is a long hexameter poem,
divided into twelve books, one for each month, in which historical
events are successively alluded to.

2. ¬Trigge¬, Francis. “Trigge (F.) Godly and Fruitfull Sermon, at Grantham, 1592, _black letter_, _Oxford_, 1595.”

So in the Pyne Auction sale catalogue at Sotheby’s, art. 1058, sold on
8 July 1886. Quaritch ascertained that the date was correct. Probably
a reissue of 1594. T.

Impr. 6: 1595: (eights) 12^o: pp. [16] + 966 + [10]: p. 11 beg.
_nister comfort_, 111 _might fall_, 801 _he that hath_: Long Primer
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) Epistle dedicatorie to the earl
of Pembroke: (9–15) “To the Christian readers”: 1–966, the treatise:
(1–9) “A table ...”.

See 1587. U.

Impr. 17: 1595: 12^o: pp. [24] + 246 + [6]: pp. 11 beg. _mal i
llefarod’_, 111 _duw, er_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–11) dedication to dr. Richard Vychan (Vaughan), archdn. of
Middlesex, signed “Huw Lewys”: (12–13) poem “At yr vnrhyw wr” by
Lewys: (15–23) “Ir darlennydd Christnogaidd rhad a thangneddyf
Ynghrist”: 1–246 the work: (1–4) poem “Cowydd ir Iesu” by Lewys: (5)
“Gweddi ferr yw doedyd mewn adfyd.”

A translation into Welsh by Hugh Lewis of Wermueller’s ©Spiritual and
most precious Pearl©, a religious treatise, translated from the German
into English by Miles Coverdale (_Lond._ 1550). See M. Williams’s
©Cofrestr o’r holl Lyfrau printjedig ... yn y Faith Gymraeg ...©
(Lond. 1717), ©Cambrian Bibliography© by the rev. William Rowlands,
ed. by the rev. D. S. Evans (©Llandidloes©, 1869, 8v^o), p. 71. This
is the first Welsh book printed at Oxford and the first occurrence of
Rhydychen (Oxenford) in Oxford imprints. The translator begs the
reader to excuse the absence of _y_ in some places before _n_ and _r_,
the printer’s stock being too small. For the same reason _dd_ is
usually _d’_ and _ll_ _l’_. If a word is here and there omitted it
should be remembered that the printing is done by Englishmen!

1596.

Impr. 5_a_: 1596: (eights) 12^o: pp. [16] + 271 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _one
ab_, 111 _Quæst._ 3: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5)
Epistola dedicatoria to Richardus Phetiplacius, Oxf. 20 Sept. 1596:
(7–11) address “Ad Lectorem, Benevolum” 26 Nov. 1596: (13–15) 5 Latin
poems on the book: 1–198, the work: 199–200, “Peroratio operis, ad
lectorem” 20 Sept. 1596: 201–206, “Quæstionum ... ordo ...”: 207–208,
“Index Capitum”: 209–268, “A B Cedarium moralis philosophiæ Johanni
Phetipacio Richardi Phetiplacii filiolo: omnibusque Tyronibus virtutum
studiosis, scriptum & commendatum,” by question and answer: 269–271,
“Peroratio ad adolescentem studiosum lectorem,” 30 Nov. (1596).

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 687. The first address shows that for a
time the printer refused to produce the work, which is related to the
©Speculum© of 1585, for fear that it might be reprinted at once
elsewhere, and he suffer loss as in the case of the ©Sphæra Civitatis©
of 1588. See 1586. C. A presentation copy has red lines round the
page, on three sides double. This book is strictly the second part of
the next art., Case’s ©Speculum©.

Impr. 20: 1596: (eights) 12^o: pp. [32] + folded sheet + 533 + [27]:
p. 11 beg. _empli causa_, 111 _tur: quod_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title: (3–9) epistola nuncupatoria to the earl of Leicester, dated
7 Mar. “1585”: (11–15), address “ad studiosos iuvenes utriusque
academiæ,” with a short poem: (17–31) complimentary Latin verses: a
“Tabula virtutum et vitiorum omnium,” folio sheet printed on one side
only: 1–531, the work: 532–533, “Peroratio ad lect orem”: (1–26)
Index.

A reprint of 1585. C. The above title covers the preceding article,
Case’s ©Reflexus Speculi©, but for convenience they are separately
treated.

Impr. 19: 1596: (eights) 12^o: pp. [106], signn. A^4, one leaf, B-G^8:
sign. B 2^r beg. _See how Apollo_: Long Primer English. Contents:
sign. A 1^r title, within border: A 2^r poetical dedication to lady
Elizabeth widow of sir F. Drake, signed by the author of the book
“Charles Fitz-geffrey”: A 3^r “To the Authour,” poem, beg. _Once
dead_, signed “Richard Rous”: A 3^v “To C. F.,” poem, beg. _When to_,
signed “Francis Rous”: A 4^r “To the Authour,” poem, beg. _Englands
Vlysses_, signed “D. W.”: 5th leaf^r “In Dracum redivivum; Carmen,”
beg. _Quis vostrûm_, signed “Thomas Michelborne”: B 1^r-G 8^v, the
poem.

Very rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 607. The book was reprinted in
the same year with small differences in the text chiefly of spelling,
but with considerable changes in the prefatory matter: see below. It
was also reprinted in 1819 at the Lee Priory Press, and edited by dr.
Grosart in 1881⁂. The poem is in 7-line stanzas, rhyming ABABBCC.
Woodcut ornaments occur at the top and bottom of almost every page,
and the book has the appearance of an _édition de luxe_.

Impr. 19: 1596: (eights) 12^o: pp. [112], signn. A-G^8: sign. B 2^r
beg. _See how Apollo_: Long Primer English. Contents:—sign. A 1^r
title, within border: A 2^r poetical dedication to lady Elizabeth
Drake, signed “Charles Fitz-geffrey”: A 2^v “To C. F.,” poem, beg.
_Once dead_, signed “Richard Rous”: A 3^r “To C. F.,” poem, beg. _When
to_, signed “Francis Rous”: A 3^v “To C. F.”, poem, beg. _Many
greate_, signed “Thomas Mychelborne”: A 4^r “To the Author,” poem,
beg. _Englands Vlysses_, signed “Diag. Vvh.,” i. e. Degory Whear: A
4^v “Ad Dracum,” English poem, beg. _Weepe not_, signed “Ty. Co.”: A
5^r-A 6^v, address “To the Reader” signed “C. F.” Broadgates (Oxford),
17 Nov. 1596: A 7^r-A 8^v, quotations ending “Hæc ferè sunt quæ de
Draco nostro apud exoticos poetas legimus”: B 1^r-G 8^v, the poem.

See preceding article.

Very rare. This issue is almost identical with the first, but the
whole text appears to be newly set up, with minute differences.

Impr. 11: 1596: (eights) 16^o: pp. [8] + 92 + [4] : p. 11 beg.
_Antequam verò_: Pica Italic. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border:
(3–7) Epistola dedicatoria to sir Robert Beal, dated Broadgates Hall,
“15 Mar. 1596”: (9–13) complimentary poems in Latin and Greek: (14)
“Errata”: 1–92 the treatise.

Very rare: a French grammar, in Latin, by Pierre Morlet (?). The
dedication states that the author was tutor to sir Robert Beal, having
been introduced by David Chytræus.

6. ¬Perrot¬, sir James. “A Discovery of Discontented Minds wherein their several sorts & purposes are described especially such as are gone beyond y^e Seas. Dedicated to y^e Earl of Essex by James Perrot & printed at Oxford in 4^{to} by Joseph Barnes Printer to the University—1596.”

Very rare. The above is from Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5904 (Bagford’s
Collections), foll. 20 & 171. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 606,
Herbert’s Ames, p. 1406, both notices derived from Oldys’s ©Catalogue
of pamphlets in the Harleian Library© (Harleian Miscellany, vol. x.
(1813), p. 358, where ‘Quarto, in thirty-four pages’ is added).

7. ¬Pinner¬, Charles. [Sermon by Charles Pinner at Marlborough, on 1 Tim. iv. 16.]

(Impr. ?: 1596?): (eights) 16^o: pp. 53 +[3]: p. 11 beg. _through
knowledge_: Pica English. Contents:—p. 1 title: 3–4, Epistle
dedicatory to “master Iohn Bailife” of Marlborough, dated from Wotton
Basset, 20 Oct. 1596: 5–53, the sermon.

Very rare: see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 667. In the Bodleian copy, the
only one known, the title is lost, so that the date is uncertain. But
the book was certainly printed at Oxford, the woodcut on p. 5 being
decisive.

Impr. 18: 1596: eights, sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 646: p. 11 beg. _cisse
tantùm_, 111 _am secundum_, 501 _bus Gentium_: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) “¶ 1” alone: (3) title: (5–12) dedicatory epistle to
the earl of Essex, in Latin, Queen’s coll. Oxford, 7 July 1596:
(13–15) “Index tractatuum, librorum, et capitum”: 1–609, the work in
two books, preceded by an “Epistola ad Anglicorum Seminarioram alumnos
Romæ & Rhemis” and preface, and followed by an “Admonitio ad
lectorem”: 609–627, “Index locorum Sacræ Scripturæ”: 628–646, “Index
rerum præcipuarum.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 15. Hebrew Pica type occurs on p. 497 and
elsewhere, both pointed and without points: and unpointed Long Primer
on pp. 169, 451, 603, &c.

Impr. 11: 1596: sm. 4^o: pp. [68], signn. ¶, A-G^4, H^2: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Virtutis môvere_: Pica Italic. Contents:—sign. ¶ 1^r title: ¶
1^v “Liber ad Lectorem,” Latin poem: ¶ 2^r-¶ 2^v, address “Benevolo
lectori,” signed “Robertus Wright,” Trinity college, Oxford, 13 June
1596: ¶ 3^r-H 2^v, poems in memory of Unton, the only two not Latin
being on sign. A 1^r in Greek and Hebrew: see below.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 648. The first (unpointed) Hebrew type
used at Oxford appears in the poem alluded to above, a Pica fount.
Some (probably early) copies omit the preface, the ‘Liber ad Lectorem’
occurring on sign. ¶ 2^r, the page preceding and following being
blank.

1597.

Impr. 5: 1597: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 128 + “140” (really 142) +
[2]: p. 11 beg. ἐπιβουλευθῆναι, 111 ρίευσεν. ἐκεῖθεν, also 11 _bus
coctum_, 111 _actarum_: Pica Greek and Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “*j”
only: (3) title: (5–13) Epistola dedicatoria to sir Thomas Egerton,
dated 20 Aug. 1597: 1–62, Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Ἀγαθαρχίδου περὶ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς
θαλάσσης : 63–128, Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Μέμνονος: 1–71, “Excerpta quaedam ex
Agatharchide de rubro mari”: 72–140, “Ex Memnone excerpta quædam” de
statu Heraclææ Ponticæ.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 611. The excerpts of both authors are
from Photius’s ©Bibliotheca©.

Impr. 20: 1597: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + folded sheet + 277 +
[13]: p. 11 beg. _prætoriam_, 111 _admittantur_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) epistola dedicatoria to lord Buckhurst:
(9–11) epistola ad lectorem: (12) two complimentary poems: then a
small folio sheet containing an analysis of the work: 1–245, the work,
in two books: 246–277, “Appendix Thesauri Oeconomici”: (1) “Peroratio
operis ad Lectorem”: (2–12), “Index rerum ...”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 687: also 1578, 1587. C, 1598. C. In the
Epistola Case gives some account of his works, printed and manuscript.
A reference in the Bowman Catalogue (Oxf. 1687) p. (14) to Case’s
©Cursus Philosophicus© in 3 volumes (Oxf. 1597) can only refer to a
set of Case’s books of various years.

Impr. 20: 1597: sm. 4^o: pp. [96]: p. 11 beg. νὴς καὶ πολλῶν: Pica
Greek. Contents:—p. 1, title, within border: 3–96, the orations &c.
some with ὑποθέσεις.

See 1593. D.

Impr. 19_a_: 1597: (eights) 4^o: pp. [12] + 706, not including two
unpaged title-leaves, see below, + [2]: p. 11 beg. _Who hath
instructed_, 111 _their former labours_, 671 _& these (in_: Pica
Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–11) Epistle dedicatorie to the lord
keeper sir Thomas Egerton: 1–660, the 48 lectures: after 660 “A |
SERMON PREACHED | AT THE FVNERALLES OF | THE MOST REVEREND | FATHER,
JOHN, late | Arch-bishoppe of Yorke, _No-_|_vemb. the_ 17. _in the
yeare of_ | _our Lorde_, 1594.” [_device_: then impr. 7_a_, 1597: then
a blank page]: 661–683, the sermon, on Ps. cxlvi. 3–4: after 683 a
blank page (684), then “A | SERMON PREACHED | IN YORKE THE
SEVEN-|TEENTH DAY OF NO-|VEMBER IN THE YEARE OF | our Lorde 1595.
being the | _Queenes day_.” | [_device_, then impr. 7_a_, 1597: then a
blank page]: 685–706, the sermon, on 2 Kings xxiii. 25: 706, “Faultes
escaped in Printing ...”.

See 1599. K, 1600. K: other edd. were printed at London. For King, see
Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 294.

Impr. 19_a_: 1597: (eights) 12^o: pp. 40: p. 11 beg. _haue or doe_:
Pica English. Contents:—p. 1, title: 3–5, epistle dedicatorie to John
Sims, dated Wotton Basset, 23 July 1597: 7–40, the sermon.

Very rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 667.

6. ¬Pinner¬, Charles. “Sermon ... _Honour all Men, love brotherly Fellowship, on_ 1 _Pet. 2._ 17. Oxon 1597, in oct.”

So Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 667.

7. ¬Williams¬, rev. John. “_De Christi Justitia & in Regno spirituali Ecclesiæ Pastorum Officio, Concio ad Clerum, Oxon. in cap._ 10. _Rev. vers._ 1. Oxon. 1597. qu[arto].”

So Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 132, copied by Herbert.

8. ¬Presse¬, Symon. “‘A sermon preached at Eggington, in the County of Darby, concerning the right vse of things indifferent, the 8. Day of August, 1596. By Symon Presse Minister there. Feare God, honour the Kinge. 1 Pet. 2; 17. Printed at Oxford—, and are to bee solde in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Bible. 1597.’ Dedicated ‘To his loving Parishioners Mr. F. Cooke,’ &c. The text, 1 Cor. 8; 10–13. Pages 28, including the title. W. H. Sixteens.”

So in Herbert’s Ames, iii. 1406: see Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, i. 220.
Impr. 19_a_.

Impr. 20: 1597: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 95 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _Montem
Tabor_: Pica Greek and Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “Ai” only: (3) title,
within border: (5–14) Epistola dedicatoria to judge Thomas Owen
(Ovvinus), dated Lincoln college, Oxford, 23 Dec 1596: 1–95, “Οἱ βίοι
τῶν ἁγίων Εὐαγγελιστῶν Ἰωάννου καὶ Λουκᾶ ὑπὸ Συμεὼν τοῦ Μεταφράστου
πάλαι ἀναταχθέντες” in Greek and Latin.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 611. The editor has practically made the
Latin translation a commentary by expanding where his author was
obscure, and the like.

1598.

Impr. 5_b_: 1598: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 214 (“224” the next p. to 24
being “35”) + [18]: p. 11 beg. _verè est_, 111 _secretâque(**not sure
of accent)_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “A” between woodcuts: (3)
title: (5–10) Epistola dedicatoria to lord Buckhurst, dated University
college, Oxford, 16 May 1598: (11) List of contents: 1–21, Præfatio ad
lectorem: 23-“224,” the six lectures: (1–15) “Index rerum
præcipuarum.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 562. Reprinted at Frankfurt in 1616, with
the title ‘Georgii Abbatti ... Explicatio sex illustrium quæstionum
...’

Impr. 11: 1598: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 201 + [7]: p. 11 beg.
_Respondens. Definitio_: 111 _Oppon. Aliquid_: Brevier Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) as 1592. C: 1–201, the work: (1–6)
Index.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 686. A reprint of 1592. C, almost
_literatim_.

3. Case, John. “1587. ‘Thesaurus oeconomiae, seu commentarius oeconomica Aristotelis. Authore Johanne Caso.’ Again 1598. Quarto.”

So Herbert’s Ames p. 1402: see 1587. C. Error for 1597?

Impr. 2: 1598: (eights) 16^o: pp. [8] + 45 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _of
Christ. This_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication
to “master Thomas Flit” of the city of Worcester, the author’s
godfather, dated Stainton-in-the-Street, 1 Mar. “1597”: (7–8) “To the
Reader”: 1–45, the sermon, on 1 John ii. 3–6.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 592.

Impr. 5_a_: 1598: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 396 + [4]: p. 11 beg.
_hostias quas_, 111 _tariam &_: Long Primer Roman and Pica Italic.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) dedication to the earl of Essex, signed
“Griffinus Powel,” Jesus coll., Oxford, 3 Apr. (1598): (7–8) “Ad
lectorem Acamedicum”: (8) “Liber ad Lectorem,” a Latin poem: (9–16)
Prolegomena: 1–396, the Analysis of the two books.

6. Richard de Bury. Philobiblon: see 1599. R.

1599.

Impr. 11: 1599: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 73 + [7]: p. 11 beg. _De genere_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to the young John
Egerton “ab ȩdibus meis Oxon.”, 26 Oct. 1599: 1–4, “Ad lectorem
benignum”: 5–73, the work: (2–7) Index: (7) “Corrigenda.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 687. Connected with the ©Lapis
philosophicus©, see below: but issued (apparently) slightly later. In
the preface Case alludes to his approaching end, and his unpublished
work on Philosophy.

Impr. 11_a_: (1599): (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [32] + 871 [“869,” for
109–112 are omitted and 274–279 doubled, in the pagination] + [17]: p.
11 beg. _magnum pondus_, 113 _si materia_, 501 _tatur si ergo_: Pica
Italic and Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, engraved, see below: (3–8)
dedication to sir Thomas Egerton: (9–17) “Epistola ad lectorem,” 31
Oct. 1599: (18) “In primæ paginæ decem Imagines Decastichon”: (19–25)
complimentary verses, in Latin and Greek: (26–32) “Quæstiones & dubia
quæ in octo libris Physicorum continentur”: 1–30, “Prolegomena”:
31-“869,” the work: (1) “Lectori benevolo,” 31 Oct. 1599: (2–15)
Index: (16) “Lectori ingenuo et philosopho” (errata).

4. 5. 6
3 7
2 8
1. 10. 9,

representing Chaos, Nature, Fortune, the Fates, Time, Phaethon and
Arctos, Sky, Space, Infinity and Terminus, Effigy of Case. The last
compartment represents the author in effigy on a tomb with the words
“Casus in occasum vergit vivitque sepultus.” The whole tone of the
prefaces is pathetic, Case feeling that he was close to his end, which
actually came on 23 Jan. 1599/1600. At p. (7) is a reference to the
new Bodleian: at (p. 11) it is stated that some German friends with
those at Oxford offered to pay the expense of printing the book rather
than that it should not be printed at all, and that the author
carefully revised and pruned it five times before publication. In an
epilogue to the first book (p. 170), dated 25 June 1597, Case
apologises to a friend for not giving the _text_ of each book and for
not printing his discourse on Philosophy in general. See the ©Ancilla
philosophiae©, above.

Impr. 11: 1599: sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A^4, B^2: sign. B 1^r beg.
_tutis, eruditionis_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–12) the
Oration.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 111: ©Reg. Univ. Oxon.©, vol. 2 (ed.
Clark), pt. i, p. 145. The Commission to confer the degree on bp.
Henry Cotton (of Magdalen) is dated 2 June 1599. The oration gives an
interesting account of the ceremony of conferment (6 June) and its
symbolism.

4. James, Thomas. (Bagford’s statement that James’s “Catalogue of the Oxford and Cambridge Manuscripts” appeared in this year (Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5901, fol. 65), is due to the title of the Appendix of Richard de Bury’s ©Philobiblon©, see below. The Catalogue came out in 1600.)

Impr. 4: (1599): sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A^4, B^2: sign. B 1^r beg.
29. _Whether they_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–10) the
43 questions: (11) “The oath of the Church-wardens and side-men.”

Impr. 19_a_: 1599: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 706 + [2], not
counting two extra title-leaves, see below: p. 11 beg. _Who hath
instructed_, 111 _their former_, 671 _& these in_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—precisely as 1597, K, except LATE not “late,” _No-_|_vem._,
not _No-_|_vemb._, 1494 (by error) not 1594, and 1599 on both extra
titles, not 1597: there is no list of Errata. The first and last
leaves have not been seen.

Impr. 21, as colophon: 1598: (sixes) la. 8^o: pp. [24] + 119 + [1] +
218 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _hardly bee able_, 111 _wise a master_: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) engraved title, see below: (3–4) dedication to
sir Thomas Bodley, signed “Richard Haydocke,” New coll., Oxford, 24
Aug. 1598: (5–12) (the Translator) to the ingenuous Reader: (13–14)
“Iohn Case D. of Physicke to his friende _R. H._ of New Colledge”:
(15) “The titles of the bookes,” five in all: (17–23) “A table of the
Chapters ...”: 1–7, “The preface to the worke” by Lomazzo: 9–11, “The
division of the worke”: 13–119, and 1–218, the work: (1) Device and
colophon.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 678. Lomazzo’s ©Trattato dell’ arte de la
pittura© was published at Milan in 1584, and Haydocke’s Preface gives
an account of its rarity in England. Only five out of the seven books
of the original are here published. In the dedication the translator
alludes to Bodley’s design of “erecting and restoring of this worthie
Panbiblion or Temple of all the Muses,” the Bodleian.

The title is an elaborate engraving on metal, the words on an oval in
the centre: at top “IO: PAOLO LOMAZZO:” surrounding his bust: on
either side Juno and Apollo (?): on either side the oval, the arms of
the University and of New College: below, in the centre a bust of the
translator surmounted by his arms, between figures derived from
classical mythology. In the book are thirteen full-page engravings
marked A-I, K-N, and a profusion of woodcut ornaments. On the last
page but one occurs the large device of the University arms, within a
border: then the colophon: then a woodcut of the arms of New College
between two Ws (William of Wykeham). By some confusion this book is
dated 1605 by Bagford (Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5901, fol. 66).

Impr. 11: 1599: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 62 + [10]: p. 11 beg. _tiqui pro_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) Epistola dedicatoria to sir
Thomas Bodley, “ex Musæo meo in Collegio Novo. Iulij. 6. 1599,” signed
“Thomas James”: (7) “Vita ex Balæo”: 1–4, “Præfatio auctoris ad
lectorem”: 5, “Capitula libri sequentis”: 7–62, the work in 20
chapters: (3–10) “Appendix de manuscriptis Oxoniensibus.”

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 466. This is the first English
edition of the first book on the love of books. The _editio princeps_
is that of 1473 printed at Cologne: the next Spires, 1483 and Paris
1500. An account of these editions and of the known MSS. of the
©Philobiblon© will be found in E. C. Thomas’s edition (Lond., 1888).
The mysterious “_B. P. N._” on the titlepage (followed by “Non quæro
quod mihi vtile est, sed quod multis”) is explained by him as perhaps
“Bibliothecae Praefectus Novae” or “Nostrae” or rather “Bono Publico
Natus:” it has been suggested that they may stand for “Beati Pauli
Norma,” alluding to 1 Cor. x. 33. The Editor explains that it was
intended that the work should be followed by an Appendix containing a
catalogue of all MSS. at Oxford, a purpose which seriously delayed the
issue of the book. In fact the whole of the text of the ©Philobiblon©
was printed off in 1598, as is proved by a single copy still preserved
in the Bodleian dated in that year but containing only the titlepage,
(identical in type with the published one, except in one figure of the
date) and pp. 1 to 62 + [2 blank]. As it is, the Appendix only
contains an alphabetical list, without references, of the authors of
which manuscripts were preserved at Oxford: the intended catalogue
appears in the ©Ecloga Oxonio-Cantabrigiensis©, Lond., 1600. The
preface alludes to the founding of the Bodleian, but dr. James had not
yet been appointed Librarian. There is no sufficient ground for
supposing with mr. Thomas (_ut supra_, p. lv) and mr. Macray (©Annals
of the Bodleian©, 2nd ed., p. 25) that the single advance copy of 1598
implies an issue or edition of that year.

Impr. 19_a_: 1599: (eights) 12^o: pp. [128], signn. A-H^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Then clims_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A
2^v, dedication to “Mistris M.B. wife to ... D.B. Esquier,” signed
Robert Roche: A 3^r-A 4^r “To the Reader,” a poem: A 4^v-A 5^v,
“Coricæus to the Author,” a poem signed “C. A. R.”: A 5^v-B 1^v, “An
induction to the story”: B 2^r-H 7^r, the poem: H 7^r, “Faultes
escaped.”

The Bodleian copy, which belonged to Robert Burton, is perhaps unique.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 682, where extracts are given from this
poem, which is chiefly in a peculiar 7-line stanza, ABABBCC. G. on the
titlepage is no doubt _Gentleman_.

10. Ubaldini, Petruccio. (The edition of “La Vita di Carlo Magno Imperadore. Di nuevo corretta” by P. Ubaldini, doubtfully ascribed in the Catalogue of the Printed Books in the British Museum to the Oxford Press, was certainly not printed there.)

1600.

1. ¬Butler¬, Charles. “‘Rhetoricæ libri duo, quorum Prior de Tropis & Figuris, Posterior de Voce & Gestu, Præcipiti [_sic_] in vsum scholarum accuratiûs editi. Oxoniæ, Excudebat—1600. ... Viro virtutis & honoris nomine nobilissimo, Thomæ Egertono, Equiti, Domino Custodi magni sigilli Angliæ, Carolus Butler Magdalenensis, S. D.—Basingstochiæ, 5 Jdus Martii. 1600.’ ... Some commendatory verses; Lat. & Gr. ... Ad lectorem.’ I3, in eights, besides the prefixes. W. H. Sixteens.”

So in Herbert’s Ames, iii. 1409. For the author, see Wood’s ©Ath.
Oxon.©, iii. 209, Bloxam’s ©Magd. Reg.©, i. 20. See 1618. B, 1629. B.

2. ¬Holland¬, Robert. “‘Darmerth, neu Arlwy Gweddi, a ddychymygwyd er mawr dderchafiad Duwioldeb, ac i chwanegu Gwybodaeth ac Awydd yr annysgedig ewyllysgar i iawn wasanaethu’r gwir Dduw. Gan Robert Holland, gweinidog gair Duw, a Pherson Llan Ddeferowg, yn sir Gaerfyrddin’ [Rhydychain, 4plyg.”]

So in W. Rowland’s ©Cambrian Bibliography©, ed. by D. S. Evans,
(Llanidloes, 1869) p. 72. It is ascribed also to Oxford in M.
Williams’s ©Cofrestr© (Lond. 1717): but the evidence is at present not
sufficient to establish a connexion with Barnes’s press: nor is the
present place of any copy known to the editor of Rowlands.

3. Holland, Thomas. Panegyris: see 1601. H.

Impr. 19_a_: 1600: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 706 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_Who hath instructed_, 111 _their former_, 671 _& these in_: Pica
Roman. Contents:—exactly as 1599. K, except (in 2nd title) “Lord” not
“Lorde,” 1594 not 1494, (in 3rd title) NOVEM-|BER not NO-|VEMBER,
_daie_ not _day_: and dates on titles 1600 not 1599. The first and
last leaves have not been seen.

A reprint of 1599. K.

Impr. 19: 1600: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 60: p. 11 beg. _of the earth_: Pica
Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–6) dedication to lord Buckhurst,
dated Haroldston 16 Nov. 1600, signed “I. P.”: (7–8) “To the
indifferent and friendly Reader,” signed “Iames Perrott”: 1–60, the
work, in three sections.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 605. The second part was to be the
Political consideration of things under us, the third the Natural
Consideration of things about us, the last the Metaphysical
Consideration of things above us: but they were never published.

Impr. 19_a_: 1600: (eights) 16^o: pp. [12] + 116 + [32]: p. 11 beg.
_which he wrought_, 111 _now for the_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title: (3–10) dedication to sir Thomas Egerton, signed “Hugh Roberts”:
(11–12) “The Contents or briefe summe of the Lectures ...”: 1–116, the
six lectures on Heb. iii. 7–11, 12–13, 14, 15, 16–17, 18–19: (1) title
of sermon “A | GODLY AND | NECESSARY SERMON | against fleshly lustes;
and against cer-|taine mischievous May-games, which | are the fruite
thereof. Preached | _vpon the first Sabbath day in Maie_, | _in the
yeere_. 1598. | By H. R. Master of Artes, and now | Minister of the
word. | [_Motto_, then _woodcuts_].” Impr. 19_a_, 1600: (3–5) “To the
Reader”: (7–32) the sermon, on 1 Pet. ii. 11.

In the preface to the sermon it is hinted that the publication of the
sermon was prevented when it was first delivered “now more then a
yeere and a halfe agone.” Wood (©Ath. Oxon.© i. 703), describes this
book as “_Lond._ 1600, _quarto_,” wrongly.

Impr. 19: 1600: sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 160: p. 11 beg. _a faithfull
brother_, 111 _are remitted_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–7) Epistle dedicatorie to bp. Henry Cotton, signed “Iohn Terry”:
(9–22) “To the Christian Reader.” also signed: (23–24) “The principall
vses of this Treatise”: 1–160, the work (first part.)

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 410. For the second and third parts, see
1602. T, (which contains on the last page “Faultes escaped in printing
the first part”), 1625 T.

Impr. 19: 1600: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + “341” (really 327, for
180–191 and 236–237 are omitted in the pagination) + [1]: p. 11 beg.
_vnto it certaine_, 111 _ble that it is_: Pica Roman. Contents: | p.
(1) title: (3–5) “To the Reader”: (7) “A table of the several
discourses”: 1–341, the nine discourses (1 is Parry’s prefaces to the
3rd and 4th parts of Ursinus’s Catechism in the first edition see
1587. U); 5, 6 are translated by Parry; 3 is a passage out of Vigilius
about the Incarnation; 9 a funeral oration on Ursinus (who died “6
Mar. 1583”) by Francis Junius: (1) “Faultes escaped.”

Rare. The editor apologizes in the preface for this “three weekes
worke,” due to the importunity of the printer, after the editor had
given over the task when only begun.

1601.

Impr. 11: 1601: (eights) 12^o: pp. [200], signn. A-M^8 N^4: sign. B
1^r beg. _Vel si quid_, M 1^r _Si non immemor_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A 2^r-A 2^v poetical Latin dedication to
Edw. Michelborne: A 3^r, Michelborne’s reply in Latin verse: A 3^v,
poetical Latin dedication to William Raleigh barrister: A 4^r-M 1^v
the Affaniae in 3 books: M 2^r [_woodcuts_] | _CENOTAPHIA._ | A |
CAROLO FITZGEOFRIDO | _Posita & sacrata_ | D. M. & piæ Memoriæ |
nonnullorum, | _Quos nunc emeritæ permensos tempora vitæ_ | _Secreti
sinus orbis habet mundusq¿ue¿ piorum_. | [_woodcuts_]: then impr. 11,
1061 [_sic_]: M 3^r-N 4^v, the epitaphs.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 607. The epigrams and epitaphs are
of much interest, and some are translated and printed in Dr. Grosart’s
©Poems of Charles Fitzgeoffrey©, 1881.

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