CENTRE
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RENAISSANCE
STUDIES
VICTORIA
UNIVERSITY
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A
BIBI.IOGRAPIIY OF
I'RINTING
AND
I'UI;IISItlNG AT 0XFI)RI
' 1468 '--164O
Il ITII NO TES, APPENDLYES AND ILI. USTId..4 TION5
BY
FA LCO N E R MA I)A N, I. A.
FEI.I.OW OF IRASENOSE COI.LEGE OXFORD
AT TItE
CLARENDON
PRESS
REF.& REN,
PrINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
¥ IORACE FIART, PRIN'I-£R TO THE UNIVER.çlT¥
PREFACE
TItE present
attempt to describe in detail the products and working
O-:ford Press in its early days. Though eclipsed by the
of the later University Press, the first period, included
book, has a natural importance of its own. The Fifteenth
early Sixteenth Century presses are necessarily of interest,
work was undertaken early in 889, and is an
of thc
glories
in this
and
and
when printing became firmly established in ]585 ît began to
reflect faithfully the current tendencies of thought and study in
the University. Theology is predominant, animated on its con-
troversial side with tierce opposition to the Church of Rome, but
the quieter fields
by side is seen
lighter books
(6o 3, no. 5)-
The most
of classical work are well represented, and side
an increasing study of English literature. Of
there are few, and of chapbooks perhaps only one
important works
produced at Oxford between .585
and 64o were Richard de Bury's Philobiblon (I599), Wyclifçs
treatises (6o8), capt. John Smith's Map of Virginia (6_),
Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (I6_. &c.), Field on the
Church (6.8, &c.), Sandys' translations of Ovid's Metamm-
phoses (633), the University Statutes (I634), Chaucer's Troilus
and Cressida in English and Latin (635), Chillingworth's
Religion of Protestants (638), and Eacon's Advancement and
Proficience of Learning, in Englîsh (64o: see frontispiece).
There are of course many books on logic, philosophy and the
like, intended for the University curriculum, and many collections
1 See Appendixes A, B.
a3
vi
IREFA CE.
of the rhetorical poems by which the University was expected
to condole or rejoice with every change in the royal estate, i8o
pages of mechanical grief at Elizabeth's death in I6o 3 are at once
followed by OEoo pages of equally mechanical congratulations to
J ames I : and the metrical tears dropped in turn on the grave of
the latter monarch in Iarch 625, are in .\[ay succeeded with
indecorous haste by songs of joy on the marriage of lis successor.
Some volumes of English poems and plays occur, by Skelton,
Nicholas Breton. Churchyard, I;itz-Geffrey. Randolph, Cart-
wright, Fletcher, and others, and a few still lighter pieces, such
as a 5Iasque at Richmond, partly in \Viltshire dialect, and
'" t3ushells Rock," both in 636. There are traces of the study
of Spanish, French and \Velsh, as well as of Latin and Greek ;
and an attempt to introduce phonetic writing and spelling was
made by Charles Butler in I633 and I6.3 4. Even theological
disputes are lightened by the solemn account of certain J esuits
in the East, who dressed up a carcase as that of a queen recently
deceased, obtained much glory from the miracles it wrought,
until the real corpse arrived and the priests vacated the vicinity
(633 , Gregorius). There is something surprising in Oxford
being chosen as the printing-place of a book to persuade mothers
to nurse their own children (62:, Clinton) ; and an episcopal
alchemist is not often to be met with in real lire (16 2 , Thorn-
borough). I t is lcss to be wondered at that a college which had
leased land to Queen Elizabeth for a quiet rive thousand years,
should try to be relieved of its agreement within fifty (623,
Oxford).
There is no need of a general history of the University Press
distinguished from the annals which the Appen-
at this time, as
dixes of this
work present.
members of the Universit)-,
privilegio,'" but there is little to
The printers were privileged
and occasionally printed "cum
invest their personal proceedings
with importance. Though it is true that money was advanced
in 1.585 by the Earl ofLeicester, Chancellor of the University, to
set up Joseph Barnes with a new press, and that
privileges in 1632 gave the University direct
printing, there are as yet few signs of actual academical patron-
age or interference, and the failures and successes of the printers
and publishers, which can be traced in detail in A ppendixes C
the charter of
control of the
PREFA CE. v I 1
and F, are the ordinary fluctuations of trade. Nor can the
Oxford press at this time claire much connexion with the greater
world of the English Court or Church. After it was placed on
a permanent footing by the Earl of Leicester, its one great patron
and protector within our period was Archbishop Laud, who
occupied a similar position to that of Bishop Fell at a later
period in the saine century.
The year I64o has been chosen as the inferior limit of this
bibliography, partly because both the British Iuseum Catalogue
of early English books and Arber's Transcript of the Registers
of the Stationers' Company stop at that point, partly because
the interest in the products of the press as such xvas round to be
rapidly diminishing, and partly in consequence of the break-up
of all quiet progress during the convulsions of the Rebellion,
combined with the dismal prospect of that trackless wilderness---
the literature of the Civil \Var.
of
use
mention
the first
The present bibliography presents, it is believed, four features
novelty :--the better representation of the titlepage by the
of Roman and Italic capitals as well as ordinary type; the
of the chief type used in each book; the furnishing of
words of certain pages, to facilitate the identification of
imperfect copies; and the insertion of actual pages of books
printed at Oxford, selected fi'om works which are cheap and
common. These points are explained and discussed in a paper
on A[et/od b ibliograp/o,, printed at pp. 9 - o6 of vol. of the
Transactions of the Bibliographical Society (,893), to which the
reader is referred, if he xvishes to see a fuller account of the
xvhole aim and method of the present book.
The best thanks of tte writer are due for general help to
Mr. E Gordon Duff, Librarian of the John Rylands (late
Spencer) Library at Ianchester, to Ir. F. J. H. J enkinson,
Librarian o[ the Cambridge University Llt)rars- , and to lr. \V.
H. Allnutt of the Bodleian : but especially to the Delegates of
the Clarendon Press both for undertaking on liberal terres a work
which can scarcely prove remunerative, and for enabling the
Oxfol'd Historical Society to supply copies to its members, as
i Separate leaves from rare and costly books are given in G.E. Klemming's Sveriges
dldre lilurgiska literatur (Stockholm, I879 --a practice which cannot be approvedh
but no local press has as yet been similarly illustrated.
viii PREFACE.
vol. xxix, at a price far below its actual cost . Mr. Horace Hart,
the Controller of the Press, has taken a warm personal interest
in the printing, and any merits of form which may be round are
due to his experience and to the co-operation of his compositors.
Nothing, however, can relieve the writer of responsibility for the
errors and shortcomings which will be detected ; and he can only
plead that it is better to bring out an imperfect book, if it is
a useful one and the result of hard work, than, by straining after an
unattainable completeness, to delay indefinitely its publication.
F. IIADAN.
OXFORD, ./Der., 894.
1 Separate copies can onlj, be obtained by ordering them from the Clarendon l'res.
and are hot supplied by the Society.
IINOR POINTS.
Da/es. The books classed under a given year, such as 1615, are neces-
sarily such as were issued between 25 .XIarch I615 and 24 Iarch 1616,
since no means exist for dividing them according to the historical year. In
recording a date between Jan. I and Iarch 24, the form used is invariably the
23 Feb. I6I, by which is implied what we understand
double one, such as
by ?-3 Feb. 1616.
IVumbcrs of books.
Some notes on the number of books printed at Oxford
will be round on p. "-9I, and of books printed or published at Oxford on
P. -"9;, among the Notanda.
]?eferences. The usual style of reference throughout the book (including
index) is to the year followed by the im'tial le/ter of the particular heading ;
as 634 C, when the reference is to no. 9 on p. 77 ICosin). A few references
will be found in the earlier pages to years beyond 64o, made before it was
decided to close the work at that year.
Titles. The heading usually presents the author's name in the form by
which he is generally known to posterity, as "James ii, king," although at
the time of the book referred to he was prince James.
LIST
OF
CONTENTS
PREFACE .
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES .
PLAN OF THE IIBLIOGRAPH .
THE
The Oxford University Press, 585-164o .
Periodical .......
Supplement of Additions and Corrections .
List of Undated books ....
OXFORD PRESS :--
Fifleenth Century ..........
Early Sixteenth Century .........
Fictitious or Lost Oxford books, &c., 459-x 584 ....
PAGE
V
API'ENDIX A--The Fifteenth Century Press (a detailed account of books, type,
copies known, &c.) ...........
APPENDIX ]G--The Early Sixteenth Century Press .
APPENDIX CA chronological list of persons and proceedings connected with
book-production at Oxford, A.D. 1:80-:64o ......
-- Discussion of the authorship of the Praise of zl[usic, t 586
APPE.NDIX D---Documents (Statute, 1373--Charters, 632, 163{, I63-ï--Statute,
1636 ) .............
APPENDIX E--Woodcut and metal omaments, tables of use of type, notanda .
APPENDIX F--Lists of Imprints and tables
585-64o ......
of Oxford printer» and publishers,
X
xi
o I
. 225
227
-36
263
266
279
28x
289
293
INDEX .............. 315
LIST
OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND
TABLES
PLATE
I.
A collot)T e (as are also r,lates Il-Vil) of the titlepage of Wats's translation of
Bacon's A,lvancement f Zearning (Oxford, 64o, see p. ! 7 : here reduced
oqe-third in length and breadth ..... FrontisîMe«e.
III.
OXFORI TYPE, " 1468"-86.
II. Type z (see p. 24I). The last page of the first Oxford book, bearing the famous
colophon with date MCCCCLXVIII, discussed on pp. 245-52 At end.
Types 2 and 3 (see pp. 242-3). The upper part of the first page of the Latte-
burius, printed in z482. Parts of the eurious woodcut border are also shown,
hîch is the first used in English printing ..... At end.
Types 3, 4, 5, 6 (see pp. 243-4). The upper part of K7 v of the Lyndewoode,
printed in t483 (,?). The coloured initials are of course inserted bï hand in
the original ...... . . . . . At end.
V. Types 5, 7 (see pp. 243-4). The text of f2' of the ]estial, printed in I48. î (?),
showing one of the smaller woodcuts and the woodcut capital G. At end.
VI.
VlI.
OXFORD TYPE, 1 5 1 7-19.
(a) The titlepage of Burley on the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle, printed in
517 t see pp. 5,263), showing the large wood-engraving of the University
Arms, and the ordinary large type.
(b) The four last lines of the back of the titlepage reproduced above, showing
the ordinary large and small type ...... .lit end.
The titlepage of Burley de Materia et Forma, printed in I518 by John Scolar.
The woodcut repre_,ents a master and scholar. The type is the largest, used
in titles only ........... ,4t end.
OXFORD PRINTING, I585-164 o.
Each of the first seven hundred copies of this work contains three specimens ofactual
pages from old Oxford books, copies of which are both common and cheap. Thus
nos. 1-2oo contain pages from () Ursinus's Summe of Christian Religion, 1587,
(2) N. Fuller's Miscellanea Sacra, 1616, (3) Carpenter's Philosophia Libera, 1636:
nos. 2oI-322 (1) Ursinus, (2) Fuller, (3) Reusner's Symbola, 1638: nos. 323-5oo
(I) Ursinus, (2) Sanderson's Logica, 1618, (3) Reusner: nos. 5Ol-7OO (t) Ursinus's
Summe of Christian Religion, 1589, (2) Du Moulin's Accomplishment of the prophecies,
1613, (3) Grotius's Defensio fidei catholicoe, 1636.
After no. 7oo, at least one actual page will be given, and its provenance will be
indicated by a note of the form " 38.2o," implying a page from the 2oth book of 638
(Reusner).
LIST OF TABLES.
Details of the 15th century books . .
Owners of copies of ditto ....
Details of the early I6th century books .
Type used in Oxford books, I585-164o .
The relations of Oxford printers and publishers,
585-164 o .
PAGE
. . 238- 9
. . 240
265
. 29I
. . 3II- 3
PLAN
OF THE
BIBLIOGRAI'HY
x5th and early x6th century.
The books of these periods are in some reslJects exceptionally treated, but the
general plan is similar to that of the later prcss. Pages I- 7 (printed off in 1889) must
be taken in close connexion with Appendixês A and B, which correct and supplement
those pages in important points.
x585-x64o-
. After the heading (which in all cases is the author or a body epresenting the
author, if known ; othervdse the catch-titlê) cornes the title, reproduced faithfully so far
as was possible with the employment of four types. A fifth minute type indicates
letters repl-esented by contractions in the original. The occurrence of a " motto"
(whëther a text or quotation), a device ,.sec p. 289 or woodcuts (sec p. 290 ) is noted
in square brackets. A * bt:fore the heading implies " undated ": a "t" " no place of
printing mentioned."
2. Next follows the technical description, comprising :m
a. The number of the imprint (sec pp. 29z-3to : it would bave been better to
add the names of the printer and publisher to the bare reference).
b. The date.
c. The apparent size of a page of an ordinary uncut copy, according to the scale,
for narrow sizes for broad szes
in. in.
,-8 folio I2-I8 large 4 o
9-12 large 8° 9-I2 4 °
7-9 8° 7-9 small 4
6-7 -'° 6-7 square I 2 °
5-6 16 ° &C.
4-5 24 °
The number of leaves in a section (quire or gathering) precedes, within round
brackets, when different from what is suggested by the apparent size" as " (eights)
small 4°. '' \\ hen it bas been desirable to iudicate further the way in which the
orinal sheets of paper have been folded, the words singl«, double, or treble (for once,
twice, or thdce folded) are used on p. 3 8.
d. The number of pages of a perfect eopy, in square brackels when there is no
printed pagination, as "pp. [ 6] + 1 I + [9]-" When printed pagination does hot occur
in the book at ail, the sigrmtums are also given.
e. The first words of the i th page, and of later ones in the case of a large work,
always in italies.
f The common type of the body of the work, followed by the tetms Roman, Italic,
or English (i. e. Black-letter) : see pp..9 I- .
K- The contents. ]£very lage hot mentioned is blatk, wîthout exception.
3- Notes on the book. A reference to Wood's Athen« and Fasti O.,onicnses, as
edited by Bli. (18i3-zo), bas been considcred a. superseding in mot in_,tances any
biographical account of the author. And the limitation of the present work to a
bibliography ofa press, hot of books connected ith the University, bas been borne in
mind.
THE
OXFORD
PRESS.
,, 1468."
[Rufinus, of Aquileia]. [Sign. a if :] Incipit exposicio sancti
Ieronimi in I simbolum apostolorum ad papam laureiium. [Sign. e 9" :]
Explicit exposicio sancti Ieronimi in I simbolo apostolorum ad papam
laure,-,lcium Impressa Oxonie Et finita Anlno domini. BI. cccc. lxviij .
xvij. die I decembris.
Impr. as above, Oxford, " 468": 8°: [
pp. [84], signn, a-d O °" sig'n, b beg.
lali e,te, acione.
the treatise.
Contents :--pp. (1-82)
The xvork here ascribed to St. Jerome is in reality by Tyrannius Rufinus of
Aquileia, d. 6 IO.
1479.
. Aegidius de Columna, of Rome. [Sign. a er: ] Incipit
tractatus solennis fratris Egi!dij de ordine fratrum Augustinensium de I
peccato originali [Sign. c 7: ] Explicit tractatus breue [altered by
hand to breu«:r] et vtilis de [ origirali peccato Editus a fratre Edio [
Romano ordinis fratrum heremitamm sanlcti augustini. Impresso [altered
by hand to impressus] et finito [finiras, as before] Oxonie. I A natiuitate
iiij I "
domini. I. cccc. lxxix, x . die menss marc.l
Impr. as above, Oxford, probably 4ï :
8°: pp. [48], signn, a-c: sign. b I r beg.
quod cont ahamus. Contents :--pp. (3-4 6)
the treatise.
The edilio drinces of this work by bp. Aedius de Columna, of Rome.
2. Aristotle. [Sign. y 6 r :--] Explicit textus ethicorum Aris-
totelis ] per leonardum arretinum lucidissime translaltus correctissimeque.
Imp ressus Oxoniis ! Anno domini, I , cccc . lxxix,
Impr. as above, Oxford, 479 : 8": pp.
[348], Slglan. a-x s yç: signa, b I r beg.
A/nis ars. Contênts :--pp. (3-4) "pre-
facio leonardi arretini in libros ethico-
rum "'- (5 -15) " prologus" by the saine'.
7-347) the treatise.
A Latin translation of the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Leonardus P, runus
of Arezzo (Arretium).
For a discussion of special points connected xvith the Fifteenth Century Oxfold.
Press, see A ppendix A.
2 TItE 0 gFORD PRESS. [148o.
[M. Tulli Ciceronis Oratio pro T.
*¢Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Annio lilone.]
[Oxford, about I48o]: 6°: probably6o pages, signn, a-e «. Contents:--pp. (probably
3-60) the oration.
Only known from fmgrnents containing signn, b 3, b4, e 3, e 4, in the Bodleian
lAbrary at Oxford. It is still not absolutely certain that this book was printed at
Oxford. If it was, this, and not the Andria of Terence printed by P?mson in r497,
was the first English edition of an)" part of a classic author in the original language.
1481.
I. Alexander de Hales, the doctor l"rrefragabih's. [Sign. g 5 v :m]
]ïxplicit exI,ositio venerabilis I Alexandri super primum librum de anima.
[Sign. y 7 v:m] Explicit elucidantissima exposi--itio eegij Alexandri
super secundum ! librum de anima. [Sign. la 8 r :] Explicit sentenciosa
atq,e studio [ dlgna expositio venerabilis Alexanldri super tercium librum
de anima. Im--'pressum l,er me Theodericum rood de I Colonia in alma
vniuersitate Oxofi. I Anno incarnacionis dominice . 3I. cccc. ] lxxxi, xi.
die men,is Octobris.
Impr. as above, Oxford, 14St : la. 8 °,
perhaps eights) foi.: pp. [480], signn.
a_f,. gs, h_s,, t_x , y-z and A H": slgn.
b I beg. vîl non sit, B 1 beg. z,na na/ura.
('ontents:signn. a .,-g5 , bk. , ith
short preface : h -y 7 , bk. 2 z 1 -H 8
bk. 3.
The editio 2rince]s et unica of the Latin Commentary on the De Anima (rr«p çoX 0
of Aristotle, ruade by Alexander de Ilales ri.e. probably I/ailes near Winchcombe)
the doctor irrefragabilis (d. 245 , to be distinguished from Alexander de Ales or Aie-
sius. Of this book there are two issues, the earlier with no border, the later with an
elaborate woodcut border, the first ever found in an English printed book, surrounding the
e:tire printed text of sign. a 2 r. There are tuo similar issues of the Lathbury, 1482.
2. *Latin Grammar. [A Latin Grammar in English with
cxamples, only known from two leaves in the British 3luseum, signn, b 2
and (presumably) b 5: b 2 beg. "case As I muste , ends " adyectyuys
and voy" : b 5 beg. "A!so when .v haue", ends " quem queris ". Date
l'robably 481 : probably sm. 4° (but in eights), the chain lines being across
the page.]
'Lathbury, John. [Sign. b 8 v :--] Explicit prologus Sequitur li-tber
moralium super trenis Iheremie po. ! phete &. [$ign. z 8 :--] Ei sic
est frais huius operis mo,lralium super ca. I. treno,-m ihere, prophete In I
cipit trenorum Capitulum Secundunl. lA similar colophon follows chapter
2 on sign. K (" k k") 7v.] [Sign. L 7 v :--] Explicit exposicio ac morali-
sacio I tercij capituli trenorum Iheremie protphete. Anno domini M.
cccc. lxxxij
,,-, ma die mensis Iulij I [Sign. O5 v :--] Explicit tabula
1483.] TttE FIFTEENTH CENT UR Y I"RESS. .3
opus trenorum I
minorum.
compilatum per
Iohannem
Lattebu. [rij
ordinis
Impr. as above, [Oxford] t482 : la. 8 °,
perhaps (eights) fol. : pp. [584], signn.
a-z, A-I, kk, L-br , N-O: sign. b I r beg.
strennuitatem, B r beg. didit d.?. Con-
tents :--signn. a 2b 8 v, prologue', c
L 7 v, the work in 3 chapters" 5 Ir-o
alphabetical index.
The editio princeps et unica of tke Latin Commentary on the Lamentations of
Jeremiah, ruade by John Lathbury. Of this book there are two issues, with and vith-
out the woodeut border mentioned under the Alexander de Hales, 4 8 .
I. [*,Anwykyll, John]. [Compendium
[Sign. n i r:] Uulgaria quedam abs Terentio
traducta.
totius grammaticae].
in Anglicam ling]uam
No doubt printed at Oxford, probably [ a-q
in 483: sm. 4°: pp. [2567], signn. I work(?), n
Contents "signn. a-m, the
]'-q 8 *, Vulgaria Terentii.
A I.atin ç, rammar in Latin believed to be by John Amvykyll, of which this edition
is only known from fragments, but which was reprinted at Deventer in I489 . The
Vulgaria Terentii (sentences from Terence with English translation) was sold as a
separate part, and still exists complete in itself. There are two issues of the Grammar,
hot at present clearly distinguished.
,',. **Hampole, Richard Rolle of. [Sign. a e r :] Explanationes
notabiles deuotissimi viri Ricardi I Hampole heremite super lectiones illas
beati Iob que solent I in exequijs defunctorum legi que non minus historiam
quam tropo I logiam & anagogiam ad studentium vtilitatem exactissi,lme
annotauit. [Sign. k 6v:] Sermo beati Augustiui de misericordia et
pia oracione pro defunctis. ]
[Oxford, probably 1483] : (sixes) l.O-
l'P- [128], signn, a-k [" lr"] « P: sign.
b r beg. visitat ad. Contents:sign.
a z-k 6 r, lIampoIe on
Augmstine.
Job" k 6-1
3- * Logic. [Sign. A 2 r :] Uoniam ex
.. [9 Latin treatises on logical subjects].
terminis fiunt proposiciOneS
No place or date [Oxf., about 483]:
(sixes) 8°: pp. [3z8], signn. A-Z, Aa-Ce
l»d: sign. 131 r beg. nulla troosicio, Bb I r
illis supejquum. Contents : sin.
A .r-Dd 5 nineteen logical treatises, the
last ending " Explicit tractatus de motu
velocitatis. Sequitur tabul.x "- rd (;r-8
a table in Latin gving the heads of the
parts of each treatise, each group pre-
ceded by " Tractatus ": d 8" " Ad lec-
tores carmen " and " Registrum ear-
tarum ".
These nineteen logical treatises are strung together to forrn a systematie work on
I ogic" at the end of lhe 7th, on signa. b 3 v, is " Et sic finiuntur insolubilia swynis-
hede.", i. e. Roger Swineshede (Suinesheved, Swincet &c.), but he was probably only
the author of that part. The last treatise is physical rather than logical.
4. * Lyndewoode, William. [Sign. $ 9 v :--3 Explicit opus
magistri wilihelmi lyndewoode Super con--{stituciones prouinciales laus
deo. [Sign. dd 7v: -] Explicit tabula compendiosa super librum [ qui
intitulatur prouincialis compilata per wil,lhelmum de Tylia nemore com-
pleta In festo ] conuersacionis Sancti Pauli . Anno domini [ 5Iillesimo.
CC C C . xxxiij.
B 2
4 THE OA'FORD PRESS.
No imprint, but Oxford about I483:
feights) fol. : pp. [732], signn, a-c i, d «,
e-i*, k 6, 1-o", pe, q-s", t 6, v-y*, z , A-D ",
E: F-N e, O s, P-R a, S TM, aa-ce , dd'°: sign.
b I r beg. de hijs habes, B I r beg. sîqra c.
]roxi., b b t r beg. cas dclDtquat. Con-
tents :--sign. a I ', woodcut of a doctor
at his desk : a z", "' Prologus" : a z"-s9",
the work in rive books : aa 2r-aa 2"
"mbnla constitucionum prouincialium" :
aa 3r-d d " "
, , an index, dd 8 r-o , table
of Constitutions according to author.
The editio princeps of the Provincial Constitutions of England. in
Imtin Commentary on them by William L)mde'«oode (d. x446 ).
I679 I..
Latin, with a
See I664 L,
1485.
i. *tAlexander de Villa Dei.
[Textus Alexandri cum sententiis].
[Oxford, about I485] : sm. 4 °.
Only known from two leaves ('signn. c--c s) in the Library of St. John's College,
Cambridge. A grammatical work. of which other editions were printed in London
by Wynkin de \Vorde (sine anno) and Pson (I516), and elsewhere.
2. Phalaris. [Sign. a er: 3 Francisci Aretini Oratoris pe--
clarissimi in eloquentissimas Phala[ridis tyranni
eco in latinum versas. Prohe--Imium foeliciter
Hoc oposculum in alma vniuersi--]tate Oxonie. A Natali christiano
Ducentesima & nonagesima septima. I Olimpiade foeliciter impressum est.
epistolas per ipsum I e
incipit [Sign. m 6 r
Ox lord, 14,q 5, printed by Theodoric Rood
and Thoma» IIunte : (eights) squ. 2 °" pp.
[I76 ], signn, a-d , e s, f-*, g, h s, i ç, k-I ,
m - sima, b I r beg. OEdio vos. Contents :
sign. a I" "Carmeliani Brixiensis Poete
ad lectorem Carmen," 2 eleac ]ines"
a 2r-m6L the work: on m 6* after the
colophon " tl oc Teodericus food quem
collonia misit ] Sanguine germanus nobile
pressit opus [ Atque sibi socius thomas fuit
anglicus hunte. ]Dij dent vt venetos
exuperare queant I Quam ienson enetos
decuit vit gallicus artem I Ingenio didicit
terra britanna suo. i Celatos veneti nobis
transmittere libro» I Cedite nos alijs vendi-
mus o vereti I Que fuerat vobis ars primum
no ta latini I Est eadem nobis ipsa reperta
patres. ] Quamuis semotos toto canit orbe
britannos I Uirgilius. placet his lina
latina tamen.
A Latin translation of the spurious Letters of Phalari».
I486.
['Mirk, John] [Sign
_ ( ) --," :--] Incipit liber qui I vocatur festi-
alis [Sign. z 3 r : Here endith the boke [ that !s callid festiuall. ]the
yere of oure lord M I cccc. lxxxvi, the day afur [ seint Edward the
kyng.
Imprint as above, n. pl., but Oxford
4,q6 (probably 9 Mar. 148{-'" la. 8o:
pP. [348], signn. (
f*, g*, h*-, i 6, k-P, m ç, n-o *, p*, q, r ', s ,
t-v , x , y, z': sign. b i, beg. diuerse
skyll«s. Contents :sign. ( ) ,', wood-
eut of Crucifixion: ( ) l*-z 3 ', the work.
English sermons on the holy days and a fev of the Sundays of the year : written or
collected by John Mirk, canon of Lilleshall. Other early English printed editions
exist, beginning with one by Caxton in about 1483. Variations are fotmd in the
setting up of siman, h and i. The first two leaves are hot at present known to exist.
1i18.] THE E/IRZ Y SIXTEENTH CENTUR Y PtdESS. 5
entur rê .
Burley, Walter. ( Tractatus expositorius/ super libros poste-, I
riorum Arestotilis: preclarissirni philisophi [ \Valteri Burlei artium liber-
alium [ et trium philosophiarum magi.lstri meritissirni : ac in sacra [ theo-
logia doctoris perspilcacissirni planissimique [ suis posteris Oxoniensibus
admodum vtilis incipit feli--[citer cure summa diligentia. I recognitus.
[Then zt,oodculj. [Sign. I3 6 v :--] Explicit scriptum t,lanissimi doctoris
Walteri ] Burlei super libros posteriorum Impressum I in academia Oxonie
anno dominice inlcarnationis. 5I . CCCCC . xvii. ] Die vero decernbris
quarlto ad laudem dei I & profectum I studentium. [Then zt'oodcul: then]
Fata regunt finern : spero dij cepta secundent.
Impr. as above, Oxford I517- sm. 4°:
pp. [2o], signn. A t, : sima. B If beg. Sed
quia. Contents :--sign. A I r, title, with
arms of University : . I'-B 5", the work :
B 6 r, royal arms : r 6 V, colophon with
arms of University repeated.
A Latin Commentary by Walter Burley on the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle.
I. Burley, Walter. Tractatus pebreuis de materia & forma:l
Magistri Walteri Burlei doctoris planissimi. [Then woodcu/: then] I Aliud
l,erbreue compendium de relatiuis e, iusdem doctoris x tile tamen achnodum
t nouellis logicis. [Sign. 13 3 r:q I Finit tractatus duorum princil,io,{
rum et de relatiuis. 3Iagistri \Valtelri /3urley Oxoniensis. I Finis.
[Sign. B 4":] I1- Impositus est finis tractatui doctoris planissimi I de
duobus principijs, s.[iue] mater ia et forma et de rela,]tiuis c um speciali
priuilegio per septenniurn ex edicto diglnissimi cancellarii Oxonie. [Then
woodcut: then] Impressum est presens opusculum in celeberima I
vniuersitate Oxoniensi per me Ioannem Scolar in I viculo diui Ioannis
baptiste moram trahentem An,lno domini. 3I. CCCCC. decimooctauo.
lIensis veto Iu,ini j die septimo.
Impr. as above, Oxford, 15 8 : sm. 4°:
pp. [t6], signn. A--B: sign. B beg. est
dare. Contents :sigtt. A t, title : 2 -
B 3 r, the work in two parts: 3 , wood-
cut of royal amas : 4 v, colophon.
For a general discussion of the circumstances of the Early Sixteenth Century
Oxford Press, see Appendix B.
6 TttE OA'FORD PRESS.
2. Dedicus, Joannes. Questiones I moralissime super li--Ibros
Ethicorum eruditissimi I viri Ioannis Dedicus artium libe.-Iralium triumque
philosophiarum magistri I optime meriti et in moralibus pre ceteris satis
ie--[riti feliciter incipiunt subtilissimis Oxoniensibus in philo,[sophia morali
lucubrare cupientibus non magis [ vtiles quam necessarie. [ [Then engrav-
ing of lhe Uniz,e, siO' arms]. [Sign. N 4 v :--] Explicitum est Ioannis
Dedici Oxoniensis in ] morali philosophia eruditissimi preclarum opus-
culum J questionum I subtilissimediscucientium (licet sparsim cum I quadam
tamen dependentia) singulas materias in decem [ libris ethicorum Arestotilis
inuestigatas vti summa [ industria lucubranti patebit. Impressumque in
cele--]berima vniuersitate Oxoniensi per me Iohannem ! Scolar in viculo
sancti Ioannis Baptiste moram tra--[hentem . Anno domini . I . CCCCC .
decimooctauo 5Iel»]sis vero lIaij die decimoquinto. [ornamtnl][ Cum
priuilegio. 1 Uetitum est per edictum sub sigillo cancellariatus [ ne
quis in septennio hoc insigne opus imprimat [ vel aliorum ductu impensis
venditet in vni--[uersitate Oxonie: aut infra precinctum [ eiusdem: sub
pena amissionis omnium I librorum et quinqe librarum ster,llingorum
pro singulis sic ven|ditis ubiubi impressi fue--]rint pretêr penam pretax,'
atam in decreto. [ Cornicum oculos configere noli.
Impr. as above, Oxf. I518." (eights &
fours) sm. 4°: pp. [5]. foll. 75 + [],
signn. A , B , C , D*, E , F t, G *, H t, I , K ,
L «, M-,x*: sign. x beg. jberlinet ad.
Contents :--p. (I) Title and large wood-
cut : () large woodcut of the royal amas
with supporters &c. : (3-I5) the work :
( 5 - ) colophon, &c.
Of Johannes Dedicus (perhaps, as has been suggested by prof. II. \V. Chandler,
Dethick) nothing is known. The Quaestiones extend to the end of the 5th book oI
the Ethics, and the last paragraph is a summary of the 6th.
3. *Laet, Jaspar. [at end:] FIniunt prenostica exerpta a
prenosticis egregii viri magistri Iasparis I Laet angligenis cognitu maxime
vtilia. Et in celebe,lrima oxonlensi academia l[woodcuts] impressa
Imprint as above, Oxford, [probably I on Ist page, the Praenostica.
4" [?] : broadside. Contents :
Only known from the lower half of the sheet preserved in the Cambridge University
Library, where the uppeï" hall is also believed tu be.
4. Lux. [ Compendium questionum de luce et lumine [followed
by a small woodcut and the four quaestiones]. [Sign. B 4 v :--] [ Cum
priuilegio dignissi--mi Cancellarij vniuer.-Isitati s Oxonie. [Then a large
woodcut: then] Finit compendium questiuncularum de luce & de I
lumine nouiter recognitum. Impressumque in celiberi.-Ima vniuersitate
Oxoniensi per me Ioannen Sco--Ilar in viculo diui Ioannis baptiste moram
trahentem [ Anno domini . M. CCCCC . decimooctauo. Mensis vero[
Iunij die quinto.
Impr. as above, Oxford, 1518 : sm. 4 » : [
pp. [6], slgnn. ,-u* : sign. " beg. vt
I
int«ntio. Contents -'A If, title : A 1 'r_
4*', the work : u 4 *, the colophon.
110.] THE EARL Y SIWTEEIVTH CEWTUR Y PRESS.
5. Whittington, Robert. [ De heteroclitis nominibus. [
Editio Roberti Whittintoni lichfeldienlsis Grammatice magistri: et
protouatis [ anglie in florentissima Oxoniensi achadelmia Laureati/ de
heteroclitis nominibus [ et gradibus comparationis. [Then u,oodcul: then
a " tetrastichon" and a "distichon." [$ign. B 4' :w] [Roberti] whit-
heteroclitis no minibus & de gradibus compara-
tintoni lichf.eld!ensis de Il _ . ] .
tionis Oxonle mpressa perI[me Ioannem] Scolar in viculo diui Ioannls
baptiste mol[ram tra]hentem Anno domini. M . CCCCC. decimooctauo I
[I]ensis veto Iunij. die vicesimoseptimo.
Impr. as above, Oxford, 518 : sm. 4" :
pp. [6], signn, n',B: sign. B I r beg. hTc
¢apes. Contents :--A tf, title &c. as
above : . 2-g 4", the work (on s 4" also
occur a woodcut of the arms of the Uni-
versity and the colophon).
Only knov, n from an imperfect cop) in the Bodleian rescued from the binding of a
book.
Compotus. Compotus manualis ] ad vsum Oxoniensium. [
[dez,ice]. [sign. B 4 v :--J Impressum est presens opusculum in ce.- I
leberrima vniuersitate Oxoniensi per]me Carolum Kyrfoth. In
Joannis baptiste moram ] trahentem Anno domini . I . I) . xix.
veto Februari.j. die V. ]
vico / diu,
IIesis [
Imprint as above, Oxford, 1519 : sm.
PP- [I6], siman. A-B* : sign. i*" beg.
t:ebruar, us. Contents :A If, title,
and woodctt : . -, 4 , he Compotus -
B 4", University amas and colophon.
A system of arithmetie illustrated by wood engravings of the open hand, values
being attached to each part. Panzer after Maittaire mentions a Paris ed. of
" cum commento."
) THtï OXFORD PIiESS. [1459.
FICTITIOUS OR LOST OXFORD
BOOKS.
14:59-1584.
1459-
A small sheet of paper printed on the ice-bound Thames at London
Jan. I716 ascribes to Oxford the first printing in England, in the
ear 459- Iost of the information on the sheet is derived from
.tk.yns's Orfgfnal and Groz,l] of Prbzl>zg (Lond. 1664).
146I.
Printing was "practised in Oxford in I46I," according to Randle
Holmes's Acad«my of Armory (Chester, 1688), quoted in Bigmore,
1469-7o.
In Herbert's Ames, iii. 12393 we read :--"In the late Tho. Osborne's
catalogue of books for sale in June I756, No. 345' Plinii Secundi
Epistolarum, Liber primus. Exemplar elegans, literis initial, colorat.
corio turcico, fol. deaur, lineis rubris & auto elegans ornat. 151. l SS.
Oxon. apud F. Corsellis. 1469." To which is added this note, 'Hocce
unicum est exemplar notum, a variis allegatum, et vix uni visum adeo ut
Phoenix librorum dici mereratur [s?], cene primus est ex libris a Cor-
cellis impressis, cui nomen suum adjunxerit, secundus vero ordine
omnium quos unquam ille impressit, priorem scilicet scimus fuisse,
Jeronymi Expositionem in Symbol. Apostol. Oxoniae 1468. Anno
147o, varia idem typographus impressit Opuscula, addito in fine nomine,
sed nec unicum eorum reperitur hodie integrum. Possident quidam
amatores fragmenta aliqua poematum Latinorum, ut Gerardi Lystrii
Rhenensis, &c. Carmen Listrii lividorum hominum venenosas linguas,
&c.' This raised the curiosity of the book collectors, who considered
this article as a confirmation of what R. Atkins had asserted about
printing at Oxford. Thev all flocked to Osborne's shop, who instead
of the book, produced a "letter from a man at Arnsterdam, filled with
frivolous excuses for not sending them to him. They were disappointed,
and looked on the whole as a Hvx; however the Plinii lïpistoloe, and
Ger. Listrii Oratio, &c. afterwards appeared at an auction at Amsterdam,
and were bought for the late Dr. Ant. Askew; and were sold again at an
aucdon of his books, by Baker and Leigh, in Feb. 1775- Lot 2064, and
1489.] FICTITIOUS OR LOST OXFORD ,BOOt"..ç. 9
2622, to which articles are annexed, viz. to Lot 2o64,'Ad finem hoec
verba, lmpr. Oxon. apud t. Corsdlis, 147o, Manu recentiore exarata
sunt.' Also to lot 2622, ' Hoec verba, lmprim. Oxon. ap. Corsdlis, 1469,
Manu recentiore exarata sunt.' To those who are at all conversant in
early printing, the dates will appear at first sight a bungling forgery."
So far Herbert's Ames, cf. Bowyer and Nichols's Orz'gin of t)rinlt),g,
2nd ed. (Lond. I776), p. 171. The full entry of art. 2064 is "Listrii
(Ger.) Oratio habita in Enarrationem Dionysii IIalicarnassii; Dionysii
Orbis expositio e Greco tralata Prisciano interprete ; Ejusdem Crmen in
venenosas Linguas Hominum, & Epicedium doctissimi Adoloscentis
Ingenisissimique Petri Thessaliensis" : sold to 3Ir. Dent for :£2 3 s. : art.
2622 has 1569 for 1469, and was sold to Capt. Smith for £ I 6s.
In the Auction Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Abr. de Vries of
IIaarlem (Amsterdam, Frederick 3Iuller, I864) art. 181 was :--"CR-
CLLIs.Collection de lettres, copies authentiques, déclarations et notices
en 756 et 57 sur l'imposture fameuse du falsaire G. S.tITW, à Arnsterdam
et la Haye, qui fabriqua une ;dition de Plinii @islol«e, avec souscriItion :
O.rom'ae, Corcelh's. 1469" I-/edu,igii liber 16. ibidem. 14 7o, etc. et
trompa 3Ir. P. v. Damme et autres en Angleterre.Recueillie et con-
servée pour prouver son innocence à la falsification et annotée par 3Ir. v.
Damme. le pc. s. Collection très-curieuse, contenant e. a. 7 lettres de
Smith b. v. Damme, une lettre forgée ou falsifi4 du Comte de Pembroke,
une lettre de P. Burman Sec.. copie d'une d4claration de 3Ieerman, etc.
etc." It is to be hoped that this interesting collection will be brought to
light again.
In the 3[onthly 3h'scellat9, , or 3[emoirs for the Curious (June 7o8),
p. 177 it is stated that in the Bishop of Ely's Library (now at Cambridge)
are books "of the first printing in England at Oxford in 469."
148o.
" Guido de Columnia de historia Trojana, per T. R. (Theodore ood).
Quarto. 148o." So Herbert's Ames, p. x393. The source of the error
was discovered by Cotton to be a forgery in a copy of Guido sine anno
et loco preserved in the .Earl of Pembroke's Library at Wilton (l.),p. Gaz.,
ISt ser., 2nd ed., p. 209.)
Before 1487 .
"Books from the Oxford Press .... 208*. The Chronicles of England.
Folio. Lent by the Earl of Jersey." So in the Catalogue of the Caxton
Celebration, 1877 , p. 28. Some error. The reference is no doubt to
Caxton's Chronicle of England, printed in x 482.
When Cotton printed his Tg'pogra2ht'cal Gazel/e,r, 2nd sertes, (Oxf.
1866) he believed that an Indulgence of 1489 (altered to 1499), in the
o THE OXFORD PRESS'. [408.
Library of Trinity College, Dublin, was printed at Oxford. It is "a
small broadside on vellum, consisting of 24 lines only, printed very
closely and occupying a space of about nine inches bv six." The In-
dulgence is from Johannes de Gigliis alias de Liliis postolicus Sub-
diaconus, granted by Pope Innocent iii: and is dated't 499, there being
no naine of place or date of printing. There is no doubt that Cotton
as mistaken in attributing this piece to the Oxford press.
1. Bagford, in his inaccurate way, gives the title of an edition of the
Greek text of the Ehics of Aristotle by Aretinus " Oxon. 1498 " (Brit.
)Ius. MS. Harl. 59ot, fol. 3)- He mentions the 1479 edition of the
Latin text separately, but the former date can only be due to some
confusion with the latter.
2. The Rufinus of 1468 appears as dated 498 in Panzer, v«ho quotes
Schoenemann i 8" '
5 o, and also in 5Iigne s t)alrologia Latine, xxi. col. 7.
Indulgence : see 489.
I499.
5oo.
. Buridanus: see next arlicle.
.-,. "Gualtheri I3urley Tractatus de materia et forma ac de relativis.
Oxonii 15oo. 4-" So in Panzer ii (i794) p. 2"244, quoting Iaittaire p.
739, ex Bibl. Bodl. p. i 7 (an allusion to an error in the Bodleian
Catalogue of I674 repeated in the 1738 Catalogue p. 2-,06). Bagford
makes the same mistake, twisting the author's naine into Johannes
Buridanus (Brit. Mus. 3IS. ttarl. ,59Ol, fol. 3). Even Hain (no. 4142)
has copied from Panzer. The colophon of 1518. ]3 shows how the error
arose, as Cotton points out (7j7. G«z., ist ser., 2nd ed., p. 209).
3, 4- Bagford is responsible for two more fictitious Oxford books of
15oo, a Quaesliones de lumine et lute (Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 59o, fol. 3,
Bodl. )IS. Rawl. D. 375, fol. lO 3 : a confusion with i58. L) and a
Whitinton de lu'lerocO'lis nom),ibus printed at Oxford by Peter Treveris (!)
(Bodl. IIS. Rawl. D. 375. fol. lO3: see 5x8. W).
The following book though not printed at Oxford supplies information
about an Oxford bookseller :[sign. a if :] ,, Principia seu introduc-
.] IICTITIOUS OR LOST O.VFORD IOOA'S.
tiones fra/ris peregrini ytalici de lugo in via doctoris subtilis: adipisci
eiusdem doctoris doctrinam CUl»ientibus. [at foot:mi Uenundantur
autem in alma ac florentissima vniuersitate Oxoniense. in intacte
ac immaculate z vico: sancti iohannis euaugeliste « ad intersignium.
[Then follow 4 tractatus : then on sign. g 4 r :--] Expliciunt principia seu
introductiones (pro iuuenibus) fratris peregrini de lugo ... Impressa
autem Londini. per Richardum pyns0n, cum solerti cura ac diligentia
Honestissimi Iuuenis ac prudentissimi Hugonis 3Ieslier. Fxpens£r autem
georgii castellani « oxonii morantis ad intersignium sancti Iohannis
euangeliste: in quo venundatur oFus hoc. Finis...." Then follows
a 5th treatise, ending with a letter from Peregrinus de Lugo dated
"Tholose quarto Kalendas Februarij. 3I. ccccc, vj." Herbert's Ames
(iii. i396) refers this book to Oxford, although at i. _-,52 it is referred
rightly to Pynson's press at London.
References to a Com,ndium qu«esh'uncularum «le luce ci lumi»e, Oxford
151o , will be found in Bagford (Brit. Mus. IS. Harl. 59Ol, fol.
I3odl. IS. Rawl. D. 375, P- lO4), no doubt from the Calalogus librorum
AISS "-"' Angh'ce e! lliberniw (Oxf. 1697, fol.), tom. e, p...-80, col. 1,
among the printed books of John 3Ioore bp. of Norwich. An error for
I518.
I5II.
The 1481 Alexander de Hales appears in Bagford (Brit. 3Ius. 3IS.
IIarl. 59Ol, fol. 23, Bodl. 3IS. Rawl. D. 375, P. IO4) as of 1511, printed
at Oxford.
"Walterus Burleius, super libros Posteriorum. i512. 40. .. qO in
Cotton's ]il/'- Gaz., 2nd ser., p. 169, and in a longer form in Herbert's
Ames iii. 396, and Panzer vil. p. 494, quoting J3riiggemann i. 172.
The source of the mistake is easily found in the colophon of 1517. B.
a "v" having been overlooked. The error is repeated in the t?ookworm
(1868) p. 126.
Before I519.
According to Cotton (/il/'. Gaz., 2nd ser., p. 169) an edition of "Jo.
Duns Scotus, Scriptum Oxoniense super primum Sententiarum" (Paris
I5t9) professes to be "impressa juxta editionem Oxoniensem." This
cannot be correct, unless eddtb refers only to some traditional method of
exposition or arrangement at O.,fford.
12 THE O)t'FORD PRESS. [151o.
About i5i 9.
"The following book printed at the charge of Cardinal Wolsey, with
the King's arms on one side, and the cardinal's on the other; though it
has neither date nor printer's name, was probably performed about this
rime [i59] at this place [Oxford]." ' Libellus prim. epistol. 1I. Tullii
Cicer. Decus Oxoniensium, finitum universitate Oxoniensi. Quarto.' So
in tterbert's Ames, iii. 1398, and substantially in Bagford's account (Brit.
IIus. SIS. Ilarl. 59oi, fol. 24 v, Bodl. MS. Rawl. D. 375, fol. io3): see
Cotton's ,p. G«z., end ser., p. 69. C/early a blunder. Tbe book
which is said to be at '-l'rinity College, Dublin, could not be found there
in 1885.
I519.
" Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldiensis Protovatis Anglioe in Florentissimâ
Oxoniensi Academiâ Laureati, Opusculum de Concinnitate Grammatices
& Constructione recognitum Anno Domini xix supra Sesquimillesimum,
in 4 So Bagford (Brit. Ius. IS. t/ad. 59o, fol. 23L cf. Bodl. MS.
Rawl. D. 375, P. °3). Probably not printed at Oxford.
Before 15:20.
John Dorne, bookseller in Oxford, sold in i52o several copies of a
small book described in his da)'-book as '" Bene fundatum, "Bene
fundatum Oxonie" or " Bene fundatum uosgraf." This seems to be a
trace of a real Oxford book now lost, but no such printer as Vosgraf or
Foxgrave (Dorne was from the Low Countries) is known. It would
probably belong to the 5 7-9 press. See Dorne's book edited in the
Colhclama vol. i of the Oxford Historical Society, 885. Cotton erro-
neously reads the title as " ]3ene sum datum."
Shepery's ttp@,tus: see under , 586. S.
I549.
"P. Martyr de Sacramento Eucharistie, disputatio hab. in acad., 1549,"
4 o. So in the Calalogus hbrorum 27. Daz'isit; pt. 4 ( 692), p. 7, cf. p. o.
Some error.
158,t,] FICTITIOUS OR LOST OWt;'O)?D BOOA'S. 3
1564.
"Analysis libri Aristotelis de Sophisticis Elenchis, opera et studio
Griff. Poweli." So in the Cal«logus h'brorum 1. Davish', pt. 2 (i686),
P- 72. Error for I594, which see.
" Ioavvo ro XpvoEooErotzov OtzLAm,. Oxonii I565 in forma minore."
in the libh'olheca Gudi«na (Hamb. I7O6), p. 75: thence in Brtiggeman,
p. 422. An error for 1586, which see.
I569.
. Guild's Throne f D«z.,id or an E.vposi/ion of/he 2nd SamueL Error
in the Cah7logus librorum R. D«z,isii, pt. (686), p. 64, for 1659,
which see.
2. "569 . An account of the Lithuanian translation of the Bible is in
the Brit. Museum. Quarto." So Herbert's Ames, iii. p. 1398. For
659, which see under C]o,h)ski, Samuel B.
I576.
Fabricius, J. S. : "Ieditationes Sacroe de unitate Ecclesioe Britannicoe.
I576," 8vo. So îwice in the Catalogus h'brorum )7. 19avish, pt. 2 (I686)
p. o, pt. 3 (688) p. . For 1676, which see.
"Thesaurus oeconomioe... Johanne Caso Authore. I597 Again
578." So Herbert's Ames, iii. ï4o 7. Perhaps for 598, which see, but
even that is perhaps an error for 597 1
Shepery's 11t'ppovlus : see under 1586. S.
THE OXFORD PRESS.
J4
STIAN SUBIECTION
LaWVt'CL I l,ower
beare the sword
Bilson, Thomas. THE TRVE IrrE-[RWCE BETWEE,r CHRI-[
AND I VNCtiRISTIAN REBELLION: WHERFIN THE PRINCES
to commaund for trueth, and {ndepriuable [ right to
are defended against the [ Popes censures and the
Iesuits Solhismes vt-ltered in their APOLOGIE and .U-FF'C OF EXLSH
I CAItlOLIKES:[ Jl/h a demonslraLbn thal /he /hz)tges rourmed t)t /he
m/z,i/hs/,m&)tg lhe z,at)te shc I mad« lo /he con/ra O )z lha lai« Rhemish
'l'estament: bD, I To.s 9ILSOS Warden of Winchester. Perused and
allowed by publike authoritie. I [Dcz'te: then tu,o mol/os].
Impr. 2:1585 (cl33xxcv): (eights')
sm. 4: pp. [24] +,q2o+[Jo] : p. il beg.
wce bee farre, p. III be no/ Ju,tges :
chiefly Pica English. Contents :--p. (I)
title : (3-I e) Eistle dedicatorie to queen
Elizabeth : ( 3) " the generall eontents
of euerie part": (I4-_2) "To the Chris-
tian Reader" : I-8.,o the work, in 4 parts :
(J-9) "the speciall contents of euery
part"" (9) "Faultes escaped", i.e. errata.
For the author &c. see \Vood's Ath. Oxom ii. 169: where it is pointed out that
the book has a curious history. ts ostensible purpose is to uphold the doctrine after-
wards ealled " passive obedience " by refuting two books which were regarded as sub-
( '
versNe of the .2ueen s temporal power çt) An apologie and/rue declaration of the insti-
tution,.., of the lzoEo English colleges. . . in A'ome. . . (and) in hemes, 1581 (ascribed
to card. \Vill. Allen, (2).4 lrue, sioeere and modes/defcnce of English cathdiques that
sttff«r.lCor their fa#h, ri. d. (a.serted by Antony à Wood to be also by card. Allen).
But Wood declares that the Queen " eoneeiving it convenient for her worldly designs
fo take on her the protection of the Low-Cuntries against the King of Spain, did
employ our author.., to write the said book " tojusN/), the Netherland revolt. And
certain it is that in consequenee of the temperance and fairness with which Bp. Bilson
treats his subject, the parliamentary part)' in Charles I's rime used this book to otiose
" passive obedience."
Probably issued about the end of November, 585 . Greek type is used on p. 63
and perhaps elsewhere. Another ed. appeared at London in I586 : an extract from
pp..2o-21 was reprinted in I641 and again in Somers's Tracts, 2nd ed., iv. 9 (.Lond.
8o).
2. Case, John. [Orname,t/] SPECVLVM MORALIVM I QVaESTIOh'V,
lU v,xIVEgS.«. FaHICEr: I Aristotelis, Authore Magistro Ion,tXgE C«so I
Oxoniensi, olim Collegij Diui Io-lhannis Proecursoris ] $ocio. ] [then the
University Arms: then a mo//o from Seneca].
585.] ,THE OXFORD PR..ç,.ç. 5
Impr. , so also colophon: 585:
(eights) sm. 4°: pp. [8] + 4Ol + [9] : P-
11 beg. O1,,. Iuuenes, p. x x, Distinciio
chiefly Pica Roman. Contents :--p. (I)
Title: (3-7) Epistola nuneupatoria to
Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, chan-
cellor of the University, signed "Iohannes
Casus" : (8-xo) " Ad studiosos iuuenes
vtriusque academiae": (o) "Prosopo-
poeia Librî Ad Lectorem" : (I ) "t]ono-
ratissimo suo domino et patrono Comiti
Leicestrensi &c. Iosephus Bamesius Ty-
pographus Oxonie nsis ": (I z-23) Com-
plimentary Latin verses to the author:
between (24) and (25) "Tabula virtutum
et vitiorum omnium ", a folio leaf printed
on one side only: (25-:'8)Proefatio : I-
4o, the work in 6 books : (t-2) " Pero-
ratio ad lectorem" : (4-1ï) Index : '7)
Errata and colophon.
The first book printed at the new Oxford press. The allusions to this and kindred
facts are (I) in the " Epistola Nunct, patoria." Case says of the reasons for dedicating
the work to the Earl of Leicester " Unum est nouum hoc proeli beneficium, quod te
authore nostra Aoedemia nuper recepit... Proelum hoc nouum (cuius author existis)
hunc nouum de moribus libellum pressit. Ne ergo author libelli proeli authori videatur
ingratus, tibi primùm eiusdem fructum ex animo propinauit..." (2) the printer himself
writes "Admirabilem hanc artem typographicom (Mecçnas amplissime) primum Iohannes
Faustus bloguntioe fauste genuit [the marg. supplie "Anno 145o"], eandem GuiIielmus
Caxtonus duis Londinensis probè aluit & perpoliuit : Laus summa debetur authori qui
invenit, laus magna debetur mercatori qui primhm ad no» transuexit... Londinum diù in
bac arte floruit, & non inuideo : Cantabrigia eandem hune didicit, Oxonia reeepit, &
eertè gaudeo. Nam si characteres typographi sint vera insignia & arma Minerue; vbi
terrarum potius floreret hoec nobilis scientia, quàm vbi vera publicè docetur sapientia ?
vt enim à fonte in riuum dulcis aqua, ita hic quidem à mente in proelum dulcissima
Musa fluet. Non nugoe, non aniles fabulæ, non Aristarchi dentata opera hîc exeu-
dentur : ea solùm ex his proelis in lucem renient quç sapientum calculis approbentur,
& Sybillç foliis sint veriora, ttoc vnum nunc rcstat o-ir inclytissime) vt hunc libnm
opus alterius ingenij & pignus laboris mei tuo honori offeram ... Vt ergo Thomas
q homasius collega meus [Cantabfigiensis] suo, ira ego Io.ephus Bamesius tibi (vit
summe) meo patro.no, dominoque gratulor " nos ambo & publieo pro multis, & priuato
nomine po magms m nos meritis vobis vtriusque Academioe patronis deuincti sumus,
gratias immortales vterque agimus, maiores in posterum pollicemur" : (3)the Vice-
chancellor, J. Underhill, writes" Non dedit hoc seclo prrelum Oxoniense priorem [librum]
I Doctrinâque dabunt secula nulla parera." (4) Laurence l]umfrey says " Hoc Speculum
vobis nunc Oxoniensis alumnus [ Porrigit, en proeli dat quoque primitias."
It is dear that neither the Vice-ehancellor nor the pfinter of this volume had any
suspicion that there had been printing in Oxford prevlous to the publication of the
present volume, unless " recepit " be a vague allusion to it.
The work is a companion one to the saine author's Summa v«t¢rum interdretum in
universam dialecticam Aristotelis, Lond., Tho. Vautrollerius, 1584, see 1592. C, 1598.
C : and there i even a typographical connexion between the two.
For an account of the author, see Wood's Ath. Oxon., i. 685. The method adopted
by Cae is by quaestiones, oosiHoncs and responsiones in tbe manner of the disputa-
tions in the schools at the time. Other editions were issued at Oxford in 596, and at
F'rankfurt in 1589, 161o and 1625- See x 396. L.
3. Corro, Antonio de.
Serinons on Ecclesiastes: see 586. E.
4. Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester. [ornamenl] IN I ADVENTV3I
ILL¥STRIS-ISIMI LEcEsrRENStS C2dlTIS AD ] Collegium Lincolniense. ]
Impr. 3 : "tertio idus Ianuarij " 585 :
(one) 8°: pp. [2]: chiefly Pica Roman.
Contents :--p. (I) title as above: large
device of University arms : then "Carmen
gratulatorium " of 8 elegiac lines, b W.
"Comiter hoe factura est"- then imprint.
Very rare. The visit appears from Wood's Annals ii. 223 to have been in Jan.
58, and the date of printing I I Jan. I58{. The difficulties in the way of reçardin,,, ,
this sheet as the first printing of the new Oxford Press are the form of the date, which
usually implies Jan. x 58{, the asertion of Barnes that the Case ,,vas the ri,st produc-
tion, and the improbability that the Committee of Convocation appointed to consider
"de libris imprimendis" on 23 Dec. 1584 would proceed to action so soon as II J,'m.
6 THE OXFORD PRESS. []585.
158-}. But the fitness of the earlier date is too obvous to be gainsaid.
probably the first printed sheet issued by Barnes.
This piece is
I I tERCISE
5. Parsons, Robert. a BOOKE OF CHRISTIAN EX-I
aPPV.RT,1-tning to RvSOLVTI-IO', that is, shewing ! how that we shou]d
re-[solue our selues to be-'come çhristians in-[deede..B,.), ]g. P. [P«rused,
,,a ,,«o,,,,/,,,,,»,.,' I ,,o,« .,,a, « z,-,.,/,,« z,,-l«»,g//,«oEc,_,a-I,,,, yl
rmlV,,,'9 m't,'v. [Then a mo//o from Hebr. xiii. 8: the whole tit]e and
imprint is within a border of ornament.]
Impr. 2a ,colophon4): 5q5 : sm. I2°:
pp. [281 + 494 + [2] + 14o : t3. I 1 beg. ons,
or iJ; III confidcnce, 2nd p. I I hel2es what-
socuer, I helshould: chiefly Long l'rimer
Roman. Contents:ip. () title: (3-8)
Bunny's Epistle dedicatorie to Edwin
Sandys, archbp, of Y'ork (9-8) Bunny's
" l'reface to the reader" : 9-z8) "The
contentes of... this booke"- 1-493
[misprinted 439], the w¢,rk, in 2 parts:
() title of Bunny's treatise: I-I4o, the
treatise : before p. I of the treatise is an
oblong sheet 5 x I I in., folded, contain-
ing on one side in two divisions "A table
.. of the treatise following"', on p. I4O
is also a colophon.
¢3f this book also there is a curious history. Gaspare Loarte, a Spanish Jesuit who
spent most 9f his lire at Rome, v,'rote an "Essercitio della vita christiana " seine rime
bêfore 569. In 579 J- Sancer, a friend of Robert l'arsons the Jesuit, published a
translation into English of one of the three parts of the work. In I58 Parsons him-
self publi»hed "The firste booke of the Christian Exercise, appertayning to resolution"
in two parts, which is practically a new work based on part of the original "E.ssercitio."
Loarte is mentioned in the preface, but the author only signs his naine by the initiais,
R. I'. This was again issued without l'arsons' knosvledge in I584 .
In 585 (or according to Wood and Ames, copied by tlerbert and Dibdin, in 584 ')
Fdmund Bunny printed and publisbed the first edition of an adaptation of Parsons'
book fitted for Protestant readers " at London, by N. Newton, for Iohn Wight," 8".
The dedication is to the archbp, of York and the preface dated 9 July 584 at Bolton-
Percy. The book was entered at Stationers' ttall on e8 Aug. I584. The Oxford
edition before us i» a reprint of this London edition with no intêntional variation,
except the omission of the amas of the archbishop of York on the verso of the title ot
the London issue borne of the woodcut ornaments and capitals of the two issues are
identical.
In " I585, Aug. 30" Parsons again put out his book in a revised and largely
augmented form v, ith a new title "A Christian Directorie"which when complete was
to consist of three books, the first of which, treating of Rêsolution, is alone contained
in this edition. The preface contains a criticism of the London issue of Bunny's
adaptation, which provoked " A briefe answer vnto those idle and friuolous quarrels
of R. P. against the late edition of the Resolution : By Edmtmd Btmny." Lond.,
1589, 8 °.
Other editions of Bunny's adaptation of Parsons' ,« Christian exercise" are 586
(Lond., " by I. Iackson and Ed. Bollifant for John Wight," 12°; in IIerbert's posses-
sion), I589 (Lond., i °- Bohn), '594 (Lond., 4": Bohn), I6o 9 (,Lond., IZ°: Bohn),
I6I 5 (Lond., I Z°). See also next art. Parsons' own work was several times re-
printed : and in 1591 appeared an edition of his " Christian Directorie," anonymously
adapted, as the former vork, for the use of Protestants, and with the deceptive title
" The second part of the booke of Christian Exercise, appertayning to Resolution, or
a Christian directorie.., written by the former authour R. P." (Lond., to;. This
v, as several times reprinted, as in I592 , 1594, I598 , 6t 5. See also Wood's Ath.
Oxon., ii. 22 : and the next art.
6. Parsons, Robert. A I Boor:E oF I crtmSTIaX :x_lr-RClS r
alrla'a-].c, o Rsovrmx, I that is, shewing how that I wee shoulde
resolue our]selues to become Christi-lans indeede, By R.J, Pcrused,
Bv'Y. I [mo#o. The whole title is within a border.]
SS«.] THE OA'FORD PRESS. 7
Impr. _ a (colophon 4) : I585 : sm. 12 ° :
pp. [30] + 49 - + [2]+ 140: p. 1I beg. what
man, I II Gospell, 7x,hich : also p. 21
ltot«ltO" ai1, III il they should: chiefly
Long Primer Roman. Contents :-- as
preceding article, without the folded
" Table. " to Bunny's treatise, riz. :--p.
(i) title : (3-9 a epistle: (lO-9) preface:
(o- 9) contents : 1-49 t, the treatise :
() title- -I4O Bunny's treatise, with
colophon.
This volume is apparently identical in text (not spelling or punctuation)with the
preceding art., but is entirely reset : from p. e52 of this edifion (= 254 of the other)
the two correspond page for page in Parsons' treatise.
7. Prime, John. a SERMON BRIEF-ILY CO,MPARING THE E-[STATE
or rax SalOmX .,, I his Subiectes togither with the condi-ltion of
Queene EZAçH [ and her people. [ PVc ix SalXC a-',,'s h
Oard lhe 7. Auember, and I now rt)tted wlh some small all«ra/b»,
Impr. 4 : x585 : sm. 8" : pp. [3],
signn. A-g s : sign. r I beg. 2bassion, that :
chiefly Pica English. Contents :--p. (I)
title: (3-5) Epistle " to the Christian
reader": (6-30) the sermon, on I Kings
x. 9" (3-32) " A praier in consideration
of the former respects."
See Wood's .4lb. Oxon., i. 653. The Epistle is dated z7 Nov. 585, and alludes
to Bilson's book as " euen now comming foorth."
8. Shepery, John.
Sec 586. S.
9. Sparke, Thomas. "'A Sermon preached at Cheanies the
4. of September, 585, at the burial of the right Honorable the Earle of
Bedford, by Thomas Sparke Doctor of Diuinitie.' The university's arms.
'Imprinted at Oxford by hi»t Printer to that famous Vniuersitie.' 3Iy
copy is eut so close at bottom that it is uncertain whether there was any
date added. Dedicated 'To Arthur Lord Gray of \Vilton, Knight of
the Garter.At Bletchley the 25 of September, .585.Thomas
Sparke.' The text, 'Apocal. I4. I3. I heard a voice from heauen' &c.
At the end of the sermon ' September z z. An. Do. i585.' Besides; i o
pages. W.H. 160."
The above is the account of the book in Herbert's Ames, iii. 399, in the account of
Joseph Bames's press at Oxford in 58._-3. The copy sold in the Heber sale, 9 April
835, Catal. pt. vi, p. -48, art. 3559 for Ss. was probably Herbert's. Ames in his
Tyograihical Antiqttities (Lond. 749) gives a shorter title and describes the book as
a quarto. Other edd. are Lond. 585, in êights (pp. [o]+ o6), and Oxf. 594
(with 5 Decembcr at end of dedication, pp. [IO] + Io) : but both are different from
the present book, if Herbert's description may be trusted.
t. Case, John. "'Reflexus speculi moralis, seu commentarius
in magna moralia Aristotelis. Authore Johanne Caso.' Again 596.
Octavo ."
The above is from Herbert's Ames, iii. 4oI, slightly altered from Ames, p. 453:
but both are probably errors for 1596 : see 1596. C.
C
8 TttE OKFORD PRE,.çS. [18.
2. Catilinariae proditiones. "' In Catilinarias proditiones, ac
proditores domesticos, Odoe 6.' The university arms. 'Oxonioe, ex
Oflicina Typographica Josephi Barnesii, & veneunt in coemeterio Paulino
sub signo capitis Tygurini. Anno I586.' On the back, in a lozenge
form,' Odoe sex ornatissimis viris D. Doctori J ameso .,tdis Christi Oxon.
decano, et doctori Itetono prodecano, coetrisque clarissimis atque optimis
viris eiusdem ecclesioe proebendariis, & privatoe observantioe, et publicoe
pietatis ergWdicatoe.' 8 leaves, the first has only signature A. 13rit.
Museum. Octavo.
The above is from tterbert's OEmes, iii. p. 14oi. In May I886 the officials of the
lq, ritish Museum were unable to find the book. A copy was sold at the Bliss sale in
1858 (Catal. pt. 2, art. 7) to Stenson a bookseller for £4 4s.
- Chardon, John. a SEP.MON [ vrON PART OF I TItE NINTH CHAP-
O"
TER [ ,,F TItE ,IOLY GOSPFL I OF IESVS CHRIST I ACCORDI.VG TO ] S. IOHN: [
Preached at S. 5Iaries in [ Oxford by Iohn Chardon]Doctor of
Diuinitie. I [m0tlo.]
Impr. :,b: I586" (eights) I6°: pp.
[48 ], signn..,-c "- signa. B " beg. streight
watt" chieflv l'ica English. Contents:
p. (I) title"(3-xo Epistle dedicatory to
Ambro.e earl of Warv«ick, Oxf. 6 Oct.
I556" (II-44) the se, mon, on John ix.
1-3 " (45-47) '" The prayer."
See Wood's Ath. Oxon., i. 7 6.
4. Chardon, bp. John. "' A comfortable sermon for all such
as thirst and desire to be ioined with their head Jesus Christ. &c. Preached
at the funerals of Syr Gawen Carewe, very worshipfully buried in the
Cathedral Church of Exeter, 22d April, 584, By John Charden
bachelor of Divinity.' The text, Thes. 4 ; 3- 8. Octavo."
So in Herbert's Ames, iii. I4OO : see Wood's Aih. Oxon., i. 716, Maunsell i. 97-
5- Chrysostom, St. . IOANNIS CHRY-ISOST03II ARCHIE-IpIsCOPI, CON-
STASTI-XOPOLITA.Xl, ]]fomili se.r, I Ex. manuscriptis Codicibus Noui
Çollegij; ] Ioaxxs Ha.ag, eiusdem Col-[legij socij, & Groecarum
literarum in ] inclyta OxoxIE.,,'s Academia [ Professoris Regij, opera &[
industria nunc primfim ] groecè in lucem I editoe. [d, vice.]
Impr. 5 : x586 ,.cIaaxxcvl) : (eigh!s)
i6 °. pp. [2]+i38: p. x beg. a, ov
dtv'roî, I I I 7tdt,'r 6t,l.tepoovoî16tl, : chiefly
Long Primer Greek. Contents :--p. (1)
title: (3-12) Epistola dedicatoria to sir
Thomas Bromley, lord chancellor of Eng-
land, Oxf. 28 Dec. [585] : I-t38, the
six Homilies, in Greek.
" Primitioe typographici nostri in groecis literis preli," as the dedication says. The
first Grêek book printed in England was also a Chrysostom çT,,vo Homiliês, Lond.,
Reg. Wolfe, 543), but separate Greek words occur in thê first book printêd at Cam-
bridge (Cujusdam.. Christiani Epistola, I5.'I) , and single words cut in wood still
earlier. The si homilies are I. K«rà gov ap«qpobvroov rà ,,«or],i« (Migne, l'atrol.
Gr.,Chrysost., i. 953)- 2-5- Ei'r¢v Afiçopov»«',B', ', ' tibid. 963, 98,, 99 , Ioo5). 6. E
rb rI«o r,, u««oqgvoov (ibid. oI 7). Sec p. 2 ( 565",\Vood's Aih. Oxon., il. 38.
An imperfect book, (signn. A2-D 7"), containing Isocrates rIpb /wdv,«ov. Ilpb
No«a, N«6rl ¢i avlal ov«vrt«3 d*t ° rp!ro, Plutarch rItp rmgov d-l¢wT and
" Luciani Cupido,'" all in Greek, once owned by Thomas ttearne and now m the
Bodleian Library, is in similar type to this Chrysostom and is accordingly assigned
58.] THE OA'FORD P]?ESS. - 9
by Iteame to Barnes's Press. But minute in.pection shows that some of the wood-
cuts of the book are not identical with anv used at Oxford. It is probably London
printing (hOt Bynneman 58I nor 6z: igerhaps Bishop 599" see J3fiiggemann,
p. .)
6. Ecclesiastes. SOLOMONSSERION: I OFIANS CHIEF I FELICITIE:
CALLED [ IN HEBREW KOHELFTtt, I IN GREEKE AND LATIN [ ECCLES,ASTES. [
With a ]earned, godly, and familiar pa-lraphrase vppon the saine:
gathe-'red out of the Lectures of A. ! C. & now englished for I the benefit
of the [ vnlearned. I [mollo ,J" da,icc.]
Impr. 4 : 586 : (eights) 6": pp. [6]
+ 2 9 + [ ] : P- beg. lhat is b o't.ght,
III ami this meart'latiopz : l'ica Ronan.
Content :p. () tifle : f3-7) Epitle
dedicatorie to the "lady 3Iarie Dudley,"
O×ford, ,q Mar. ._.586, signed "T. P.":
(.8-6", " Tt the Chfitian reader . . ."
with the writer's naine, Th. Pie- -219,
the paraphrase, the text of Eccleiste
occurring in the margin.
This book is a translation into English of " S.',pientissimi regis Salomonis concio
de summo laominis bono quam . . . Latini Ecclesiasten vocant, in Latinam liaguam ab
Antonio Corrano ... versa et ex eiusdem prMectionibus paraphrasi illustrata : acces-
serunt & notoe quoedam " (lond., 579) with the omission of the notes. For Ant. de
Corro see Wood's A/b. O.ron., i. 578 : and for Thoma Pye, ibiL ii. 59- Wood was
not acquainted with this earliest work of Pye, but alludes to the book (as above, i. 5S)
as Corro's "Sermons on Ecclesiastes. 'tbridged by Thomas Pitt. Oxon. ]585, oct.,
which is called by some Pitt's Paraphrase on Ecclesiastes "l The naine Pitt, but not
the error of date, mav be taken from Maunsell, who three times fi. 38, 8, ]o4 alludes
to the book as by q'ho. l'itt, l'ye in hi Epistle states with respect to the original
Latin edition, "which treatise, as it came tiret to the print, myselfe by occa,ion being
charged with soin ouerseeing of the presse, at the earnest request aswel of the author
himself, as of other many, 1 translated into English being the rather a greate deale
moued thereunto, because there was no comment or like exposition then extant m our
vulgar tongue vpon this part of Scripture." This latter statement is hOt strictly truc,
since " An exposition of Salomon's booke called Ecclesiastês" was printed in
London in 573. In 585 Serranus's commentary translated into English by T.
Wilcocke was printed in London.
I
7. Hutchins, Edward. SERMON [ PREACHFD IN S. PVTERS
CHURCH AT ] WEST-CHESTER THE XXV [ OF S£PT£A[B£R, I[îS6. ]CONTAINING
MATTER [ F:rT FOR THE TI,rE: [ By Edward ttutchins '3Iaister [ of Arts,
and Fellowe of Bra-lzennose College. I
Impr. 6 : (I586) : (eights) I6°: pp.
[31]: sin. B 2 r beg. the foldd" chiefly
Pica English. Contents :p. () title:
(3-4") dedication to Roger Puleston:
(5-30 the sermon, on Gai. 5. 2.
Rare. See Wood's Aih. Oxo,z., ii. 453- The only copy seen, that in the British
Museum, wants the last leaf, presumably blank.
8. Hutchins, Edward. A I SERMON PREA-ICHFD IN WEST-ICHESTFR
THE VIII. OF OCTOFg, 1586. IN,FOX« r.,V" .,'t'D-It;S a'D CgWaX I
CW,4NrES: Wherein the conditions of al he-]retiques, but especiallie
of stub-born and peruerting Papists, [ are discouered, & the dut) [ of al
magistrats concer-.ning such persons, ap-plied & ot,ened [ A, EDWaRD
HVTCmXS, «][a-sler Arles, " Fellowe Bga-lSENNOSE Colledge. 1...
Impr. 6: (I586): (eights) 6o: pp.
[3], signn. .-B : signa, s 2 beg. are thc.j,"
chiefly Pica English. Contents :p. ()
See Wood's Ath. Oxon., il. 45.
title : (3-4" dedication to Thonms Eger-
ton: (5-3z) the sermon, on Canticles ii.
15 .
C 2
zo THE OXFORD PRESS. [1586.
9. Massie, William. A J SER3ION PREA-tCHED AT TRAFFORD ] IN
LANCASHIRE AT [ TttE LaXl.aGE OF A I DAVGHTER OF THE ] right Wor-
shipfull Sir ED-]MOND TRAFFORDE ] Knight, the 6. of Sep-',lembcr Anno,
1586. ] By XVILLIA3t [ASSIE bacheler in -uinity, and feDow of Brasen-
nose Col-,ledge in Oxforde. ] [mollo.]
dedioetion to sir E.
the selon, on Ps.
Impr. 6- I586: (eights) 16o: pp. [32], p. (,) title: (3-4")
signn. A-n°: signa. B i beg. qf body, sot- Trafford : (5-32)
row : chiefly Pica English. Contents : cxxviii.
See \Vood's hsti Oxon., i. 237. The marriage was between Margaret
and Sir
preacher.
Trafford
Urian Legh, kt., of Adlington, a member of the same College as the
I O. I/ILlSiC. THE VRAISE
antiquitie, [ dignitie, delectation,
decla-red the sober and ]awfull
& vse there-'of in
vse of the [ saine
and ] Church of God. ] [d«r'z?e, lh, n mollo.]
Wherein besides tbe
ciuill matters, is also
in the congregation
Impr. 6" I586" («ights) 16°: pp. [8]
4- 1 5 2 : p. I I beg. Aih-icke of, III toîcr
place" Pica English. Contents :--p. (I)
title: (3-4 dedication by the printer to
" sir Walter Rawley" : (-8) "The pre-
face to the Reader"- i-i-2, the work in
x2 chapters, with the sub-title "The
antiquitie and original of Musicke .. 2'
This work has been constantly attlibuted to John Case, the author of the ,4pologia
.brt¢sice, Oxf. 58q, but the present writer be]ieves that from internal evidence it
cannot be regarded as his. Sec Appendix C, and \Vood's Ath. Oxon., i. 686. It was
reprinted in the Choir and Alusical ]ecord 1864, by dr. Rimbault, who contributed an
introduction.
I I. Overton, John. IACOBS [ aROVBLE-SO3tE IOVR-'XEY TO IE- 1
THEL: Conteining a briefe ex-lposition, or excellent J Treatise of the
four first [ verses of the 33-Chapter [ of GEXSlS: [ SIfoorlh bi' Ionx
o,--'o.,-, .v«,»,,«,-o/.«., [,o,,o.]
Impr. 7:1586-.eights) I6 °. pp. [8]
+ 75 + [5] " P- ii beg. ma 0, wise " Pica
English. Contents :--p. (I) title - (3-7)
Epistle dedicato to William Brent,
Welsbome. I Apr. I586: (8) Gen. xxxiii.
I-3 : 1-7r', the treatise" I--5" "A prayer
against the enimies of the Church of
Christ. . ."
This book was the " first fruits " of the author's study.
12. *tPhilosophy. DE [ PHILOSO-IPHIA, [ PANATHENA-IICAE DVAE:[
COMITIIS oxoxn HABITAE. [[ZuoOdcl«/S and mollo. The whole title is
within a border.]
N. pl. : n. d. (1586 ?': (eights) 12°:
pp. [32_-I, signn. A-B - sign. B I beg. lem,
Demosthcn'm- Pica Roman. Cntents:
p. (1--2) unknoxsaa- (3) title: (5) three
Quaestiones: 6-IS)" Panathenaica prima,
v. Id. Iulii x585, habita" - ti9-2o thee
Quaestiones : (20- 3 ) " Panathenaica se-
cunda, iii Id. Iulii x 566. habita."
The Bodleian Catalogue suggests that these speeches are perhaps by Thomas
Savile (see Wood's Aih. Oxon., i. 59 ), brother of sir Henry Savile, both of Merton.
There is no place of imprint, but pribably it i» Oxford printing. Wood did net
know the book.
'3- Rainolds, John. SERSION I VPOX PRT [ OF THE EIGH-
!
TEEXTH PS.,I.: [ Preached to the publik assem-[blie of Scholers in the
Z586.] TIIE OXFORD PRESS. 2
Vniuer-[sitie of Oxford the last day I of August, I586. by ] IortN
RalXOLDS: ] Vpon occasion of their meeting to giue ] thankes to God
for the late detection land apprehension of Tre/tours, u,ho [wickedlie
conspired against the Queen s Ala&slie and lhe ] state of the Realme. ]
[mollo.]
Impr. 2: .586: (eights) t6": pp. [4o],
signn. A-B C*: sigm t 11" beg. But al
this : l'ica English. Contênts :'sign.
A "Ai." : A 2, title : A 3-A 4", " Iohn
Rainoldes, to the Rentier," Oxford, 2 4
Oct. I586 : A 4", Ps. xviii. 47-5
c 4", the sermon, on Ps. xviii. 47-5 : c 4",
l's. xxi. 7-9.
See Wood's Aih. Oxon., il. 15. Reprinted at Oxford in 1613. Occasioned by
" Babington's conspiracy": there are sêveral references to current events.
4. *Shepery, John. HYPPOLITVS OVIDIAN2E [ PHAEDRAE RES-
I'ONDENS, l'ER IOAN-"[NEM SCHEPREVVM SOMA-I'IO CHRISTIANVM.
Impr. 8" [I586]: (eights) 12"- pp.
[8o1, signn. * a-D s " sign. ; I" beg. Scilicet
xpeclas : l'ica Italic. Contents :sigm.
1", title-. "2 r-*-', , "Ioannis Scheprcui
proefatio, in epistolam IIyppoliti sui ad
l'hoedram, ad 3I. Guadum dedicatam.," in
Latin elegiacs- "8-'8 ", "Candido lectori
Georgius Erychus medicus b. I'. D.," a
Latin preface - a I'- 8" the poem.
See Wood's Aih. Oxon., i. a35. This work is an imaginary reply of I{ippolytu» to
the têmptations of l'haedra, in ovidian elegiacs. The author, John hepery, of Corpus
Christi College (" omatochristianus"', tells us in the preface that it was composed
as a return for kindness sh,,wn him bv one Guadus (Wade ?, whom the editor describes
as a chaplain to t[enry viii), but telayed for some years. Shepery died in 54 ,
aged 3z years. George Etheridge (" Edrychus") was a pupil of Shepery, tellow of
Corpus, and a Roman Catholic.
"lhe date is fixed at 586 by two passages- Etheridge in his preface states that
for about 53 years he had been a membcr of the University " he was admitted sclaolar
of Corpus in Nov. 534. Also Dr. Humphrey in his introduction to the Summa et
U,zotsis (see below) alludes to the llitolylus as " ,mperrime lmpressum." " \Vood
places the date at about 584, and the Bodleian catalogue of I843 assigns the boc&
to i54 z, owing to the date of bhepery's death, which happens to occur promiaently
at the end of Etheridge's preface.
I 5. Shepery, John. sv.»,., lET s,'xovs,s I xov TESTA3IEN-['I'I
DISTICHIS DV-'CENTIS SEXAGIN-IITA, QVAE TOTI-IDE3I. CAPITIBVS RFSPONDENT
co»rehcnsa: I Prior a lOaXE SCtEeRZVO I Oxoniensi olim conscripta:
Posterior ex EAS3II ] Iaoa» . s,,eO', Ca,-,»,,,,o,-,,m p,? . mc/ho-&?è z)shTu-
«naX &'aa A«,,,o,uab. [mollo by L. H.(umfrey).]
Impr. 5: i586: (eights) 16o: pp. [62],
signn. A-B s ¢ (see below) I) ç : slgn. B
beg. dislicha Zo«nnis : Pica Italic. Con-
tents :sign. A if, title : A 2'-A 8 " '" Ad-
monitio Laurentii Humfredi ad Studio-
sos" - A 8", " Librorum Novi Testamenti
elenchus & ordo per Cor. Graphoe...."-.
I"-c 3" "Disticha Ioannis bheprevi...":
verso of leaf after c 3-t, 6", '" Dsticha...
in Editione Erasmi Roterodami inserta."
The "Summa Ioannis Sheprevi " is a set of elegiac stanzas, each stanza describing
the contents of a chapter in the New Testament, and beginlaing suceessively ith the
letters of the alphabet, written by John Shepery, of Corpus Christi College, Reader of
the IIebrew Lecture from about 1537 to his death in 542. The Summais stated by
Wood to have been first published at Strasburg in about 556 by John Parkhurst bp.
of Nonvich, next in Lond. 560 (Wood), and from Humfrey's ed. in "Gemma Fabfi,"
Lond. 1 9 8, and " Biblii (or Bibliorum) summula," Lond. I6I, etc. The first distich
2°-, THE O,VFORD PRESS. [l»ST.
is '" A priscis oritur Christus, turbatur Ioseph, I Angelus hune retinet, virgo beata
parit." Mb. C. C. C. (,Oxf.) 266 contains these verses.
The " ynopds " is a similar set of elegiac stanzas, without the alphabetical succes-
sion of first letters, first inserted in the Latin editions of Erasmus's New Testament,
from that of 1542 on. The author appears to be unknown : the first di.-tich is
" Angelus in sonmis iustum solatur Ioseph. [ Prototoco Marioe nomen Iesus erit."
In the prêface Dr. IIumfrey states that his object in editing the book was to recall
young students to the study of the Iext of the Bible, and that he had collated a 315.
copy of the Sumota with bp. l'arkhurst's edition, and had compared different editions of
the Synopsis : he alludes also to the Itippolytus of Shepmy as "nuperrime imprêssum."
5ee \\ ood's Atlt. Oxon., i. 3.', 560. Dr. Philip Bliss noted in his copy " Whoever
wants to write a history of the Oxford press should first get togcther ail the little vols
printed by Jo. Barnes, of which this is one of the rarest."
I 6. Spanish. Rr;OLaS GRAM-IMATICALES PARA A [ PRENDER L LENGVA
ESPA-Ifiola y Francesa, confiriendo la I vna con la otra, segun el or-den
de las pattes de la o-'ration Latinas.
Impr. 9*" 586 : z in size.
Only known from a title-page in the British 3Iuseum (Bagford Collection, 463. h. 8,
no. 4.56). Mcntioned in Ame» and IIerbert's Ames, but hot in such terres as to prove
that either editor had seen the book complete. For the rcference to the Bfitish
Museum and a transcript of the title I am indebtcd to Mr. L. G. Duff, of \Vadham
College, Oxford.
1 7. Westfaling, I lcrbcrt. "'Articles Ecc]esiasticall to be in-
quired of by the Church-ward,:ns and thê Sworne-men within the dioces
of tlercford in the first visitation of the reuerend father in God. Harbart
Bishop of the said dioces : this present yeare 3I. D. lxxxvi and the xxviii.
yeare of tle raigne of our most gracious soueraigne Lad 3" Queene Eliza-
beth, &c. And so hçreafter, till the next visitation, and from time to rime
to be prescnted.' I3, in fours: 7o articles. \V. H. Quarto."
So in Ilerbert's Anes, iii. 4o.
I587
I. [Bailey, \Valter.] A briefe discours of certain Bathes
neare vnto . . . Newnam Regis, 587.
Probably not printed at O.,d'ord, but at London, though ascribed to the former place
in the British Museum Catalogue.
2. Beza, Theodorus. MASTER BEZAES SFR-MONS VPON 'IHE THREE !
FIRST CHAPTERS OF 'IHE [ CANTICLE OF CANTICLES: ] WHEREINARE HANDLED
"I-ItE [ CHIEFFST POINTS OF RFLIGION [ C03,"I'ROVERSED A.VD DEBATED BE- I
TIt'EE.\'E I'S A.\'D THE ADI'EESA-IRIÈ AT THIS DAY, ESPECIALLY TOV-}CHL\'G
TltE TRI'E IESI:S CHRIST A.VD ] THE TRVE fHXRCH, AND THE çER-ITAINE &
INFALLIBLE 3IARIçS I BO'rH OF THE ONç AND I OF THE OTHER. I TRAWSLATED
Ol/'I" Off" .1;'R.ENCtt" Lhr2"O I ENGLISH BY Iorx HARMAR, lIER HIGnNES I PRO-
JrESSOR LV" THE GYE.EA'.E 21"OI'.VG ] IN "/-/tE YNIVERSITIE OF OXFORD I AND
FrOWV. or sut xwt I COtI_Za S.ZF. [
Impr. 6a: 587: (fours) 8": pp. [12]
+ 435 + [I] : p. x I beg. and bccause no,
III z«ith all rig'or: Pica Roman. Con-
tênts :p. (1) title : (3-6) epistle dcdica-
tory to tlae earl ofLeicester : (7-I "The
Argument of the xlv. Psalme, seruing for
an Argument of... the Canticle of Can-
ticles. "" 1-435, the sermons (thirty
one) on the Song of Solomon chapp, t-3.
187.] THE OXtOID PIgESX. 2,3
Sec Wood's Aih. Oxon., ii. 38. The best account of this work will be extracts
from the Epistle dcdicatory. John IIarmar the translator was in this year l'roctor,
Regius proIesor of Greek and Fellow of New College. I le says. "I was requested,
right honorable, by manie of my friends to emploie the time of this last vacation of
mne from my publique readinges in the Vniuersitie, in the translating of Master
Bezaes Serinons Vl,On the Canticle of Canticles, which I had a little before receaued
from the Francfurt nart in French, into our vulgare and Mother tongue." The
patronage of Lord Dudley is acknowlcdged and details of the translator's lite are given,
as that he attendcd Beza's lectures and serinons at Geneva. The work translated was
no doubt Beza's " Sermons sur les troi premiers chapitres du Cantique des cantiques
de Salomon, Gcmz,e,.fehan le I mztx, 586, 8 ° (Brunet).
3- Case, John.
mica Aristotelis.
"'Thesaurus oeconomiae, seu commentarius oecono-
Authore Johanne Caso.' Agaîn i598. Quarto."
So tlerbert's Ames, iii. I4o2 , after Ames: but perhaps an error for I597.
4. Legatus.
DIE LEGATO ET ABSOLV-TO PRINCIPE PERDV-ELLIONIS
Impr. IO" 1587: (eight) I2o: pp. [I6], I Italic. Contents :--p. (I) title : (3-16)
sign. A " p. (I) beg. st«fortuito: Pica I the treatise.
This anonymous treatise is a formal and precise legal argument on the question
"Utrum lcgatus alicuius principis absoluti vel lpse princeps absolutus morte sit affici-
endus, si in aliena republiea, contra vitam principis vel salutem totius reipublicae, ne-
fariam coniurationem fuerint machinati." I t was intended to support Qucen Elizabeth
in her resolution to execute Mary Queen of Scots, and seems fo have been written
after 4 Dec. I586 (p. 3) and beftre the execution 8 Feb. i587 : but there is no clue
to the author.
5. [Penry, John.] , TREATSE I CONTAXI.XG [ 7,,. AQXwY or I
AN HVMBLE SVPPLI-]CA ION WtlICH IS TO BE '[ E.HIBITED l'A'7"O HIR ] GRACIOVS
IAIESTY AND ] this high Court of l'arliament ] «)t/he beha" OElhe ComdroE
[ Wales, that some order may ] be /akcn for /he rcacht)g 1 the
Gospell alnong those I people. I Wherein also is set downe as much of
the ! estate of our people as witlout offence [ could be marie known, to
the end that [ our case (if it please God) may be piti-ed by them who are
hot of this assem-bly, and so they also may be driucn to ] labour on out
behalfe. I
Impr. 6: 587: (eights) x6 °" pp. 62
+[2]: p. x beg. The B¥cessi O, : Long
Primer Roman. Contcnts :p. I, title :
3-Io, "To al that mourn in Sion.. .":
-62, the work- ()" To the reader"
explanation and erratum.
The author's naine nowhere occur, but there can be but little doubt that
the volume was written by John Penry of St. Alban hall, Oxford (B.A. 586),
who is conspicuous in the Marprelate controversy and who published .4n cxhortation
z:nlo I/te Goucrnours and people of ll'ales, to labour ea nestly fo haire the preachin.ç of
the Gosell iqanted among lhcm çn. pl. or d., and n. pl. 58,S) : and also .4 IT«w of
. . iublike wants ,ç" disorders.., in the service of God... within ll'ales, n. pl. 588.
The author says, p. 63, " Some rumor of the speedy dissolution of the l'arliament
enforeed me from the 32 Pag. or there abouts (so much being alreadv vnder the presse)
to eut off more of the booke by two parts than is nov in the ,« hole[" Parliament sat
in 586 from 28 Oct. to 2 Dec. and hOt during 1587. At pp. 5-4 Penry alludes to the
state of the Universities. Wood does not know of this work, and the best account of
the author is in Cooper's Athcnce Cantabr., ii. z 54-
2 4 THE OXFORD PRESS. [1587.
6. Prime, John. AN [ EXPOSITION, I AND OBSERVATI-IOSS VPON
SAINT I PAUL TO THE GALA-'iTHIAN$ , TOGEOEHER [ with incident Qoestions
de-',bat«d, and 31olA'es re-:moued, by I iOHX PRI.,E. I [woodcut.]
Impr. 6: I5£7: (eights) I6°: pp. [.]
+ 37 + [3]: P- il beg. noment, Iii
«[anfferotts : l'ica English. Contents :--
p. (I) title: (3-7) dedication to John
Pieree bishop of Salisbury, Oxford, 30
Jan. " 587 ": -3 7, the work : (2-3)
unknown.
See Wood's .lth. Oxon., i. 653.
Abingdon.
Compiled from notes of fortnightly discourses at
7. Rainolds, John. IOHANNIS RAINOLDI [ ORATIONES DU.E: [ Ex
ijs quas habuit in Collegio [ Corporis Christi, quum [ linguam Graecam
I, rofitcretur. [ HABIT,E, Qvv3! STt'DIa, DE [more per ferias intermissa,
repeterentur: I /',-,a, -, quoe &tod«c/ma, l'ost z'aca-'lfonem
]'osto[or, dcc«)na hrh'a, post z,a-,cattbnem aschalm ; ] Anno 1576.
Impr. 5 " 587 : eights) 16 °" pp. [88]"
p. t beg. iffnorantiam" Pica Roman.
Cntents :--p. " A"- 3, title :
" Iohannes Rainoldus Academicis Oxoni-
ensibus S. P. D.," ith preface following,
Oxf. 2 Feb.: 9-85, the two Orations.
These are general exhortations to study, selected out of twenty orations of the kind.
They are reprinted in the various editions of Rainolds's Orations. See \ ood's Aih.
Oxon., ii. 5.
8. Sidney, sir Philip. EXEQVI.:E [ ILLVSTRISSI3II [ EQVITIS, D.
PHILIP- PI SIDNAEI, GRATISSI-I3IAE 3IE31ORIAE AC NO-I.][LVI I,]IPtE.VS.E. [[dtz'fc£"
then mollo.]
Impr. 5" I5'q-7: sm. 4°: pp. [96],
sign. *, A-L*: signa, r; beg. Et z,er3"
l'ica Roman and Italic. Contents:
sig'n. *r, title" *2r-3% Epistola dedica-
tortu to the earl of I.emester, signed
"Guilielmus Gagerus," Oxf., 2. Oct.
5,q7" "4 , latin poem by Laurence
ltumfrey : A -L 4% the poems, in Latin"
L 4 *, an erratum.
Sir Philip Sidney died at Amheim 7 Oct. 1 r,86. Dr. William James, dean of
Christ Church, urged \V. Gager to collect and edit poems which had been privately
ruade at the rime of Sidney's death : the editor found it necessar 3, from considerations
o space to reject Hebrew, Greek, French and Italian poems, but it may be doubted
whether the printer possessed Itebrew type. See next art.
9- Sidney, sir Philip. PrPLVS ! ILLVSTRISSIMI [ VIRI D. PHILIPPI ]
'3ris HOXORIBVS I I)ICaTVS. ] [woodcul, then two moltos.]
smxar
Impr. I t- 587 : sm. 4 ° : pp. 54 + [2]:
p. l I beg. Cur remet: Pica Roman and
Italic. Contents :--p. I, title : 3-4, dedi-
cation to t-Ienry Herbert earl of Pem-
broke, in Latin, by " Ioannes Luidus,"
New college, Oxford, 26 Aug. ,587:
5-4, the "«'ork : 54, txvo errata.
The title is an allusion to the spurious Peplus of Aristotle, a commemoration of the
heroes who fell before Trov. The editor was John Lhuyd, and the poems (almost all
Latin) are all by New College men. among whom the earl of Pembroke, Sdne s
brother-in-law, had been educated. See preceding art., and Wood's Aih. Oxon., i.
523.
1588.] THE OA'FORD PRESS. 25
I O. Sprint, John. AD I ILLVSTRIS-ISIMOS, CO,II-ITES IVARWICENSEM [
ET LFICFSTRENSEM ORA-]TIO GRATVLATOiL4 [ BRISTOLLI.E HABITA ] APII.L.
Impr. 5 : (I58î) : (eight) i6"- pp.
sign. As: p. (I,) beg. Atfue hic: Pica
Italic. Contents :msign. A t unknown "
A2 r, title-. A2 v, introduction to the
speech, in Latin - A 3 r, dedication to lord
Leieestcr by " Ioh. Sprint" dean of
Bristol : A3r-A î v, the speech, 16 Apr.
I 57 . A 8", "In aduentum Illustrissimi
Comitis I.eicestrensis cùm primùm ('an-
cellarius Oxoniensis Academiam acccde-
rot" (-"9 Aug.
.,, a pom of
hexameters, thê initial letters of the words
forming a complimentary wish.
Extremely rare " sec Wood's .l!h. O.ron., ii. 333, v,'here the poem &c. is reprinted.
I I. Ursinus, Zacharias. THE SX MME I OF CttRISTIAN]I?I2LIGIO»V: I
Deliu .red by ZACHA-:RIAS \'RSISVS in his Lc-[«/ur/s
auto-rised by tle noble Prince FB-',RIC, througlout tis dominions:[
II3aah are deb«/cd and r-solued the Questions of whatsoe-utr
2obds qf moment, 'h?h hme be
ansl«/«d Dtlo £)tgh}h @ HEN-'RE PARRIF,
Ed//A, ns, logc/h,r a,/lh some
af as )'«I I rema¢)bff D¢ lb« 3esl correcA'd
Impr. 6 : ,587 : (eights) 12o: pp. [16]
+ 1°47 + [9] " P" ' beg. alone zs it, III
iccling il of, Ioot Arow we haue : I.ong
l'rimer Roman. Contcnts:p. (1) titl%
within a border: (3-8) Epistle dedica-
torie to the earl of Pembroke, signcd bv
l'art). - (9-I 5) "To the Christian ,eaders.;'
by l'arry- '047, the work : (2- 9 " A
table.. ." of contents.
Other editions were printed at O.,d'ord in '589, 59'. 595, 16Ol. The v,'ork,
v,'hich is a commentary on the lleidelberg Cat(_chism. appears to be a cênto from
the Tractationes "1 heologicae of Ursnus (vol. i. 58, fol.. bee Wood's .4th. Oaon.,
ii. ,92. Pan)'s l'refaces are reprinted in 6oo. U.
1588.
I. Cfl.[;@], JO[l'l]. APOIOGIA MV-ISICES
INSTRU3IEN-[T.4L[S T I MIXT.E. I [four moaos.]
I
TAM VO-iCALIS QVAM
Impr. ri: 1588 : teights 16',: pp. [6]
+ 75 ("" ") -
7 p. 11 beg. ara, .Lydmm :
Pica Italic. Contents : -- p. (i) title :
(3-6) dedication " l tenrico Vntono et
Guilielmo tIattono... Io. Ca. S. I'. D.,"
with preface signed " I. C.," Oxf. 3 ° Nov.
1588 : I-" "" " tbe work.
Rare. I3y John Case, cf. 1586. M, Wood's tth. Oxon., i. 686. The dedication is
to two persons for their fathers' inteest in music. Sign. F consists of 1' I & F .3 only,
paged 74-77 instead of 75-78. Copies usually have a border, &c. of red ink lines,
throughout.
2. Case, John.
CASO OXONI-rENSI OLI31
[dez,?e, then mo/to.]
SPH.ERA CIYITA'I'IS, I A¥'IttORE MAGIS"I'R0 I 10HANNIg
COLLEGII DIVI [ lohannis Precursoris socio. ]
°-6 THtF OKFORD PRESS.
Impr. : I$88 : (eights) sm. 4 ° : pp.
[36] + 74o + [ 2] : p. 1 beg. regni plus-
q««am, III Commltnitas : l'ica Roman.
ç«ntents :p. (I) title: (2) 4 verses to
the author fro,n the "Sphoera Civitatis" !
"«ith a eurious engraxing of the sphere
surmounted by the head and shoulders
of the queen: (3) Latin poem to the
author signed "Richardus Late-War"
pres. of St. John's college : (5-9 Epi-
stola dedicatoria to Christopher lord Hat-
ton : (t o-2 5) "Ad Chri»tiaaum lectorem "
I May I588 : (26-28) comp]imcntary
poems" (29-36) "Quoestiones et dubia
quoe m octo libris Politicorum continen-
tur," a table of contents" (36) to com-
plimentavy poems- 1-74o , the work:
1-4) " Peroratio operis,"' I May, 588 :
3- ) " Rerum contentarum index."
See \Vood's Aih. Oxon., i. 686. A commentary on the Politics of Aristotle, made
into a general political treatise. On 6 July 1.:,9o ]dames petitioned for a decree of
Convocation that every determining bachclor should purchase this work, but it does
hot appear that any action was takcn on the petition. Reprinted at Frankfurt in
1616.
3. Catechism. . CA'IECHIS3IE, OR SHORT KIND OF IN-STRVCTION,
I
WHEREBY [ "IO TE«CH CHILDRFN AND [ TltE IGNORAYNTER SORT, THEICHtïIS-
T«.aV XLm«O.Xç ] ll'h,r, mdo A" p (a'cd a #arned 7kea#e lhe necessi O'
crut z'se f l Cakcht)mg : logclhcr,wdh God çra?rs mosl fit for al esmlts
,« ,« l »,,««.
Impr. 6 : I588 : sm. 4 ° : pp. [IO] + 212
+[2]: p. II beg. God, committed, III
lo7x'es! f, ar&'s : Pica Roman. Contents :
(I) title: (3-9) Epistle dedicatory by
Thomas 5parke and John beddon to
Arthur lord Grey of Wilton, 131etchley,
3 ° Jan. I587 : I-6I, the treatise on cate-
chislng, signed by Sparke: 62, a prayer :
63-94, the catechism : t9fi-2/, prayers,
v, ith a confession of the faith : 212 "Causes
why men doe hot vnderstand the holie
Scriptures," &c.
Rare. See Wood's Aih. Oxon., ii. 9 o kbis). This is the IIeidelberg Catechism
translated into English by Thomas Sparke and John 5eddon, with scriptural proofs
annexed to each paragraph, and a long treatise on catcchising. ee next art.
Impr. 6 : 1588 : (eights) 12o : pp. [I 2]
+ 274 Q): p. II beg. the gre,dncs, III I
3elccue : lica Roman. Contents :(I)
title: (3-11) Epistle, as before: I-8o,
the treatise, as before: 81, "The causes
. ." &c. as before at end- 82, a pra)er :
83-254, the catechism- 255-74 , prayers
&c. as above.
This is a reprint of the preceding quarto edition, with slight varieties of spelling,
arrangement, &c. : the type is newly set up throughout.
5- Humfrey, Laurence. a VlW ! of TH lO.rrsr ! rvog.l
' i I
ION-STER "I-RAISON A-GAINST TI-IE LORDS AA\VOLVTED. CO.V--'DEMNED BY
,,VlI [ . s.:z. 6.4.vz :«A,'in:] ! Cum
Then cemure
privile... ]
Impr. I2 : I?S 9 : ,eights sm. 4 : pp.
[ I 2] -r I8ZO columns, 3 ,n a page + . :
col. I beg. telchbzg, o, «'otched:
Minion. Contents :p. ( title : t'3- 4"
dedication to sir I:rancis Walsingham,
signed "Iohannes Rider-us," Oxford, I Oct.
[I589] , in Latin: (5)"To the Readtr,"
signed "I oh. Ridir," 30 Sept. : ç6 " Di-
rections for the Reader" " (7) "Ridefi
gratitudinis carmen, ad suum proenobilem
3Iecoenatem," acrostics'" Comiti Sussexio"
and "VVilielmo VVaddo "" 8-I 2' com-
plimentau" Latin verses to the author:
coll. I- 8oo, the work, English-Latin : (?)
\'e U rare. See \Vood's Ath. Oxon.,ii. 457, «Votes and Quoies, 6th S. iv. 274. The
above description is from a copy of the first part, with damaged title, in the Bodleian.
Rider claires that the Dictionarie is the first "" that hath the Engli»h before the Latine,
,a ith a ful Index of al such latine words as are in anv one common Dictionarie" and
that it ha» 4ooo more words than an)" other. IIe acknowledge» the pecuniary help ot
the earl of Sussex and \Viii. \Vaade. The book is a "' retort courteous" to the Cam-
bridge dictionary bv Tho. Thomas of x 88. Several edd. were subsequently issued
(sec 6-, 7. H , and "Thomas Holyoke re'ashioned it.
4-8kelton, John. "A Skeltonicall salutation., [or condigne
gratulation land iust vexation I of the Spanish nanon, I that in a
bravado I spent manya crusado ! in setting forth an armado I England
to invado ! 4to, Oxf. J. Barnes, 589."
So in the Catalogue of the . . . library of... totjamin I-ZO,wood t?right. . . which
will be soM by auction ... 1847, art. 5276. p. 331. Extremely rare. J. Payne Collier
once saw a copy (Wotes and Queri«s, Ist b. i. I', 849) , the imprint being nearly as
No. 5 b. There were copies in the Farmer sale (798, sold to lord Spencer)and
lnglis sale (I826). In eX'ores and Queri«s, ibid., p. I is printed a letter from John
Aylmer bp. of London to the Lord Treasurer about " this foolish rime." The London
reprint, which contains a Latin version raid hOt to be in the Oxford edition t, but
1590.] THE OXFOIgD PIgE.SS. 9
query .9),, imprinted at London for Toby Cooke, I589" (sm. 4% 8
uncommon. See also Brydgês, Censura Ziteraria, 2nd ed., p.
H erbert's Ames.
leaves , is not
8, Ames and
5- Ursinus, Zacharias.
Delivered by ZacraRraS VRSlXVS in lJis Lectures vpon the Catechisme,
authori-]sed b' lb noble Prince FRrIVRcIv ] throughout his Dominions: I
Wherein are debated and resolved the Questions [ of zvhalsoez'er pozhls of
momenl, which haue beene, lot are controversed in Divinity. I 'ansla/ed
)lo .Engl[sh D A, I-tzxv,'," Pav, v., ou! of ,'he las! and[ best Latine Editions,
together with some supplie of lwanls ou! of
and wi!h correch'on]oI sundry faults & imperfections, wh[ch are [ as )'et
remaining in the best corrected Latine. [ [woodcu!.]
Impr. 6 : 589 : t.eights) 12°: pp. [6]
+966 + [lO] : p. beg. nis/er comfort,
might fal?, 5o father al: Long
Primer Roman. Contents :p. () title :
(3-8) Epistle dedicatorie to the earl of
Pembroke, signed by Parry : (9- 5) " To
the Christ[an readers " by Parry : 1-966,
the work: (-9' " A Table..." of con-
tents.
See 1587. U. It is noteworthy that the change from u consonantal to v can be
traced in progress by a comparison of this title with that of the first cdition.
59o.
!
I. Bacon, Roger. LIBELLVS ROGERII BA-[CONI ANGLI, DOCTISSI3II
,ta-thematici & medici, De retardandis senectu-',hlr accidn/tbus, " d«
sens[bus conservandis. [Item, } L_LLVS "«SO.XS I :«ECI, rE Vm.',tAR
Qvar_-ltatum arcanis & effectibus. Vterque affixis ad lmarghnm noluh's
^ I
illustratus, & emendatus, lin lucem prodijt, opera Iohannis Willi-ams
Oxont'nsis, cm'us[sequitur[ Tractatus Philosophicus, de humo-rum
numero & natura, complexion[s, morbi, [perlurb«/gonum or@z'ne, caloris
" hum[d[ nalt-vi virtute & munere in humano corpore, & de [ agris inf«-
tz'one, z'ndè non rard humores [ & spiritus coinquinantur. [
Impr. 3:59 °: (eights'l ..,": pp. [8]
+ 3I + [I] + 134 + [2], (signatures continu-
ousl: p. I beg. cana rerum, also tut.
Sedpotest, I ll. toMones : Brevier Roman
.1st part), Pica Italic (end and 3rd parts).
Cntents :--p. () title : t3-5) epistola
dedicatoria to Christopher lord Hatton
by J. Williams: (6-7) "Ad lectorem,"
a preface, mentioning some errata: (8)
title of Bacon's treatise, and a poetical
Latin " R. 13aconi Vita" : -31, Bacon's
treatie : -29. Urso's treatise : 33-34,
Williams's treatise, signed at end by the
author.
The preface contains curious critical principles. See Wood's Ath. Oxon., ii. 32.
2. Gentilis, Albericus. ALBERICI GEX-TILIS I. c. PROFES-tSORIS
REGII [DE INIVSTITIX BELLICA ] ROMANORVM ACTIO. [[dcz'ice.]
Impr. I3: 59o: sm. 4": PP- [8] + 23
+ [I]" p. Il beg. rum vos non: Pica
Roman. Contents :p. () " ¶ j" : (3)
title : (5-8) dedication " Roberto Devo-
raxio.., comiti Essexio," Oxford, 24
Dec. 59.:) : I-3, the treatise.
Rare. See Wood's Ath. Oxon., ii. 9 . The author says that he ha5 a treatise
ready prepared defending the precise opposite of the present argument.
0 THE O.VFORD PRESS. [591.
Impr. II: 159o: (ei.ghts' 16o: pp.
[8] + 33 * [41 + 39 + [4], s,gnn. *",, , t-E "
p. 11 beg. ohx oï)rws, also ranto Aroses or
stm z,t: Long Primer Greek and Latin.
Contents :--p. (L title : (3-7 dedication
to Roger Gifford physician to the King
by Ioannes Lnidus, in Latin, O.,d'ord, 29
Sept. 59o : 1-33, & (1), text ofJosephus :
(2-4) " Veterum de hocce Iosephi Iibello
elogia" : i(" 6")-39, Latin tr. of Jose-
phus: ( .:0 " Adversaria " including
various readings : (3-4 "Castigationes."
See \ oods Ath. Oxon., i. ,38 for John Lhuyd or Lloyd.
second part is ver), irregular up to p. 2.
The paging of the
4. Trigge, Frands. "Comment. in cap.
59 o.
So in Lhss'" "s ed. of Wood's .4th. O.ron., i. 759.
re. ad Rom. Ox.
5. Trigge, Francis. " Noctes sacroe seu lucubrationes in primam
partem apocalypseos in quibus perspicue docetur quoenam sit vera
ecclesia, et quoe falsa, quotl hoc seculo tare multos in religione et ride
suspensos tenet, &c. Oxon. 59 o, 4to. R.-WLrXS0X."
So in P, liss's ed. of Wood's .tth. O.ron., i. 7'60.
at Oxford in 686 (Catal. pt. I, p. 26).
A copy was sold in the Davis sale
,. Barne, Thomas. a [ SV_R.,OX PREA-CHED AT PAVLS CROSSE[
"rUE THIRTF:XTH OF IVXF, a'HF s-'cond Sunday in Trinitie tearme 59I.
by I TH«,31aS BARXE stttc]cnl in f)[ta)t[tfl,. ],[/hrce molAos, then a melal
engraz'ig (arms of tle University &c.)l.
Impr. 4 : 591 : 8° in size.
Extremelv rare. Cnly knom from a titlepage preser-ed in the Bodleian Library.
Probably tais is the source of Herbert's description (iii. 4o5). He calls the
book a quarto : the size of the cloqe-cut titlepage is 6a%in. x 3 in. The metal en-
ffraving s cunous : see 59. T.
2. Hacket, Roger. "Roger Hacket,
Crosse on i Sam. xi; 5, 6, 7 ..- Octavo."
So Iterbert's Ames, p. 14o 4, [rom 3Iaunsell, i. oo.
317 .
his sermon at Paules
See Wood's .4th. Oxon., ii.
3. Herodotus tt'POAO'TOY A'A1KA'PN
, -\-.-.E'QE 1',, I'OPI-IlO'N
YIP2'TH, KAEI2'. i rI'RODOTI HaLC.R-XaSStXSm mSTORIaRV [ liber
primus, Clio.
15D1.] THEOXFORD PRESS. .1
Impr. 5 : 1591 : sm. 4 ° : pp. 6 9 + [3] :
p. I I beg. Bwrarov : Pica Greek. Con-
tents :--p. I, title : 2, " Herodoti vita ex
Suida," &c. " 3-69, Herodotus. bk. : 69,
" Errata graviora sic corrigenda."
4. Sparke, Thomas. AN ANSWERE TO 3IA-]STFR IOIIN DF ALBINES,
NOTABLE DISCOVRSF aC.AtXST I heresies (as his frendes call his booke)
Comi[ed b A' q'Hmr,s SPath/,: paslor ] of Blechley in the county of t3uck.
[two mol/os, tten dz','ce.]
lmpr. 4 : J591 " S° : PP" [7 6] + 426 +
[6]: p. il beg. j,ou are quile, It lhDg
rx,hich i/: l'ica English. Contents :
p. () Tifle : (3 4 Epistle dedicatorie
to Arthur l,»rd Grey of Wilton, sigmed
" Thomas Sparke "- ( 5-76) " The I-,re-
face to the Reader," including (.-7-76) an
answer to the preface to Albines' book -
i-4oî, the treatise: 4o8-46, "A short
answere to a new offer.. . an enumera-
tion of six.., signes of Antichristians
.. 2'- (r- 4) "A Fable " - (5) " Faults
escaped in printing, through the absence
of the author, the hardnes and smalnes of
the hand, wherein the copy was offered
tt., the presse, ad the vnacquaintance of
the ouerseers with the same."
In answer to Jean de Albin's treatise against heresies printed in English at Douai
in 575: the text of which appears to be entirely reprinted in this edition. See
X\ ood's Aih. Oxon., ii. 19 o.
VOWER BOOKES OF THF tlISTO-IRIES OF CORNELIVS TaClTVS. ] 7I4E LIFE OF
AGRICOLA. I
[Colophon on sima. t 2 :--] ilnpr. 4:
[on titlepage :--M. D. LXXXXI] I595 :
(sixes) la. 8": pp. [61 + 7 +[1+ 267 + [J
+ o + [4] : p. beg. so good a, and
alher l'rince, III x.rzx. The sellitg, [
to all: s st pt. Great Primer, nd pt. t'ica,
Roman. Contcnts:p. () title : (3-4)
dedication to the Queen, signed " I tenry
Savile ": (5 6) " A. /3. To the Reader" :
1-17, the Ende of Nero, &c. " 1-267, the
translation of Tacitus's Ilistorics bks. -4,
and (p. 237) his Lire of Agricola - I-4,q ,
Annotations upon the foui" books and the
Life" 49-î5, "A view of certain militar
matters," with plan of Roman camp at
"-»- "The explication ofa l»lace
P. 59 7, ,«,
in l'olybius" about Greek money- 7t5-8o,
" Translations of the marnall Greeke "-
( " A note of the editions vsed in such
authors as are cited by page" : (2) " Er-
tours of the printe, or changes": (3)
colophon.
See Wood's ,4th. Oxo,t., ii. 3 J 2. The A. B. of the preface was believed to be lord
Fssex (Edm. Bolton's tfycrcrilica ad fin., Oxf. 172e). There is something peculiar
about this edition, for bibliographers describe it as I ondon, and thê woodcut in the
dedication is not otherwise known to belong to 13arnes. The titlepage and form are
rather of London than Oxford. A metal engraving in the text lS perhaps Barnes's:
see 59. B.
6. Trigge, Francis. aX.LVSlS CAVI-II'I-IS VICESI3II QVARTI [ EVAN-
aven scvr,'ov.t IaTa-mev., [ in qua ProI,hetioe omnes, & «lU:-e ad
Sinagogam, ] ,j- qucc ad A,&'christum sc&«lorcm z'lhm, ,j" qua" ad noslra j
l«mpora specta»l, clarè e.h?«nlm', nec non m?u}l,'rm cc-clesbsli?um cure
om,,,aus st, t> a&),nc/¢> ,:eca, ra/,,r [ ac dch)zcalm'. J Authore ÇRANClSCO
Impr. la : 1591 : sm. 4: pp. [4] +
i aS : p. t beg loquull.¢ est, Il I ti ora
z, ull : Pica Roman. Contents :--p. (I
title: (34) dedication to Will. James,
dean of Christ Chnrch, vice-chancellor,
"ex Welbumia mea" 9 Apr. 59:
---.8, the Analysis..
See Wood's Aih. Oxon., i. 759-
32 TftE OKFORD PRESS. [1502.
7- Ursinus, Zacharias. THE SXt:tE ] OF CHRISTI ,N ! RELIGION: I
[&c. as I589 . U, except in 1. 7:for., l. 9 comma added after beene, 1. I5
is in italic, in imprint "Tyoeres head. 1591" for " Tygres [ head.
1,38 9 "].
Impr. 6 : 1591 : (eights) I2: pp. [16]
+ 966 + [o] : p. beg. nisler comfort,
Iil mtght fall?, 5oI fathcr al: Long
l'rimer Roman. Contents:--p. (1) title:
(3-6), as 1589. U: 1-966, the cate-
chism : (-9) '" A table.. ." of contents.
See 1587.
I Barlaamus. . TOY" XO,bflTA'TOY BAPAAXM ,AO'FOX IIEPI' !
TFF TOY" HA'HA 'APXH X. ] BARLAAMI DE PAPAE PRINCI-,PATV LIBELLVS.
A'unc pr/mhm Grcece" " Lah'ng eddus oera IoAsSl$ [ LVlDI Procuralorzs
Academz'ce O.vom'ensis. lad [ Illutrissimum Dominum Bucchurstium[
eiusdem Academioe Cancellarium I ,S_mplissimum. i [-d«ze.]
Impr. I I: I592: sm. 4": PP- [4o],
signn. ¢, A-Dt: sign. B I r beg. d4oûaOa,
X«Ooroviaç: Pica Greek and Roman.
Contents :--Ç I r, "¶j": ¶ 2 r. title:
arms of Buckhurst engraved on metal:
¶ 3'-¶ 4 *, epistle dedicatory to Thomas
Sackville lord Buckhurst, afterwards earl of
Dorset, i Jan. " I592, . e. 159 " l'-
v, 3", the Greek text : B 4"-D 3 , the Latin
text.
See Wood's Ath. Oxon., i. 739- This is the editio princeps of the work of bp.
Barlaamus. A eopy presented by the author to John Selden, now in the Bodleian, is
without the dcvice on the titlepage.
2. Brasbridge, Thomas. Quoestiones in Officia .,a,I. T. Ciceronis,
compendiariam totius Opusculi Epitomen continentes. 6 o : (Impr. 5)-
From notes of a copy belonging to lord Robartes, seen by me in Dec. 1879. The
dedication is dated 15,6, of which date there is a copy of the book in Christ Church
Library, Ordord : see 6r 5. B, an edition noficed in Wood's Ath. Oxou., i. 526.
3-Breton, Nicholas. THE PILGRIMAGE TO PARA-]DISE, IOYNED
wt'r TE I Countesse of Pembrookes loue, compiled l z'n verse
'ICHOLA$ BRETON ! Gent#man. [ [mollo, then dez'ice.]
Impr. 6 : I592 " sm. 4 : pp. [8] + Io2
+ [2] : p. r1 beg..But, "z,.,aking" Primer
(Great Primer?) Roman. Contents :--
p. (I) title (3-4) epistle dedieatory to
Mary Countess of Pembroke : (5) " To
the Gentlemen studients and Schoers of
Oxforde," 12 Apr. 1592 , with a note dis-
claiming an edition " of late printed in
london by one Richarde Ioanes... en-
Very rare.
tituled Bretons bower of ddiht," as un-
authorized and to a large extent not his
own poems: (6) "To my honest true
friende 3Iaster Nieholas Breton," siffned
" Iohn Case ": (7-8) poems by Will.
Gager and Henry Price to Breton : -65,
the pilgrimage : 66-IO2, the countess of
Pembroke's love, both poems in 6-line
stanzas : () 7 " Errata"
See Hazlitt's fandbook, p.
I
4. Case, John. sv.t.i.x ] VETERV3I INTER-'PRETV3I IN X.IVER-;SAM
DIALECTICA3I ARJSTO-IITELIS; QVAJ[ I'ERE FALSO-,Ue Ramus in Aristotelem
inueha-ltur, ostendens. I Auclore. I IO,XX.,,-E CASE OXOXlF..,,'SI, I olim Collegii
D. Ioannis Proecurso-'tris socio, i Omni3us ocralicce terz'alelicce].e
1t)9..] THE OWFORD PRE..ç._ç. 33
philoso])hioe sludiosis in ] ],rimis z,n'lis ac necessaria. I 3?ecognila " emen-
dala. I Cure IxDIc. rerum & verborum locupletiss. [ [dez't'ce.]
Impr. I r : 1592 : (eights) x 2* : pp. [8]
+ 2ol + [7] : P- Il beg. A'esp. D,finitio,
III O3pOtt(tS Mli(]tt[tl: Brevier Roman.
Contents :p. (x) title : (2) " Ioannis
Readi carmen, m dialecticam Ioannis
Casi": (3-5) Epistola nuncupatoria to
Rob. Dudley earl of Leicester : ç6-8)
"Ad benevolum lectorem, dated "Idibus
August." : -2o, the work " (t 6 In-
dex.
The first edition of this book was issued at London by Thomas Vautrollier in 1584.
The text of the trêatise appears to be an inaccurate reprint of the 584 edition, but
most of the complimentary verses, with Nicholas Maurice'» prcface dated Sept. 5.q2,
are here omitted : and there are other slight alterations. See I598. C. See Wood's
Ath. Oxon., i. 686.
Impr. 2 : I592: sm. 4 (perhaps [fou/s]
8°)- pp. [2o]. si.man, a-r; c2- sign. u 2 r
beg. YTtat.pl«a«eth l'ica English. Con-
tent :sign. ,, r title, within border "
a 2-a .,, dedication to the Queen .- ,, 3 -
A4 , " A few volu ntary erscs to the
general readers "- B l r-C 2 r, the Handful
of Verses " c 2" " lA V]erse of varit:ty to
all those that honors the onely Phccnix ol
the world " i. e. the Queen.
Extremelyrare : a copy is in the British Museum. Reprinted in H. IIuth's lrugz?ive
Tracls in l'«rse, ISt Ser., no. xxxi (privately printed, Lond. 875 ).
6. Elizabeth, queen. [Speeches delivered to t/er ]Iajestythis
last Progress I at the Rt. Hon. the Lady Russêls, at I Bissam ; the Lord
Chandos I at Sudeley ; the Lord I Norris, at Ricott.]
[Impr. 7 a : I592] : sm. 4 ° : pp. [24],
signn. A-C': sign. , 2 beg. Dalhnes
mischance : Pica Roman. Contents :
[.t , title ?] x 2"-c 4 , the
&C.
speeches,
Very rare. In the British Museum copy, the only one at present known ç?), the
titlepage (A t) is lost, a transcript being supplied apparently from some other copy:
also B is lost. The text is reprinted in John Nichols' t'rorcsses.., of Queen
tFlizabeth, new edition, iii. (London. ,qz3, p. 13o, but the source is hot statêd. A
copy was sold in the Iteber sale (Catal. pt. ii, p. 98, lot 3800) in I834. Herbert's
Ames in the Additions iii. 8 3 mentions the book.
7. Gager, William. MFLEAGER. ] Tragoedia noua. ]BIS PVBLICE
ACT.& 1N l.,C-DE CHRI«TI } Oxonioe. [da,?e.]
Impr. I1: 592: (eights) 6°- pp.
[96], signn. A-F"- signa, r if beg. Won
lcuior : Pica Italic. Contents :sign.
A title - A 2"- X 3", letter dedicatory to
Robert earl of Essex, I Jan. " 592 "
( 59'] ? , signed " Guilielmus Gageras " :
A 3*-A 4 , Complimentary poems to the
author, one by Albericus Gentilis" a4*-
a 5", short poetical and prose accotmt of
the play by the author : A 5 "Personae" :
A 6r-F_. 7 , the play with prolomaes, arg'a-
ment and epilogues : E 8-F 5", " Panni-
culus ttippolyto Senec.oe Tragcedioe as-
sutus 591, '' a short play: F 1 "Apollo
rrOo,odç« ad Serenissimam Reginam Ei-
zabetham 592, '' a poem- F 6-F ïL Pro-
logue and Epilogue to "Bellum Gram-
maticale." IF 8 hot seên].
For the controver»y caused by the publication of this play (which had been acted
according to the letter dedicatory in 58I or 582 and 584 or
Oxon., ii. 88.
D
34 THE OXFORD PRESS.
[1592.
Impr. I I " 1591 : eights) x 2 ° : pp.
[96], signn, a-F s" sign. I r beg. Iï, rque
)'essum l'ica Italic. Contents :--sign.
.x Jr, ride - A »r--A Z v, " l'rologus ad
Academicos " in verse: A 3r-A 4 r, epistle
dedicatory to lord Buckhurst, Ch. Ch.,
Io May i59 z, signed "Guilielmus Ga-
gerus "" »,4"-A 7 r, complimentary poems,
&c., one by Albericus Gentilis: A-v
" Personoe"" A 8r-r r, the play" F
V 6", rive I atia pieces by Gager, includ-
ing a "' Prologxls iii Rivales, Comoediam."
[v 8 hOt seen]
See Wood's Ath. Oxon., ii. 89.
9- Lycophr¢n. AYKOq, POXOE TOY I XAAKI-XEX ]AX«Ap«.,
I YCOPHRONI$ citaL-,cidenbis Alexandra. [ in vsum Acadcmi¢ O.vom'ensis. [
[dez'ice.J
Impr. 13a : 1592 : (fours" I°: pp.
[2]+44+[] p. IX beg. " ' .
_ . oavrro dOaoa"
l'ica Greek. Contents :p. ( title,
x ithin a border " 1-44, the work " (-2)
not seen.)
The poem is better known as the Cassandra, hich is the running title throughout.
Some x arious readings are printcd in the margin.
Impr. I: (I592): sm. 4': PP- [24],
signn. A-c*: slgn. 3 " beg. Cernis
;reat Primer Roman. Contents :sign.
.x IL title : .x i', Latin poetical dedica-
tion to dr. Nicholas Bond, -ice-chancellor
and president ofMagdalen college, signed
" Ioannes Sanfordus" ." A 2"-c 4 r, the
Idylls.
Verv rare, unknown even to Wood and Nichols (Progrcsses of Qu. F.lizabeth). Two
copies are in the British 3/useum, and lord Robartes bas an imperfect one, seen in
I,I. Reprintcd literatim in the Oxford Historical Societv's viii ta volume, (Oxf.,
1887, 8v), where see notes bv the editor, the rev. Charles l'lummer. The poems are
' in honour of the Queen's Viit, and especially in connection with a banquet given by
the President and Fellows of Magdalen to the nobles and l'rivy Cotmcillors of the
Queen's retinue, 22 Sept. I592.
Impr. 16: 1592: (eights , 12o: pp.
[32]+ 2] +[]: p. Il beg. t94mi Stro-
mztds, III "I-lpdAq¢ç : Long /-'rimer Ro-
man. Contents:--p. (1) title: (2) En-
gra ed amas and motto of lord Pembroke.
with vêrses- (3-8) epistle dedicatory to
XVilliam Herbert heir of lord Pembroke :
(9-25) "Eidem Willelmi Thorni paroe-
nesis ad Rhetoricam T«wmao'r,M7 "'.
(26-3 o) complimentary veroes to Thorn "
(3I-32) address to the reader, in Latin-
(32) 3 lines of errata: 1-253 , the work,
in three Stromata and an appendix : (I)
"Errata sic corrigenda."
See \Vood's Aih. Oxon., il. 480. A treatise on Rhetoric. A poem on p. (3 o)
shows that John Sanfoid of Magdalen was ' Corrector Typograph.'
1503.] THE OAFORD PREXS. 35
i. Aristophanes. APIETO'ANOY ] II/I-/EI2. !*** !
Impr. If : 593 : sm. 4 ° : pp. [56],
signn. A-G' : sign. B I r beg Khir'rwv "rgv
dvov : l'ica. Greek. Contents :--sign.
, I", title within border : , 2", 'TrrjO««s
and &pfim'ro rp6owra: A 3r-c 4 r, Ihe
play.
The first separate edition of this comedy.
2. Demosthenes. "' Demosthenis Orationes 5, cum interpre-
tatione Nicolai Carri; 30lynthiacarum, 4 Philippicarum.' Quarto."
So in llerbert's Ames, iii. 14o 5. Possibly a mistake for I597.
3- Gentilis, Albericus. " 'Albericus Gentilis Commentarii de
1Ualificis & lIathemat. & aliis similibus.' Quarto."
So in lterbert's Ames, iii. 405 . In the reprint (tlanover, I6o4) the title is" Albe-
rici Gentilis, I. C., Professoris Regii, Ad "fit. C. de 3lalcficis et Math. & coter.
similibus commentarius, . . ;' the preface is dated Oxford 6 June 1593, and addresed
to dr. Toby Matthew.
4. G[winne], I{atthew], and Itenry Price. .mcBw. is
tlaen mollo. ]
Impr. 1: 1593: sm. 4": PP-[I6],
sigam. A-r?: sign. B beg. Eitahium :
Great l'rimer Roman. Contents :sign.
' ! r, trie : », z"-A2', eiistle dedicatory
to Ferdinand Stanley (," Sanleio ") earl
of Derby, signed M[atthew] G[winne],
H[enryJ I'[rice]- A 3'-r4 ", seven Latin
poems or epitaphs, the last signed in full
" lttmricus Priceus."
See Wood's Aih. Oxon., i. îo2, ii. 4 5.
5- Parry, Henry.
2I. Oxon. 593-94.
" Concio de Victoria Christianï, in Apoc. 3.
Lond. 6o6."
bee Wood's Aih. Oxot., ii. 193 : see 1594. P.
6. Sparke, Thomas. a [ SERMON PREA-ItCtlED .47" II'Iff.4DI?O.V[ in
Buckinghamshyre the 22. of I ouember 1593. at the bum'all of l the Right
ltonorable, ARatatR [ Zord« Gv of Il'd/on, ASu'gh! of]he]most Hotor-
able order of the Garter, i b.), I "l'rto.ias SVaRKF. P.stor of]lech&,. 1
lmpr. 2: 1593: (eights) 6o: pp. [8]
- 87 + [] : p. i beg. talkes of: Pica
Ènglish. Contents:0) title, within
border: (3-7) Epistle dedicatorie to the
countess of Bedlord, her daughter lady
Grey and Thomas lord Grey of Wilton,
See Wood's .4lb. O.ron., ii. 19 o.
Bletchley, Dec. 593- (8)" In obitum
elarissimi Iterois, Domini Arthuri Greij.
Oprtvw.i«,"a Latin hexameter poem by
" loannes Sanfordus"-. I-$î, the sermon,
" "Faultes escaped,"
on Is. lvii a-2. 8ï,
eight errata.
D 2
36 THE OXFORD PRESS. [15o4.
I594.
. Beacon, Richard. SOLON HIS FOLLIE, I ORIA POLITIQVE
DIS-]COVRSE, TOVCHING THE I Reformation of comn'ton-weales conque-lred,
declined or corrupted. [ BV RICHARD ]EACON GENT. STV-IOE.VT, OF GMYES
zawE, .v9 so.Ie-]times her Iaiesties Attorney of the province [
3[ouns[r )t h'elandê. ]* * [d
Impr. 2: 1594: sm. 4o: pp. [2]+ Ix 4
+ [2] : p. Ix beg. nius. Sol :, III, the
thirde marrer : l'ica English. Contents :-
pp. (I-2) ,not seen, but presumably
blank): (3) title: (s-S) Epistle dedi-
catorie to the queen : (9) "The Atlthour
to the Reader," (IO) "The booke vntu
the Reader": -lx4, the treatise : (1-2)
(not seen, but presumably blank).
Impr. II: I594: (eights' 12": pp.
[48], signa a-c-" : sign. 3 I r beg. -- .,4/o-
stalus : t'ica Roman. Contents :--sign.
A r title : A 2r-A 7 v, the Apologia : AS"-
c8 r, "Concio habita Oxonioe festo cineri-
tio, A.D. 1594 per R. L. B. S. Th. Textus
ex 3-cap. Ep. D. Pau. ad Philipp. Ver.
I.
Ver)" rare. A diatribe against Edward Osberne's Pali,odia, printed in tbe Croûter-
ratio ecclesiae catholicae in Mn¢lia by Johannes Aquepontanus (Bridgv«ater, Augsburg
594, P- -'4 °. in which Osberne who had been twice converted to the Roman Catholic
religion had ruade reflexions on I ewes a Protestant. The clue to the author's naine is
sign. A * compared with p. 241 of the Concertatio. borne acconnt of the author is
in \\'ood's Mth. Oxon., i. 227.
3. Lewes, R[ichard]. a I SrR.m.,,- PRra-:CVZD Af P.avZS I Crosse,
by R. Lv.wrs, Bacche-Iler of Divinitie, concerning Is««c I his Testament,
disposed by the I Lord to I«cobs comfort, though it I were intended to
Esau by his fa-'ther; shewing, that the counsel of l God shal stand,
albeit the whole I worlde withstande it. [ [dezv?e.]
Impr. 2a: 594: (eights) 2": pp.
[4S], signn. A-C»: sign. B x" beg. Zsaac,
sec : Pica Eglish. Contents :sign. A Ir,
title, within a border: A 2r-A 3 r, Epistle
dedicatory to sir Henry Unton, dated
"" This xviij of June ": , 4c 8 , the
sermon, on Gen. xxvii. 1-Io.
See Wood's Fasti Oxon., i. 2". 7.
4. Parry, Henry. VICTORIA CHRISTIANA. [ CONCIO AD [ CLERV3t:
HABITA ] OXONIAE ANNO [ Domini. 1 59 1. 111. fart21' Auclore. [[woodctds.]
Impr. I : I594 : (eights) I6"" pp.
[48], sinn. A-es: sign. B I r beq. culeo
stto" Pica Roman. Contents :sign. A r,
title: A2r-A4 v, epistle dedicatory to
William Herbert, lord Cardiff: sign.
A 5r-C 7rç?" C 7 not seen), the sermon, on
Rev. iii. 21: c 8 ,,not seen, probably
blank.)
See Wood's Aih. Oxon., ii. 193, where an edition of 593 is mentioned, perhaps by
error.
5. Powel,
Griffith.
ANALYSIS
I ANALYTICO- RV.I POSTERIORV3I ]
15[}5.] THE OXFORD PRESS. 3 7
Impr. : 594: (eights) 6°: pp. [6]
+" 344 " [really 333] + [3] : P- i beg.
mia magnitudinem, " IIi" singularis :
l.ong t'rimer Roman. Contents:--p. (I)
titl: " (3-6) epitle dedicatury to Robert
earl of Essex, signed " Griffin'as Powel,"
Jesus coll. Oxford, Feb. 27: (7-10 " d
Lectorem Academicum": ( - 5 "Pro-
legomena": i-" 344," the Analysis.
Sec Vood's t/b. Oxon., ii. e83. In the preface the author promises a similar
analysis of the Topica, bophistici Elenchi (see 59.8. P) and l'hysica, and says that his
method is derived from that of Ursinus. The pagng is very wild " the signatmes are
:i, A_X = 35z pages, bec ]564 . Diagra,ns occur in the text and margins.
6. I»owel, Griffith. "Analysis libri Aristot. de Sophisticis
Elenhis. Ox. I594." A mistake in Wood's Ath. O.von., ed. Bliss, ii.
83 for 1598 : see 598. P.
Impr. 2 : 594 : (eights) I6: pp. [IO]
+ l o : p. I beg. as goo,t: l'iea English.
Cntents:--p. I,I) titlê, within border:
(3 lo Epistle dedicatorie to Arthur lord
Grey of Wilton, dated Bletchley, 25 Dec.
585- I-iio, the sermon 
