UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN UltliO 3 1822 02379 0017 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN Dieeo ^ ■iiii. Mr. WILLIAM 3 SHAKESPEARES COMEDIES, HISTOP.IES; & TP.AGEDIES. PublilKeci according to tneTrneOrigmall Copies. L .?sC 'D ^X Printed by Ifaac Iaggard,and Ed. Blounr. i «• d. 23 another copy. Sm. 4to., with the Genpalogical Table jtasted on to tlie blank first leaf ; a fine copy in an old half-binding ib., 1585 10 10 "\''ery rake. It was prepared by the Portng-uese Ambassador and authority was given for its puTilication in French, Latin, Flemish and English at his request. Herbert's copy with his signature and the date "April, 1773" on a fly-leaf. •24 ANTON (Robert), Moriomacln'a. Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford. 1613. Sm. 4to., black letter ; tlie title a Utile i^tained and the inner margin of the last two leaves restored ivith a few letters in facsimile, but in general a good sound copy ; morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1613 210 First edition. Thk only other copy known is in the British Museum. This copy was formerly in the possession of Jonathan Boucher (who went to Virginia at the age of 16 and became a private tutor to several families ; amongst his pupils was George Washington, who was afterwards one of his gi-eatest friends) with his armorial bookplate inserted on a fly-leaf, the bookseller Thomas Rodd, who probably sold it to Heber, in whose sale it was split into two portions, which were very fortunately re-united after some years. The dedication, which commences " Right Honourable branches of a fayre and spreading family, under whose shades my best fortunes ruminate . . ." and is signed Robert Anton, is " To the Most Happy and Glorious constellation of brotherhood, together with the trinall knot of the most vertuous sisters of the most honourable family of the Howards, Robert Anton sacrificeth this new borne babe of his humble dut}' ..." Following this, on the reverse of the leaf, is a poem "To the vncapable Reader," signed W.H. The story finishes with the verse : " Thus endeth the Legend of this fearefull fight, Twixt Pheander the mayden, and Moriander the Knight : Which parted betweene them, their indifferent dealings Did prove them to meane Knights, not Gyants, nor Screalings."' *^* See illustration no. 2. 25 The Philosophers .Satyrs, Written By M. Robert Anton . . . London, Printed by T.C. and B.A. for Roger lackson . . . 1616. Sm. 4to., iclth a diagram on the title-page, which is repeated on d^ tcith slight alterations ; cut-info at the foot of some leaves ; vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1616 31 10 First edition. A poetical work of considerable rarity. It is divided into eight portions, the " first of his Section of Heaven " and the remaining seven " aluding to the seven Planets." The sheets were re-issued in the following year under the title Vices Anatomie scourged and corrected in New Satires, with the addition of four extra preliminary leaves. The later title is more descriptive of the contents than is the first. " The chief interest of the book, which is written in curiously strained language, lies in the references to Beaumont, Spenser, Jonson, Chapman, and Daniel. One Shakespearian allusion occurs — -' What Comedies of errors swell the stage,' "kc." — IJ.X.B. The printers were Thomas C'reede and Bernard Alsop. 26 APULEIUS (Lucius). The xi. bookes of the Golden Asse. Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius, enterlaced with sundrie pleasant and delectable tales, with an excellent Narratiioiind copy ; brown mor'occo extra, gilt edges, by Bedford. [1553] 31 10 1 34 another copy. Sm. 4to., the first 2 and the last leaf in facsimile, otherwise a perfect and sound copy ; old calf [1553] 12 12 Darlow and Moule 74. It is the second quarto edition of Jugge's revision and closely resembles that of 1 5.52 ; but the contents before chapters, notes, and marginal references are in black bittfr instead of in italics. The date is not given, but is uTidiMilit'dly subs^■qtl^-l t to August 1552, tlie date on which the second Communion for Easier Day was omitted in the Prayer Ptook, as the "Table to tinde the epistles and Gospels " at the end gives only one Communion. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 33 NEW TESTAMENT, continued :— " T~Z~^. 135 — The New Testament . . . Translated Faithfully Into English out of the authentical Latin . . . Vvith Arguments of bookes . . . Annotations and other necessarie helpes . . . for the discouerie of the Corruptions of diners late translations, and foreleering the Controuersies in religion, of these dales : In the English College of Rhemes . . . Printed At Rhemes, by lohn Fogny. 1562. Cum Priuilegio. Sm. 4to., a fine tall copi/, the plain loicer margin of the last leaf mended, and a very snudl wormhole in the jjlain nuorgins of several other leaves ; othencise a sound and perfect copy in hroivu morocco gilt, gilt edges, by li. De C overly Rheims, 1582 7 7 First edition of the English Romau-Catholic Vor.sion of the New Testament. It was translated by Gregory Martin, under the supervision of Cardinal Allen. This translation " exerted a very considerable influence on the version of 1611, transmitting to it not only an extensive vocabulary, but also numerous distinctive phrases and turns of expression." — Horlow and Moule (no. 134). The controversial commentary which accompanies the text is ascribed to Richard Bristow. 13() The New Testament . . . Translated out of Greeke, by Theod Beza . . . Englished by L. Tomson . . . Imprinted At London bv Robert Barker . . . 1616.— The Whole Booke of Psalmes . . ". Colleded into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, lohn Hopkins, and others . . . with apt notes to sing them withall . . . London. Printed for the Company of Stationers . . . 1623. 2 vols, in'l, sm. 8vo., fine copies in contemporary calf y lit 1616-23 2 Darlow and Moule 272. 137 BIBLE IN Welsh. Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan . . . Printedig Yn Llundain gan Bonham Norton a lohn Bill . . . 1620. Folio, title ivithin a woodcut border ; a fine, tall and perfect copy in the original binding of oak boards, covered with leatlier, brass corners and centres, bosses, etc., rebacked ivith morocco 1620 20 First edition of the standard Welsh Bible, having superseded the older version of Bishop Morgan. The only indication of the translator's name appears in the signature " Richardus Asaphen." printed at foot of the dedication. Perfect copies are singularly rare, although the book in a defective condition is not infrequently met with. This, says Anthony a Wood, is the translation now used in Wales, and is one of the best translations extant ; it is much better than the English. Parry's still continues to be the authorized version ; it M-as revised and the orthography corrected by Bishop Lloyd in 1690 ; this revision being confirmed, but the orthography of proper names restored, according to Pany, by the Welsh bishops in 1809. Ballinger, The BMe }» Wuirs, 9 188 BIDPAI. The Morall Philosophie of Doni : drawne out of the ancient writers. A worke first compiled in the Indian tongue, and afterwards reduced into diuers other languages : And now lastly englished out of Italian, by Sir Thomas North, Knight. Imprinted At London by Simon Stafford. 1601. Sm. 4to,, black letter, a woodcut o)i the title-page with the inscriptiofi "The JVisdome of this World is Folk/ before God " and numerous ivoodcvfs in the te.rt ; a fine large copy in riissia, gilt edges 1601 105 Second edition, the first having appeared in 1570; both are extremely rare. There are separate titles to parts 3 and 4. The work is a translation of Antonio-Francesco Doni's La JJoral Jllosofia tratta dagli antichi scrittori, which is the Italian version of the Sanscrit Pantcha-tantra attributed to Vichnou-Sarnia ; commonly called the Fables of Bidpai. ** See illustration no. 13. 34 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. ■ £~T~ 139 BOCCACCIO (Giovanni). The Decameron Containing An hundred pleasant Novels . . . London, printed by Isaac laggard, 1620. The Decameron . . . The last Five dayes. London, printed by Isaac laggard. 1620. 2 vols., sm. folio, both titles irith'm a woodcut ha)xler composed of six separate cuts within frames, with a cut to each Novel {about six different cuts are used and repeated manii times) ; the fore-edge of the border to the title to vol. 1 just sharped, a few leai-es mended, but a good, sound copif In crimson levant morocco extra, qilt edqes, by Rimere ' " 1620 350 First edition in English ; extremely rare. Both volumes are dedicated to Sir Philip Herbert liy the anonymous translator, who apparently made the translation at Herbert's request. The second edition of 1625 is frequently described as the first edition, but it is quite distinct from this. The publication of the DeGameron was pro- hibited in 1619 by the Archbishop of Canterbury ; apparently his scruples were overcome without much difficulty, however. 140 {Fol. 1 blank, cut away; fol. 2, at the head, of col. 1:) Here begynnethe the boke calledde lohn bochas descriuinge the falle of princis princessis & other nobles traslatid ito englissh by lohn ludgate moke of the monastery of seint edmndes Bury at the comaudemet of the worthy prynce humfrey duke of gloucestre l^eginnynge at adam & endinge with kinge iohn take prisoner in fraunce by prince Edwarde. [Fol. 216a, at the foot of col. 2 :) Here endith a compendious tretise, and dyalogue of lohn Bochas : fructuously tretinge vpon the fall of Princys, Princessys, and other nobles. Finysshed the xxvii day of lanyuere . . . MCCCC. Ixxxxiiii. Emprentyd by Pichardl Pynson . . . (Fol. 215b :) Greneacres a Lenuoye vpon lohn Bochos. [Fol. 2 1 Ob : Pi/nson's device, McKerrow 6). Folio, blaci: letter, printed in doidde columns ; with 9 ivoodcuts ; 5 leaves (ag, aj.8, H^ and H^) in facsimile and slight defects in two other leaves, a little stained in places, but a large and sound copy in old calf 1494 First edition in Enfjlish of this celebrated work. Only eight other copies are known (six of which are in Public Libraries), not one of them perfect. This and another are the only copies that will, in all probability, ever be in the market. This translation is Lydgate's chief contribution to English Literature. It was written, probably "between 1430 and 1438 for Humj)hr('y, duke of Gloucester. It consists of 36,316 lines, and is a rendering in English verse (rhyme royal) of a French version by Laurt'nt de Pi-emierfait of Boccaccio's Latin prose work Df Gasibus Virorum //htsfrium . . . " — D.X.li. The book is described by Mr. Gordon Duff as "remarkable for its charming woodcuts." *^* See illustration no. 14. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 35 BOCCACCIO (Giovanni), conthived:— £ s. d. 141 Here begyiineth the boke of lohau Bochas, discryiiing the fall of prices, princesses, and other nobles : 'J ran slated into Enoh'ssho by Tohn Lydpito . . . begynnyng at Adam and Eue, and endyng with kyng lohan of Fraunce, taken prisoner at Poyters by prince Edwarde. (Col. :) Thus endeth the nynth and laste boke . . . Imprinted at London ... by liicharde Pynson ... & fynisshed the . xxi. day of Februarye . . . M.CCCCdxxvii. {On the verso P//nson's device, MeKerroiv 44, surrounded hii six pieces of ornament.) Sm. folio, black letter, printed in double columns; with a fine, large, ■woodcut on the title, surrounded by a border made up of various pieces of ornament, and 10 other, smaller, ivoodcuts in the text ; the title and Bi torn and mended and a slight worming throughout, but a large and fine copy in old. russia, gilt 1527 1*20 Second edition ; very rare. The title-cut is very fine, and belonged originally to Antoine Verard who used it in L Art de Bien Mourir, 1492. This and the " Wheel of Fortune " do not occur in the first edition ; the other cuts, one to each book, illustrate the same scenes as in the Hrst edition and in a few cases are copies of the earlier cuts, but it must be confessed that the cutting is certainly inferior, which fact points to the conclusion that they were cut in England. *^* See illustration no. 15. — Thirteene most pleasaunt and delectable questions, Entituled, A disport of diuerse noble personages, written in Italian by M. lohn Bocace Florentine and poet Laureat, in his booke named Philocopo : Englished by H.Gr. Imprinted at London by A.I. and are to be sold in Paules churchyard, by Thomas Woodcocke. 1587. Sm. 8vo. , black letter, title within a border of printers' ornaments ; apart from a little staining a fine and large copy in old half russia 1587 100 Extremely rare. Apparently the fourth edition of H.G.'s translation of Philocopo. He has been identified with both Humphrey Gifford and Henry Grantham. The printer was Abel Jeffes, whose name is given in full in the colophon and whose device occurs on the vei'so of the last leaf. 143 BOCCUS AND SYDRAKE. The history of kyng Boccus, & Sydracke how he confoundyd his lerned men, and in y syght of them dronke stronge venym in the name of the Trinite & dyd hym no hurt. Also his diuynyte y he lerned of the boke of Noe. Also his profycyes that he had by reuelacyo of the aungell. Also his answeris to the questions of wysdome, both morall and natural wyth moche worldly wysdome con- tavned in noumber . CCC.lxv. translatyd bv Hugo of •^ 3* 36 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. BOCCUS AND SYDKAKE, continued:— ^ «• <^- Caumpeden, out of frenche into Englysshe. {Col. :) Thus endeth the hystory and questyos of hynge Boccus and Sydracke. Prynted at J.ondon by Thomas Godfray. At the coste and charge of dan Eobert Saltwode moke of saynt Austens at Cantorbury . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, with two small woodcut figures representing Boccus and Sydrach on the title; the blank margins of two leaves mended but a, verij fine cojn/ in red morocco, gilt tooled to an intricate design of interlaced str(fp-work and conventional foliage-, qilt edges, by F. Bedford ' ' [c. 1532] 700 First editiox ; of great rarity. Only four other perfect copies are recorded ; they are in the British Museum, Bodleian, University Library Cambridiie and the copy formerly in the Hoe Library. This copy was successively in the possession of Rawlinson (sold 1729), Major Peirson (sold "1788), the Duke of Roxburghe (sold 1812), the Marquis of Blandford (sold 1819), and Heber ^sold 1834). It is partly a romance and partly a long series (362 in number, although the title says 365) of questions and answers, the whole in octosyllabic couplets. The questions and answers (mainly religioujs in character) occupy by far the greater portion of the book and no doubt had for their origin a French MS. version of the Latin original collection of sayings etc. of the philosopher Sydrach, believed to belong to the thirteenth century. Nothing seems to be known of Hugo de Caumpeden beyond the fact that he belongs to the early fifteenth century. On the reverse of the title there is a preface of " lohii Twyne to the redar," and on the verso of the last leaf is a cut of the arms of the St. Augustine's Monastery at Canterbury. The date has been given by bibliographers as 1510, but this is certainly incorrect. The book finishes with the following : — "jPray we now with al our myght Unto god of heuen lyght That he geue vs grace so to do That we heuen may come vnto That we shal al to I wene And that Hughe of caumpedene That this boke hath throughe sought And vnto Englysshe ryme brought Lyue in ioye without synne And that he godis loue here wynne So that he at his lyues ende Unto the blesse of heuen wende." * See illustration no. 1 6. * 144 [BODENHAM (John)]. The Garden Of The Muses . . . Printed at London by E. A[allde]. for lohn Tap . . . 1610. Sm. 8vo., dark green morocco, gilt edges 1610 52 10 Second edition of a Look wliich was first puLlished in IGOO under the title of Belvedere. It contains extracts from the most celebrated writers of the time, including Sliakespeare, Ben Jonson, CliristoiAer MarloM'c, Edmund Spense!', Samuel Daniel, Michael Urayton, Robert Greene, etc. The first edition, though well known to be a very rare book, is much less rare than this second edition, of which only a few copies are known to bo in existence. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 37 £ *. d. 145 BOECE (Hector). Scotoruin Histovife a prima gentis origine, cum aliarum h rcrum cfe gentium illu.stratione non vulgari : prjemissa epistula niicupatoria, tabellisqs ampiissiinis, & non poenitenda Isagoge qua; ab huius tergo explicabuntur diff'usius. Quob omnia impressa quidem sunt lodoci Badii Ascensii typis k. opera : impen.sis . . . Hectoris Boetliii Deidonani : a quo sunt k. condita & edita. 8m. folio, Roman letter, tlie title, printed in red and black, ■within a tvoodcut border and tvith Badins' device of a Fress at work, in the centre (these are repeated in the title to tlie History, ivhich folluivs on after the Tables, etc.), icith a cut of the Arms of Scotland on the second leaf; the first few leaves a little soiled and loilh a few worm holes, but a sound copy in old calf [Paris, 1527] 5 5 FiHST EDITION. Tho dedication to Jumes V is dated 1st April lo26. 146 [BOLTON" (Edmund)]. Nero Ca'sar, Or Monarchic Depraued. An Hi^toricall Worke . . . By the Translator of Lucius Florus. London : Printed by T.S. for Thomas Walkley . . . 1624. Sm. folio, icit/i, a fine impression of the engraved title by Francis Delaram ; an extraordinarily fine cojjy in the oriyinal limp velhim 1624 12 12 First edition ; very rare when containing the engraved title (dated 1623) ■which is a fine example of its kind. Both the British Museum copies lack it. In most copies certain spaces in the text have printed in them figures of coins. This copy has not these figures and is therefore ohviously of an early issue. The Dedication to the Duke ot Buckingham is signed ' Philanactophil ' the pseudonym of Edmund Bolton. The copy is remarkably clean and fresh throughout. No copy was in either the Huth or Hoe Libraries. The printer was Thomas iSnodham. 147 [BONDE (William)]. A deuoute treatyse in Englysshe, called the Pilgrymage of perfeccyon : very profytable for all chrysten people to rede : and in especyall, to all relygyous persones moche necessary. The auctour of this present treatyse hath added vnto it the exposicyon of the Aue and the Crede, with dyuerse other thynges. {Col. on fol. 297*") Thus endeth the seuenth & last daye of the pilgrymage of pfeccyon. Lately imprynted agayn the seconde tyme by me Wynkyn de AVorde . . . {At the top of fol. 298") Here begynneth the Rosary of our sauyour lesu . . . {Col. on fol 308") Thus endeth the Rosary of our savyour lesu, with all the hole treatyse of the pilgrymage of perfeccyon, the whiche hath ben of late diligently correcte . . . Imprynted at London . . . by me AVynkyn de Worde. Fynysshed and done in the yere of our lorde god. M.CCCCC. xxxj. The . xxiij. daye of February. Sm. folio, black letter, ■unth a n:oodcut on the title of a female scribe at her desk and another cut on fol. 297'', Wynkyn de Worde's device {McKerrow V") on the verso of the last leaf ; wanting the three separate iroodcuts, and fols. 15 and 16 in type facsimile, the title a little strengthened, a few slight stains and a worm hole in the last few leaves, bnt generally a sound and good copy ; old light-blue straight- grained morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges 1531 35 Second edition ; very rare. The first edition was published by Pynson in 1526, with the Eosary printed as a separate book. Of the reputed author, William Bonde, nothing appears to be known. The device is Caxton's, which passed to de Worde in 1491. 148 BOOK OF CHRISTIAN PRAYERS. A Booke Of Christian Prayers, collected out of the aunciet writers, and best learned of our tyme, worthy to be read with an earnest mynde of all Christians, in these dangerous and troublesome dayes ... At London, Printed by lohn Daye . . . 1578 . . . Sm. 4to., black and Roman letter, with a woodcut portrait of Queen Elizabeth in an attitude of prayer on the verso of the title-page, the title-page within a tcoodcut border and each page throughout the book surrounded by o. bnr'ler (f small woodcuts {ilhistnitiug texts uhich are 38 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. BOOK OF CKKISTIAN PRAYERS, continued:— £ «• d. printed in the borders in a f^niall typo) and printers ornaments ; the inner margin of the title restored and a portion of the one line border on the reverse filled in by pen, one leaf slightly stained and a feiv contem,porary MS. annotations throughout the book, otitericise a sound copy in straight-grained morocco gilt, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1578 52 10 149 another copy. Sm. 4to., an anusually fine, large and dean copy in the original calf binding, with a sjnall elliptical ornament in gilt in the centre of both sides, with the initials, M.A., one on either side of the ornament, green ties 1578 105 The book was first printed in 1569, in a very limited edition, for the use of Queen Elizabeth and very few copies now survive. The copies offered above belong to the first published edition. Despite the fact that two copies are offered, this edition is very i-are. The book itself is a remarkable tribute to the typographical skill of John Day, and the woodcuts rival those of the French Horce of an earlier period. The woodcut may be divided into three series ; the first series (sigs. B-L) represents scenes from the life of Christ, the second (sigs. M-Yj) gives illustrations of various proverbs and wise sayings, and symbolical figures of the cardinal virtues, the final series is a Dance of Death. The designer or engraver of the woodcuts was C. I. or I. C, v/hose monogram appears in several of the borders on three forms : C.T., C ^=3»:3> I, and (i). He has not been identified. Above the colophon on the verso of the last leaf occurs Day's fine pictorial device of a tree growing out of a skeleton (McKeri'ow 128). 150 A Booke Of Christian Prayers, collected out of the ancient writers . . . At London, Printed by Richard Yardley, and Peter Short, for the assignes of Richard Day. 1590. Sm. 4to., black and Roman letter, with the same illustrations as described above ; a good copy in brown levant morocco extra, gilt edges, with arms on sides 1590 30 151 another copy. Sm. 4to,, a sound copy in an. eighteenth century binding of panelled calf 1590 31 10 The thiicl published edition, in wliich arc included A Prayer to he miijcI both Moruitig and Evening a,n(i A prayrr to the Midcstie of God for the redrcsse of n xlnfidllife not included in the 1678 edition. In this edition the Preface to the reader is signed with the initials " li.I)." only, whereas in the first edition the name is given in full : " Kichard Daye." The device on the verso of the last leaf is JMcKerrow 211 which was orioinally H. Dcnham's but jiassed to Yardlej- and Short circa 1589. %* See illustration no. 17. 152 BOOK OF COMMON ORDER. Tlie forme of prayers And Ministra- tion of the Sacraments, kc. vsed in the Englishe Congregation at Geneua : and approued, by . . . lohn Caluyn . . . Imprinted At Geneua By John Crespin M.D.LVI. Sm. 8vo., tlie last leaf in facsimile, and t/ie marginal notes on several j>ages cut into; blue levant niorocco, gilt edges, by Riviere Geneva, 1556 52 10 ExTKKMKLY iiAKK, Only thrcc other copies, two of which are in public libraries, apparently being known. Besides the portion mentioned in the above title, it contains two others, viz. the metrical psalms and the catechism, each with a separate title. "This is the iirst edition of the 'Order of Geneva,' which, with some changes and considerable additions, w as adopted as the Boole of Common Order liy the Church of Scotland. Of the iirst division of the volume a complete reprint is given in Laing's Worln of John Knox. Vol. iv. 'I'he sfcond division consists of the forty-four p.«alms by Sternhold and Hopkins, which had been published in England in 15.31, with seven others by Whittingham. The psalms are here for the first time supplied with tunes." — Cowan, A Bibliography of the Book of Common Order, 1656-1644. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. ;39 BOOK OF COMMON OliDER, continued:— £ .*. d. 153 The CL. Psalmes Of Dauid, in Prose and Meeter : AVith their whole vsuall Tunes, newly correded and amended. Hereunto lo Added the wliole Chiu'ch Discipline . . . Edinburgh, Printed by Andro Hart, Anno 1615. Sm. 8vo., 386 leaves ; ivith Music ; top comer of first title sUyhtly defective, othertmse a quite sourid and fine copy in a late eighteenth century Scottish binding of red morocco extra, from the Chalmers, Maskell, a7id Lord Amherst collections L'dinburgh, IQlb 24 154 another ct>py. Sm. 8vo., a very fine copy in a late seventeenth century binding of black morocco extra, gilt edges. ibid, 1615 28 Veky rare. 'J'he third jjart of the book, not mentioned on the general title, is ' A Catechisine Of Christian Religion. Apjjointed to be jirinted for the vse of the Kirke of Edinburgh.' This is not Calvin's catochisni, but that known as Ursine's, or the Palatine Catechism. The sheet signatures are : a-v'^ (Knox's liturgy) ; A-Z^ Aa-Ff** Gg- (the Psalms in metre, and in prose on the margins, with a separate title) ; A-D** (the Catechism, ■with a separate title). 155 BOOK OF COMMON PKAYER. The liooke of the common prayer and administracion of the Sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies of the Churche : after the vse of the Churche of England. Londini In Ofticina Edouardi Whitchurche. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. Anno Do. 1541). Mense Mali. {Colophon:) Imprinted at London in Flete-strete, at the signe of the Sunne ouer against the conduyte, by EdWarde Whitchurche. The fourth daye of Maye, the yeare of our Lorde, 1549. Sm. folio, })lack letter, the title printed in red and hliU'k vithin a woodcut border, and the other preliminarii leaves also printed in red, and black' ; a fine and large copy ; dark blue lerant morocco eoctra, gilt edges, by Rimhre E. IVhitchtirch, 4 iMay, 1549 105 Very kakk, particularly when perfect. The above is one of the earliest of the several issues or editions of the First Book of Connnon Prayer which were published in 1549. The uununibered leaf at the end of the book, containing the order concerning the price of the book, is as follows : ' The Kinges Maiestie, by the aduyse of his moste deare vncle the Lorde Protectoi- and other his highnes Counsell, streightly chargeth and commaundeth, that no maner of person do seU this present booke vnbounde, aboue the price of, ii Shjdlynges & . ii. pence the piece. And the same byunde in paste or in boordes, not aboue the price of three shyllynges and . viii. pence the piece. God saue the King.' 156 The booke of Connnon Prayer, and administration of the Sacra- mentes . . . Londini in Otiicina Richardi lugge, [1577] — The Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid, after the translation of the great Byble, poynted as it shalbe songue or sayde in Churches. Anno. 1577 . (Colophon :) Imprinted at London by Kicharde lugge . . . — The whole booke of Psahnes, collected into English Meter by Thomas Sternhold, I. Hopkins and others . . . with apt Notes to syng the withall . . . Imprynted at London l)y lohn Day . . . 1575. 40 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, continued:— ^' ^ ''■ 3 vols, iu 1, sm. folio, black letter, water-stained, some leaves sliyhtli/ cut into, and a few tuormholes, but on the ichole in sound arid good condition; in a calf binding of James Fs time 1575-77 15 15 Both works, namely the Common Prayer and Prose Psalter of 1577, and the Metrical Psalter of 1675, are extremely rare. The former is quite perfect, and the latter wants only a single leaf of the extraneous portion. It has the Music on an unbarred staff of five lines. 157 The Booke Of Commoi Prayer, and Administration of the Sacra- ments, And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England. Imprinted at. London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie. Anno 1605. Cum priuilegio. The Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid, after the Translation of the great Bible : Pointed as it shall be sung or said in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker . . . Anno 1605 . . . 2 vols, in 1, sm. folio, black letter, with numerous ornamental, trood- cut initials; a fine and perfect copy in broicn morocco extra, gilt edges, from the Fountaine Walker collection 1605 20 U 158 The Booke Of Common Prayer . . . for the use of the Church of Scotland. Edinbuigh,Printed by Robert Young . . . M.DC.XXXVII . . . The Psalter, Or, Psalmes of David : According To the last Translation in King James his time. Pointed as they shall be said or sung throughout all the Churches of Scotland. Edinburgh, Printed by Robert Young . . . M.DC.XXXVI . . . The Psalmes Of King David : Translated h\ King lames. London, Printed by Thomas Harper. 1636. 3 vols, in 1, sm. folio, with the two leaves of ' Godly prayers ' ; very fine copies in the 07'iginal calf binding 1636-7 52 10 Commonl}'^ known as Archbishop Laud's Book of Common Prayer, as he and Bishop "VVren were associated with the Scottish bishops in preparing it, though Laud asserted that he had been desirous of introducing the English Book of Common Prayer without alteration. The book was very unpopular and was soon withdrawn. The attempt to use it in 8t. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, on Sunday, 23 July, 1637, occasioned a riot, which is popularly said to have been started by a woman named .Jenny Geddes who flung her stool at the head of the Bishop of Edinburgh, David Lindsay. The two leaves of ' Certaine godly prayers ' are well known to be of the greatest rarity, they being cut away in nearly every copy. They have been added here under somewhat remarkable circumstances, having been discovered by me among the imnter's waste which has been used for ' paste-downs ' in this identical copy. Both leaves were a little defective, but they have now been skilfully mended and the missing portions filled in. 159 another copy. 3 vols, in 1, sm. folio, a fine copy in bron-n levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1636-37 8 8 This copy belongs to the second issue, with some sheets re-printed and without the catch-word " Certaine " on the last page of The Psalttr. It has not, of course, the two leaves of " Certaine godly prayers." ■\* See illustration no. 18. 160 The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments : And Other Rites and Ceremonies Of The Church of England. London : Printed by John Bill, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1661. Cum Privilegio. Psalms. The Psalter, Or, P.salms of David, After the Translation Of the Great Biljle, Pointed as it shall be sung or said in Chui-ches. London Printed by John Bill ... 1661 .. . i< ,^ a large cut of Pt/usotis arms, McKerrow 35) (On ^ i'' :) Tabula. Venerandissimo in Xpo Patri ac dno : dno Thome Cornisshe Tenen . [xltifici ac diocesis Badonen. Sutlraganio vigilatissimo sue paternitatis Capellari" (CtfmffuIrt)c5iftt»clfclui>ccco:Catioi8/)icl)oUu«.b.|dius. . t|.ftirt».iiit.3[nnDcfnu8.Uiii.3uliuB.i|. jRcnion fttiffim* irfo pf » Dfls nf , 6fle aco l)ui» nois.r. Diuma jjuiDftu papa mo6ttn» plc» 6c« f«B jnotabtirs ieulgftias bmurq; frt'Dutt coftafniiatf fiw jtlDf cdfrattib* pfitibus » fututis at) quos onus fuQf tationig, frptf TacttDO .^ rfi/cf.rirpufro5officiai6irtactcriaquontitcttlcb:4nn»aDminiftr3tiii,rwm6.nii.paupq;aliO!utpiianuilof onttuquonOicarnOfnafFt* rtatmircttcojci/tgfofcjcfffcrfitijutinapricislfisaoqsnostcftnmusplmcjtiiiff. 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Jntp^cfTumpctmc SiictiarDinn^FnraRufirgiumltnPKflbum :^^^^^^^^^- 166. Boston Indulgence. R. Pynson, [Much Reduced) 1521 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 43 BRANDT (Sebastian^, continued: — £ «. d. hiimillimiis Alexander Barclay suiipsius recomendacione cii omne sumissioiie, et reiiereiitia. [Ham. o :) This present Boko named the Sbyp ot folys of the worlde was translated i the College of saynt mary Otery in the comite of Deiionshyre : out of Baten, Frenche, and Doche into Englysshe tonge by Alexander Barclay Preste . . . traslated . . . M. CCCCC. viii. Inprentyd in the Cyte of Bondon ... By liycharde Pynson to hys Coste and charge : Ended . . . M . d . ix The . xiiii . day of December. {On Y^-) Our Shyp here leuytli the sees l)rode By helpe of God almyght and quyetly At Anker we lye within the rode But who that lysteth of them to bye In Flete strete shall them fynde truly At the George • in Kichade Pynsones place Prynter vnto the Kyng^ noble grace. Deo gratias. {On Y,;'' Pyns:ons device, McKerrow 9/3) Sm. folio, hlack androman Itter, wit It 117 woodcuis ; *hi and Yg in facsimile, Y.t.5 a little defective, wormed a little in places, ajfectinci the teoct occasionally, a few tears mended, hut in general a sound and good copy ; dark green morocco gilt back, with an aivnorial book-stamp on the upper cover, gilt edges, by C. Lewis, in a morocco pull-off case ^ ' ' 1509 105 FinsT English kditio.v ; extkkmely kaue, either perfect or im- perfect. Barclay supplies verses " excusyiige the rudenes uf his traslacio ' ; " Barclay the Traiislatour tho the Foles " and at the end " A conclusyon of this Eoke with a Balade of the translatour in the hououre of the blessyd Virgyii Mary, moder <>f god." The woodcuts are described by Dr. Pollard as " fairly good co])ies of those of the Basel editions." The Latin text is printed separately and is followed by Barclay's rather free version, in seven-lined verses. Concerning his translation, Barclay writes " I exhort y reders to take n■^ displesour for y it is nat traslated word by woi-de acordige to y vses of my actour. For I haue \)\xt only drawen into our moder tunge, in rude langage the sentences (jf the verses as nere as the parcyte of my wyt wyl suffer me, some tyme addynge, somtyme detractinge and takinge away suche thinges a semeth me necessary and supertlue. "Wherfore I desyre of you reders pardon of my presumptuous audacite trustynge that ye shall holde me excu'^ed if ye cosyder y scarsnes of jny wyt and my vnexpert youthe ..." (Fol. xii"). *^* See illustration no. 21. 168 BRATHWAIT (Richard). A Comment Upuu the Two Tales Of Our Ancient, Renowned, and Ever-Living Poet S"" Jeflray Chaucer . . . The Miller's Tale, And The Wife of Bath. Addressed and Published by Special Authority. London, Printed bv W. Godbid, and are to be Sold by Peter Dring ... 1665. Sm. 8vo., partly in black luttur ; polished calf extra, rjilt edgen, by Bedford 1665 6 6 44 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. BRATHWAIT (Richard), continued .— ^ •'• ^'■ 169 ■ A New Spring Shadowed In sundry Pithie Poems. Musophilus. i^iiid nescis, si teipsum noscas ? Londrm, Printed l)y G. Eld, for Thomas Baylie ... 1619. Sm. -Ito., loith a woodcut on tlie title; the title a little soiled and aiightljj mended, as are also the last two leaves, 2 or 3 letters being defective; sprinkled cal/, gilt edges, by W. Pratt 1619 35 ExTRKMELY RAKE. Apparently the only other copies known are those at lirit well (formerly helonging to Narcissus Tiuttrell and Heber) and a copy in the British Museum. There is a good account of the volume in Corser's ' Collectanea.' 1 70 The Schollers Medley, Or, An Intermixt Discourse Ypon Historical! And Poeticall Relations. A Subied of it selfe well meriting the approbation of the ludicious . . . And no lesse profitable to such as desire to better tjieir immaturity of knowledge by Morall Readings. Distinguished into seuerall heads ... to all such Historicall jNIixtures . . . The like whereof for variety of Discourse, mixed with profite, and modest delight, hath not heretofore beene published. By Richard Brathvvayte . . . London, Printed by N.O[kes]. for George Norton . . . 1614! Sm. 4to., one or two catcJiwords cut into, but a good copg itnth the blank last leaf, in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1614 10 171 another copy. Sm. 4to., icith the blank last leaf; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere ' 1614 10 10 First editiox. This book was afterwaids reprinted as A Survey of History, or a Nursery for Gentry, 1638 and 1651. 172 A Solemn loviall Disputation, Theoreticke and Practicke ; briefly Shadowing The Law of Drinking . . . Faithfully rendred according to the originall Latine Copie . Oevo^t/'Ti^oTroXis. At the Signe of Red-eyes. [London, E. Griffin] CIOIOCXVIT. {Title on Gi) The Smoaking Age, Or, The man in the mist : Witli The Life and death of Tobacco . . . CIO 10 CXVII. Sm. 8vo., with two engraved frontispieces by IV. Marshall; a few rides cut into and one leaf re-margiued, with a piece of the rule in facshnile, but a good sound copy in red levant morocco extra, gilt edqes, by F. Bedford 1617 52 10 173 another copy. Sm. 8vo., the inner margin of the first frontispiece and the fore margin of the second (both bla7ik) skilfully restored, but a larger and a fine copy in red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1617 60 () First editxox ; very rare. It is a translation from the liatin D'uputafio Inaugitraliii 1 hi-orct'icn Pructlca Jus potandl hrevHcr adiiDibrans, OemizythopoU, ad nigtmin oculoruin rnbricolorinii, 1617. The frontispieces are said to bo Marshall's earliest work. There ai'e several poems distributed throughout the volume, including one occupying four pages at the end, entitled " Chaucer's incensed Ghost," and another " To My . . . friend, T. C.[ampionJ Doctor of Physicke ..." An interesting account of this volume is given in Coi'ser's CnUccfdncn, Part 2. Of the second part he says: "'The iSmoaking Age' is a continuous narrative in the form of a mytliulogical tale on the origin of divine tobacco, as it was then termed, and was intended by its author rather to repress the extravagant use of the Nicotian wood, which then so outrageously prevailed, than entirely to condemn the same." 174 — A Survey Of History : Or, A Nursery for Gentry. Contrived and Comprized in an Intermixt Discourse upon Historicall and Poeticall Relations . . . I>y Richard Uraithwait Esquire, Oxon . . . Imy)rinted at London by I. Okes, for lasper Emery . . . 1638. Sm. 4to., ?^i^/t a fine engraved title by W. Jfarshall,in compartments with a portrait of the author, at the age of 48, in the centre ; a feiv marginal notes at the beginning cut info, othertvise a very good copy ; calf " 1638 8 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE ; U83-1700. 45 BRATHWAIT (Ricliard), lontinvpA :— * *• ''• 175 another cop3^ Sm. 4to., until a fine impression of the engraved title hy W. Marshall, two marginal notes at the beginning cnt into, othern-ist' a. i^ery fiiie copy in the original sheep, joints and head skV fully repaired 1638 9 First edition under this title, but it had been previously published in 1614 as The Schollers Medley. It is hure " revised, corrected and copiously enlarcjed." 176 BREVIAKY OF SAEUM USE. {There 'tsno litle; A, commences the Calendar. Col. :) Breuiariu secundii vsum Sarum examinatu castigatu ac correctii, nouoruqs festoru additionibus & Pice adornatii, niadato et impensis . . . Margarete comitisse Eiclioinondie et derbie, ac matris . . . lienrici septimi. Arte quoqs & industria Ricardi P3aison ... in fletestrete londoii_. comoranti. xxv. die niensis Augusti. Anno dni millesimo quingentesimo septimo . . . Sm. 4to., PRINTED ON VELLUM {sheet A {Nocturnus (lommicalis) on pa-per) in red and black ; icanting d. and 24 supplementary leaves at the end ; two small wormhnles in the first few leaves, some headlines a little cut-into, and a few stains ; hit a fine copy in old olive morocco, gilt back ' 1507 350 A VERY FINE EDITION OF THE SaRUM BrEVIARY, OF WHICH ONLY 0\E OTHER COPY IS KNOWN. The othev copy is in the John Rylands Library Manchester, and was previously in the Harley, McCarthy, and Spencer libraries ; it is not quite perfect and is in indifferent condition. The copy offered (which in 1868 was in the Marquis of Hastings Sale and later, 1900, occurred in the Newnham Davis Sale) unfortunately wants do and a supplementary section of 24 leaves (a copy of these 24 leaves, by themselves, is in the Bodleian) but is otherwise quite perfect, no title ever ha\dng been issued. Until the discovery of this copy the date of the book was uncertain, as the Rylands copy has the date cut away. Pynson's device (on the last leaf) is in an earlier state than that illustrated by Dr. McKerrow as no. S2 ; tliis is the earliest appearance of it known. *^* See illustration no. 22. 177 Portiforiu seu Breuiarium ad vsum ecclesie Sarisburiensis castigatum . . . Pars Hy emails [et Pars Estiualis] Londini. 1555. 2 vols., sm. 4to., black letter, printed in doable columns in red and black ; each of the titles tvithin a ivoodcrit border ; a little stained, wm-med, and mended in parts, and the Pars Estiualis having the title mounted and the corner of one leaf defective, bat on the ivhole a good copy ; purple morocco extra, gilt edges [^Robert Caly] 1555 65 *** See illustration no. 23. -Portiforium seu Breuiarium, ad insignis Sarisburiensis, ecclesie vsum . . . Pars Estiualis. Impress. Londini . 1555 Sm. 4to., black letter, printed in red and black; the title within a woodcut border, with a. woodcut of the Tree of Jesse on the title to the Psalter, and a few other small cuts in the text; plain loiver margin of the title mended, and a small wormhole toivards the end, but a very fine and large copy in the original London binding with a border, formed by a roll-stamp of the royal arms, crown, and portcullis, a little repaired [•/• Kingston and H. Sutton], 1555 36 46 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOaUE. BREYIARY OF SARUM U8E, contiuned:— ^ '■ ^• 179 another copy. Sin. 4to., three leaves (Aj Ddg, ami the last leaf) missing ; othencise a veru good com/ in the ovininal oak board'^ covered with stamped leather ^^ ^^ 1555 18 18 This edition is different from that printed by Caly. There is no indication of a printer's name ; the title is within the same border as that to no. 124, and a separate title to the Psalter lias the same woodcvit as on the title to no. 751. 180 [BREWER (Anthony)]. Lingua : Or, The Combate Of The Tongue, And the hue Sences for Superioritie. A pleasant Comcedie. London, Printed by Augustine iMathevves, for 8imon Waterson. 1632. ^m. Uo.jMl/mororrn 16.32 11 11 Oliver Cromwell is said (o have acted the part of Tactns in this play, and to have imbibed his sentiments of ambition from it. 181 BREWER'(Thomas). The Life and Death of the merry Deiiill of Edmonton. With the pleasant prancks of Smug the Smith, Sir John, and mine Host of the Geor^'e, about the stealing of V-'enison. By T. B. Printed by T. P. for Francis Faulkner . . . 1631. Sm. 4to., blacJ,' letter, with a woodcM on the title representing the thre<', chief characters of the piece, the first three leaves mewled slightly and the printed signature " Tho : Brewer" cut away Jrom the foot of the last leaf otherwise a good, sound copy in olive worocco, with a 2 line fillet and corner fimrons on the sides, mlt edges ' 1631 110 The only other copy known is that in the British Museum. The above is the earliest edition known, although a copy of what was probably the first edition was entered in the Stationers' Re,<.>ister in 1608. It was reprinted in 1657 under a slightly different title and of tliis edition only the Huth copy is recorded. The copy offered has G. Steevens' stamp on the verso of the title and successively belonged to the Duke of Roxburghe and Sir Francis Freeling, whose bookplate it has. The only preliminary matter is a 25-line poem to Smugs Ghost. The printer was in all probability Thomas Purfoot, Junr. *^* See illustration no. 2+. 182 BRIEF DISCOURSE. A Brieff discours off the troubles begonne at Frarickford in Germany . . 1554. Abowte the Boolv Humphrey Moseley . . . 1657. Sm. 8vo., a small corner o/"Bi restored ivitli a feiv letters filled- in in facsimile, a few headlines cut into, but a sound copy ; calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1657 7 7 FiKST EDITION ; cach play has a separate title page. 221 CARLTON (Mary). An Historicall Narrative Of The German Princess, Containing All material Passages, from her first Arrivall at Graves-end, the 30*^'' of March last past, untill she was discharged from her Im- prisonment . . . Written by her Self . . . London, Printed for Charles Moulton, 1663. Sm. 4to., calf gilt, with buokjdate of Hon. Thos. Grenville 1663 5 5 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 55 222 CARLTON (Richard). Madrigals To Fiue voyces : Newly published by Richard Carlton Preist . . . London Printed by Thomas Morley . . . 1601 . . . 5 pts. in 1 vol., sm. 4to., Cantus, Altus, Tknor, Bassus, Quintus, a feiv ivormholes in plain margins mended otherivise a fine and very large copy in morocco extra, by Riviere 1601 85 Very scarce. There was no copy in the Huth library. Nothing of the biography of Carlton is known. It is also of interest that Morley's name appears here for the only time, by right of his patent, as the printer. 22? CARMARDEN (Richard). A Caueat for the Quene wherin is declared dyuers deceypts, vsed towards hur highnesse, by hur ma*^ officers, appoynted for the receypts of hur customes, in the Poorte of London, to the greate hinderaunce of hur ma^'®, and spoyling of hur Subiects . And therw4ial, is nooted {sic), how litel to hur ])enefitt the Lettinge of the same, to ferme, doeth serue, compiled by Richad [sic) Carmarden ... In london, the 12*^'' daye of Septembre . A°. 1582. Smallest -Ito., MS. on vkllum, 30 leaves ; original vellitm binding, with the ARMS and initials of Queen Elizabeth on the sides 1582 45 This is apparently the only extant copy of a document important for the history of English finance and polity in the time of Queen Elizabeth; and an interesting memorial of the Queen's library. The author maj' have been the Richard Carmarden at whose 'coste and charges' Cranmer's Bible was reprinted at llouen in 1566. In his dedication to the Queen, Carmarden writes : ' And as yo'' highnes tendereth yo*" owne benetitt and the salfgarde of my poore lyife, w'^^' by this my dewtie shewed in yo^ ma*^^ behalf, shal greatly hazard the same, so doe I mosto humblye beseache yo'' highnes not to Imparts any thinge herin conteined to any besids yo*" owne .pson, but to reade & keepe the same so secreet as none els may be prtiuie thereiito . . . ' In a postscript, in which he gives his address as 'in S* mary hill Lane by Killings- gate, next vnto the howse of M'' John Bassett, sergeant of yo"" ma''^ Chapel,' he again alludes to the danger in which he stands, and apologizes for thu delay in presenting the book to the Queen. That there had been delay is shown from the fact that the date on the first page (title) has been altered, from what has been apparently 1579, to 1582. 224 CAKTKINY (Jean de). The Voyage of the wandering Knight. Deuised by lohn Carthenie . . . and trans- lated out of French into English, by William Goodyear of South-hampton . . .A VVorke VYorthie Of Keading, And dedicated to the Eight worshipfuU Sir Frauncis Drake . . . Imprinted at London by Thomas East, the xxvij. of May . 1581. Sm. 4to., black letter, title ivithin a border of printers ornaments, a fine copy in old calf gilt 1581 300 First edition. Only one other copy is known. The dedication to Sir Francis Drake is signed by Robert Norman who says that he was employed " to polish and burnish it, to restore k make it perfect in some such lims, whereon it seemed to halt, that it might with so much the more grace Proripere in publicum, & in hominum manus inuolare, for their larger delight . . ." On A^*" is an acrostic revealing the name Fraunces Drake. East printed a second edition in 1607. *^* See illustration no. 28. 225 CARTWRIGHT (William). Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, With other Poems, By M^" William Cartwright . . . The Ayres and Songs set by M'^ Henry Lawes . . . London, Printed for Humphrey Moseley . . . 1651. 56 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. CARTWRIGHT (William), continued:— ^ «■ ^^ Sm. 8vo., with a fine impression of the jyo7't7'ait by P. Lomhart ; ttco commas on the title, a letter and a comma on the dedication, the printers ornaynent on *' To the Reader " shaved and the directioiis to the binder on Hi and ****^ cut away and cut into respectively, but a fine copy with the blank leaf Yi; polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1651 21 This copy has the leaves containing the poems " On the Queens Return from the Low Countries " and " Upon the Death ot the Right Valiant Sir Bevill Grenvill Knight" in their original state. They were later cancelled and reprinted, with two verses (2 and 5) in the former and 12 lines (11. 21-32 on p. 305) in the latter omitted, the spaces being left blank. The omission was probably owing to the royalist tone of the lines in question. In this state the book is very rare. In most copies some leaves are cut into, more often than not to a greater degree than in the present copy. The leaf b2, containing " On Mr. Cartwright and his Poems" by , Robert Stapylton, has a side-note which is almost always badly cut into ; in this copy the leaf has been folded in and is quite intact. A remarkable feature of this book is the very large number of Commendatory Verses, which occupy in all 105 pages. The verses on [A].'' are signed with a rose and a harp, each surmounted by a crown and followed by the word Baronet ; in some copies they are signed T. P. Piaronet. The alteration was effected in the press and it is impossible to decide which is the earlier form. Lawes' settings of the Atjres and Songs do not appear in the book. 226 another copy. Sm. 8vo., the title and the leaf containing Stajiylton s encomium, slightly cut into, and the directions to the binder on H, cut away, but the book in general a fine and large copy in the original sheep 1651 1010 This copy has the poems on pp. 301-306 in their second state. 227 CASTIGLIONE (Baldas.sare). The Courtier Of Counte Baldessar Castilio : Diuided into foure Bookes. Verie Necessarie And profitable for ytmng Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, abiding in Court, Palace, or Place. Translated into English By Tho. Hobby. London Printed l^y Thomas Creede. 1603. Sm. 4to., black letter ; blank margins of the title and a few other leaves mended and ivormed in the beginning, aff'ecting the text, biU a large and sound copy in calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1603 13 13 FofUTH EDITION IN ENGLISH of this famous work. It is extremely rare ; no copy was in either the Huth or Hoe collections. 228 CATAXEO (Girolamo). Most Briefe Tables to knovve redily hovve manye ranckes of footemen armed with Corslettes, as vnarmed, go to the making of a iust battayle . . . Next A Very Easye . . . way to arme a battaile with Harkabuzers, and winges of horsemen . . . Nevvlye Increased . . . by the Audhour . . Girolamo Cataneo Nouarese. Tourned out of Italion {sic) into English by . H. G. Imprinted at London, by W. Williamson : for lohn Wight. Anno . M.D.LXXIIII. With a large folding woodcut of a battle and diagrams 1574 WiiiTEiiORXE (Peter). Certaine wayes for the ordering of Souldiours in battelray . . . after diuers fashions . . . And also Fugures {sic) of certayne newe plattes for fortification of Townes : And more ouer, liowe to make Saltpeter, Gunpouder, and diuers sortes of Fireworkes ... set foorth by Peter Whitehorne . Imprinted at Londim by W.Williamson: for Ihon Wight. Anno . 1573. With woodcuts ; icith the rare last leaf containing the colophon only 1573 P[koctor] (T[homasj). Of the knowledge and conducte of warres, two bookes ... In sedil^us Richardi Tottelli. vij. die. lunij. Anno Domini . 1578. . . With a woodcut coat of arms {ajjjMrenily those of the author) on the second leaf, on the verso of which is an Envoi in verse, signed tvith the authors initiaVs T.P. 1578 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 57 CATANEO (Girolamo), continued: — £ *• ^■ 3 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., black letter {except the third ivork) ; large and Jine cojnes in russia gilt, gilt edgea, joints rejjaired, rvith the bookplate of Sir Francis Freeling 1573-8 18 18 FiKST EDITION of the Cataneo, second edition of the Whitchornc and apparently the only edition of the Proctor. These three items are very frequently found Ijound together. They are all very rare. 229 CATECHISM OF EDWARD VI. Catechismus Bieuis, Cluistianae Disciplinae summam continens, omnibus Ludiniagistris authoritate Regia commendatus. Huic Catechismo Adiundi sunt Articuli, de quibus in vltima Synodo Londinensi, Anno Dom. 1552 . . . conuenerat . . . Londini . . . M.D.LIII. (Colophon, beneath the printer^s device, on a separate leaf at end :) Excusuin Londini, apud Reginaldum AVolfium . . . M.D.LIII. Sm. 8vo., Roman letter ; a good, sound copy in dark blue levant morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere 1553 15 15 Edward the SLxth's Latin Catechism, of which at least four editions appeared in Ijondon in 1553, three of them printed by AVolfe. It was also reprinted at Zurich in the same year. The king's address to schoolmasters (" omnibus ludiniagistris & iis qui scholas Grammaticas aperiunt") is dated from Greenwich 20 May (1563). It seems from a reference in a letter written by Sir John Cheke to Bullinger, dated 7 June, 1553, that John Ponet, Bishop of Winchester, was responsible for its compilation. With the contemporary inscription " Johanes senterus nie possidet ptii VIII d." on IJ ; on a fly-leaf, a later inscription " William Fenney his Booke August y 'IZ^^ 1651." ; and on the title the signature of Thomas Eden (XVI''' Cent.). 230 ■ Catechismus Breuis . . . {Col. :) Excusum Londini apud Reginaldum Wolfium . . . M.D.LIII. Sm. 8vo., Roman letter, a sound copy in brown morocco, gilt edges 1553 10 10 The above belongs to a distinctly different edition from the previous item, and is almost certainly later. By utilising a blank page in the middle of the book the printer has done away with the separate leaf containing the printer's device and colophon only (which occurs in the earlier edition) ; these now ajjpear on the verso of the last leaf of text. Both editions are very nearly page for page the same, but there are a number of slight typographical variations. 231 CATTAN (Christopher). The Geomancie of Maister Christopher Cattan . . A Booke, no lesse pleasant and recreatiue, then of a wittie inuention, to know^e all thinges, past, present, and to come. AVhereunto is annexed the wheele of Pythagoras. Translated out of French into our English tongue. London Printed by lohn Wolfe, and are to be sold at Edward Whites shop . . . 1591. Sm. 4to., black letter, with many tvoodcut-diagrams ; a Jine large copy, icith the blank last leaf ; vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1591 21 Very rare. It was translated by Francis Sparry, as we are informed in a note at the end of the third book. 232 [CECIL (Robert), Earl of Salisbury]. An Answere To Certaine scandalous Papers, Scattered abroad vnder colour of a Catholicke Admonition . . . Imprinted at London by Robert Barker . . . 1606. Sm. 4to., a sound copy in jjolislied calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1606 5 5 Very rare. The tract is an answer, in particular, to a letter written by some anonymous Catholic recusants to the Earl of Salisbury. The letter is printed herein and occupies seven i)ages. 233 CECIL (Sir Edward), Viscount Wimbledon. A lournall, And Relation Of the Action which by his Maiesties commandement, Edward Lord Cecil . . . did vndertake vpon the Coast of Spaine, 1625 . . . Printed in the yeere 1627. Sm. 4to., a good copy in modern limp vellum, gilt edges 1627 4 4 Cecil's own account of this expedition, which although full of possibilities, was badly mismanaged by him. 58 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d. 234 CELESTINE. The Delightful History of Celestina the Faire. Daughter to the king of Thessalie. Shewing how she was inchaunted by the three Fairies : with the strange Aduentures, Trauels, Chiualries, Tournies ... of diuers wandring Princes . . . Done out of French . . . London, Printed by A[dam]. I[8lip]. for William Barley . . . 1596. Sm. 4to., the title, dedication, signatures Ff-Ii {in all 16 leaves), portions of P3.4 and one headline and some j^f^yi^ation numbers in facsimile; brown morocco, gilt edges by Zaehnsdorf 1596 60 The only other copy known is that in the British Museum and in that the last leaf is defective ; consequently the facsimile of the last leaf in this copy is also defective. It is the only early English edition of this famous romance. 235 CELLIUS (Erhardt). WarhafFte Beschreibung Zweyer Raisen, welcher Erste . . . Friderich Hertzog zur Wiirttemberg Vnnd Teckh. . . . im Jahr 1592. Von Miimppelgart ausz, in das weitberhiimbte Konigreich Engellandt . . Die Ander . . . im Jahr 1599. in Italiam gethan . . . zusamen in Truck gefertiget Durch M. Erh. Cellium . . . Tubingen, In der Cellischen Truckerey. Anno 1603. Sm. 4:to., 2Jor trait (tivice), map, and 8 illustrations; a fine copy in vellum Tubingen, 1603 16 16 A VOLUME OF GREAT SHAKESPEARIAN INTEREST RS in the Merry Wives of Windsor (Act IV) there are references to the visit of a Duke of Jarmany, to three cousins German or Garmumbles, and the requisitioning of horses by Germans at inns. Garmumbles is evidently Miimpelgart, and the value of the allusions lies in the circumstance that they fix the date of the play as very soon after the Duke's visit to Queen Elizabeth in 1592. His account of the country is a curious and interesting one, and he was the first Duke of Teck known in England. Collation : Part I. a-d in fours ; A, 2 leaves ; B — P in fom's ; a map, 3 plates, and 4 folding leaves of the arms of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, 2 leaves, marked P>, between I and ly — Part II. A — Ddg in fours. 236 Eques Auratus Anglo-Wirtembergicus : id est ; Actus admodum solennis : quo . . . Princeps Ac Dominus Dn. lacobus . . . Primus . . . Rex Anglian . . . Principem Ac Dn. Dn. Fridericum Ducem Wirtembergicuum . . . Maiestatis sute Consanguineum & Adfinem, in magnificentissimam pnedicti laudatissimi Regii Oidinis Garterii Societatem . . . Per Regise suae Majestatis Legatum . . . Dn. Robertum Spencerum . . Singularibus quibusdam ceremoniis recepit, & publica inauguratione Equitem Auratum magnificentissime declaravit : Stutgardise . . . Anno 1603. die 6. Novemb. Descriptus Libris VIII. ab Erhardo Cellio . . . Tubingje : Typis Auctoris Anno MDCV. Sm. 4to., witli a woodcut j^ortrait on the verso of the title-leaf the loioer outer corner of which is defective affecting an unimjmrtant pjart of the portrait ; slightly tvater stained ; old vellum Tiibi7igen, 1605 5 5 The Duke of Wiirtemberg had visited England in 1592 and an account of his travels was published in German (see above). This book is mainly occupied with describing the Duke's investiture with the Order of the Gai'ter, but it contains extracts from the account of his travels and on pp. 229-230 there occurs a passage relating to English Players and Musicians. 237 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). Delight In Severall Shapes Drawne To The Life In Six Pleasant Histories, By the Elegant Pen of tliat famous Sj)aniard, Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the same that wrote Don Quixot. Now rendred into English. London printed for Will. Sheares . . . 1654 Sm. folio, ivith an engraved title (except for the lettering the same as in Draytoiis Poems \^1619~\ ), the printed title in red and black ; a little ivormed, mostly in the blank margins, but a fine copy in the original calf, a little 7mrn 16542100 Second issuk of the v'irst edition ; it N\as first issued under the title of Exfmplary Xovclx in 1640. The preliminary leaves are all new ; the original dedication is replaced by an address " To the Ladies " which is not signed with the translator's ijseudonym " Peuede-Ser," [i.e. James Mabbo) as is the case with the previous issue. The engraved title is very rare ; it is not in the British Museum copy. The printer was J. Dawson. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 59 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de), continued :— f »• '^■ 238 The History Of The Valorous And Wittie Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote Of the Mancha. Trans- lated out of the Spanish. London Printed by William Stansby, for Ed. Blount and W. Barret. 1612. The History Of Don-Quichote. The first parte. Printed [by W. Stansby] for Ed: Blounte. The Second Part . . . Of . . . Don Quixote . . . Written in Spanish by Michael Ceruantes And now Translated into English . London, Printed [by G. Purslowe] for Edward Blount. 1620. 3 parts in 2 vols., sm. 4to,, the plain margins of the 1612 title restored and the corner of Dg in the same volume also restored, with a little of the ruling flled-in, otherwise a good sound, copy ; the other two parts with engraved titles, the first part having the blank first leaf very large and fine copies in one vol.; the 1612 volume in a modern binding of old calf which matches the other volume in the original calf binding 1612-20 500 The first and second editions of the first part and the FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND PART of Sheltoii's Celebrated trans- lation. The first edition of the first part is of extreme rarity and at one time was unknown, the second, undated, edition being always mistaken for the first. Both editions are quite distinctly of different setting-up as is plainly apparent by comparison. There was no copy of the first edition of Part I in either the Huth, Hoe or Britwell collections and the copy in the British Museum is imperfect, wanting the title-page and one other leaf. Sheldon's name as translator appears only at the end of the dedication of Part I. and although the dedicatioji of Vol, II is signed by the bookseller Edward Blount, there is no apparent difi'erence in the style of the volumes, which remain, in spite of all drawbacks, the most natural and spirited English version of Don Quixote, \* See illustration no. 29. The Hist(jry Of The Valorous And VVitty-Knight-Errant, Don- Quixote, Of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish ; now newly Corrected and Amended. London, Printed by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke . 1652. Sm. folio, a contemporary signature on the title scribbled over, and one page a little soiled, hut a fine copy in the original calf ivith a small book stamp containing the arms of a member of the Walrond family of Devonsliire, impaling A' ajiier 1652 12 12 Second complete edition of Sheltoii's translation. 210 [ ] The Trauels Of Persiles And Sigismunda. A Northern History . . . The first Copie, beeing written in Spanish ; translated afterward into French ; and now, last, into English. London, Printed by H[umplirey]. L[ownes]. for M[atthew]. L[ownes]. . . . 1619. Sm, 4to., a very fine and large copy in the original lim2i vellnm. 1619 52 10 First edition in English and very rare. The name of the translator is unknown. 60 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d 241 CHAMBER (John). A Treatise Against ludicial Astrologie . . . Written by lolin Chamber, one of the Pr&bendaries of her Maiesties free Chappell of Windsor, and Fellow of Eaton College. Printed at London by lohn Harison . . . 1601. Sm. 4to., a very fine and remarkably large (? large paper) copy ; russia extra, gilt edges, by Bedford 1601 8 From the Gordon.stoim (with signature on title) and Heber collections. A second part entitled ' Astronomiae Encomium: A loanne Chambero ante annos 27. peroratum . . . Londini, Excudebat loannes Harisonus. 1601.' has a separate title and series of signatures, but is evidently part of the one book. 242 CHAMBERLAYNE (William). Loves Victory : A Tragi-Comedy. By William Chamberlaine . . . London ; Printed by E. Cotes, and are to be sold by Robert Clavell . . . 1658. Sm. 4to., a very fine copy, having the lower edges uncut ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1658 First edition of the only dramatic work of this author. It was altered and adapted for the stage (it had been first composed only for reading) in 1678 and re- published under the title WWs Led by the Nose. 243 CHAP BOOKS. A Collection of eight very rare Romances and Chap Books. Bound in 1 vol., sm. 4to., straight grain olive morocco extra, lined ivith broivri morocco, gilt edges, by G. Leivis, with the arms o/ Hon. R. Fitzgibbon on. sides 1689-1703 Contents The Voyages & Travels Of Sir John Mandevile . . . London, Printed for Rich. Chiswell, B. Walford, Mat. Wotton, and Geo. Conyers. 1696. {Printed in black letter, with many troodctits ; a few margins cut into) 1696 The Famous and Renowned History Of Sir Eevis of Southampton . . . Printed for W. Thackeray . . . and J. Deacon . . . 1689. {Printed in black letter, with numerous woodcuts) 1689 [Crouch (Nathaniel)]. The Famous and Renowned History Of The Nine Worthies of the AVorld . . . London : Printed by W. 0. and are to be sold by the Booksellers of Pye corner and London br [the rest of imprint cut away]. {With a woodcut on the title) Apparently unique. [Johnson (Richard)]. The Most Pleasant History Of Tom a Lincoln, That Ever Renowned Soldier, The Red-Rose Knight. Printed by J. W. for B. Deacon at the Angel in (iilt-spur-street. 1703. {With tcoudcut on title) 1703 Apparently unique. Ford (Emanuel). The Famous History Of Montelion, Knight of the Oracle, Son to . . . Persicles, King of Assyria . . . Ivondon : Printed by W. O. for E. Tracy . . . and C. Bates . . . (With woodcut frontispiece; a few lower margins cut into, and one leaf slightly dcjcctice) n.d. The Famous and Renowned History Of The Life and Glorious Actions Of the Mighty Hercules of Greece . . . [imprint cut atcaij] The True and Admirable History Of The Noble Marquess of Salus, And Patient Grissel . . . London : Printed by and for W. 0. and are to be sold by A. Bettesworth . . . 1703. {With woodcut on title) 1703 Apparently unique. The History (Jf The Damnable Life and Deserved Death Of Dr. John Faustus. Newly Printed . . . according to the true Copy Printed at Frankford ; and Trans- lated into ]']nglish, by P. R. Gent. London : Printed by W. 0. for J. Back, at the lilack-boy on London-bridge. {Printed in black letter, with a curious woodcut on title) n.d. [1696 ?] Apparently unique. From Dr. Farmer's library. All, with the exception of a few leaves being cut into, are in exceptionally line condition. 244 CHAPMAN (George). Caesar And Pompey : A Roman Ti-agedy, declaring their Warres. Out of whose euents is euicted this Proposition. Only a iust man is a freeman. By George Chapman. London : Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by Godfrey Edmondson, and Thomas Alchorne. M.DC. XXXI. Sm. 4 to., a blank corner mended and a small original defect in, one leaf, and a little soiled, hut a large copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1631 FiKST EDITION. It was Written some years before it was published, Charles Lamb discovered in it the ripest fruit of Chapman's genius. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 61 245 CHAPMAN (George). The Conspiracie, And Tragedie Of Charles Duke of Byron . . . Written by George Chapman. Printed by G. Eld for Thomas Thorppe . . . 1608. Sm. 4to., a small hole in Aj affecting a feic letters of text, hut a fine cojyy in red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1608 40 FiiiST EDITION ; RARE. On I,; Is a half-title The Tmgedie of Chnrles Duhe of Byron . . . This copy formerly belont-ed to Xarcissus Luttrell, havino- a note of the price he paid for it (lOd.) on the title page. 245 The Conspiracie, And Tragoedy of Charles Duke of Byron, Marshall of France . . . AVritten by George Chapman . London : Printed by N.O. for Thomas Thoip. 16l>5. Sm. 4to., a fine copy ; red levant morocco extra, arms on sides, gilt edges, by Pratt 1625 14 14 Second edition. The Tragedij commences on Ii with a separate title. Printed by Nicholas Ukes. " The historical narrative of the fall of Biron is expanded by Chapman into two dramas possessed of many merits, and so far as literary execution is concerned to be perhaps ranked above any other of their author's writings for the stage ..." — Sir A. W. Ward's English Dramatic Literature. An Epicede Or Funerall Song : On the most disastrous Death, of the High-borne Prince of Men, Henry Prince of Wales, etc. With The Funeralls, and Representation of the Herse of the same . . . Prince . . . Which Noble Prince deceased at S* lames, the sixt day of Nouember, 1612. and was . . interred the seuenth day of December following . . . London : Printed by T. S. for lohn Budge . . . 1612. Sni. 4to., with a large folding plate of '•'■ The Herse and Representa- cion of our late . . . Henry Prince of Wales." ; the Mourning leaf preceding the second part, ivith Henry's arms on the recto and with last leaf of the same part, blank on recto and blacked, ivith the Princes' arms, on verso ; the Mourning leaf mended in the inner margin, bnt a fine copy in half morocco, gilt edges 1612 75 First edition and of great rarity when quite perfect, as is the copy offered. The Huth copy, although stated in the sale catalogue to be perfect, lacked the two mourning leaves in the second part Prince Henry was Chapman's patron and is very sincerely lamented by him. In fact, in his dedication to Mr. Henry Jones, he says " The most vnualuable and dismaifull hope of my most deare and Heroicall Patrone, Prince Henry, hath so stricken all my spirits to earth, that I will neuer more dare, to looke vp to any greatnesse ..." The printer was Thomas Snodham. May-Day. A witty Comedie, diuers times aded at the Blacke Fryers. Written by George Chapman. London. Printed for John Browne . . . 1611. Sm. 4to., a few headlines very slightly shaved and a small hole in Unfilled in, with afetv letters in facsimile, but a sownd and good copy ; crimson levant morocco gilt edges, by Riviere, ivifh the bookj)late of William Holgate 1611 45 First edition. ' A broadly humorous comedy, full of diverting situations.' The Memorable Maske of the two Honorable Houses or Inns of Court ; the Middle Temple, and Lyncolns Inne. As it was performd before the King, at White-Hall on Shroue Munday at night ; being the 15. of February. 1613. At the Princely celebration of the most Royall Nuptialls of the Palsgraue, and his thrice gratious Princesse Elizabeth . . . Inuented . . . By . . . Innigo Jones . . . written, By Geo : Chapman. At London, Printed by G. Eld, for George Norton , . . Sm. 4to., a few heacl lines very slbjlitly cut into ; red levant morocco ea^tra, gilt edges, by Riviere [1613] 120 62 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. CHAPMAN (George), continued: — £ «• d. Very rare. This copy is quite complete, having the two leaves at end, containing ' A Hymne to Hymen ' and the blank last leaf. Another edition, also undated, was printed by F. K. for George Norton. ' Chapman's masque is in pleasant contrast to Campion's [the first of the three performed at the celebration of the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with Frederick of Bohemia, Beaumont's being the third]. It is full of semi-dramatic matter and of quaint, picturesque, fantastic detail, quite difiFerent from the purely beautiful detail of the first masque. It is interesting also, because the cavalcade or procession from the rendezvous in Chancery Lane to Whitehall was a special attraction of the show, and is carefully described by Chapman. The masque is very typical. It is founded, mainly, upon the current interest in the attempt to colonise Virginia, the chief masquers being Indian princes, while their attendant Phoebades, or Virginian priests of the sun, form a second antimasque.' 250 Ben Jonsoii, and John Marston. Eastward Hoe. As It was playd in the Black-friers . B}^ The Children of her Maiesties Reuels . Made by Geo : Chapman. Ben : lonson . loh : Marston. At London Printed [by George Eld] for Wilham Aspley . 1605. Sm. 4to., a few corners mended affecting three letters on the title and three on Bg, which are Jjlled-in in fac- simile^ hut a fine and extraordinarily large (SYig" x ^^Ul') copy with many leaves uncut in the fore and lower margins ; cri7nson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1605 180 251 and James Shirley. The Ball. A Comedy, As it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the private House in Drury Lane. Written by George Chapman, and James Shirly. London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, and W^illiam Cooke. 1639. Sm. 4to., one headline cut-into, hnt a good cojjy in red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1639 18 18 252 another copy. Sm. 4to., red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1639 210 First editiox. This comedy of manners was licensed in 1632. It was nearly forbidden, on account of the allusions to various courtiei-s and noblemen. " The main purpose . . . seems to have been to give the lie to the scandalous reports which had arisen in connexion with the first attempts at establishing Subscription Balls . . . Shirley's comedj', seasoned as it was by unmistakeable personalities of dress, manner, or speech, doubtless stimulated curiosity while reproving captious tongues." — Sir A. W. Ward. 253 The Tragedy Of Chabot Admirall Of France . . . Written by George Chapman, and James Shirly. London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, and William Cooke. 1639. Sm. 4to., a few headlines cut into ; otherivise a fine and clean copy in blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1639 12 12 254 another copy. Sm. 4to., an exceptionally large cojjy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1639 21 First edition. " The play contains many passages written in Chapman's best manner ; yet, although Mr. Swinburne justly regards it as ' more equable ' in treat- ment than any of its compeers, I cannot but attribute the life-like sketch of the Proctor-General — who successively delivers, with the same promptitude and good- will, interminable speeches on the two opposite sides of the question — to Shirley's hand, it would not be difiicult to trace in this tragedy allusions to the vices b}' which the judicial system in England came more and more to be tainted in the Jacobean age. In any case, and to whatever extent this play may be attributed to Chapman, it ranks worthily by the side of his best dramatic works." — Sir A. Jf\ Ward. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 63 255 CHARLES II. Academise Cantabrigiensis 2ocrTpa Sive, Ad Carolum II reducem, De Regnis ipsi, Musis per ipsum feliciter restitutis Gratulatio. Cantabrigisi', Excudebat Joannes Field, celeberrinise Academiae Typographus. 1660. Sm. 4to., a sound copy hi Jutlf morocco, gilt edges 1660 15 Verses in Latin, Hebrew and Greek by various hands. 256 Britannia Rediviva. Oxoni?e, Excudebat A. k L. Lichfii-ld, Acad. Typogr. M. DC. LX. Sm. 4to., a sound copy in modern vellum 1660 3 3 Congratulatory verses, etc. by various hands on the Restoration. The majority are in Latin, but at the end are several English poems ; amongst these is one by John Locke, the philosophei'. 257 • His Majesties Declaration To All His Loving Subjects, Concerning the Treasonable Conspiracy Against His Sacred Person and Govern- ment, Lately Discovered . . . London, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd : And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb . . . 1683. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in calf, the edges entirely uncut 1683 1 10 Vert rare in this state. The treasonable conspiracy referred to was the famous Rye House Plot. 258 — The History of his SaCRed Majesties most WonderfuU Preserva- tion, after the Battle of Worcester. With a true Relation of Col. George Gunter conveying his Majesty from Salisbury to Brighemsted in Sussex, where he took Shipping. London printed and are to be sold by Joseph Blacklock at the Turks-head in Ivy-lane, and Mr. Michaell in Westminster Hall. 1660. A folio broadside, 20^ x 13i in. ; ivith an engraving in the upper jioriion illustrating four scenes from the narrative ; folded and mounted into a sm. 4to., half morocco volume 1660 15 15 Prokably unique. It was formerly in the possession of the late Mr. A. M. Broadley who in a note on the specially written title, says " I never saw or heard of another copy of this Broadside, I am strongly under the impression it must be the only cop)' extant." The four scenes illustrated are respectively, the Battle of Worcester, the Boscobel oak, " Mrs. Ivy Lane and King" and " the King's escape in the sea Adventure." 259 A Pindarick Ode, Upon His Majesties Review of His Forces, At Putney-Heath {Col. :) London, Printed for Walter Davis in Amen Corner. 1684. Sm. folio, 1 leaf; nnhd. 1684 7 6 2G0 A Poem Upon The New Marble Statue Of His Present Majesty, Erected in the Royal Exchange : By the Society of Merchants Adventurers Of England : Together With a Copy of the Inscription Upon The Pedestal. London, Printed for Randal Taylor . . . 1684. Sm. folio, 4 /i?rt(7'?.s' ,■ a good copy ; imbound 1684 110 261 . A Pindarick Ode On The Sacred Memory Of . . . King Charles II. To which is added. Another Essay . . . By Sir F. F. Knight of the Bath , . . London, Printed by J. Playford, for Henry Playford . . . 1685. ii,m. iolio, ^ leaves ; nnhd. 1685 10 262 A Pindarick Ode, Upon the Death of . . . King Charles the Second. . . Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield . . . for Anthony Stephens . . . 1685. Sm. folio, 4 leaves : unbd. 1685 7 6 64 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ «. d. 263 CHAUCER (Geoffrey). [Canterbury Tales]. [FoJ. V) Prohemye . . . {Fol. V") . . . By Richard Pynson. (Fo/. 2") Prologue . . . (Fol. 20^) Here begynnetli the knightestale . . . {Fol. 223^ Ppnson's device, McKerjy)w 2). Sm. folio, printed in Pyusons t;tfpes 1 and 2 [as ilhi^t rated by Mr. Gordon Duff in " Fifteenth Century EnglUli Books''), the verse and Prohemye in one column and the prose in two ; with 47 woodcuts printed from 21 blocks ; ai.2, I lands (^^d K1.5 (9 leaves) in facsimile, the first few leaves somewhat wormed, aag and bbg very slightly defective, and some leaves mended, but Generally a sound copy ; brown levant morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges by Leighton ' [c.1490-91] 180 Third edition, of which but very few copies, perfect or imperfect, are known. Pyn.son in his " Prohemye" says that he has printed the book from a copy of Caxton's edition (no doubt the I'evised Caxton edition), and from his reference to ' my worshipful master William Caxton " it is practically certain that the book was completed before the date in 1491 on which Caxton died. If Caxton had been dead when he (Pynson) was writing, some mention of the fact would almost certainly have been made. This is one of Pynson's earliest books and because of the extreme rarity of both of Caxton's editions, is the earliest Chaucer a collector may now hope to procure. Almost all the perfect copies of this edition are in Public Libraries. The woodcuts are obviously of English origin and are very coarse in execution. Six of the blocks are used once ; one, once and in an altered form twice ; another, once and in an altered form four times ; nine others twice ; three, three times ; and one, six times. In all, twenty-one blocks, two of which appear in two states. ** See illustrations nos. 30-.31. 264 The workes of Geffray Chaucer newlye printed, wyth dyuers workes whych were neuer in print before : As in the table more playnly doth appere. Cum Priuilegio ad imprimendum Solum. Prynted by [Richard Grafton for] lohn Reynes dwellynge at the sygne of saynte George in Pauls Churchyarde. 1542. Sm. folio, the title within a woodcut border on which are the initials W R ; with woodcuts ; a tear in the title mended, with a blank portion restored and with several 16*^ & 17*^ cent, signatures on the title-, a good, sound copy in light brown levant morocco, the sides tooled to an early FJnglish Lyonese design of a roll border between two _ doiible fillets, with corner and centre block ornaments, the f remaining space semee of groups of three dots, the back tooled uniformly, gilt edges, by Riviere 1542 100 Commencing on the last leaf and continuing on 18 leaves bound in, are copied in a seventeenth century hand certain woiksof Chaucer, not printed in this edition, etc. f:>t(;l[sii histoky anj.) LrrEJiATruE: ii^; itoo. CHAUCER (Geoflfrey), continued:— £ ». d. 265 - another copy. 8m. folio, a Jiiw and veri/ lanje cojni (325 x 217 mm. as compared with 29s x 210 mm. in the other copy) ; brown lerant morocco extra, (filt edges, hii R. de Coverhf lo4'2 120 Second editiox of Chaucer's works. The edition dfilpcl 1542 is frequently supposed to be identical with tlie undated edition having the same booksellers' names (Bonham, Petit. Reynes, etc.), but it is a qu'te distinct edition and far rarer. The contents are the same as in Godfrey's text of 1532, /rifk the addition however of The Plowman's Tale as the last eight leaves of the Canterbury Tales. Tt was printed here for the first time. 266 The workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyuers workes wliiche were neuer in print before : As in the table more playnly dothe appere . . . {Col. :) Imprynted at London by Thomas Petit ... Sm. folio, black letter, the title zvithin a made ujj border, loith two woodcut.'^ ill the text; apart from a little worming and a, few slight stains, a good and excejdionally sound copy in old calf [1 547 '?] 63 Third collected edition. This edition contains the same matter as th* 1542 volume, but the Plowman's Tale is shifted to its place before (instead of after) the Parson's Tale. Some people think that this edition preceded that of 1542. Instead of the several woodcuts in the Canterbury Tales in the 1542 edition; here there are only two, quite different from tliose in the other book. There exist no less than four separate issues oT this edition, all exactly similar e.xcept in the occurrence of different booksellers' names in tlie colophon, those of Thomas Petit (see above), Robert Toye, Rycharde Kele, and William Bonham. It was of course brought out at their joint expense. 267 The woorkes of Geflrey Chaucer, newly printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in printe before : With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Ihon Lidgate, Monke of Eerie . . . {Colophon :) Imprinted at London, by Ihon Kyngston, for Ihon Wight . . . Anno 1561. Folio, printed in black letter ; a large tcoodcut of Chaucer's arms, and haimig the date 1560 in small figures under the helmet, on title ; tvith woodcut borders to the separate titles, ornamental initial letters, etc. ; a fine and thoroughly soiind copy in seventeenth ce7itu7-ij calf 1561 52 10 Fourth collected edition. It is generally asserted to have been edited by John Stow, the chronicler, but he seems to have only added previously printed writings of the poet. At the end of the contents of Chaucer's works as they appear in the 1542 edition, foiirteen leaves of Ballades, Court of Love, etc., are added in this edition of 1561. Lydgate's poem makes a further supplement of twenty-three leaves. One very seldom sees so fine a copy as the above. *,* See illustration no. 32. 268 The Workes Of Our Ancient and learned English Poet, GeflFrey Chaucer, newly Printed . . . London, Printed by Adam Islip . An. Dom. 1602. Folio, a fine and tall cojjy in russia extra, gilt edges 1602 10 10 Sixth edition, and the second edited by Thomas Speght. The portrait of Chaucer, which is very often missing from copies, was the first engraved repre- sentation of the poet. It is surrounded by a genealogical chart and arms, headed ' The Progenie of Geffrey Chaucer.' ' Francis Thynne [son of the editor of the 'Workes' of 1532] gave his aid to perfecting this second edition. The new glossaiy that was prepared was nearly double the size of the one that had been contained in the folio of 1598. There were also several slight changes made in the preliminary matter, mainly, however, in the way of addition. Even the dramatist [h] Beaumont's letter, though continuing to bear the same date of June, 1597, was in places retouched and enlarged.' — Lounsbiuy's Studies in Chnucer. 66 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d. 269 CHAUNCY (Maurice). Innocentia, Et Constantia Victrix ; Siue Commentariolus : De vitpe ratione, et Martyrio . 18. Cartusianorum ; qui in Anglite Regno, sub Henrico octauo, ob Ecclesise defensionera, et nefarij Schismatis detestationem, crudeliter trucidati sunt. Edita Piimum a R.P.F. Mauricio Chancseo, Anglo, eiusdem Ordinis, pari fide ac Pietate ; Nunc recensita, distincta et mendis purgata, in Cartusia, Horti Angelorura, Wirceburgi, in Orientali Franconia. Anno M.D.C. VIII . . . With an engraved title of scroll work with a medallion picture at each co7'ner, the arms of the Archduke Maximilian on *^, and a plate in the text ; one leaf slightly defective Havensius (Arnoldus). Historica Relatio Duodecim Martyrum Car- tusianorum, Qui Rurasmundse In Ducatu Geldrias Anno M.D.LXXII. Agonem suum foeliciter compleuerunt . Auctoi'e P.D.Arnoldo Hauensio . . . Accessit eiusdem Exhortatio ad Cartusianos, de obseruantia disciplinse Regularis, vitseque Solitarise commendatione . . . 1608. With an engraved plate. 2 works in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., clean copies in dark brown morocco gilt edges Wiirzhnrg, 1608 4 4 270 another copy. 2 works in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., larger and finer in dark blue morocco, gilt backhand borders on the sides, gilt edges ibid, 1608 5 271 CHEKE (Sir John). The hurt of Sedition, how grieuous it is to a common welth. Set out by Sir lohn Cheeke Knight . 1549. And now newly perused and printed . the . 14 . of December . 1569 . Imprinted at London by Willyam Seres, Sm. 8vo., black letter ; title within a woodcut border {McKerroiv 139, re-cut) ; a fine copy in calf gilt edges 1569 8 8 Second edition. The title compartment is a variation of Dr. McKerrow's no. 139, but is not recorded by him. The design is identical, but the block from which the border in this copy was printed differs in many slight details, due to the engraver. An example of the border as illustrated by Dr. McKeiTOw will be found in Golding's translation of the Be BeUo Gallico (see item no. 214 in this catalogue). This compartment is to be found also in S (W.) An Aunswere to the Proclamation of the Brhls, 1.569 (see item 943). 272 [CHETTLE (Henry)]. The Tragedy Of Hoffman Or A Revenge for a Father. . . London, Printed by I. N[oi-ton]. for Hugh Perry ... 1631. Sm. 4to., the title and a few other leaves mended in parts, afiecting only a feiv letters in a headline, which have been restored in facsimile, but a good cojjy, very large in the fore-margin, ivhere inany leaves have uncut edcjes ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1631 45 273 another copy. Sm. 4to., a small hole in Fo affecting 6 letters of text, but a good sound copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1631 55 First edition ; very rare. The only one of Chettle's numerous plays to be printed in any degree contemporaneously. The text is very corrupt. Mr. A. H. Ikilleu says in the D X.B. "intense tragic power is shown in some of the scenes (if this n\utilated, ill-starred play." Chettle had a considerable reputation amongst his contemporaries ; in Meres' Palladia Tam'm he is mentioned as one of " the best for comedy amongst us." He was originally a printer and in a printed letter to Nash describes himself as " Your old Compositer." 274 CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND. {FoL 1 hlmiL- [cut away\\fol. 2'' :) Here begyimys a scliort & breue tabull ontlies Cronicles . . . i^FoU. 8-9 Jtlank [cut away] ;/o/. W :) The Prolog [I] n so myche that it is necessari to all creatiiris of criston religyon . . . (Fol. 289'') Here encle the Croniclis of englode with the frute of timis [Below this is the printer's device, in red, and beneath it the words Sanctus al banns. FoJ. 290 a blank [cAit away]) ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. G7 CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, continued:— £ -^^ '^ Sm. folio, black letter, with initial and pnraijrapli marks printed in red ; with a few woodcuts and ivoodcnt diagrams ; 25 leaves missiwj or in facsimile and '1 partially in facsimile (see below), a few peaces mended, but (jenerally a sound copy ; red morocco, r/ilt and blind tooled, gilt edges by F. Bedford St. Albans [The Schoolmaster Printer, 1485] 350 This book is generally caUed the St. Alban's Chronicle, from the fact that it was printed there by ' one sometime scole mayster of Saynt Albons,' as stated by Wynkyn de Worde. The latter further asserts that the chronicle was ' compiled in a book ' by the worthy schoolmaster, but his compiling does not amount to much for the book is substantially the ' Chronicles of England ' as printed by Caxton, with additions from the ' Fasciculus Temporum ' and other sources. Only one perfect copy of the few now in existence is known, that of the Marquis of Bath, at Longleat. Collation: — a^ a (repeated)-z Z 9 A-P, K'" of which (in this copy) aj (blank),3.8, a (repeated)i (blank), and K|o (blank) are missing, and a. (marked a) a (repeated) 3, ^, 5, g, s ;\ 2^ v s', ^i ; I,, r ; K^, 2, 9 ; ^ of a (repeated) , and \ of K^ are in facsimile. 275 {Fol. 1 blank. Fol. 2a :) HEre begynneth a shorte . . . table on these Cronycles . . . {Fol. 169«, colophon .•)... M.CCCCC. ii. Enpryted . . . By me Wynkyn de Worde. {Fol. 110 blank. Fol. \l\a :) The descrypcyon of Englonde. Here foloweth a lytell treatyse the which treeateh of the descrypcyon of this londe whiche of olde tyme was named . Albyon . And after Brytayne And nowe iscalled Englonde . . . {Fol. 191a, colophon :) Fynysshed & enprynted ... by me wynkyn de worde, the yere of our lorde a.M.CCCCC. and . ij. mensis Mayus. {Fol. 192, bla7ik, cut away) 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. folio, black letter, double cohimns, ivitlt 3 different woodcuts, the title to the descrypcyon having also a large woodcut of a mediceval la7idscape, unth Wynkyn's large Caxton device on the verso of the last leaf in both volumes ; 4 leaves missing, and a J'e.7v plain margins mended ; old rough calf 1502 65 The second edition by Wynkyn de Worde. Four leaves (v-.g and X3.4) are supplied in MS. but the text is from another edition. The word Pope, whenever it occurs, is run through with a pen, and there are some maroinal notes in contem- porary handwriting. ' This is usually called the St. Alban's Chronicle, as it was first printed there in 1483. It is an enlargement of Caxton's Chronicle which was tirst printed in 1480. The Description of Britain at the end is by Caxton, printed with his Chronicle of 1480, and sometimes found separate. This St. Alban's Chronicle was reprinted by Machlinia without date {e. 1485) and ai;ain by Gerard Leeu, Antwerp, 1493, and often since. Wynkyn de Worde printed it lirst in 1497, an edition of extreme rarity, and again in 1.502, the date of the present copy, which is almost as rare as that of" 1497. Dibdin in 'J'l/p: Ant: II. 71. from Herbert's MSS. says that there are no woodcuts in the editions of 1497 or 1502. Herbert therefore never saw the edition of 1502, for in it there are three woodcuts. Caxton's Description is from ' Poly-Chronicon.' 276 The Cronycles of Englonde, with the dedes of popes and emperours, and also the descripcyon of Englonde. {Below this is a large ctit of the Tudor arms. Col. on bb-^ :). Here endeth this presente Cronycle of Enghmde with the fruyte of tymes, compyled in a boke, and also enpryted by one somtyme scole mayster of saynt Albons, vpon whose soule god haue mercy. Amen. And newly enprynted ... by me Wynkyn de worde . . . M.CCCCC. and .xv, {On the reverse his device, McKerrow 16. On A-^ :). The descrypcyon of Englonde . . . {Beloto this a large iDoodcut. Col. on Dg" :). Fynysshed k enprynted at London . . . by me Wynkyn de worde . . . M.CCCCC. and .xv. {Ou the reverse his device, McKrrrou- 19\J\) 5* 68 BERNARD QUARTTCH 8 CATALoriTTE. CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, continued:— f .v. ./. 2 pieces in 1 vol., sm. folio, black letter, 2^ fitted in double columns, ivith a number of icoodcuts in the text ; the title me^ided tvith small portions restored in facsimile, a, very few letters in facsimile on Aa? and i^ and a few ivords defective on 0,^'-..^ ; the inner blank margins of most leaves restored, biit (/enerally a sound copy : modern vellum, gilt edges 1515 80 Thikd edition of the St. Alban's Chronicle, printed by W. de Worde ; veky rare. Tnis has quite different woodcuts from those in the Notary edition of the same year. *jf* See illustration no. 33. 277 {Fol. la contains woodcuts in com2)artments, incJncling the arms of England. On tJta reverse begins a, tahlo, wliicJi ends on fol. 4. On the recerse of fol. 4 six woodcuts in comiiartments. On fol. 5 begins the teoct. Coloj^hon, on the reverse of sig. x,s :). Here endetli this present Cronycle of Englonde with the fruyte of tymes. conipyled in A books. And also iiewely Enprynted in the yere of our lorde god. M.CCCCC. z .xv. by me Iiilyan Notary dwellynge in powlys chyrche yarde besyde '" west ed ore by my lordes palyes [On sig. \j\:) The dyscrypcyon of Englonde. . . (Fol. 148/;:) Enprynted at Lonclo . . . by me lalyan Notary . . . M.CCCCC.xv. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. folio, black letter, printed in double columns, with woodcuts., etc. ; ►^o in facsimile, a few letters on ►I^g and the last leaf filed in, several blank margins mended, a little wormed in places, but in general a sound, copy, blue morocco, gilt and. blind tooled, qilt edges ' ' 1515 120 On the title is a contemporary inscription " Liber Roberti Garrett psbiteri et rectoris de Heys hiis testibus nris Darell presbro, Staple medico, k aliis ". The signatures of Tho. Jadwyn (1621) and Roland Hill (eighteenth cent.) are also on the title. 278 another copy. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. folio, black letter, printed in double columns, 5 1 lines to the column ; with woodcuts, etc : a few plain margins mended, but quite perfect and a fine copy; light brown le^^ant morocco, the sides blind-tooled to a sixteenth centtiry design, gilt edges 1515 175 Extremely rare, perfect or imperfect. It was Notary's second edition. It contains the Brut Chronicle as it was printed at St. Albans (1484-85), differing .slightly in f(»rin from Caxton's editions of 1480, 1482. The book was the first printed by Notary after his removal from the Sti-and t(j St. Paul's Churchyard. The woodcuts are quite different from those in W. de Worde's edition of this year. Among the illustrations are tw^o in the maniere rribJf'e. * ^^ See illustrations nos. 34-35. 279 CHURCHYARD (Thomas). A True Discourse Histo)-ical], (Jf The Succeeding Gouernours In The Netherlands, And The Ciuill wsmes there begun in the yeere 1565. with the memorable seruices of our Honourable English Generals, Captaines and Souldiers, especially vnder Sir lohn Norice . . . from the yeere 1577. vntill the yeere 1589. and afterwards in Portugale, France, Britaine and Ireland, vntill the yeere 1598. Translated And Collected By T. C. Esquire, and Ric. Ro. Out of the Reuerend E. M. of Antwerp . his fifteene bookes Historise Belgicai ... At London Imprinted for Matthew Lownes . . . 1602. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 69 CHURCHYARD (Thumas;, cuiiiiuued : — t *. <(. Sin. 4to., hhtck letter, a fine large, copy ?ri/h the blank last leaf ; (ireen morocco, f/iJt hm-h, n-illi a hrond gilt horclcr on the. Ridcx, qilt edqex 1G02 63 An i;xtukmi;ly uare and iNTi-.uKSTixi; HOOK. It contains descriptions of the cjinipaigns in the Nethorlanrls in which Sir Philip Sidney, George Gascoigne and l-iarnaby Kich were engaged and includes a full account of Sidney's tragic death at Zutphen. Churchyard's co-translator was Richard iiobinson. The author from whose works the above was extracted and translated \\as 1-lmanuel ^^eteranus. The printer was Felix Kingston. •J80 CHYTR^US (David). .V P«.stil <.r (n-derly disposing of certeine Epistles vsually red in the Church of God, vppon the Sundayes and Hol)'dayes throughout the whole yeere. Written in Latin Dauid Chytra;us, and translated intoo English by Arthur Golding . . . Imprinted at London, by Henrie Bynneman . for Lucas Harrison and George Bishoji . . . 1570. 8m. \ to. ,/)/<'ck fetter, the title iviih in a border of ^^r inters ornaments : n small /lole in, the last leaf, ajfecting a little of the text, bat a fi,ne and large copy in old English red morocco, ivith a broad gilt border on the sid's, gilt back, gilt edges I.IJO 10 10 FlKST MDITION. 281 CICERO. Marcus Tullius Ciceroes thre bookes of duties, to Marcus his Sonne, turned out of latine into english, by Nicolas Griraalde . Wherunto the latine is adioyned . . . 1558. {Col. :) Imprinted at London . . . by Rychard Tottil . The . xiiii. day of Apryll. .Vniio. 1558 . . . ' Sui. 8vo., the Latin and English texts in parallel columns {in italic and black letter), the title ivithin a ivoodcut border ; a blan,k portion iif ^ u^g torn away, some contemporary MS. notes in the margin and sitnie leaves a little dast-soiled, biU a son,nd copy in half calf 1558 8 8 There were eight editions of this translation in the sixteenth century ; this is the third. The title compartment is Berthelet's well-known dated (lo34) border. 282 CIVIL WAR. Certain Observations, Upon the New League or Covenant, As it was explained by a Divine of the New Assembly, in a Congregation at London . . . With a Copy of the said Covenant . . . Bristoll, Printed for Rich. Harsell ... 1643 Sm. 4to., a fine, large copy, ivith the blank last leaf; nea: calf gill edges Bristol, 1643 I 4 Yi'.KY KAUE ; one of the earliest productions of the iiristol press, wliich was established in that year by liobert Barker, who was the printer of the tract. 283 COCHLEIUS (Johannes). De Matrinionio Serenissimi Regis Angliai, Heiu'ici Odaui, Congratidatio disputatoria lohannis Cochlei . . Ad Paulum Tertium Pont. Max. 1535. {Colophon:) Lipsia^ excudebat Michael Blum, Mense Februario . . . M.D.XXXV. Sm. 4to., Roman letter ; the title icitJiin a n-oodcnt border : a fine copy in old ccdf gilt 1535 5 5 284 COCKER (Edward). Cockers Arithmetick, Being A plain and familiar Method suital)le to the meanest capacity for the full understanding of that incomparable Art . . . Composed By Edward Cocker late Practitioner in the Arts of Writing, Arithmetick, and Engraving . . . Perused And published by John Hawkins Writing Master . . . London Printed, for T. Passinger at the three Bibles on London-Bridge, and T. Lacy at the Golden Lyon in Southwark. And .sold by C. Passinger, at the 7 Stars in the New-Buildings upon London Bridge. 1678. 12mo., nnth portrait and leaving the two blanks; the border to the portrait very slightly shaved; a beautifully clean and crisj) <'opy, original sheep, neatly repaired, enclosed in a leather box 1678 45 The RAiiE FIRST EDITION of the book on arithmetic which for so long has been a household word. It has been said that the author's "fame is well deserved" for his book " is well written and suited to the wants of his day." His early death 70 BERN"ARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. COCKER (Edward), contimied :— & *• f^' accounted for this and other works being published posthumously by his friend Hawkins. The very nature of the book is suflficient to account for its rarity in any condition. In such state as that of the copy now offered it must be almost unobtainable. Collation: Portrait, 1 leaf. A" ( A ^^ blank) E-Pi^ (P^^ "Advertisements", P^.^ blank). 285 C[OCKERAM] (H.). The English Dictionary : Or, An Interpreter Of Hard English Words . . . The ninth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. By H. C. Gent. London, Printed by A. Miller . . . 1650. Sm. 8vo., contenijMvar'y i v'-lliim 1591 7 7 First eiution ; very rare. A I^atin dedication to John "Wliitgift is followed by an address " To the Christian Reader " in which the author explains the scope of his work and gives his sources. " The greatest part of this Historie is translated out of French, which was set foorth concerning these affayres of the holy League, encreased much out of the . . . agreements, articles and letters written by the Kings Henry iii. and iiiij. . . . and other noble men . . . " The latter part of the Historie ... is a gathering of such events as have been published from time to time. And as for the distressing of Paris ... I have . . . followed Pedro Corneio a Spanyard, which was then in the citie . . . " Of such things which I doo suspect, I doo note the vncertaintie thereof by the word of report, following therein the famous Historiographer of our time lohn Slcyden." 288 COMENIUS (Job. Amos). Latinaj Lingu;e Janua Reserata . . . Per Joannem A. Comenium. AdjecSo . . Indice Etymologico . . . Per G. I). The Gate Of The Latine Tongue Unlocked. Exhibiting in a natural order the structure of Things, and of the Latine Tongue . . . \Vith an Etymological Index of the words, gathered out of the Janual liexicon, Varro, Scaliger, Isidore, Martinius . . . ^\Jpha- betically disposed by W. D. London, Printed by William Du-Gard ; and are to be sold by John Clark . . . A. Dom. 1656. Sm. 8vo., with engraved j)nrtrait of Comenius by T. ('ross, and three ivoodcuts ; calf 1656 2 10 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 71 COMENIUS (Job. Amos), continued :— £ •'• ''■ This work was translated into nearly all the European languages. The Orbis noi.-KaUum p'tctux, Niirnberg, 1658, was a completion. Comenius, or Komenski, as he is sometimes called, was one of the Moravian Friars, and enjoyeil so great a reputation, that he was invited to England, Holland and Sweden to reform the methods of education. 289 Job. Amos Cunuueiiii Orbis Sensualium Pictus . . . Job. Amos Commenius's Visible AVorld. Or, A Pidure and Nomenclature of all the cbief Things that are in the World ; and of Mens Employments therein. A Work newly written by the Author in Latine, and High- Dutch . . . tt translated into English, By Charles Hoole . . . London. Printed for J. Kirton . . . 1664. Sm. 8vo., with 155 engravirigs and a portrait oj" the Author engraved by Cross ; a few catchrvords slightly cut into ; a fine copy in dark blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1664 6 16 6 Very rake. The translator, a cleric and famous educationalist, has arranged this Latin school-hook into 150 lessons, each being composed of an engraving and tsvo columns of words and phrases, one in English, the other with the Latin equivalents. 290 COMPLAINTS. The Lamentable Complaints Of Nick Froth the Tapster, and Rulerost the Cooke. Concerning the restraint lately set forth, against drinking, potting, and piping on the Sabbath day, and against selling meate. Printed in the yeare, 1641. Sm. ^to., four leaves, with a curious ivoodcut below the title ; a fine copy in calf, tvith the bookplate of Sir Francis Freeling 1641 8 8 Rare. It is written in the form of a dialogue. 291 CONESTAGIO (Jerome). The Historie Of The Vniting Of The Kingdom Of Portugall To The Crowne of Castill : Containing the last warres of the Portugals against the Moores of Africke . . . The description of Portugall . . . the East Indies, the Isles of Terceres, and other dependences . . . imprinted at London bv Arn. Hatfield for Edward Blount. 1600. Sm. folio, one or two marginal iiotes slightly cut into, and tlte plain loiver corner of the last leaf neatly me^ided ; othei'ivise a fine sound copy in calf gilt ' " 1600 4 4 This rare Elizabethan volume is of great interest to students of Shakespeare. It was dedicateil by the publisher to Shakespeare's patron, Henry Earl of Southampton. On the fly-leaf are written the words : ' Charles Rex 1641.' 292 CONGREVE (William). The Birth Of The Muse. A Poem ... By Mr. Congreve . . . LcMidoii, Printed for Jacob Tonson . . . 1698. Sm. folio, 6 leaves ; unbd. 1698 4 4 First edition ; very rare. It is dedicated to Charles Montague, afterwards Earl of Halifax, by whom Congreve had been appointed in 1()95 ' commissioner for licensing hackney coaches', a small office which he held till 13 Oct. 1707. The Hoe copy fetched |35. 293 The Mourning Bride, A Tragedy . . . Written by Mr. Congreve . . . London, Printed for Jacob Tonson . . . 1697. Sm. 4to., a fine and large copy in vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1697 7 7 First edition. Dr. Johnson asserled that the description of the temple in Act II was, in his opinion, the most poetical passage in the whole range of English poetry, indeed that he recollected nothing better in Sliakespeare. The tragedy opens with the oft-quoted lines : " Muaick has Channs to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak." 294 Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall. Constituticms And Canons Ecclesiasticall, Treated vpon by the Bishop of London, President of the Conuocation for the Prouince of Canterbury . . . And agreed vpon with the Kings Maiesties licence in their Synod begun at 72 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall, conduued : — *- •'■• <<• London . . . 1603 . . . And now Published or the due obserua- tion of them . . . Loudon, Printed by lohii Norton, for Joyce Norto)i, and Richard Whitaker . . . 1633. ^m. ito., a soinid copy : nnhd. 1633 1 1 295 COOKE (Alexander). Pope loane. A Dialogue Belweene A Protestant And A Papist. Manifestly prouing, that a woman called loane was Pope of Rome . . . Bv Alexander Cooke. Lon(h>n, Printed for Ed. Blunt and W. Barret. 1610. Sm. 4to., a i'eif pagination innnhers shaved., but a ^oviid copy in old half calf ' ' 1610 5 5 FiKST EDITION', it Wiis reprinted in 1G25 aud an edition in French appeared in 1663. The printer was Richard Field, wliose device appears on the title. 295* COOPER (Thomas). The Mystery of Witch-Craft. Discovering, The Truth, Nature, Occasions, Growth and Power thereof. Together With the Detedi(jn and Punishment of the same. As Also, The seuerall Stratagems of 8athan, ensnaring the poore Soule by this desperate practize of annoying the bodie : with the seuerall Vses thereof to the Church of Christ ... By Thomas Cooper. London, Printed by Nicholas Okes. 1617. Sill. 8v(j., a fiite copy with the rare, leaf Bg, ruled on tlte recto, hut otherwise blank, in, the original limj) vellum 1617 12 12 First edition of this rare book. Cooper dedicates his hook to the Mayor ami specia by the power of Sathan, and . . . through the confederacie of some Witches thereabout. It pleazed the Lord to minister some experience vnto mee . . ." 296 [COSTES (Gauthier de)]. Sienr de Calprene.de. Hymen's Prajludia : Or. Love's Master-Piece, Being the First [The Second, The Third, The Fourth, The Fifth, The Sixth] Part of that so much admired Romance, Entituled Cleopatra. Written Originally in the French, and now rendred into English By R. Loveday . . . London, Printed by R. D. for Rich. Lownds . . . 1663. 6 parts in 2 vols., sm. 8vo., some headlines cut iuto, and two siuall holes in Bg of the Second Part, but fine clean copies in old calf, neatly repaired 1663, 63, 63, 56, 56, 58 8 8 In all there were twelve parts of this voluminous romance. Parts 4-S in the above set are first editions. Mr. Esdaile was unable to give any particulais of the separate publication of the sixth part. Some parts were not issued separately in octavo, and the occurence of a set as complete as this is extremely rare. 297 COSTLY WHORE. The Costlie Whore. A Comicall Historie Aded by the companie of the Revels. London Printed by Augustine Mathewes, for William Sheares . . . 1633. Sm 4to., slightly cut-into in a few places, but a good copy irilh thr blank first leaf ; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1633 40 Rare. Tlie author of this fine play is apparently unknown. The Hoe copy Hold for feI8o. 298 COTGRAVE (Randle). A Dictionarie Of The French And English 'I'ongues. Compiled by Randle Cotgrauc. Ijimdon Printed by Adam Islip. Anno 1611. Sm. folio, u)lth tlte signature of llauiou Le Strauge (d. 1650) ou title, awl stamp of Robert Batty, M.D., on verso ; old calf gilt, re- hacked, u-illi the bookplate of T'homas Maitlaud, Dinulre una u 1611 lU 10 Fjkst edition of this valuable treasury of the French and English languages in the time of Shakespeare, indispensable to students of literature and philology. 299 A French-English Dictionai-y, Compil'd by Mi' Handle Cotgrave : With Another in English and French. Whei'eunto are newly added the xinimatlversions and Supplements, itc, of James Howell . . . London, Print(>d bv W. H. for Abel Roper . . . 1650. FoMo, old calf relacked 1650 2 10 The English-French portion which lias a separate title and sniios of signatui'es, wa> compiled by Hobort Sherwood. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITER ATURE : U83-1700. .300 COURT BARON. Tlie iiianer ut' koping a courte Baron it a Lete witl\ diuers fournies of cntreis, playntes, processes, pi-esciitnieutes A- other matters fleterminable tliere [cum Nouis addicionibus]. Newly Tmpryiited and coi'rected . . . 1552. {GoL :) . . . Impress. Londini . . . per me VVilhelmum Powell . . . Sm. 8vo., hlack leJtey, title inthhi a /voodcut border I^J/cKerro/c 106a) mid the colophon betiveefi ttvo pieces of pri')Uers' ornament ; critnsoii morocco, (jilt rdyes, by Riviere. 1552 12 12 Apparently unique. *** ^ee illustration no. 2(>. ;301 COVERDALE (Miles). Certain most godly, fruitful, and comfortable letters of such true .Saintes and holy Martyrs of God, as in the late bloodye persecution here within this Realme, gaue their lyues for the defence of Christes holy gospel : written in the tyrae of theyr affliction and cruell iniprvsoiim(>nt . . . Tmpi'inted at London l)v Tohn Dav . . . 1564 ..." Sm. ito., black tetter, the title trlt/oiti a woodcut border, on the verso II, ivoodciit of six martyrs at the stake ; a small hole in the title affectiwj the bordi'V slif/htly, but a fine copy in rnssia 15G4 10 FiRsi' liuiiinN. The Letters were written by Ciamncr, RiiUey, Hooper, 'J'aylor, Saunders, Philpot, Bradford, Careles. etc. 302 COWLEY (Abraham). The Woiks Of Mr. Abraham Cowley . . . The Eighth Edition . London, Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be Si (Id by R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Rennet. MDCXClil. (With portrait, inlaid, by W. Faithorne) — The Second Part Of The Works Of Mr. Abraham Cowlev . . . The Fifth Edition . . . London : Printed by Mary Clark,for Charles Harper . . . MDCLXXXIV. ( With frov.tispiere of Cowley s tomb by R. White, and portrait on title) — The Third Part Of The Works Of Mr. Abraham Cowley . . . London : Printed for Charles Harper . . . 1689 — Cutter Of Coleman-street. A Comedy . . . Written by Abraham Cowlev. London, Printed for Henry Herringman . . . MDCXCIII. 4 parts in 1 \(il., sm. folio, contemporary dark blue morocco, jianrl sides irith corner flea rons, gilt back, gilt edgfs 1684-93 8 8 303 The Works of Mr. Abraliam Cowley . . . London, Printed bv •l.M. for H. Herringman . . . 1688— The Second Part Of The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley . . . Tlie Sixth Edition. London: Printed hx Mary Clark, for Charles Harper . . . MDCLXXXTX. ( With engraved froritisjneceby R. While of Coirley's tomb, and a jmrtrait of him as a yoang man, on title). 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. folio, contemforary Eaglislb red morocco, panel sides n-ith corner Jleurons, fidl gilt back, gilt rdgt's 1G88-9 12 12 304 The Works Of Mi'. Abi'aham Cowley . . . London, Printed by .1. M. for H. Herringman, and sold by Jos. Knight and Fra. Saunders . . . 1688. Sm. folio, a-ith jiortrait btj W. Faithorne, dated 1687 .■ contemporary calf gilt. ' 1688 2 2 305 Verses, Written Upon Several Occasions, By Al))aham Cowley. London. Printed for Henry Herringman . . . 1663. Sm. 8vo., the fore-margins of two leaves shaved afrctiiig the tt\it slightly, the library stamp of the Frechtheum Clihb on thr si'cond leaf; otherwise a good copy ; old green, morocco 1663 15 1-) FiJiST kdition; very hark. On the .second leaf is a piil)li.--her"s note to the effect that a spimous and very incorrect edition had appeared in IJublin and the Author "hath thought tit for his justilication in some part to allow me to repriiit them here." No copy of tliis Dublin edition appears to he known. .306 CRANMER (Thomas). A Defence Of The True And Catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ, with a confutation of sunth-y errois concernyng thesame . . . Made by 74 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. CRANMER (Thomas), continued:— £ s. d. . . . Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury . . . {Colophon :) Im- printed at London . . . by Reynold Wolfe . . . Anno Domini . M.D.L. Sm. 4to., black letter, title within an ornamental ivoodcut border (a very little 7'ubhed), the inner blank margins of the last two leaves restored, but a good copy in vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1550 12 12 First edition ; very rare. There wei'e three editions in this year ; all have titles printed from exactly the same setting of type. The bodies of the editions however vary, the type having been re-set (except in the case of two sheets in the second edition) throughout. In this edition the device on the last leaf has not NVM. XXI. printed either side of the staff. Leaf S3 was cancelled in all copies ; it was replaced by a half-sheet of two leaves marked S. iii. and S iii . 307 A Defence Of The True And Catholike doctrine of the sacrament . . . Made by . . . Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury . . . {Colophon :) Imprynted at London ... by Reynold Wolfe . . . Anno Domini . M.D.L. Sm. 4to., black letter, title within an ornamental ivoodcut border and tvith Wolfe's device on the recto of last leaf; a fine copy in morocco gilt, gilt edges, by Bedford 1550 9 Third edition. This edition has NVM. XXI. printed either side of the staff in the device and has " Imprynted " in the colophon. The second may be recognised by the omission of the stop after NVM and the spelling " Imprinted " in the colophon. 308 CROCE (Giovanni). Musica Sacra : To Sixe Voyees. Composed in the Italian tongue By Giouanni Croce. Newly Englished. In London Printed by Thomas Este, the assigne of William Barley. 1608 6 parts complete, sm. 4to., cantus, tenok, altus, bassus, quintus, SEXTUS, A VERY FIXE COPY in Unijj vellioni, top edge gilt, other edges UNCUT " 1608 75 *** See illustration no. 36. 309 C[ROMPTON] (R[ichard]). La Copie D' Vne Lettre Inscrite a Tresillustre Seigneur Monseigneur le Comte de Lecestre . . . Auec vn recit de certaines requestes & declarations faictes par deux diuerses fois a la Maieste de la Royne, de la part de tous les Seigneurs & de la communaute dernierement assemblez aux Estats. Ensemble, les responces sus cela donees par sa Maieste mesme . . . Imprime a Londres par C.B. L'an. 1587. Sm. 4to., roman and italic letter ; the first tivo tvords of the title cut into, but a fine copy in modern limp vellum, gilt edges 1587 25 Extremely rare, ik not unique. It is a translation of A Copie of a Letter to the . . . F,firle of Leicester . . . C. Barker, 1586. Of the English edition several copies are recorded, but I can trace no mention of this French edition. The volume is concerned with what was felt to be the necessity of speedily carrying out the sentence which had been passed on Mary Queen of Scots. (See Mr. Scott's Biblioyraphji, no. 131, where the English edition is described.) The collation is A-I)'*. The initials R.C. (identified by Mr. Scott as Eichard Crompton) are at the foot of the letter, which finishes on A2 *'. The printer was Christopher Barker. With the annorial book-plate of Charles, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, inserted from a former binding. 310 C[ROUCH?J (H.). England's Jests Refin'd and Improv'd . . . AVith many N(nv Ones, never before Printed. To Which Are Added, XIV. Ingenious Characters Drawn to the Life . . . The Second Edition with Additions . . . By H. C. . . London, Printed for John Harris . . . 1687. . . 12mo., a fiio headlines and the imprint of the engraved frontispiece cut into ; ivith the initials J. D. on the title ; calf 1687 31 10 ' Extremely rare. As usual in collections of this kind many of the jokes are of a decidedly broad and unrestrained nature. The frontispiece contains portraits of Archee, Head, "Will. Suminers, etc. The last five leaves are occupied by a Catalogue of Books printed for John Harris. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 75 £ s. d. 311 CROMWELL (Oliver), Pro/ector. Graf tie Cromwell : Or, Oliver ordering our New State. A Tragi-Comedie . . . Written bv Mercurius Melancholicus . . . Printed in the Yeare, 1648. — The Second part Of Crafty Crumwell, Or Oliver In His Glory A.s King. A Trage Commedie . . . Written by Marcurius Pragmaticus . . . London, Printed in the yeare, 1648. 2 parts in 1 vol., stn. 4to., n .-onrM ivorm-hole in the last 4 leaves of Fart 2 ; neio vellum 1648 15 15 V'ery hake. Although (litfurunt pseudonyms ure eniployeil, one person was the author of both parts, each of which has eight leaves. Written in prose with some rather inferior verse interspersed as choruses. There is ii reference to Shakes- peare in To the. Reade'-s of iii)/ former peece on A2 of the second part : — " Let the whole crowd of Poets, Seneca Sophocles, Shakspeare, Johnson now in clay. Eiu'ipides, with famous Webster, and Sticklin, and Goffe, leave the Elizian Land. And hurrying hither, with their Delphick baies. Blast their black soules, who do despise their laies." . . On ,\.2 of the first part is the contemporary signature Alice Hcarnr and above IVtce 3d. 312 D (J.). The Knave in Graine, New Vampt. A witty Comedy, Acted at the Fortune many dayes together with great Applause. Written by J. D. Gent. London : Printed by J. 0.[kes] and are to be sold by John Nicholson . . . 1640. Sm. 4to., the catchwords on three leaves shaved, but a sound copi/ in red levant morocco, gift edges, by Riviere 1640 24 The only edition of this rare play which has the reputation of being one of the coarsest productions of the time. The author is known only by his initials. 313 D. (T.). A Briefe Report Of The Militarie Seruices done in the Low Countries, by the Erie of Leicester : written by one that serued in good place there in a letter to a friend of his . Imprinted at London, by Arnold Hatfield, for Gregorie Seton. 1587. Sm. 4to., black letter, title within an ornamental border, a feiv head- lines cut-into, but a sound copy in inodern limp vellum,gilt edges 1587 12 12 An interesting contemporary account of the English expedition sent to Holland, to assist the States General against Spain, in 1585. The Earl of Leicester was in command. History does not record that he distinguished himself, but the ^^Titer of the letter, perhaps naturally, is full of praise. It was in this campaign that Sir Philip Sidney lost his life. The letter is addressed to Sir I. A. Knight. It is extremely rare ; I have been able to trace the existence of only one other copy. 314 D. (T.). The Bloodie Banquet. A Tragedie. ... By T. D. London Printed by Thomas Cotes. 1639. Sm. 4to., a few headliu'^^ shaved, but « good and large copy in v'elhtm, gilt edges, by Rivier". 1639 9 9 Second edition, the first having appeared in 1620. It is ascribed to both Thomas Barlcer and Robert Davenport. 315 [DAMIANO da Odemira]. The Pleasaunt and vvittie Playe of the Cheasts renewed . . . translated . . . into French [by C. Gruzar] : And now set furth in Englishe by lames Rovvbothum. Printed At London by Pi,oulande Hall, for lames Rowbothum . . . 1562. Sm. 8vo. (IGmo. size), black letter: the first 8 leaves in facsimile and a few marginal notes cut into ; otherivise a good copy in crimson morocco gilt, gilt edges 1562 10 10 First edition of this famous chess book in English. This edition has several schemes of the board and men, and contains the last leaf with the colophon on the recto and a woodcut device, with the initials I. R. (probable those of the translator), on the verso. 76 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 316 DANIEL (Samuel). The Works of Sauiuel Dauiel Newly augmented . . . London Printed [by Valentiue Sims] for Simon Waterson. 1602. Smallest folio, fhr title within a iroodciit border : a fine copy in old ralf 1602 -42 FiR.sT coLLFXTEJ) EuiTiox of Daniel's works. A few copies have the date 1601. They were presented by the author to his frieuds, anil heyond the difference in the dale are exactly similar to those dated 1602. This copy has the rare slip on the reverse of A:> of ' iMusophilus.' having the substituted lines pasted over the oi'iginal ones. 3 1 7 The Whole V Yorkes Of Samuel Daniel Esquire in Poetrie. London, Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Simon Waterson . . . 1623. Sm. 4to., a verj/ fine and large copy in rnsmn cxlra, qilt n/r/es, bij Bedford ' ' ' . ' ' 1G23 28 318 another copy. Sm. 4:to.,/'oi(r leaves remargined, but a larger (7|- x 5'\''ig ins.), and finer copy, icith the blank last leaf, in the original calf 1623 42 The most complete edition of Daniel's works, published after his death by his brother John Daniel, and dedicated to Prince Charles. The poi'tion containing the ' Civil Wars' comprises, in ever\' copy, the unsold sheets of the 1609 edition. In the second of these two copies the original sheet A of this part has not been cancelled, as is almost always the case. This sheet contains the engraved title The Civile JFares . . . Prihtcd at London by Simon IFatrrsonne . 1609 with a portrait of Daniel in the centre, and two leaves of Dedication to " the Lady Marie, Couutesse Dowager of Pembrooke," followed by a blank leaf. Ordinary copies merely have a general title and one leaf of Dedication to Prince Charles. These two leaves form part of sheet Tt (Leaves a and 6) and are not separated from their complementary leaves in this copy. 319 A Panegyrike Congratulatorie . . . By Samuel Daniel . ^Vlso Certaine Epistles, "With A Defence Of Rvme . . . At London Im- printed [by Ricliard Read '.^ ] for Edward Blount . 1603. Sm. 8vo., irifli thf ficcblanh leaves ; a partially obliterated s/nmj) oh the last 2Mge : red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riinere 1603 25 Second edition. The first edition was issued in small folio size, without date, but probably in 160o, as the ' Defence of Rynie' was written in answer to Cami)ion's ObsenrUtons in the Art of Eiu/lLsh Poesie, published in 1602. In the present edition there are some variations and omissions. 320 DANYEL (John). Songs For The Lute Viol and Voice : Composed by L Daayel, Batchelar in Music. 1606. To 3P'' Anne (xrene. L(jndon Printed by T[homas]. E[ste]. for Thomas Adams, At the signe of the white Lyon, in Paules Church-yard. Folio, t/te two leaves (f sig. G ill facsiniil'' : rellnti/ 1606 50 Extremely rare. John Danyel is supposeil to have been the brother of Samuel Daniel, the poet laureate and historian. 321 DAUNCE (Edward). A Briefe Discourse Of The Spanish State, With a Dialogue annexefl intituled Philobasilis. At London, Imprinted by Uichard Field . . . 1590. Sm. 4to., a fa- Ju^adlines sJcaved, but a sound copy in red levant luorocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1590 15 Very rake. I can trace the existence of only three other copies. On the lille-page is the contemporary signature of " \Vm. Byi'de " the celeljrated niusical composer. Field's ''Anchora ISpei " device occurs on the title-page. The dedication to iWTETtATrin: : i ism itoo. DAVENANT (Sir William), contivved :-— t •■'. d. 32+ The Platoiiick J.overs. A Tragiecomedy . . . The Authour William D'Avenanl . . . London, Printed [by Marmaduke Parsons?] for Richard Meighen . . . 1<)35 Sm. 4to., a sounri l>)if diglifl y soiled fopij in jto/ished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1636 8 S FiKST EDITION, llazlitt luentioDS poiumendatory vwsrs hy T. Caiew. hut uone oxist. 325 and Inigo Jones. Salmacida 8polia. A Mascjue. Piesented by the King and Queenes Majesties . . . On Tuesday the 21 . day of January 1639. London, Printed by T. H. for Thomas U'alklev . . . 1639. Sm. 4to., a fine copij in red hn-ant morfx-eo, (jilt edgex, bi/ Rivilre 1639 15 Rake. On D^* occius the foUowiiii^: "The Invention, Oiiianient, Sceans and Apparitions, with their Descriptions, were made by Inigo lones . . . What was spoken or sung, by William Davenant . . . The Subject was set downe by them both. The Musicke was composed by Lewis Richard . . ." On the reverse are '• The Names of the ]\Iasquers." The printer was Thomas Harper. 326 DA VIES (Sir John). Xosee teii^sum . . . Written l)y Sir lohn Dauis . . . London, Printed by Henry Ballard for lohn Standish. 1608. Sm. 4to., one or tiro plain. inar'/i)/s mended a little : neir calf, qilt ,'dges ' 1608 10 10 327 DAY (John). The Blind-Beggar Of Bednal-Green, With The merry liumor of Tom Strowd the Norfolk Yeoman . . . Written by John Day. London, Printed for R. Pollard, and Tho. Dring, and are to b? sold at the Ben Johnsons Head . . . 1659. Sra. 4to., fivo headlines shaved, but a fine copy a-ith thf blanh first leaf; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1659 60 328 another copy. Sm. 4to., a larger and filter copy in crimson le^xDit morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere ' 1659 70 The first and only early edition, although the play had been produced in 1000. It is extremely rare in good condition. 329 [ ] The He Of Gulls. As it hath been often Acted in the Black Fryers, by the Children of the Revels. London, Printed for William Sheares . . . 1633. Sm. 4 to., the outer bla)ik margin, of the last leaf restored, but a sound copy; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1633 15 .Second edition ; the first had appeared in 1606. This play " furnishes perhaps the most characteristic example of the variet}^ of romantic comedy which would appear to have best suited his literary talent . . . The writing ... is for the most pait admirable, not only in isolated passages of great poetic merit, but also in entire scenes of animated fancy and sprightl> humour." — Sir ^l. W. Ward. The printer was Augustine Matthews 330 DECLARATION. A Declaration Of The Variance betweene the Pope, and the Segniory of A^enice, With the proceedings and present state thereof. Whereunto is annexed a Defence of the Venetians, written by an Italian doctor of Diuinitie, Against the Censure of Paulus Quintus . . . Anno Dom. 1606. Sm. 4to., an extremely fine copy in the original limp veliuoi, u-ith a gilt ornament impressed in the centre of both sides, gilt edges 1606 12 12 Very rake. Although not so stated in the book the printer svas Kol)ert liarker. This maybe proved from the following facts : — [a) Arber lit. 328, where the entry occius " Master BiU'ker Entred for his Copie . . . Considtracons vppon the Censures of Pope Pnulus F"' //«.« holiness npainste the most renoivned Commonicecdthes of Venice ..." [b] The initial S on Aj* occurs in The BooJce of Common Frailer printed by Barker in 1605 and an ornament in Certaine I'raiiets printed bv him in 1603. 78 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. ,■/. 331 DEKKER (Thomas). English Villanies Seven 8everall Times Presi to Death by the Printers ; But (still reviving againe) are now the eighth time ; (as at the first) discovered by Lanthorne and Candle- Light ; And the helpe of a New Cryer, called O - Per - Se - O : . . . At the end is a Canting Dictionary . . . with Canting Songs . . . London, Printed by M. Parsons, and are to be sold by lames Becket . . 1G38. Sm. 4to., black letter, ivith a woodcut of a ^^ Jklman^^ on the reverse of the title, below which is a lO-line verse, five leaves from a shorter copy (one having a hole in the blank portion), but the body of the book ill very good condition ; gree?i morocco extra, gilt edges 1638 30 This is probably the eighth edition of this very popular work, the previous editions having appeared under various titles [Ldnthornc and Candlc-liglit : <) per se or a new cryer of Lanthorne and Candlc-l'ujht ; VillamcK dhcovered h]i Lanthorne . . .) and all differing somewhat from each other. This is the first edition with the title English ViUanies ... It is extremely rare. 332 The Honest Whore. With The Humours of the Patient Man, and the Longing Wife. Written By Thomas Dekker . . . London : Printed by N. Okes, and are to be sold by Richard Collins . . . 1635. The Second Part Of The Honest Whore . . . And lastly, the Comicall Passages of an Italian Bridewell, where the Scpene ends. Written by Thomas Dekker. London, Printed by Elizal^eth All-de, for Nathaniel Butter . . . 1630. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to., the title to the first part torn and mended, with a very feto letters in the imprint filled-in in Jacsimile, otherivise a fine copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1635 31 10 Probably the fifth edition of the first part and the first edition of the second part ; the latter is very rare. These editions of the respective parts are usually found together. Sir A. W. Ward writes : " Dekker has treated with powerful simplicity the most ten-ible of the Sins of a great city, and although I am by no means inclined to assign to The Honest Whore, from a literary point of view, the highest eminence among his dramatic works, the depth of its general conception and the broad effectiveness of its execution have justly caused this to be regarded as one of the most interesting productions of the popular Elisabethan drama." The H. v. Jones copy of the second part only realised |230 in 1918. 333 The Magnificent Entertainment : Giuen to King lames, Queene Anne . . . and Henry Frederick the Prince, vpon the day of his Maiesties Tryumphant Passage (from the Tower) through his Honour- able Citie (and Chamber) of London, being the 15 . of March . 1603. As well by the English as by the Strangers : With the speeches and Songes, deliuered in the seuerall Pageants . . . Tho. Dekker. Im- printed at London by T. C.[reede] for The. Man the yonger. 1604. 57 10 Sm. 4to., a little stained, but a sound copy in old half russia 1604 First edition ; very rake. There were three London and one Edinburgh editions in the same year, of which, from internal evidence, this is obviously the first. It is said that Shakespeare and eight other Actors walked in tho Procession from the Tower to Westminster. 334 The Wonder Of A Kingdome . . . Written by Thomas Dekker. London ; Printed by Robert Raworth, for Nicholas Vavasour . . . 1636. Sm. 4to., a small blank corner of the title mended, but a fine copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1636 31 10 First edition ; very rare. The Jones copy realised ^200 in 1918. 335 and John Webster. North-Ward Hoe ... By Thomas Decker, and lohn Webster. Imprinted at London by G. Eld. 1607. Sm. 4to., the last leaf partially re-margined and a few letters filled in or strengthened in facsimile, but other- wise a very fine copy ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1607 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 79 DEKKER (Thomas) and John Webster, continnnd : — £ .'. d. First edition ; extremely rare. Though containing much that is very offensive to modern taste, this sparkling prose comedy, a companion play to West-icai'd Hoe by the same authors, is one of great merit. In the character of Bellamont, a 'little hoary poet,' who is the most attractive figure in the play, George Chapman is genially satirized. 336 D[ELONEY] (T[homas]). Thomas Of Eeading. Or, The sixe worthy yeomen of the West. Now the fomth time corrected and enlarged Bv T.D. Printed at London for T.P. 1612. Sm. 4to., an insignificant ivorm-hole in the title and neoct leaf, hut a fine, large copy in an old half hindinq 1612 13.') The earliest edition known, of which the Huth copy (now in the British Museum) is the only other recorded. The present is tlic Gordonstoun-Heber copy. On the title is the device of T. Pavier (McKerrow 345) ; the copyright was assigned to him by T. Millington, 19th April 1602. The book was probably printed by William White. *^* See illustration no. 37. 337 DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR. Mercurius Diabolicus, Or HeUs Intelligencer : If things far-fetcht to Ladyes sell. Then this must needs that come from hell. The Authour Democritus Junior. Printed in the yeare 1647. Sm. 4to., Jf. leaves ; a good copy in modern limjj vellum 1647 3 3 An extremely rare anti-parliament tract, somewhat coarse in natui'e. 33S DEMOSTHENES. ^r]jxo(T6ivov<;, o Kara MetStou Aoyos Trepi )^oi'SvXoo. Londini, Apud Thomam Dawson. 1586. Sm. 4to., some blank portions of a few leaves skilfully mended; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, hy Riviere 1586 31 10 Apparently the only other copy known is in the British Museum. T. Dawson received a license on 7 Nov., 1586 to print Demosthenes works " whollie together or any parte of yt seuerallye " ; this one item seems to have been all he printed of Demosthenes, or at any rate all that has come down to us. 339 [DEWES (Gilles)]. An introductorie for to lerne to rede to pronounce, and to speke Frenche trewly, compyled for the right high, exellent, and most vertuous lady, y lady Mary of Engiande, doughter to our most gracious souerayn lorde kyng Plenry the eight. {Col. :) . . . Printed at London by Thomas Godfray . . . 8m. 4to., black- letter of two founts ; the two titles each within the same iroodciit border and, on the rerso of the first a large cut of the Royal arms ; A^ and 4 in facsimile, but otherwise a fine and large copy ; contemporary stamped calf, tvith the small arms of Henry VIII and the Tudor rose in medallions with the arms of S* George and the binder's initials R.O. on small shields above ( Weale, R. 131) and another stamp of the Virgin Mary bearing the dead Christ at the foot of the cross ( IVeale, R. 132) c. 1534 Sold MO BEHNARP QUAmTCTT'S <' \'r.\ I/k^KF. DEWES (Gille.s), continued : — f .v. ,/. First kdition : of which only one other copt (in the Bodleian) IS recorded. The second part has a new title " Here foloweth the seconde booke of this lytell worke in y whiche shalbe treated of comunycations, k other thyngs necessary to the lernyng of the sayd French tongue.'' The border was earlier and later in the possession of T. Berthelet. The preamble or prologue to the second book is addressed to Henry VIII, Queen Anne Boleyn and her daughter Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born on 7 September, 1533 and Anne was beheaded 19 May, 1536. So the date may not unreasonably be l)laced at about 1534. *^* For illustration see my Catalogue of Bitokbindings no. 'MM, plate no. 2. 340 Ad iiitroductorie for to lerne to rede, to pronounce, and to speak(^ Frenche trewly . . . (CoL ;) . . . Printed at London hy lohil waley, Sm. 4to., black letter of two founts; the first title within a harder made iij) with odd pieces of printers' ornaments^ the second title within an architectural border {afterwards used eoctensimly by Kingston and Sntton) ; a very fine copy in the oriyinal calf binding wit It a roll border and the initials iM. D. within a> shield, on both covers, skit f idly repaired [1545?) 120 Third editiox, also of great rarity. Despite the fact that A\'aley's name is given as the printer, it is evident, from a comparison with known books of his that John Herford was the printer. The date is almost certainly 1545. In this editif)n the references to C^ueen Anne and the Princess Elizabeth are omitted. Giles Dewes (Duwes, l)u Wes, De \^adis, or Du Guez) was librarian to both Heni-y VII and Henry VIII and combined with his duties connected with that otiice the teaching of French to their respective children. In 1527 he was appointed teacher of French to the Princess Mary and also (in his own words) " comaunded and encharged to reduce and to put by writinge the maner how I have proceded towarde her said progenitours and predecessors." '' The dialogues in the second part of the book are very interesting as illustrating the character of the Princess Mary herself and her intercourse with her attendants and Instructors. They profess to repi'esent conversations between the Princess and messengers from her father and others . . . together with a letter from John ap Morgan, esq . . . "—D.F.B. On the title are the following inscriptions " Je suis a Crane et a ses amies " (earlier than the following) and " Je suis a niai'ie bridges Le dix""' iour de Janvier 1554." *^* See illustration no. 38. 341 DIODOKUS SICULUS. A liighte noble and pleasant History of the Successors of Alexander surnamed the Great, tak(>n out of Diodorus Siculus : and some of their Hues written by the wise Plutarch. Translated out of Fiencli into Englysh . by Thomas Stocker. Imprinted at London bv Henrie Bynneman . . . for Humfrie Toy . . . 1569. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title icltkiii a border of priiifera' ornaments : tJie blank margins of tJie title mended in places, and 2 h or 3 leaves sligldly soiled, Init a sound copy : brown levmd morocco I extra, gilt edges, by Rivicrr 1569 21 Fir.ST EDITION, VERY KAHE. No copy was ill tbo Huth Librnry. It was translated from tlif l"i>'urh cif (^laude tie ttevs-jfl. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITEKATURE : U8;^-1700. Si . _. ^^ ^^ •M2 DIRECTORY EOR PUBLIC WORSHIP. A Directory F..r Thv Pul)liqut> Worship of (Jor), Throughout- the Three Kingdoms Of l*jiii;lii]id, Scotland, and Treland. Together with an Ordinance of Paj'Uament for tlie taking away of the Book of Common Prayer : And For Estal)Hshing . . of this present Directory . . . London : Printed for Evan Tyler, Alexander Kifield, Ralph Smith, and John Field . . . 1644. Sm. Ito., nn// 1644 4 4 M'A anottier edition. 8m., iio., m/f avdqiia 1644 3 15 'I'hese two editions have the same contents, but differ foiisiderably in the luunnev of their printing. The first fonv leaves of botli are from the same setting of type (with the exception that in the second copy the Contents is printed on the back of the title, whereas in the first the Contents are on the last leaf) but the body of the book, which in the first occupies forty-foui' leaves is crowded into twenty leaves in the second copy. The probabilities are therefore that that catalogued tii-st is the actuiil first edition. 344 DONNE (John). Poems, Bv J.D. With Elegies On The Authors Death . London. Printed by M.F. for lohn Marriott . . . 1633. Sni. iit)., a Jiite, c/ea)i, (•opi/ hb polished calf extra, ffili edges 1633 20 First kditiox. This copy has not the two leaves of " The Printer to the TTnderstander." It has, however, the blank fii'St leaf and Fff, and the first issue of the leaf Xui. The printer was Miles Flesher. 345 . Poems, By J. D. With Elegies On The Authors Death . London. Printed by M.F. for lohn Marriot . . . 1633. luvenilia : Or Certaine Paradoxes, And Pi'oblemes, Written By 1. Donne . London, Printed by E.P. for Henry Seyle . . . 1633. 2 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., large and, tvith (he exception of a slight staining in the foremargins, fine copies -with th<' blank leaves Fff^ of Voeinfi and [A]i o/" Juvenilia ; contemporary morocco slightly repaired at the corners ' ' 1633 52 10 First editions of both works and rare. The copy of the Poems has the two leaves ' The Printer to the Understander', which are often missing, and the first issue of the leaf Nn^ in which there is no headline on the recto. 346 Poems, By J.D. Witli Elegies On The Authors Death, London Printed by M.F. for John Marriot . . . 1635. Sm. 8vo., ivlthafine impression oj' the portrait by Marshall {skilfully re-margined) ; a small blank portion of the title mended and a single imrmhole in the last feio leaves, but a good, sound copy in dark brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1635 12 12 Second edition. There are many additional poems in this edition, all of which are not by Donne. The printer was Miles Flesher. .■')17 luvenilia : Oi- Certaine Paradoxes, And Problemes, Written By I. Donne . London, Printed by E.P. for Henry Seyle . . . 1633. Sm. 4:to., a fin.nargin of some leaves mended, but not injuring the text, and the top blanJi margins of the last feiv leaves strengtlietied, but in general a fine clean copy, icith the blank first leaf, in tlie original limjj vellum 1630 37 10 First edition ; very rare. There are two dedications, the first to the Earl of Dorset and the second (on M^) to the Countess of Dorset. Preceding " Moses his Birth and Miracles " are three sets of complimentary verses, one of which is by John Beaumont. "With the exception of 'Moses,' which had been published in 1 604 under the title Moi/es in a Map of his Miracles, all the poems were printed here for the first time. 352 Poems : By Michell Draiton Esquire. London, Printed [by Valentine Sims'?] for N. Ling. 1605. Sm. 8vo., a fine cojjy in contemporary limp vellum 1605 70 First edition ; of extraordinary rarity. The late Mr. Hoe could never obtain a perfect copy and had to content himself with one which was very imperfect. This dated edition must not be confounded with the undated edition which is sometimes assigned by bibliographers to the same j-ear. 353 Poemes Lyrick and pastorall. Odes, Eglogs, The man in the Moone. By Michaell Drayton Esquier. At London, Printed by R.B. for N.L. and I. Flasket." Sm. 8vo., a feiv weak letters on A-^ — ^^ filled in and a headline cut-into, but a good sound cojjy loith tlie leaf Aj marked A and the blank last leaf; red levant morocco, gilt edges [1605] 63 First edition of this volume, although part of it had appeared 12 ^'ears earlier. The "eclogues," with the exception of one which is new, were issued in 1593 under the title Idcea, the Shepherd's Garland. The " Odes " and the "■ Man in the Moone " are printed here for the first time. This volume is of great rarity and highly interesting fi'om a poetical standpoint, both because of the quality of the verse and \)y reason of the fact that several of the poems were never reprinted by Drayton. The eleventh Ode "To the Virginian voyage " contains the lines : — " thy vo3'ages attend Industrious Hackluit whose Reading shall inflame men to seeke fame ..." which is thought to mean that Hakluyt accompanied the voyagers. There are also many references, in the sixth Eclog, to contemporary poets. Romantic pseudonyms are used, such as Elphin for (Sir Philip Sidney (whose death is lamented), Colin for Spenser, Amyntas for AVatson, etc. The printer was Richard Bradock. The device of Nicholas Ling (McKen-ow 301), one of the booksellers, appears on the title-page. *** See illustration no. 39. 84 BERNARD QT^XRTTCH'S CATALOGUE. t .f. y A Person of Quality. With Additions. London, Printed for H. Brome . . . MDC.LXXI. Sm. 8vo., o)ie or two maryins restored; red morocco, (jilf rdijes., from the Comerford collection 1671 15 361 DRYDEN (John). An Evening's Love, Or The Mock-Astrologer . . . ^N'ritten By John Dryden ... In the Savoy, Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman. . . 1671. Sm. 4to., a large and fine copy in modern vellunt, (jiJt ediji'x 1671 8 8 This play was founded on Corneille's Le Feint Astrolognc and Lc T)cpit Aniouyeux of Moliere. Evelyn quotes it as a sign of the degeneracy and pollution of the stage of tlie period. There is an interesting preface on Shakespeare and other dramatists. There were two editions in the same year, hoth having the same imprint. This is the earlier. 362 A Poem Upon The Death Of His Late Highness, Oliver, Lord Protedor Of England, Scotland, k. Ireland. Written by Mr. Dryden. London, Pi'inted for William Wilson . . . 1659. Sm. 4to., 6 leaves ; blue levant morocco, (jilt edges, bij Riviere 1659 16 16 Among the rarest of Dryden's poems ; it was the tirst published in separate hook form. Its scarcity is perhaps accounted for hy the fact that Dryden, on the occasion of the Eestoration, which took place shortly after, deemed it politic to gain the favour of the powers then in the ascendant and wrote the Antrtra Mediix and a I'dneyifrk: on the King's coronation. As however the sentiments expressed in these two poems were difficult to reconcile with those in the poem on the Protector he doubtless did his utmost to suppress it. 363 [ — ] S'" Martin Mar-all, Or The Feign'd Innocence : A Comedy . . . London, Printed for H. Herringman ... 1 668. Sm. 4to., a large and fine cojjij in modern, vellum, gilt edges 1668 8 8 FiKST EDITION. Thc above is ''an adaptation by Dryden for the English stage of the Duke of Newcastle's translation of Moliere's earliest comedy VEtourdi . . . The merits . of Sir Martin Mar-all ... lie in the humour, novel so far as I know to the English drama, of the chief character, and in the case of the dialogue . . ." Sir A. W. Ward. 364 The Tempest, Or The Enchanted Island. A Comedy . . . London, Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman . . . MDCLXX. Sm. 4to., a large and fine copy in modern vellum,, gilt edges 1670 12 12 First edition. " It was he [Davenant] who appears to have conceived the idea, wliich the audacity of Dryden afterwards carried into execution, of heightening the effect of [Shakespeare's] Thf Tempest by a mechanical process of duplication ... a youth who had never set eyes on a woman held the balance to the maiden who had never beheld a man . . ." — Sir A. W. IFard. 365 DUNTON (John). A True lournall Of The Sally Fleet, With The Proceedings Of The Voyage. Published by lohn Dunton, London Mariner, Master of the Admirall call'd the Leopard. Whereunto is annexed a List of Sally Captives names, and the places where they dwell, and a Description of the three Townes in a Card. London, Printed by lohn Dawson for Thomas Nicholes . . . 1637. 86 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. DUNTON (John), continued:— £ •'• Sm. 4to., ivilhan engraved map ; a fine copy in blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1637 10 A VERY HARE and interesting account of an expedition sent out to obtain the release of the Christian prisoners in the hands of the Sallee pirates. In all 339 prisoners were rescued. Dunton was at one time an unwilling member of the crew of one of the pirate ships, and the ship being captiu-ed, he was tried for piracy. Apparently he convinced his judges that he was not voluntarily a member of these notorious piratical bands and was released and given command of one of the ships sent against Sallee. 366 DURFEY (Thomas). An Elegy Vpon King Charles II. And Two Panegyricks Vpon . . . King James And Queen Mary. Written by Mr. Dmfey. London : Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh . . . MDOLXXXV. 8m. folio, ttnbound 1685 10 367 [ ] The Fool Turn'd Critick : A Comedy ... By T. D. Gent. London, Printed for James Magnes and Richard Bentley, at the Post-Office in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden, 1678. Sm. 4to., a few blank margins mended; othenvise a fine copy ; half blue calf, the edges extirely uncut. 1678 10 10 First edition, and particularly rare in this state. 368 Sir Barnaby Whigg ; Or, No Wit like a Womans. A Comedy . As It Is Aded ... At The Theatre-Royal. Written by Thomas Durfey, Gent . . . London, Printed by A. G. and J. P. for Joseph Hindmarsh ... 1681 . .Sm. 4to., tvith the last leaf (^ Epilogue ^) ; green morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1681 7 7 First edition. ' The principle plot of this play is founded on a novel of Bremond, called the Double Cuckold ; and part of the humour of Capt. Porpuss is borrowed from Marmion's Fine Companion." - -W. C. Hazlitt. 369 DUVAL (Claude). The Memoires Of Monsieur Du Vail : Containing The History Of His Life and Death Whereunto are Annexed His last Speech and Epitaph . . . London, Printed for Henry Brome . . . 1670. Sm. 4to., half bound 1670 2 2 These memoirs of the celebrated highwayman were written by a Dr. Walter Pope. 370 EAST INDIES. An Answere to the Hollanders Declaration, concerning the Occurrents of the East-India. The first Part. Written by certaine Marriners, lately returned from thence into England. Printed 1622. Sm. 4to., a large copy in modern limp vellum, gilt edges 1622 6 6 In all probability the only part published. The printer was probably Nicholas Okes. His device (McKerrow 215)3) is on the title-page. 370* A Remonstrance Of The Directors Of The Netherlands East India Company, presented to the Lords States GeneraU of the vnited Provinces, in defence of the said Companie, touching the bloudy proceedings against the English Merchants, executed at Amboyna. Together With the Acts of the Processe, against the sayd English, And The Reply of the English East India Company, to the said Remonstrance and Defence . . . Printed at London by lohn Dawson, for the East India Company, 1632. Sm. 4to., icith a cnrious fill-page ivoodcnt, preceding the title-page, 4. Sm. 4to.. Ill del,- leller, a fine copy in red morocco <)(lleiaii Library. At the end of ' To the Header ' is ' Fi-oni Lyptzicli ill Saxony, 5, Calends of May 15D0', but the publication of tlie book seems to have been delayed, as it was not licensed until Ifitli Nov(>inber 1593 {xee Arber IT 640). *^* See illustration no. 41. :382 [FELICIUS DURANTTNUS (Constantius)]. The Conspiracie Of Lucius Catiline Translated Into englishe by Thomas Paynell, worthy, prf)fitable, and pleasaunt to be red. {Col.:) Loiidiiii . in Officina Thomae Bertheleti . . . M.D.XLl. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title icilhiii an architectural border and Ilerthelet^s ' Lucrece ' device on, the verso of the last lca,f; a fine copy in Cambridge calf extra, gilt edges 1541 45 First EDITION ; of guf.at kauity. It was lepiiuted in 1.5o7. 'I'hia first edition is frequently catalogued as a trauslation of Sallust, but incorrectly ; the author is mentioned on the title of the second edition. This edition is dedicated to Henry VIII. Constanzo Felice was born at Castel Durante about 1500 and tirsf published his Dr roHJurationc Calalime liber tiiius ... at Home in 1518. *.^* See illustration no. 40. 383 [FENNER (Dudley)]. A Defence Of the o-odlie Ministers, against tlie slaunders of D. Bridges, contayned in his ansvvere to the Preface before the Discourse of Ecclesiasticall gouernement, with a Declaration of the Bishops proceeding against them . . . 1587. Sm. 4to., a fine cojiy, n-i/h the leaf oj' errata, in sprinkled calf, (flit back ' ' [Middel burgh, E. Srhilders], lt>S7 9 9 This scarce puritan work is ascribed to Fenner in A Parte of a Register contayninge sundry Memorable Matters [Edinburgh 1593 ?] where it is reprinted. He escaped from England iu 1584, after having suffered imprisonment for his religious beliefs, and took charge of the reformed church at Middelburgh, at which place he died in 1587. Bridges' work, to which this is an answer, appeared in the same year. o84 FENTON (Sir Geotfrey). Certaine Tragicall Discourses writtten {sic) uute of Frenclie and Latin, hy Gefifraie Fen ton, no lesse profitable tlien pleasaunt, and of like necessity e to al degrees that take pleasure in antiquityes or forreiue reapportes . . . Imprinted at London in Fletestrete ... by Thomas Marslie . Anno Domini 1567. Sm. 4to., blad: letter', title ivithin a woodcut border [Mi-Kerroiv 154); a very fine copy in the original calf binding, back neatly repaired, with a centre ornament impressed in blind on each cover and with initials I X one on either side of each ornament 1567 105 First edition. A work extremely rare and of great literai-y importance, styled by Warton " perhaps the most capital miscellany of this kind." It is the earliest book of Fenton and consists of trans- lations from the French version by Boaistuau and Belief orest of certain Novels of Bandello. In his dedication Fenton thus (piaintly says: " [I] have bestowed some of my voyed bowers w^liilest I was in the other sides the Sea [i.e. France], in forcynge certeyne Tragicall Discourses oute of theyr Frenclie tearmes, into our Englishe phrase, pi-esumyng to cununende unto your Ladishypp [the Lady Mary Sidney] the frutes and eflecte of my travayle ..." At the commencement are four sets of commendatory verses l)y Sir John Conway, M.H., George Turberville and Peter Beverley. Herbert's copy with his signature and date ou a llyleaf. On the reverse of the title-page is a late 18th century signature. 90 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d. FENTON (Sir Geoffrey), continued : — 385 Golden Epistle.s, Contayning varietie of discourse both Morall, Philosophicall, and Diuine : gathered as well out of the remaynder of Gueuaraes workes, as other Authors, Latine, French, and Italian. By Geffi-ay Fenton . . . Imprinted at London by Henry Middelton, for Rafe Newbery . . . 1575. Sm. 4to., black letter, title within a woodcut border [McKerrow 111, with the irdtials voided) ; an extremely fine copy in the original limy vellum, rvith green silk ties 1575 30 First edition. Extremely rare ; not in either the Huth or Hoe Collections. A supplement in a more or less degree to Hellowes' The Familiar Epistles of . . . Guevara, published in the previous year. 386 Golden Epistles, Contayning varietie of discourse, both Morall, Philosophicall, and Diuine : gathered, as wel out of the remaynder of Gueuaraes woorkes, as other Authours, Latine, French and Italian. By Geffrey Fenton. Newly corrected and amended . . . Imprinted at London by Ralph Newberie ... 15 . Octobris. 1582. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title within a tvoodcut border ; the title re- margined at the top, tvith a little of the border in facsimile, but a very fine copy w%th the blank last leaf ; in the original limp velhim 1582 10 10 Third edition. 387 FERRABOSCO (Alfonso). Ayres : By Alfonso Ferrabosco . . . London : Printed by T. Snodham, for lohn Browne . . . 1609. Folio, title within a woodcut border, witli lute notation ; the last three leaves in facsimile ; vellum, excessively rare 1609 84 This extremely scarce work is dedicated to Prince Henry, and is prefaced by commendatory verses by Ben Jonson, Dr. Campion, and M. Tomkins. 388 FIELD (Nathaniel). Amends For Ladies. With the merry prankes of Moll Cut-Purse : Or, the humour of roaring : A Comedy . . . By Nath. Field. London, Printed by lo. Okes, for Math. Walbancke . . . 1639. Sm. 4to., tJie blank to]) margin of the title skilftdly restored, a ferv headlines a)id catchtvords cut-iido ; otherivise sound ; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1639 9 9 Second edition ; the first had appeared in 1618. 389 A Woman is a Weather-cocke. A New Comedy . . . Written by Nat: Field . . . Printed at London, for lohn Budge . . . 1612. Sm. 4to., a few letters on the title page filled in and the head lines on the last two leaves cut into and some others just shaved, the title page and the verso of the last leaf someivhat soiled ; otherwise a sound copy ; c7'imson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1612 25 First edition. Prefixed is a commendatory verse of 10 lines by George Chapman. The book was apparently printed by W. Jaggard. 390 FILMEK (Edward). French Court— Aires, With their Ditties Enghshed, Of foure and fine Parts. Together With That Of The Lute . . . Collected, Translated PubUshed By Ed : Fihner, Gent : Dedicated to the Queene . . . London, Printed by WilHam Stansby, 1629. . . Folio, with lute notation; a very fine copy in contemporary limp vellum 1629 120 Excessively rare. Tlie preface contains a commendatory Verse by Ben Jonson. The compositions are chiefly those of Pierre Guedron, with two by A. Boesset. Some of the lute accompaniments are by Gabriel Bataille ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 91 £ s. d. 391 FISHER (Jolin), Bishoj) of Rochester. This treatise couccruyuge the fruytfull saynges of Dauyde the kynge & prophete in tlie seuen penytecyal psalmes Deuyded i seuen sermons was made and compyled by . . . lohan fyssher . . . bysshop of Rocliester at the exortacion and sterynge of the mooste excellente pryncesse Margarete countesse of Rychemout . . . (Col. :) ... Enprynted at London ... by Richarde Pynson ... In the yere . . . M.CCCCC.x. the vii. daye of the moneth of August. Sm. 4to., black letter, with tvoodcuts on the title of the arms of Henry VII. and the Tudor rose and portcidlis, a small ivoodcut i^from a Horce) on A,*.; Aj j^ j,„rf 5.6 in facsimile, small blank portions of several leaves mended and slightly stained throughout, bnt a sound copy ; broimi, levant morocco, blind tooled, hy Leighton 1510 42 Fourth edition ; of which only two other copies are known, one in the Bodleian (imperfect), and another in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. On Ao is a contemporary inscription " Johes Jones me tenet ex dono GuUielmi Jones." 392 [FITZHERBERT (Sir A.)]. Diuersite de Courtz et h)ur iurisdictions et alia necessaria et vtilia. (Col. :) Londini in edibus Richardi Pynsonis Regii impressoris. Anno a Christi natu . 1526 . vigesimo idus lunii . . . 16mo., black letter, with a tvoodcut of the Tudor arms on, the title ; a fine copy tvith the blank last leaf ; ccdf 1526 35 Second edition ; extremi;ly rare. I know of the existence of the British Museum copy, this and possibly one other, only. *^* See illustration no. 42. 393 FLATMAN (Thomas). On The Death Of . . . Charles II ... A Pindarique Ode. By Thomas Flatman . . . L(nidon : Printed for Benj. Tooke . . . 1685. Sm. folio, 4/:, unbound 1685 1 394 On The Death Of . . . George, Duke of Albemarle . . A Pindariqu' Ode. By Thomas Flatman . . . London, Printed for Henry Brome . . . 1670. Sm. folio, 6 ff., tvith an emblematic border of skulls and crossbones ; imbonnd 1670 10 395 FLETCHER (Giles). Of The Russe Common Wealth. Or Maner Of Gouernement by the Russe Emperour . . . with the maimers, and fashions of the people of that Countrey ... At London Printed by T[homas]. D[awson]. for Thomas Charde. 1591. Sm. 8vo., the title withiri a woodcut border ; ivith nunurous orna- mental ivoodcut initials ; a very fine copy in crimson levant morocco ext7'a, gilt edges, by Riviere 1591 35 First edition ; very rare. It has the dedication to Queen Elizabeth, which was not given in subsequent editions. From it we learn that Fletcher, who had been sent on a special embassy to Kussia in 1588, prepared his notes during his sojourn there, and \\hiled away his time on the return journey by writing the above work. He had had to endure many indignities from the Russian authorities, and although he had obtained several concessions for the English merchants, he expressed his bad opinion of Kussia so strongly that the Eastland merchants were alarmed. They petitioned Lord Burghley, and the book was accordingly suppressed. It was so much esteemed, however, that, with the omission of several offensive passages, it was reprinted in Furchas, Ms rUgrlmes, and also in Hakluyt's Voyarrujx. " ' Monsieur 'I'liomas,' the travelleil scapegrace, whose manners liave not been mended by his wanderings, and svho alternately disgusts his pretty Mary by his wildness, and vexes the soul of his jovial father by his assumption of ]iropriety, till he is all but rejectout the gaiety of the figure is undeniable ; and the spirit of the play must be met half-way, as in the case of 'I'he lIuinorDus Lieutenant. Monsieur 'Thomas is certainly more inleresting than that pojiular play as a picture of manners, and indeed in this respect is excelled by few other Elisalx than comedies. Launcelot's description of a frolic in the streets may be instanced as an illustration, doubtless near lo the truth, of a perennial exuberance of youthful folly.' — Sir A. 71'. JFtrrd. Tho Hoc copy, having the title re-margined at top, fetched $80. KNGILISIJ JII8T0RV AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. '.Ki _ _ _„-__^^ ^ K»l FLETCHER (Phiudius). 'IM.c Purple IsJaiul . . . 'ro-ellier W'itli Piscatorie Eclogs And Other Poeticall Miscellanies. By P. F. Printed by the Printers to the Uuiversitie of Cambridge. 163o. Sm. 4to, tlif' title, tvhich is jtvinted in red and black, soUed a little and haviiKj '■James Ellin Book 1745' u-riffen on it, biU a very fi no and very lanic c'/v/ ^'" roDteniporav}/ sheep, ichirh in mended a little f'amhrid;/e, 1633 20 402 — another cupy. Sm. 4to., the 2>lain. loicer niarrjin of the title skilfidly rextorcd, and a Jen' of the outer margi'nal lines cut into, othenrisp a r/ood aud son/nd copy ; blue levant morocco, giJt edges, by Rivien' ibid, 1633 12 12 FiKST EDITION, cojitaiiiiiio' riiiiiehas Fletcher's most important works. ' " The Purple Island "... is an elaborate allegorical description oi the human body and of the vices and virtues to which man is subject . . . Fletcher imitates the " Faery Queene." Quarlos calls liim [in the heading to his eulogistic verses at the end of tliis volume] " the 8pencer of this age," and Fletcher eulogizes his master in canto vi, stanzas 51-2, But Fletcher's allegory is overloaded with detail, and as a whole is clumsy and intricate. His diction is, however, singularly rich, and his versi- fication melodious. Incidental descriptions of rural scenes with which he was well acquainted are charmingly simple, and there is a majesty in his jiersonifioations of some vices and virtues which suggest ]\rilton, who knew Fletcher's works well." "Sir Siiliirij Li'O. 403 [ ]. Sicelides A Piscatory, As it hath beene Aded in Kings Colledge, in Cam])ridge. London, Printed by I[ohn]. N[(»rton]. for William .Sheares . .' . 1631. 8m. 4to., a J'etv slight marghud mendings : hut (t good copy in bliir. levant morocco, gilt edges, by Bivierc 16.") 1 16 16 404 — — — another copy. Sm. 4to., five headlines cut itdo, but a laryer and fin^r copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Sivierp 1631 26 D First edition. This pastoral plaj% partly in rhymed and partly in blank ver.--e, was intended to have been plaj^ed before James I on his visit to Cambridge, but the king loft the University Mithout seeing it, and, as the title says, it was afterwards produced at King's College. Fletcher wrote it while fellow of King's. It was not published until 1631, and then anonymouslir. The scene is laid in Sicilv. The Foimtaine copy fetched £36 lO.v. in 1902. 40.") FLORES (Juan de) . . . The Historie Of Aurelio And Of Isabel), doughter of the kinge of Schotlande, nyeulev translatede In foiire langagies, Frenche, Ttalien, 8panishe, and Inglishe . . . {Colophon :) Fue Inipressa en . . . Anuers, en easa de Juan Steelsio, Afio de M.D.LVI. tSm. 8vo., with fin-e woodcut jjor trait of Margcoret Volschaten, to tchom the book is dedicated by the translator, on verso of title : olive levant morocco extra, gilt edgps, by Bedford, Autiverp, 1556 10 10 (• 406 the same. Sm. 8vo., (I larger cop>y : red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford ' ' ' ' 1556 12 12 The latter copy has the nauit: (if Juan I>atio in the colojilion instead of that of Ssteelsio, otherwise it is identical. Very hare. It contains the tirst English translation of this popular romance, which was formerly stated (erroneously) to be the story on Avhicii Shakespeare's Tempest was founded. It was reprinted at Brussels in 1608. The Lefferts cojjy realized $150. 107 FLORIO (John) and G. Torri.\no. Vocabolario Italiano il- Inglese, A Dictionary Italian & English. Formerly Compiled by John Florio, and since liis last Edition, Anno 1611. augmented by himself . . . with many thousand Words, and Thuscan Phrases. Now Most diligently Revised . . . with La Crusca . . . Whereunto Is Added A Dictionary English k Italian ... By Cio : Torriano . . . London, Printed by T. Warren for Jo. Martin, Ja. Allestry, and Tho. Dicas . . . :\IDCL1X. Folio, //y in old cat/', reharked 1659 1 15 94 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d. 408 FLORUS (Lucius Julius). The Roman Histories of Lucius lulius Florus from the foundation of Rome, till Cajsar Augustus, for above DCC. yeares, & from thence to Traian near CC. yeares, divided by Flor9 into IV ages. Translated into English. London by William Stansby for Tho : Dewe. 12mo., with an engraved architechiral title-page by Simon Pass ; a very fine copy in the original limp vellum [1618] 12 12 First edition of the first English translation. It is very hare ; there was no copy in either the Hiith or Hoe collections. The translator's initials E. M. B[olton] are at the foot of p. 503 ; the dedication is signed Philanactophil. 409 FLOWER OF THE COMMANJJMEI^TS. Ihesus . The floure of the commaunclementes of god with many examples and auctorytees extracte and drawe as well of holy scryptm^es as other doctours and good auncyente faders, the whiche is moche vtyle and prof y table vnto all people. {Col.:) . . . lately translated out of Fresshe in to Englysshe Enprynted at London ... by Wynkyn de Worde. The . xiij . yere of y reygiie of oure moost naturell souerayne lorde kynge Henry. ^ eyght of y name. Fynysshed . . . M.CCCCC. xxi the . viij . daye of October. Sm. folio, black letter, printed in double columns; the title containing three woodcuts, on the reverse a large cut of the Crucifixio7i, a few other small woodcuts in the text, Wynkyn de Worde' s device [McKerrow 46 a) at the foot of the second column 07i Xxg, and ivith a cut of Andre iv Chertsey's arjns, surrounded by pieces of printer's orna- ment, on Xxg ; except for a. slight worming at the end, a fine copy in old English red morocco u'ith portions of the original blind stamped calf sides inlaid 1521 175 First edition ; very rare. It was translated by Andrew Chertsey ; the author of the French original seems to be unknown. *:f^* See illustration no. 44. 410 FORBES (J.). Cantus, Songs and Fancies, to severall Musicall Parts. Both apt for Voices and Viols. With a brief Introduction to Musick, As is taught into the Musick School of Aberdeen. The Third edition, Exadtly Correded and Ejilarged. Together Also, With severall of the choisest Italian-Songs, and New English-Ayres . . . Most pleasant and delightfull for all Humours. Aberdeen, Printed by lohn Forbes . . . 1682. Oblong sm. 4to., the woodcnt title in facsimile, a feio leaves slightly loormed and some lower margins shaved ; hroicn morocco, gilt edges Aberdeen, 1682 20 This is the best edition. 411 FORD (John). The Ladies Triall. Acted By both their Majesties Servants at the private house in Drury Lane. Fide Honor London, Printed by E. G. for Henry Shephard . . . 1639. Sm. 4to., loiver margin of A ^ skilfully mended, a few type ornaments being restored in facsimile, other? vise a sound copy ; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1639 31 10 412 another copy. Sm. 4to., a fine and large copy (188x138 ?wm.) in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1639 40 First edition. The prologue, which is signed ' Mr. Bird ' is in the very imusnal form of seven rhyming triplets. The hook was printed by Edward Griffin, Junior. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 95 FORD (John), continued : — ~ €~T d. 413 Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie . . . Aded by the Queenes Majesties Seruants at the Phoenix in Drury-lane. London : Printed by I. B. for Hugh Beeston . . . 1633. Sm. 4to., the inner margins of the title, dedication and last leaf me')ided, otherioise a sound coj)y ; half hound 1633 15 First edition of this^powerful tragedy, in which illicit passion is the dominant theme. Commendatory verses by James Shirley are prefixed. The printer was prohably John Beale. 414 FORDE (Emanuel). Tlie Famous History Of Montelion Knight of the Oracle. Son to the true Mirrour of Princes, The Most Renowned Persicles, King of Assyria . . . London, Printed by J. R. and W. W. for W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger . . . 1687. Sm. 4to., hlack letter, two or three holes Jilled-in in the frontispiece and title affecting a feio letters of text tvhich are supplied in facsimile, a feiv blank corners restored, calf extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1687 5 5 415 another copy. Sm. 4to., a sound copy in old calf 1687 8 8 Rare. The earliest edition known is that of 1633 ; it was frequently reprinted. 416 The Most Famous, Delectable, And pleasant History of Parismus, the Renowmed Prince of Bohemia. The first Part [The second part.] . . . London, Printed by B. Alsop, and T. Fawcet . . . 1636. 2 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to., black letter, the first leaf marked A restored in the plain inner marghi, otherivise a fine copy in red morocco extra, gilt edges 1636 31 10 417 The Most Famous, delectable And Pleasant History, Of Parismus . . . The First Part. [The Second Part.] . . . The Fifth Impression, newly Corrected and amended. London, Printed by E. Alsop for John Andrews . . . 1657. 2 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to., hlack letter, with a tuoodcut p)ortrait of Parismus; a sound copy in old calf 1657 15 15 Although noted as the fifth impression it is at least the eighth. This copy has the leaf [A]^ which is blank except for " The History of Parismus " printed length- wise. 418 ^The Most Famous, Delectable, And Pleasant History Of Parismus ... The First Part. [The Second Part] . . . The Twelfth Impres- sion, newly Corrected and Amended. London, Printed by M. H. and J. M. for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. 1684. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to., hlack letter, ivith a frontispiece, con- taining crude woodcut jjortraits of Parismus and Laura'na, tvhich is repeated in the secotul part ; a sound copy in the original sheep 1684 8 8 As in the previous item, the number of the edition is underestimated, this being at least the fifteenth. All editions of this popular romance are very rarely met with in good condition. 419 The Pleasant History Of Parismus Prince of Bohemia . . . London, Printed by J.B. for Charles Tyus . . . Sm. 4to., hlack letter, the portrait, from the same block as tvas used for the 1657 edition (see above), torn and mended and the blank margin restored in places, otherwise a good copy in morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford [circa 1660] 12 12 A very much abridged version containing 24 pages only. It would appear to be the earliest of the numerous abridgements and is extremely rare. It was printed during the period 1657 -1664. 96 BERNARD QUAK ITCH'S CATALOGUE. 420 FOX (George), John Stubs, and Benjamin Fuiley. A Battle-Door For Teachers it Professoi's To Learn Singular it Plural ; You to Many, and Thou to One: Smgular One, TJiou ; Plural Many, Ydu. Wherein is shewed forth by Grammar, or Scripture Examples, ho\\' sever;il Xations and People have made a distinction between Singula)- and Plural ... In the latter part of this Book are contained severall barl unsavoury Words, gathered forth of cei'tain School-Books, which have been taught Boyes in England which is a Rod and a ^^'hip to the School-Masters in England and elsewhere who teach such Books George. Fox. John Stiil)s. Benjamin Furlev. London, Printed for Robert Wilson . . . 1660. Sm. folio, tJi.i' tillr a I'lith- rhist-KitUi'd : orl(/in(if shet'p, reimired 1660 1111 Perfect copies of this curious IkhiIc ,iie very rare. The aliove has a slip of ■ More EiTors espied since,' which is not mentioned hy ilr. Hazlitt. Some copies have a slip pasted on tlie last page. This reads as follows : 'The Pope set up you to one in his pride, and it is the pride which cannot hear thou and tlifie to one but must have, and would have you from the Author their Father in their pride, whicli must not but have the word fhou, wliich was before their Father the Pope was, which was Gods language, and will stand when the Pope is ended. Ct. F. FIMS. It is present in the copy offered, but is very frequently missing. From the copy of a letter addressed by tStubs to Fox, which was insei'ted in a copy recently in my possession, it appears that Fox iutendeiP ' these few words' to be printed in the book itself, but they were not given to Stubs until it was finished. Owing to most copies being bound up incoiTsctly (according to the directions given on the three pages before the page of errata), they appear to be imperfect, as the last page ends with the catchword ' Some.' This refers to the first word ' Some- thing ' of the preceding section, v.hich section the pi-inter evidently intended to be the last in the book. The subject of the book is most curious. It is written to protest emphatically against the use of 'you' instead of 'thou' in addressing individuals. Examples in support of the author's argument that 'thou' is correct are quoted from the Scripture and more than 30 languages. Tt is an erudite, but at the same time very amusing book. 422 FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS. Actes and Monu- ments of these latter and perillous dayes, touching- matters of tlie Church, wherein ar comprehended and described the great persecutions & horrible troubles, that haue been wraught and practised by the Romish prelates, specially e in this Realme of England and Scotlande . . Gathered and collected by lohn Foxe. {Col.:) Imprinted at Lond(m l)y lohn Day . . . Anno. 1563 . the 20 . of March . . ". Sm. folio, hlack letter, wlik ivoodcuts ; a large and Jine mpti in licfht brown moroeco, (jilt edqesa hti De Coverley. 1563 300 FiKST KDITION ; .\r>.M()ST PERKKCT. Tlie title-page, the slij> illus- tration of ' Henricus tlie emperor' and the last leaf are missing (see below), and a few leaves are mended (with only a very few letters of text affected) or remargined in the lower blank margin ; but the book has all its original woodcut illustrations including the excessively rare detached ones. The title has been made up with a genuine copy of till- border (taken from a later edition, for which the .same woodcut ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 97 FOXE'S IIOOK OF MARTYRS, contlnnrxl :^ £ .'. d. was used) and the ttixt in facsimile inset. Tlius this defect is not as obtrusive as if the whole leaf were actually in facsimile. The woo Icut of " Henricus the emperor " is also a genuine copy of the cut but supplied from a later edition. Tlie body of the book is \n fine condition. In such nearly perfect state the book is of extreme rarity. -423 The First [and second] Volume of the Ecclesiasticall history con- taynyng the Actes and Monumentes of thynges passed in euery kynges tyme in this Realme, especially in the Church of England . . . Newly recognised and inlarged by the Author lohn Foxe. At London Printed by lohn Daye . . . 1570 . . . 2 vols., folio, jjrinted in black letter ; with tvoodcuts from the same bloclcs as already used, ivith others added {the burning of Lathner and Ridley omitted) ; a fen; marginal notes slightly cut into, and one or two qnite trijling mendings, but a large, fine, atul perfect copy ; broron levant morocco exti'a, gilt edges, by Riviere 1570 52 10 The second edition of Fox's 'Martyrs' is equally difficult with the first to ohtain in good condition. 424 FRANCE. A Succinct Description Of France Wherein is a Character Of The People, Customs, itc. Of That Kingdom. Sent Vjy a Grentleman now Travelling there, to his Friend in England . . . Printed in the Year 1700. 8vo., half calf 1700 110 425 FKAUNCE (Abraham). The Lamentations of Amyntas for the death of Phillis, paraphrastically translated out of Latine into English Hexameters by Abraham Fraunce. London Printed by lohn Wolfe, for Thomas Newman, and Thomas Gubbin. Anno Dom. L587. Sm. 4to., the first word of the title shaded, hut a fine, although short, copy in crimson levant morocco, (jilt edges, by Riviere ' ' 1587 750 First bditiox ; of great rarity. There is no copy in the British Museum and there was no copy in either the Hutli or Hoe Libraries. The only other copy I can trace is in the Bodleian Library. The above was Fraunce's earliest published work and is a trans- lation of Thomas Watson's Latin version of Tasso's Aminta (1585). Nashe, in his epistle prefixed to Grreene's Arcadia, or Menaphon writes of " the excellent translation of Master Thomas Watson's sugared Amintas " by "sweet Master France." It was reprinted in 1588, 1589, and 1596 ; all editions are of great rarity. " Fraunce proved himself one of the most obstinate champions of the school which sought to natui'alize classical metres in English verse ..." and he " gained the highest commendation from his contemporaries. As the protege of Sir Philip Sidney, he was intro- duced at an early age into Sidney's circle of literary friends, whicli included Spenser, Sir Edward Dyer, and Gabriel Harvey. With Spenser he was very intimate, and he was able to quote, in his 'Arcadian Rhetoricke,' 1588, the ' Faerie Queene ' before its publica- tion. Spenser refers to him in 'Colin Clout's come home again' (1595) as 'Corydon . . . hablest wit of most I know this day ' . . . Thomas Watson was his closest literary associate . . . Fraunce is apparently mentioned in Clerke's ' Polimanteia ' (1598) among the leaders of English contemporary poetry under the disguise of ' Watson's heire . . . ' " — D.N.H. Many of his other famous con- temporaries also refer to him in terms both affectionate and full of praise. *„* See illustration no. 45. 98 BERNARD QUARITCH'8 CATALOGUE. FRAUNCE (Abraham), continued: — f «• d. 4*26 The Lawiers Logike exemplifying the pi'tecepts of Logike ])y the practise of the common Lawe, by Abraham Fraunce. At London, Imprinted by William How, for Thomas Newman, and T. Gubbin. 1588. Sm. 4to., hJack Iptter, icith a folding table hetiveen J.u.^, lohich is mended and has a fexv letters of text missi7ig, the inner blank margin of the title and a few other leaves mended, otherwise a large and good copy in dark blue levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1588 18 18 427 The Lawiers Logike . . . At London, Imprinted by William How, for Thomas Gubbin, and T. Newman. 1588. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title within a type ornament border, tvith a separate folding table ; an exceptionally fine and large copy in the original vellum 1588 25 The only difference between these two copies lies in the variation in the imprint. The book from which Shakespeare is supposed to have .gathered his legal knowledge. It is very rarely found to contain the folding table and the leaf of ' Faultes escaped,' both of which are present in these copies. 428 FREDERICK (Prince) and the Prixcess Elizabeth. The Magnificent, Princely, and most royall Entertainments giuen to the High and Mighty Prince, and Princesse, Frederick, Count Palatine . . . and Elizabeth, sole Daughter to . . . lames, our Soueraigne Lord. Together With A True Relation of all the Gifts, Presentations, Showes, Pageants, Fire-works ... in euery place where the saide Princes were lodged . . after their landing vpon the Costes of Germany. Edinburgh, Printed by Andro Hart . . . 1613. Sm. 4to., the fore margin of each leaf mended, injuring the text here and there ; green morocco, gilt edges, yERY nA.n'E Edinburgh, 1613 21 429 FREGEVILLE (John). The Reformed Politicke . That is, An Apologia For The Generall cause of Reformation, written against the sclaunders of the Pope and the League . . . Whereto is adioyned a discourse vpon the death of the Duke of Guise, prosecuting the argument of the booke . Dedicated to the King by lohn Fregeuille of Gaut. Imprinted at London by Richard Field ... 1 589. Sm. 4to., a side-note or tivo cut-into, but a sound copy, ?cith the blank last leaf, in modern limp vellum, gilt edges 1589 25 Rare ; no copy is recorded in Book Prices Current and the British Museum copy has the title restored in facsimile. On the title is the contemjjorary signature of Wm. Byrde, the celebrated musical composer, and at the foot, to the right of the date, the same hand has added Aprilis 21. The dedication, to Henri III, is dated " From London this 12. of December . 1588." 130 FULLER (Thomas). The Church-History Of Britain ; From the Birth of Jesus Christ, Untill the Year MTDC. XLVIIL Endeavoured By Thomas Fuller. London, Printed for lohn Williams . . . 1655. Folio, tvith engraved plates of the Arms of'-'' The Knights joined tvith y Monkes of Ely by WilUa y Conquer our, ^'' Lichfield Cathedral, apian oj Cambridge and " The Scales Of Amies Of All The Mitred Abbeys In England "; a fine copy in thick-boarded red morocco extra, tvith the Sutherland arms in the centre of both covers, gilt edges, by Clarke and Bedford 1655 8 8 First edition of this collection, which "though partaking of Fuller's common faults . . . yet contains many interesting memorials, the result of long, active and extended research. It is a book which never yet has been superseded, and no well furnished library of English history ought to be without it." — Zou-ndes. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 99 431 FULL0NIU8 (William). loannis Palsgraui Londoniensis, Ecphrasis Anglica In Comoediam Acolasti. The Comedye of Acolastus translated into oure englysshe tongue, after suche maner as chylderne are taught in the grammer schole, fyrst worde for worde, as the latyne lyeth, and afterwarde accordynge to the sence and meanyng of the latin sentences ... to leade theyni more easilye to see howe the exposytion gothe . and afore the seconde sceane of the fyrst acte, is a brefe intro- ductory ... of the dyuers sortes of meters vsed of our auctour . . . And afore Acolastus balade is shewed of what kyndes of meters his balade is made of. . . . Interpreted by lohn Palsgraue. Anno. M.D.XL. {Col. :) VVylliam Fullonius The Maker of this presente Comedy, dyd set it forthe before the bourgeses of Hagen in Holand. Anno. M.D.XXIX. Impress. Lond. in iedibus Tho. Berthel . . . Sm. 4to., black and Roman letter ; slighthi wormed {in some cases the holes have been skilfully filled hi) affecting some Idlers in places, a few mends in blank margins, but a large and generally fine copy in crimson lexant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Rimer e 1540 170 First edition ; of great rarity. Palsgrave is perhaps best known for his Lesdarcissement de la Languid Francoyse ; which was one of the first attempts to explain in English the rules of French Grammar. He was at one time tutor to the Princess Mary, sister of Henry VIII. This comedy is dedicated, in a long epistle, to Henry ; his object, he says, was mainly to assist schoolmasters in their teaching and scholars in their learning. •1-32 G. (J.). Philastrogus Knavery Epitomized, With A Vindication Of Mr. Culpeper, Mr. Lilly . . . from all the false aspersions . . . cast upon them, aliout the great Eclipse of the Sunne. Whereunto is annexed an Epistle . . . shewing the peoples . . . misunderstanding of the . . . Artists, who spake truly . . . Written by J. G. . . Aprill the 5. 1652. London, Printed . . . 1652. Sm. 4to., a tear in Ao mended ; hf. bd. 1652 3 3 433 (t. (R.). The Famous Historic of Albions Queene. VVherein is discoursed King Edwards lelosie, Queene Katherines chastetie, the Duke of Suffolkes loyaltie, and the Barron of Buckinghams treacherie. Imprinted at London by VV. White for T. Pauier . . . 1600. Sm. 4to., black letter, each leaf inlaid to 8vo. size; the headlines on Li defective otherwise a sound copy ; russia, gilt back 1600 250 The only copy knowx and hitherto totally unrecorded. No earlier edition is known, although it is possible that it had been printed previously, as, in the Stationer's Register (Ai'ber III. 153), the copyright is "^transferred from the Widow Danter to W. White. The dedication to Edmund Mullineux (fl. 1587) is signed R.G. The book is purely a romance and lias no historical foundation. CoLLATiox : [A]- B-L^ *>,* See illustration no. 46. i 100 BERT^ARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. G. (R.), continued:— * «• '^• 43.t [The famous Historie of Alliions Queeiie.] (Colo])h(m on Kj :) Imprinted at London by W. VV. for Thomas Pauier . 160L Sm. 4to., black letter, wanting sheet A containiiig the title, dedication atid first chapter ; some leaves wormed in the inner blank margin, otlierivise sound ; old half bindhig 1601 35 The only copy known. It is a singiilar fact that of the two editions of this book now extant each is represented by a single copy, both of which are now in my possession. Collation : [A]-K*. 435 [GAIKSFORD (T.)]. The Rich Cabinet Furnished with varietie Of Excellent discriptions, exquisite Charracters, witty discourses, and delightfull Histories, Deuine and Morrall. Together With Invectives . against many abuses of the time . . . Whereunto Is Annexed the Epitome of good manners, exttracted from Mr. lohn de la Casa . . . London Printed by I[ohn]. B[eale]. for Roger lackson . . . 1616. Sm. 8vo., a large copy in morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1616 15 15 First edition : very rare. It would appear from the publishers preface that the book was evolved out of a smaller and similar publication by Jackson. He refers to the help of a fi'iend, who was probably the person who signs on the last leaf " By T. G." and whom Hazlitt considered might be T. Gainsford. The book has considerable interest. The subjects are arranged more or less alphabetically and much of the reading is amusing and interesting, particularly the section of four and a quarter pages under the heading "Player," in which the character of a stage- player is mercilessly dissected. 436 [GARDINER (Stephen), Bishop of Winchester, and others]. A Traictise declaryng and plainly prouyng, that the pretensed marriage of Priestes ... is no marriage . . . Herewith is comprised in the later chapitres, a full confutation of Doctour Poynettes boke entitled a defense for the marriage of Priestes. By Thomas Martin . . . Excusum Londini In asdibus Robert! Caly, Typography Mense Maii Anno. 1 554 . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, the title within a woodcut border; the title mended in the inner blank margin and a stain on B^*, a contemporary inscription on the title, otherivise a good copy in calf antique 1 554 8 8 First edition ; rare. It is usually ascribed to Stephen Gardiner and others on the evidence afforded by the title of Ponet's An apologw . . . 1.5o6, where we read that it answers "a blasphemose Book gatherid by D. Steph. Gardiner . . . D. Smyth . . Pighius and other Papists . . . set furth under the name of Thomas Martin . . ." Even if Ponet was incon-ect, it is a fact that nothing is known of Thomas Martin " Doctour of the Civile Lavves." This copy has the original leaves Dg and Bb^, which in almost all copies were replaced by cancel leaves. For items in connection with the controversy raised by this book see Nos. 870, 871, and 878. 437 GARLANDIA (Joliannis de). Synonima magistri lo- liannis de Garlandia : cum expositione magistri Galfridi anglici, nuperrime correcta. {Col. .•) Explicit liber synonimorii . . . impressiis Londonijs per wynaiidmn de worde . . . Millesimo quingentesimo decimoquarto vicesimonono die mensis lulii. Black letter of two sizes ; with a woodcut on the title of a master holding a birch , with three pupils at his feet, and on the verso of the last leaf Wynkyn de Worde's device^ a copy of McKerrow 19 ; three leaves very slightly defective (itivolvinf./ only two or three letters). Multorum vocabiilorum equiuocorum interpretatio magistri lohaniiis de garlandia grammatico et latini cupido p(Tmaxima necessaria incipit. [Col. :) Liber ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 101 GARLANDIA (Johannis de), continued : — • £ •'. d. equiuocoii •quorudam vocabuloru secuSm. 4to., a very large copy in mottled ccdf extra, gilt edges, hy Riviere ' 1633 25 First edition. It was reprinted in 1656. 452 GOLDEN EAGLE. The History Of The Golden-Eagle : Being both delightful and profitable. Written by Philaquila. London, Printed for William Thackeray . . . 1677. Sm. 4to., black letter, a remarkable co])y, itncut and unojjened, ; half bound 1677 15 15 Probably the yecond edition of this romance. In the British Museum there is the only copy knoxyn of an edition of 1672 ; this edition is also very rare. 453 GOMERSALL (Robert). The Tragedie Of Lodovick Sforza Duke Of Millan. By Robert Gomersall. Imprinted at London .. . MDCXXVIII. Sm. 8vo., icith a fine engraved frontispiece by T. Gecill{iicitli imprint : London. Printed for lohn Marriott. 1628) ,• green levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1628 21 FiKST EDiTio>f ; VERY RARE. It was repiunted with his Porins in 1633 together with The Zevifrs Iteveiif/e, which had also appeared in 1628. This copy has the two leaves preceding the titles, the first of which is blank, the second marked A2. The engraved title represents iSforza as a wolf sitting upon a tbrone with a ducal crown on his head, which a lion — with a standard bearing fleurs-de-lis, emblematic of the French King — is wresting from him ; in the foreground are some sheep dead, and a wolf woiTying another ; in the background a river and the walls of Milan. 454 GOODALL (Baptist). The Tryall Of Travell Or, 1. The Wonders in Trauell, 2. The Worthes of trauell, 3. The Way to Trauell. In three bookes Epitomizd. By Baptist Goodall INIerchant . . . London, Printed by lohn Norton, and are to bee sould by lames V^^ton . . . 1630. 8m. 4to., 7'Hssia gilt, gilt edges, ?vith Thomas Jollefs autocjraph and bookplate ' 1630 15 15 This very uncommon poetical piece of 80 pages is of consideiable historical interest. The allusions to Columbus, Vespucci, Drake, Cavendish, &c. are numerous. 4.):) G|OODWIN] (T. P.). The Moste Pleasaunt Historye of Blanchardine, Sonne to the King of Friz ; & the faire Lady Eglantine Queene of Tormaday, (siirnamed) The proud Ladye in Lone. London, Printed for VVilham Blackewall . . . L395. The second part, Of The . . . Historye of Blanchardine ... By P. T. G. Gent . Imprinted at London for William Blackwall 1595. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to., hlack letter, a corner of H2 in the sec/nul part slightly defective and afeiv headlines cut into, otherwise a sound copy ; green straight-grained morocco, framed sides of a seven-line simple filet with a conventional gilt orn<(ment introduced, broad inside border similarly tooled, gilt back and edues, by C. Lewiii 1595 150 First edition of this version (Caxton had printed another version about 1489); it was reprinted in 1597. Hazlitt records that there is a copy of this edition in the Public Library at Hamburg ; that and the present copy are all that are known to exist. The author's name is known fi-om the dedication to the 1597 edition, which is signed Thomas Pope Goodwine. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 105 GOODWIN (T.P.), continued ;— ~ £ *. d. The printer was E. Allele, whose device (McKerrow 290) appears on the title-page of the first part. Hazlitt's collation is incorrect, it should be : A-H^ ; A-K*, the last leaf probably blank. *^* See illustration no. 48. 456 GOSPELS IN ANGLO SAXON. The Gospels of the fower Euange- listes translated in the olde Saxons tyme out of Latin into the vulgare toung of the Saxcms, newly coUeded out of Auncient Monumentes of tlie sayd Saxons ... At London. Printed by lohn Daye ... 1571 .. . Sm. 4to., Aiiylo- Saxon and black letfr/r ; tvith marginal aunofatioux from collation icith a MS. iri, the Bodleian library (Bodl. 441) bij a modern hattd {\%4:\) ; old calf 1571 10 10 457 another copy. Sm. 4to., a very fine and large copy ; bound tvith another work in old rough calf , iDith the bookplate of Francis Blome field 1571 12 12 First edition of the Anglo- Kaxon .Scriptures, published at the expense of the Archbishop Matthew Parker. The Anglo-Saxon and English texts are given in parallel columns, edited by John Foxe, the martyi'ologist, -who dedicated the work to Queen Elizabeth. John Day cut the types for this book, and therefore deserves to rank with the great inventors of the preceding century. It was the tirst time that Anglo-Saxon characters appeared in print. This important volume is wrongly described by Lowndes as dedicated to Archbishop Parker instead of Queen Elizabeth. In the XVIIth century the rarity of copies was so great, that a former owner of Earl Spencer's copy, in a MS. note records ' I was twenty yearos looking for to buy one of these bookes.' *^* See illustration no. 49. 458 GOSSON (Stephen). The Schoole of Abuse, Conteining a plesaunt inuective against Poets, Pipers, Plaiers, lesters, and such like Caterpillers of a Comonwelth ; Setting vp the Flagge of Defiance to their mischieuous exercise, & ouerthrowing their Bulwarkes, by Prophane Writers, Naturall reason, and common experience : A discourse as pleasaunt for Gentlemen that fauour learning, as profitable for all that wyll follow vertue. By Stephan Gosson . . . Printed at Loudon [l)y Thomas Dawson], for Thomas VVoodcocke. 1579. Sm. 8vo., Jdack letter, the title tvithin a border of type ornament X enclosed wit kin rules; the top margin of the title mended with a small portion of the border skilfully filled in, two headlines cut into and a feiv others just shaved, but a fine copy tvith the blank leaf ^^^ ; crimson, levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Rimer e 1579 700 First edition ; extremely rare. There was no copy in either the Huth or Hoe Libraries and the only other copies I am able to trace are in the British Museum, Bodleian, and University Library, Cambridge, and in a private library in America. It was reprinted in 1587. Stephen Gosson, according to the Athence Oxoniensis, was born in 1555 ; of his early upbringing and the position of his parents nothing seems to be known, except that the latter were probably of some standing, inasmuch as, in 1572, he was admitted a scholar of Christ Church, Oxford. After taking "(me degree in arts" in 1576, he left Oxford; "being puld from the vniversitie before I was ripe," as he f(uaintly refers to the fact. From 1576 to 1579 are his most interesting years, during which period he occupied himself with writing pastoral verse (for which he had a reputation amongst his 106 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOUUE. GOSSON (Stephen), conthiued : — contemporaries, lasting to at least as late a date as 1598, when he was mentioned, in company with Sidney, Spencer, Fraunce and others, by Meres in his Palladis Tamia, as one of the best in this class of literature) and earned his living by acting and play- writing. In 1579 his mode of living underwent a complete change and we have the spectacle of the play-wright and actor turning critic of his class. For some years, during which he wrote and published several books, he " withered in the countrie " and eventually was preferred to the living of Great Wigborough, Essex, in 1591, which he eventually exchanged for that of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, in 1600, dying there in 1624. Probably the most tantalising fact about Gosson's life is that all his poetry and plays (with the exception of a few occasional poems) have disappeared entirely. During the three years of his stay in London he produced two plays of which we know the titles — Caj)tain Ma7'io and Pi-aise at Parting — and others which have left no trace, and had evidently laid for himself the foundations of a distinguished literary career, but also during tliis period he had gradually absorbed the doctrines of Puritanism and developed deep puritan sympathies, which in the end caused him to abandon his career and write the book by which he is most remembered, TIu^ School oj' Abuse. In the history of the English drama this will inevitably remain for all time one of the most important works, as it is from it and the replies which it provoked that we are able to gather most of our knowledge of the Stage in pre-Shakespearian years. Besides the drama, Gosson inveighed against poets and poetiy, dancing, music and all forms of public entertainment, but it is against the former that his powers are chiefly directed. There was at this time a great outcry against players, in which it was not beneath the dignity of the Court to join, and to a great extent it would appear to be justified. The stage was lent to uses for which it was never intended and because of that fact gathered to itself all the worst elements of the city: and it is from the point of view of its anti-social influence that Gosson attacks it. His " onely endeavour " he says " shalbe to show you that in a rough cast, which I see in a cloude, loking through my fingers." He opens with a survey of Poetry, Piping and Dancing through classical times, in order that he may show that " For as Poetrie and Piping are Cosen germanes : so piping and playing are of great afiinity, and all three chayned in linkes of abuse." He then proceeds to his more definite purpose of exposing the drama and the stage and although seeing no good in the acted drama, he defends the reading of plays and the actors in them. Of the latter he writes " They seeke not to hurte, but desire to please : they have purged their Comedyes of wanton speaches, yet the Corne whiche they fell, is full of Cockle : and the drinke that they drawe, overcharged with dregges." Beyond his criticism he gi^^es a picture of the early Elizabethan stage which is unequalled for its vividness and obvious truthfulness. In conclusion he prints addresses " To . . . Sir Richard Pipe, Knight, Lorde Maior of the Citie of London and the right worshipful his brethren" and "To the Gentlewomen Citizens of London" in wliich he exliorts them to exert their respective influences for the suppression of the Stage. Another fruitful source of interest is the fact that The Schoole of Ahihm and its successor. The EphemKrides of Phialo, are dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney, than which a more inappropriate dedication could not well be imagined. Spenser in the course of a letter to Galn'iel Harvey expresses his opinion of (Josson's action as follows : " Newe Bookes I heare of none, but only of one, that writing a certaine Booke, called Tlie Schoole of Abuse, and dedicating it to Maistei- Sidney, was for hys labor scorned : ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 107 GOSSON (Stephen), continued : — ^ «• d- if at leaste it be in the goudnesse of that nature tu scorne. Suche follie is it, nut to regarde aforehande the inclination and qualitie of him, to whom we dedicate oure Bookes." It was directly in answer to Gosson and (»ther kindred writers that Sidney wrote his celebrated xlpoloyie for Po<;l.rle in, or about, 158L *^* See illustration no. 43. 459 GOWEK (John). lo. Gower de confessione Amantis. Imprinted at London . . by Thomas Berthelette the . XII . dale of Marche. An. M.D.LIIII. . . Sm. foHo, black letter, in double columns , the title within an ornamental woodcut border, with the sixteenth century signatures of Phillip Staynynges on the title-page, and John Radcliffe and John Lumley {perhaps Lord Lumley, f 1609) on the fly-leaf ; slightly wormed but otherwise a sound and large copy in contemporary stamped calf ,\\Ym the crowned ARMS OF Queen Mary on sides 1554 105 Third edition. The type and composition are different from the edition of 1532, although the body of the work contains the same number of pages. Bound in with the above is John Lydgate's translation from the Latin of Boccaccio's Fall of Princes. This is the third edition, pi-inted by Richard Tottell in 1554, which is more uncommon than those printed by John Wayland. The title is within an elaborate woodcut border with the royal coat-of-arms at the top. The Adam and Eve ■ woodcut of the second edition precedes the text, and each of the nine books has its appropriate woodcut. The above copy, however, has not The daunce of Machahree at the end (six leaves). 460 GRAFTON (Richard). Graftons Abridgement of the Chronicles of Englande. Newly and diligently corrected, and finished the last of October . 1570 . The Contentes whereof apeareth in the next Page of this lefe . . . {Col. .) Imprinted at London ... by Rycharde Tottyl . 1570. Sm. 8vo., black letter; a sound copy in a modern binding of dark blue velvet with ornamental scroll corner pieces of silver gilt containing the Norfolk crest, and a clasp) similarly ornamented, gilt edges, enclosed in a morocco case 1570 200 A COPY OF VERY GREAT HISTORICAL INTEREST. It originally belonged to Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, who was committed to the Tower on a charge of high treason, arising from his scheme of marrying Mary Queen of Scots, on October 8th 1569. He was temporarily released on August 3rd 1570, but was again imprisoned on a further charge on September 5th 1571. He was brought to trial on January 16th 1572, was convicted and after a somewhat lengthy interval, executed on June 2nd 1572. On the eve of his execution he wrote in this book the note which follows : — (On the lower half of III5'') "good frynd george fare well, I have no other tokens to send my fryndes but my bookes, and I knowe howe soryfull you are amongst the rest for my hard hape, wheroff I thanke God because I hope hys mercyfull chastisment wyll prepare me for a better world, looke well thowrowe thys boke and you shall fynd the name of a duke verye unhappye, I prey God ytt maye ende w* me, and 108 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. GRAFTON (Richard), continued:— £ «• that others iiiaye spede better liereafter. But yff I mygt have my wysclie and weare in as good state as evir you knewe me, yeat I wold wysche for a k)wer degree, be frynd I praye you to myne " (continued at foot (jf lllo^) " and to my hartye comendatyons to your good wyfe and to gentle Mr. Deunye. I dye in the faythe that you have ever known me to be off. Farewell good frynd 1572 " (continued on 11l5^, above tlie first part and written on the page lengthwise) " Yours dyyng as he was lyvyng Norflfolke God blysse ray god sonne Ame." In all probability this was the only method available to Norfolk for communicating with his friends and, judging from the position of the letter in the book, it seems certain that it was written without the knowledge of his warders. It is unfortunately not possible to identify " George " or " Mr. Dennye." 461 GRAHAME (Simion). The Anatomie Of Humors : Written By Simion Gx-ahame ... At Edinburgh. Printed by Thomas Finlason. 1609 . . . Sm. 4to., each page within a border ofpi'inter^s ornaments ; the recto of the title and verso of the last leaf a little dust soiled, a few small mends, hut a sound and good copy in crimson levant morocco extra, r/ilt edges, by Riviere Edinburgh, 1609 42 FiKST EDITION ; EXTREMELY KAKE. Dedicated to tho Earl of Moiitro.se, with verses supplementary to the dedication addressed to the Countess of IMontrose. After the address " To the Reader " is a sonnet to the Countess of ErroU. The body of the book is mainly in prose but there is some poetry interspersed, and at the end is a section of poems occupying 24 pages. 462 GREAT ASSIZES. The Great Assises Holden in Parnassus By Apollo And His Assessours . . . London, Printed by Richard Cotes, for Edward Husbands . . . 1645. Sm. 4to., a good copy iu blue levant tnorocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1645 35 liAKE. An anonymous poetical work of considerable interest. The assizes were held under the Chancellorship of ' The Lord Verulan ' with Sir Philip Sidney as High Constable. Many famous names appear in the list of Jurors, amongst them being Shakespeare, Massinger, Wither, Beaumont and Fletcher, Drayton and Davenant. The ' Malefrictours ' were certain news-sheets of the period, ' Mercurius Eritanicus,' ' Mercurius Civicus,' etc. Ben Jonson is described as ' Keeper of the Trophonian Denne.' It has been attributed to George Wither but with very little real authonty. 463 GREENE (Roljert). Greenes Arcadia, Or Menaphon : Camillaes Alarum to slumber Euphues in his Melancholy Cell at Silexedra. Wherein are descypliered, the variable effeds of Fortune, the wonders of Loue, the triumphs of inconstant Time . . . By Robertus Greene . . . London Printed by W. Stansby for I. Smethwicke . . . 1616. Sm. 4to., black letter, jAain lower viargins of 2 leaves skilfully restored ; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1616 60 464 another copy. Sm. 4to., black letter ; the title hdaid and jjlain loiver utargins of the first 5 leaves skilfully restored, as also the plain corners of one or trvo other leaves, and a tiny hole {an original defect) in the last leaf: an extrao7dinarily large copy in calf gilt, by Bedford, the fore and lower margins being UNCUT 1616 60 Veky kare. The first edition was published in 1589 ; only one perfect copy seems to be known. Corser and Mr. Hazlitt mention an edition of 1587, which it is evident thev had not seen. 'Nash prefixed a lively address to the gentlemen students of both universities, in which he reviewed the state of English literature and glanced at the stage. It is possible, but scarcely probabh', tliat some passages in the address refer to Shalv'espeare ; it is certain that others are directed against Marlowe . . . "INIenaphon" contains soine of Greene's best poems, notably tho beautiful cradle- .•■ong,"Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee."' — A. 11. Bullcn. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 109 GREENE (Robert), ^o»/^»/^^r('.•-- c ,v. ,/. 465 [ ] The Historie Of Orlando Fuiioso, One Of The Tweliie Peeres Of France . . . Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford, for Ciithbert Burby . . . 1599. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in crimen lemnt morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1599 150 Secoxd edition ; OF GREAT RARITY. The play is adapted, ratlier freely, from Ariosto's famous heroic poem ; Greene may liave used Harington's translation, which was first published in 1591, about the date of the composition of the play. It is usually regarded as Greene's first dramatic production. Philomela, The Lady Fitz-VVaters Nightingale. By Robert Greene . . . London, Imprinted by George Purslowe. 16ol. Sm. 4to., black letter, one or two headlines slightly cut into ; otherivise a large and sound copy in calf, rebacked ivith red morocco, imth the bookplates of Thomas Jolley and Edward Vernon Utterson, together ivith the autograph of the former IQ'M 20 A Quip For An Vpstart Courtier : Or, A quaint Dispute betweene Velvet-breeches and Cloth-breeches ... By Robert Greene. London, printed by E. Purslow . . . 16-3.5. Sm. 4to. black letter, tvith a woodciU on the title-page ; loioer margin of title-page repaired, the imprint being affected a very little, also outer jdain margins of the next 2 leaves ; calf gilt, gilt edges, by W. Pratt ' ' ' 1635 12 12 -] The First part of the Tragicall raigne of Selimus, sometime Emperour of the Turkes, and grandfather to him that now raigneth. Wherein is showne how hee most vnnaturally raised warres against his owne father Baiazet, and preuaiHng therein, in the end caused him to be poysoned : Also with the murthering of his two brethren Corcut, and Acomat . . . London Printed by Thomas Creede . . . 1594. Sm. 4to., a large (182 x 135 mm.) (tnd very fine copy with the first leaf marked A. and the hhod: last leaf; criinsim lei'(int inorocGO, gilt edges, by Riviere 1594 750 First edition of an exceedingly rare play. Its authorship is still a debatable point. Dr. Grosart based his tlieoiy that Greene was the author on the fact that in England's Parnassus there are, amongst the thirty-five passages attributed to Greene, two taken from this play. Sir A. W. Ward, however, does not think that the internal evidence in the play justifies this attribution. When this edition was re-issued (in 1638) the new title gave the authors initials as T.G. ; these initials have been absurdly attributed to Thomas Goffe, who was born in 1592, but otherwise they have not been interpreted. *^* See illustration no. 50. 469 GRESHAM. Sir Thomas Gresham His Ghost. Printed for William Ley. 1647. Sm. 4to., ivith a large striking 7 voodcut on the title-page ; a fine copy in calf gilt, gilt edges, by Bedf 07x1 1647 14 14 Sir Thomas Gresham, who died in 1579, had left his house in London for ' seven able Artists to inhabit, to exercise and teach the seven liberall Sciences ' as the address of Vitruvius.on the verso of the title informs us. Complaints of its mis- management occur in the above whimsical poem. The woodcut on the title represents tlresham, a torch in his right hand, issuing fully-dressed from his shroud. 110 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 470 GRIEVOUS GROANS FOR THE POOR. Greevous Grones For The Poore. Done by a Well-wilier, who wisheth, That the poore of Eng- land might be so prouided for, as none should neede to go a begging within this Realme . . . London Printed [by W. Jaggard] for Michaell Sparke. 1621. Sm. 4to., loith the last leaf, having 8 lines of verse on the recto ; lialf morocco, gilt edges 1621 40 Extremely rare. The compiler of the Church Catalogue states the he knows of the existence of only the copies in the Church and Aver collection. Tn the dedicatory epistle to the " Company of the Virginian and Sommer-Iland Plantations," M.S. (initials which most prohably represent Michael Sparke the publisher of the pamphlet) says : " The reasons why this long obscured Off-spring of Charity claimes your worthy particular Patronage,diuide themselues into a Tricotomie. The first reason is drawne from the supposed parent, whose industrious scrutiny to the vast wombe of the Ocean, describes these two Lands, now Cities of refuge for poore impouerished persons. For his sake therefore, whose wisdom liues crowned with the Garland of Fame, though his bodie he buried in the Sepulcher of Obliuion, protect this his poore extant issue. The second Reason, proceedes from the remarke- able note of Christianity, which is Charity . . . The third Reason, yssues from your continued and dayly exercise in the relapse of mean and decaying persons, by trans- porting of them to a Land, where they haue Come which they sowed not. Vines which they planted not, and plenty which some of them deserued not. Since therefore, so many haue felt the reuiuing heate of the Sunne-beames of your Charity, whose very intrals bless you ; amongst the multitude of these, let this tonguelesse Orphant be one, that by its birth into the World, though it cannot speake, it may proue your praise. Thus with my seruice, as appointed to speake for this infant, in the behalfe of it. I rest a Well-wilier to your Businesse." From the wording of this dedication it would appear that neither Sparke himself nor Thomas Dekker (who died about 1641) can have been the author, as has been asserted. 471 GRIMESTON (Edward). A Generall Historie Of The Netherlands : With the genealogie and memorable acts of the Earls of Holland, Zeeland, and west-Friseland, from Thierry of Aquitaine the first Earle, successiuely vnto Philip the third King of Spaine : Continued vnto this present yeare of our Lord 1608, out of the best authors that haue written of that subiect : By Ed. Grimeston . London, Printed by A. Islip, and G. Eld. Anno Dom. 1609. Folio, with an engraved title by Christoff'el von Sicheni, and numerous engraved portraits by the same artist, printed in the text ; a fine, fresh copy in the original calf, neatly repaired 1609 8 8 First edition. There are a very few copies in existence dated 1608. It is chiefly translated, or compiled, from the works of J. F. Petit, Emmanuel Demetrius, Sir Peter Manwood, Sir Roger Williams and others, but mainly from the first, whose preface to his own book is given in a translation. 472 GRISELDA. The True and Admirable History of Patient Grisel, A poor Mans Daughter in France, and the Noble Marquess of Salus . . . Written first in French, but now Translated into English. London, Printed for Eliz. Andrews . . . 1663. Sm. 4to., black letter, with a laoodcnt on the recto and another on the verso of the title-leaf; a good copy in, calf 1663 16 16 All editions of this popular fiction are very rare ; it was very frequently reprinted in the seventeenth century. 473 GUICCIARDINI (Francesco). The Historie of Guicciardin, Contein- ing The Warres Of Italie And Other Partes . . . Reduced into English by GeSray Fenton . . . Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier for VVilliam Norton. 1579. Sm. folio, a feiv leaves a very little ivormed in plain margins, other- tvise a sound copy ; old calf gilt, loith the bookplate of the Earl of Cork and Orrery 1579 8 8 First edition in English, alluded to by Gabriel Harvey in one of his lotters as 'Guicciardine's silver Historie'. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. Ill f K. d. 474 GUIDO DE MONTE ROCHERII. Manipulus Cunitorum [helorv this Wynhin de Wnrde's device {McKerroiv 12)] [{Col. :) Iinpressus . . Londiii per Winandum de Worde . . . M.CCCCC.ii . . . XXII. mensis Aprilis]. Sin. 8vo., black letter, sigs. Q aitd R (18 leaves) missing ; a soiuid copy in the used original calf lorapper, with the same four compart- ment panel stamp on each cover (the lower corner somewhat ivormed, but affecting the stamp only slightly) 1502 50 OXLY OXE OTHER COPY IS KNOWX (THAT IX THE BoDLEIAX) with the Same device on the title. Most copies have the device illustrated by Dr. McKerrow as No. 10b is his book. Mr. Gordon Duff (The Printers . . . of Westm'tmttr and London from 1476 to 1535, p. 132) says: "On April 22, 1502, De Worde issued an edition of the Manipulus Ouratorum, which is worthy of notice. It is a very small octavo, printed in a small neat black-letter, and all the copies I have seen, with one exception, have on the title-page the small early device of the printer. The copy, however, which belonged to Richard Farmer and is now in the Bodleian, has a device of De Worde which so far as I know is found in uo other book . . . The engraver has made a not uncommon mistake and has engraved the large initial C so that it prints the wrong way about." The panel stamp is interesting, being imdoubtedly the same as described in Weale's •Bookbindinr/s R. 158. The four figures are those of St. .Fohn the Evan- gelist, St. Barbara, St. Katherine and St. Nicholas, with their insignia. The book mentioned by Weale as having on its binding this panel, was an edition of Garlandia's Si/nonima printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1518. The initials S.G. as quoted by Weale are not visible on this binding, no doubt because the peeling of the surface of the calf round the edges has rendered them invisible. *^* See illustrations no. 51-52. 475 GUISE (Francois de Lorraine, Duke of). An answere to the examin- ation that is sayde to haue bene made of one named lohn de Poltrot, calling himself the Lord of Merey, vppon the death of the late Duke of Guyse By the Lord of Chastillon admyrall of Fraunce, and others named in the saide examination . At Caen . 1562. Printed At London by Rouland Hall, for Edwai'de Sutton . . . 1563. Sm. 8vo., black letter ; a fine copy in blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1563 20 Apparently the only copy known. It belonged to Herbert and has his reference marks at the foot of the title. Hazlitt mentions only that it was licensed to Sutton in 1562/3 ; he did not know of a copy. The incident about which the inquiry was held took place, according to this book, on the 14th Feb. 1562 (1563), but it would seem that this is incorrect. The Duke of Guise died on the 1 5th Feb. but was wounded six days before. Poltrot in his evidence accused Admiral Coligny of instigating the plot to kill the Duke of Guise and this book was meant to answer, on behalf of Coligny and others, all the points in Poltrot's deposition which affected them. It is dated, on the last page, "From Caen the . 12 . of March . 1562 [1563]." 476 GUISE, House of. An Advertisement from a French Gentlemen, touching the intention and meaning which those of the house of Guise haue in their late leuying of forces and Armes in the Realme of France : Written as an answere to a certaine Declaration published in the name of the Cardinal of Burbon . Anno 1585 . lune. Sm. 8vo., with a few contempoi'ary MS. notes; a fine copy in polished calf ext7-a, gilt edges, by Riviere 1585 8 8 Extremely rare. The Declaration of Charles, Cardinal of Bourbon is printed at the end and occupies 12 pages of very small type. The book was printed by C. Barker. On the title are the signatures John Prime (contemporary, probably the Oxford scholar and preacher, see B.X.B.), Tho : Baker Coll : Jo : Socius ejectus (after 1716) and G. Baker (much later). 477 GUSTAVUS I, King of Sweden. The Reign Of Gustavus King of Sueden, Son of Ericus. Collected out of the Histories of those times and offered to the service of these. London, Printed by A. Maxey, and are to be sold by J. Rothwel . . . 1658. Sm. 4to., a feiv blank margins mended, the title dust stained; new calf 1658 2 2 112 BERNARD QUARTTCH'S CATALOGUE. 478 H. (N.), translator. The Husband Forc'd to be Jealous, Or The Good Fortune Of Those Women That Have Jealous Husbands. A Trans- lation by N.H. London, Printed for H. Herringham . . . 1668. Sm. 8vo., so'inewhat stained, hiU a sound copy , old calf 1668 2 2 479 HALL (Joseph). Virgidemiarum Sixe Bookes. First three Bookes, Of Tootii-lesse Satyrs. 1. Poeticall. 2. Academicall. 3. Morall. London Printed by lohn Harison, for Robert Dexter. 1602. — Virgidemiarum. The three last Bookes. Of byting Satyres. Corrected and amended with some Additions . by I. H. Imprinted at London [l)y Richard Braddock] for Robert Dexter . . . 1599. — Cei'taine Worthye Manu- script Poems of great Antiquitie Reserued long in the Studie of a Northfolke Gentleman. And now first published by I[oshua]. S[yluester]. 1. The statly tragedy of Guistard and Sismond. 2. The Northern Mothers Blessing. 3. The way to Thrifte. Imprinted at London for R. D. 1597. 3 vols, in 1, sm. 8vo., each page printed ivitldn type ornaments ; a few mends, affecting a very little of the ornament, but a good copy ; straight-grained olive morocco, gilt edges 1597-1602 50 ' The first professed English satirist, to speak technically, is Bishop Joseph Hall . . . These satires are marked with a classical precision, to which English poetry had yet rarely attained. They are replete with animation of style and sentiment. The indignation of the satirist is always the result of good sense. Nor are the thorns of severe invective unmixed with the flowers of pure poetry.' — Warton. The three pieces are nearly always bound in one volume. The second part has the blank last three leaves, H^.g. There is a separate title, witli the imprint ' Robert Robinson for Robert Dexter, 1597 ' to the Northern Mothers Blessing, which is a revision of the old English poem, Hoir the goode Wife thmujht hir daughter. The original was edited by Sir F. JVIadden in 1838. 480 HALL (Thomas). Funebria FlorjB, The Downfall of May-Games: Wherein is set forth the rudeness, prophaneness, stealing, drinking, fighting, dancing, ■ whoring, mis-rule, mis-spence of precious time, contempt of God, and godly Magistrats, Ministers and People, which oppose the Rascality and rout, in this their open prophaneness, and Heathenish Customs . . . Together with an Addition of some Verses in the close ... By Tho. Hall . . . London, Printed for Henry Mortlock . . . 1660. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in dark green levant morocco extra, arms on sides, gilt edges, hy W. Pratt 1660 12 FiKST EDITION. Probably Hall's best known work ; it is a diatribe against May-Games, which he likens to the Roman feast of Flora. A large portion is occupied Ijy a mock-trial of the unfortunate lady ; following which are the verses mentioned on the title, given " As a Mantissa, and a little Over-weight" (6| pp.). The work is introduced by two sets of verses, both anonymous. 481 HARDING (John). The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng, from the firste begynnyng of Englande, vnto the reigne of kyng Edward the fourth . . . And ... a continuacion of the storie in prose to this our tymo, now first imprinted, gathered out of diuerse . . autours . . . Londini Ex officina Richardi Graftoni . Mense lanuarii M.D.xliii . . . Sm. 4to., printed in black letter, with fine ornamental initials ; the general title and that to the continriation ivithin a border of 4 pieces ; a fine copy in hroivn morocco, blind and gilt too'ed, gilt edges, by Bedford ' 1543 31 10 FiHST KDiTioN. It Contains the passage relative to Edward IV., which occurs on the reverse of folio 5 of the continuation : ' for the kyng was a man that loued bothe to see and feele a fayre woman.' This passage was supjjressed in the second and later editions. It is not generally known that the issue of 15-13, with the quoted passage suppressed, usually referred to as the second issue, is in reality a second edition. This edition is made up partly of octavo and partly of quarto sheets. Harding's (Chronicle, which is in verse, extends to 1161, and is continued in pr>)5-'e by Richard Urafton to 154;-!. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: U83-1700. 113 HARRIS (Paul). Exile Exiled. Occasioned by a Mandat fx'om Rome, procured by Tlio. Flemming alias Barnwell, Archb. of Dublin . . . from the Congregation of Cardinalls . . . for the banishment of Paul Harris out of the Diocesse of Dublin. Bv Paul Harris Priest . . . Printed . . . 1635. Sm. -tto., tlif plain outer martflii of tin' fltlf til igJitly repaired ; crim- son levant morocco, gill edrjes [^Dublhi ?'\, 1635 12 12 Very rare. The e.xtreme rarity of any of the writings of this author is explained by a passage in AVare's account of him, wherein he says : ' He writ several books which I believe were printed in Dublin ; but it is hard to get the sight of any of them ; being destroyed by the Regular Clergy whenever they get them into their hands, as some of themselves have confessed.' — Ware's Writers of Ireland, p. 338. Being the most energetic of the secular priests in Dublin, Harris was eventually banished by the Vatican for his uncompromising opposition to the Franciscans, who were given parishes in place of the seculars. The Huth copy realised £14 lO.s. 1 HARRISON (Stephen). The Archs Of Triumph Erected in honor of the High and mighty prince lames the first of that name King of England and the sixt of Scotland at his Maiesties Entrance and passage through his Honorable Citty & chamber of London vpon the 15'^ day of march 1603 Invented and published by Stephen Harrison . . . and graven by WiUiam Kip . . . Are to be sould at the white horse in Popes head Alley by lohn Sudbury, and (leorge Humble. Folio, title entirely engraved and eight [one a duplicate) Jinely engraved plates, all good impressions; mount ed and hound in red morocco extra, with the arms of Queen Victoria in the centre of both covers, gilt edges ' [1604] 100 First editiox, secoxd issue, with the addition to the engraved title of the imprint "Are to be sould ..." Very rare. This copy does not contain the text, which is frequently missing. On Plate 1 (misljound in this copy) there is the following inscription " Randle Holme[s] [the ' s ' is smeared and may, or may not, be intended to be there] his book containing seaven leaves 1649 " and below, in the blank margin, a three-line description of the book, also in his writing, but some decades earlier. The fact that when it was in Holme's possession it had no text, would tend to prove that the plates were issued, in some cases, without the text ; this would explain the absence of the text from many copies. This copy is a British Museum duplicate, and has the accession and duplicate stamps on the back of each mount (only). The duplicate plate is the first ; both are in the same state. Randle Holme was the author of The Academy of Armory. The plates comprise some of the finest specimens of engraving which had appeared in England up to that time, and are besides of extreme interest to the collector of works on ornament. iVIr. Sidney Colvin in his Early Engraving and Engravers in England, says of the engraver, William Kip : " His single important work is a set of seven engravings (eight with the title-page) from the series of triumphal arches erected in 1603-4 to welcome the entry of James I into the City of London. These engravings were prepared at the costs and from the drawings of Stephen Harrison, ' Joyner and 114 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. HARRISON (Stephen), continved :— JT'l. Architect,' who had also been the designer and constructor-in-chief of the arches themselves, or at least of five out of the seven. Five had been erected at the expense of the Jivery-men of tlie City of London, and two at that of communities of foreign merchants settled here, namely the Italian and the Dutch. They were solid and costly fabrics of extremely elaborate device . . . The volume is excessively rare, and only to be found in some half-dozen of the most important public and private libraries . . . The engraving of the plates is very precise and workmanlike . . . Apart from the plates in this really interesting historic volume, the only other known work of Kip is in map-engraving ..." 484 HARVEY (Gabriel). Gabrielis Harueii Valdinatis ; Smithus ; Vel Musarum Lachrymse ; Pro obitu . . . Thomse Smithi . . . Londini, ExOfficinaTypographicaHenriciBinnemani. AnnoCIO.IO.LXXVIII. Gabrielis Harueii Rhetor . . . Londini, Ex Officina Typographica Henrici Binneman. Anno . 1577. Gabrielis Harueii Ciceronianus . . . Londini, Ex Officina Typo- graphica Henrici Binneman. Anno CIO.IO.LXXVII. 3 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., unusually fine copies, bound in contemporary English hi'otvn calf, on the sides large gilt block stamps of Lyonnese pattern, the back of five panels ivithout bands, gilt edges 1.577-8 60 Harvey (Richard). See under Marprelate (Martin). 485 HAWKWOOD (Sir John). The Honour of the Taylors : Or, The Famous and Renowned History Of Sir John Hawkwood . . Containing His many . . . Adventures . . . Relating To Love and Arms, In many Lands . . . Illustrated with Pictures ... To which (as an Appendix) is added, A Brief Account of the Original of the Worsliipful Company of Merchant-Taylors . . . London : Printed by Alexander Milbourn, for William Whitwood . . . 1687. Sm. 4to., black letter, tcith a ivoodcut frontispiece and 6 tvoodcuts in the text ; the inner blank margins skilfully mended, with an occasional letter hlled in in facsimile ; stained calf extra, gilt edges by Riviere 1687 16 16 486 another copy. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in old half russia 1687 20 First edition of an extremely rare romance. The book concludes with A Song, to l)c Kung by the Merchant-Taylors on St William^ s Bay, in three verses. 487 HAYWARD (Sii- John). The Life, And Raigne Of King Edward The Sixt. "Written by S"". lohn Hayward . . . London Printed for luhn Partridge . . . 1630. Sm. 4to., the title ivholly engraved, containing in the centre an oval half-length portrait of King Edivard, by R. Vaughan, and ivith a portrait of Hayward on the verso o/'[vl'']^ by W. Pass ; a small wormhole running almost throughout but affecting the text only very slightly ; othenmse a fine copy icith the blank first leaf ; modern limj> vellum, gilt edges ' ' 1630 5 5 First edition. It was probably printed by G. Purslowe. 488 [HEAD (Richard)]. The Life and Death Of Mother Ship ton : Giving a wonderful Accf)unt of her strange and monstrous Birth, Life, Actions and Death . . . with all her Prophesies that have come to pass, from the Reign of Henry VII (in whose Time she was Born, near Dropping- well, in York-shire) to this present year 1697 . . . With divers not yet come to pass . . . London : Printed by W. Onley, for J. Back . . . MDCXCVII. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: US:5-1700. n5 [HE;VD (Richard)], coniinued : — £ •«. d. Sm. -tto., hlack letter, ivi.tli o rrry crvdrfohlinij iroodoit ; SDim/vIiat t'uHe-staiued, hut soiukI a)ixl clean ; old ludf hiiidinii 1697 48 Fourth editiox ('r) ; the first edition of tiiis version was published in 1684, as far as is kno^\n. This is the only copj' of this edition which I have been able to trace. The Fillingham-Heber copy. 489 [ and Francis Kirkman]. The English Rogue Described In The Life Of Meriton Latroon . . . Comprehending The Most Eminent Cheats Of Both Sexes . . . London : Printed for Fra: Kirkman . . . 1666. (This is the title of the first volume: the others tvith sliqht alterations, are dated 1671). 4 vols., sm. 8vo., icith engraved frontispieces including the portrait of Head, together loith eight other plates ; a very fine copy in calf extra, gilt edges, by Bedford 1666-71 31 10 This is the second edition of Vol. I. the first having been published in 1GG5 by Henry Marsh. The third and succeeding editions are much altered, owing to their being subjected to severe censorship ; but the second has identical text with the first edition. Vol. II is of the second edition, and Vols. Ill and IV^ are first editions. All the early editions are very rare. 490 HEATH (John). Two Centuries Of Epigrammes. Written by lohn Heath . . . London, Printed by lohn Windet. 1610. Sm. Svo., tJie title and a^ few other leaves a litflH stained, Imt a good sound copy in russia 1610 57 10 First edition- : extremely rare. There are many Epigrams to well-known men both anterior to and contemporary with Heath. The titles are mainly in Latin but the Epigrams themselves are in English. 491 HELIODORUS. An Ethiopian Historie written in Greeke by Heliodorus : very vvittie and pleasaunt, Englished by Thomas Vnderdoune . . . Imprinted at London, by Henrie Wykes, for Framices Coldocke . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, the title within a border of printers ornaments; a very large and fine copy with the blank last leaf; russia [1569] 150 First edition. It was not in either the Huth or Hoe collections and is extremely rare. It was licensed to Coldocke in 1568y9 and Wykes is not known to have printed anything after 1569 ; tlierefore this was in all probability printed in that year. *^* See illustration no. 53. 492 An Ethiopian historie . . . newely corrected and augmented, with diuers and sundrie new additions . . . Imprinted at London, by Henrie Middleton for Frauncis Coldocke . . . 1577. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title 7vithin a border of lyrinter^sornamods ; a fine copy loith the blank leaf %^; russia gilt 1577 63 Second Edition, and as rare as, if not rarer than the first edition. It was not present in either the Hoe or Huth Collections, nor is it in the British Mu-;euiii. The only copy other than this that I have been able to trac^ is in the Bodleian Library. It is interesting to note that some of the large initial letters used in this edition .also occur in the undated edition described above, thus proving that Middleton took over the types of Wykes. 493 An Ethiopian Historie . . . Imprinted at London, for Frauncis Coldocke . . . 1587. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title icithin a border of printers^ ornaments; (t fine copy m broivn morocco extra, gilt edges 1587 35 Third edition. Although not so rare as the preceeding editions it is never- theless of infrequent occuiTonce. By the presence here of the same large initials as appear in the editions described above, it is appareiit that the printer of this edition was HeniT Middleton. 116 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. __ £~Z~d. 494 HEMINGS (WOliam). The Jewes Tragedy, Or, Their Fatal and Final Overthrow By Vespatian and Titus his Son . . . By William Hemings . . . London, Printed for Matthew Inman, and are to be sold by Richard Gammon . . . 1662. Sm. 4to., some blank corners restored : otherivise a good copy in hoc vellum, gilt edges 1662 "Jl Very bare. The above play, although first published in 1662, belongs to a much earlier period ; as Homing flourished about 1630 and is supposed to have died in the early 'fifties.' At the head of [A]2'^ (The Actor.s) are two small woodcuts representing the occupations of two of the months, evidently originally used for decorating a sixteenth century Almanac. They are both signed with a small monogram containing the initials I. C. or C. I. The same initials occur in the wood- cuts of a broadsheet Almanac issued in 1581, a copy of which is in the University LibraiT, Cambridge. 495 HENRICIPETRI (Adam). Chronyc. Historic der Nederlandtscher Oorlogen . . . Gedrud, tot Noortwitz na de copie van Basel. Anno 1579. Sm. 8vo., title printed in red and black : red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1579 25 One of the earliest boots printed at Norwich. Antony de Solempne, a religious refugee from the Netherlands, was the pro to typographer of Norwich. All of the books printed by him, among which is the above, are of the greatest rarity. 496 HENRY III, King of Navarre. A Declaration and Protestation, published by the King of Nauarre, the L. Prince of Conde, and the L. Duke of Montmorency, concerning the peace concluded with the house of Lorrayn, the Captaines and Chiefe aucthores of the league, to the preiudice of the house of Fraunce. Also two Letters written by the sayd King of Nauarre . . . More an Epistle written by Philipp de Mornay to the French King : Hereunto . . . are inserted the Articles agreed vpon betweene the King and the Lordes of Guyze. All faithfully translated . . . Imprinted at London for Edward Aggas. Sm. 8vo., a few contemporary MS. notes ; a fine copy in polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere [15861 8 8 Vert bare. This copy has the last leaf, which is blank except for Aggas device (McKerrow, 199) on the recto. It was printed by George Robinson. 497 Three Letters written by the King of Nauarre ... to the States of the Cleargie, Nobilitie and third estate of France. More : A Letter from the sayd King to the Gouernors and Communaltie of the Towne of Paris. All faithfully translated . . . At London, Im- printed for Edward Aggas. 1586. Sm. 8vo., black letter, some headlines slightly shaved, hiU a good copy in polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1586 12 12 Extremely rare. No copy is in the British Museum, and the University Library, Cambridge has the title only. Aggas' device is on the title page. It was printed by George Robinson. 498 HENRY VIII, King of England. Assertio Septem Sacramentorum aduersus Martin. Lutherii, fedita ab inuidissimo Anglire et Francise rege, et do. Hybernise Henrico eius nominis odauo. {Colophon :) Apud inclytam urbem Londinum in aedibus Pynsonianis. An. M. D. • XXI. quarto Idus lulij. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto. Sm. 4to., Roman letter, with ornamental initials; title ivithin a tvoodcut border designed by Holbein ; the %ipper outer corner of the title and next leaf restored with a little of the border and a feiv letters of text filled-in in facsimile, but a fine and very large copy (8| x 6| in.) with the blank last two leaves ; dark brown levant morocco, blind-tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere 1521 42 First edition of this celebrated work, which gained for Heni-y from the Pope the title of ' Fidei Defensor.' *,* See illustration no. 54. I ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 117 HENRY VIII, King oj England, continued : — £ «• ^■ 499 Literarum, quibus . . . Henricus odauus, rex Anglian . . . respoudit, ad quandaru epistolam Martini Lutheri . . . et ipsius Lutheran^ quoq3 epistol^ exemplum. {Colophon :) Loudini in sedibus Pynsunianis. Anno domini Millesimo quiugentesinio uicesimo sexto, secunda Decembris. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto. Sm. 8vo., Roman letter, the title a little soiled, but a fine, large copy with the blank last leaf ; calf, ivith a stamp in blind on both covers 1526 55 First editiox. Only five other copies are known, two of which are in the British Museum, and one in the Cambridge University Library. It was reprinted on 10 Feb. 1527 by Pynson, who also brought out an English translation (undated, but probably in 1527). Peter Quentell also produced an edition of the original version in 1527 at Cologne. *^* See illustration no. 65. 500 HENRY, Prhwe of Wales. A True Reportarie Of The Most Triumphant, And Royal Accomplishment of the Baptisme of the most Excellent, right High, and mightie Prince, Frederik Henry . . . Solemnized the .'30 . day of August. 1594. Printed by R. Walde-graue . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, with the Scoto-Danish arms on the recto and verso of the title ; the head-ornament of the title just shaved, but a good copy with the blank last leaf, in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Biviere [Edinburgh, 1594] 72 Very rare. "This curious volume contains an account of the Masques, Pageants, Ceremonies and Entertainments on the occasion. In the Masque of the Three Chiistians, Three Turkes and the Three Amazones, ' Last of all, came in three Amazones in womens attyre, veri sumptuouslie clad, and these were the Lord of Lendores, the Laird of Barclewch, and the Abbots of Holie Kood House ' " From the Rawlinson, Bindley and Heber Libraries. 501 HERBAL. A boke of the Propertyes of herbes the whiche is called an Herbal. (Col. :) Imprynted at London . . by me Elizabeth late wyfe to Robert Redman . . . {below this Redmat^s Pynson device). Sm. 8vo., black letter, a small ivoodcut at the foot of the title, but a fine copy in dark green levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere [1540?] 65 Apparently the only other copy known is that formerly in the Britwell Library; it was sold in 1921 for £80. 502 HERBERAY (N. de). The Most Excellent History Of The valiant, and Renowned Knight, Don Flores Of Oreece . . . Being, A supplement to Amadis de Gaule, Written by Mounsieur De Essule, Nicholas de Hereby . . . Translated into English by W.P. Tlie Third Edition. London Printed, for R.I. . . . 1664. Sm. 4to., black letter ; a fine copy with the blank last leaf ; russia, gilt edges 1664 10 10 Rare. The earliest edition known. The E. V. Utterson copy with his book- label. 503 HERBERT (Edward), first Lord Herbert of Cherbury. The Life And Reign Of King Henry The Eighth. Written by . . . Edward Lord Herbert Of Cherbury. London : Printed by Andr. Clark, for S. Mearne, Book-binder to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. MDCLXXII. Sm. folio, ivith portrait of the king by W. Faithorne ; extra illus- trated by the insertion of 8 contemjjorary portraits (Katharine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Wolsey, Cranmer, etc.) ; a fine clean copy, in the original black morocco binding by Samuel Mearne, the back fully gilt, and the aides covered ivith tooling, mostly in blind, btit with gilt corner fleurons, side pieces, etc., gilt edges 1671 15 15 The combination of Meame's name as publisher and binder is interesting. 118 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 504 HERBERT (Thomas). Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts Of Asia and Airique. Describing especially the two famous Empires, the Persian, and great Mogull . . . As also, many I'ich and spatious Kingdomes in the Orientall India, and other parts of Asia : Together with the adjacent lies . . . With a revivall of the first Discoverer of America. Revised and Enlarged by the Author . . . London, Printed by R. Bi^ for lacob Blome and Richard Bishop. 1638. Sm. folio, ivith a fine engraved title hy W. ]\I\arshall^ and numeroufi engraved vzaps and 2}icites in the text ; the top and bottom margins of one leaf enlarged and a tear m another leaf mended., hut a very large aiul generally fine copy in russia, blind and gilt tooled to a, simple Roger Payne design, gilt edges 1638 6 10 Second edition ; the first had appeared in 1634 and there were three editions subsequent to the second in the seventeenth century. Herbert commenced his travels in March 1626/7 and returned to England in December 1629. The copy offered is so large tliat it may very well be a large paper copj' ; the size is 12 X 7^ ins. 505 HEWES (Lewes). Certaine Greevances ; Well Worthy The Serious Consideration Of The . . . Parliament. Set ftath by way of Dialogue . . . for the satisfying of those that doe clamour, and maliciously revile them that labour to have the errors of the Booke of Common Prayer reformed. By Lewes Hevves . . . Printed in the Yeare 1640. Sm. 4to., half bound 1640 '1 2 506 HEYWOOD (Thomas). The Iron Age : Contayning the Rape of Hellen : The siege of Troy : The Combate betwixt Hector and Aiax . . . Written by Thomas Heyvvood . . . Printed at Loudon by Nicholas Okes, 1632. — The Second Part of the Iron Age: Which contayneth the death of Penthesilea, Paris, Priam, and Hecuba . . . W^ritten by Thomas Heyvvood . . . Printed at London by Nicholas Okes, 1632. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4 to., tvith a large woodcut on the title-2Jage of each part ; the title of each part slightly cut-into in the fore-m,argin, but a good copy in red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1632 55 First edition ; very rare. The last 'Age' of Hey wood's The Four Ar/es to be issued. The Golden Age a^^peared in 1611 and was followed by the Silver and Brazen Ages in 1613. 507 Pleasant Dialogues And Dramma's, Selected Out Of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. With sundry Emblems extracted from the most elegant lacobus Catsius. As also certaine Elegies, Epitaphs, and Epithalamions or Nuptiall Songs ; Anagrams and Acrosticks ; With divers Speeches . . . spoken to their . . Majesties, King Charles, and Queene Mary. With other Fancies translated from Beza, Bucanan ... By Tho. Heywood . . . London, Printed by R.O. for R.H. and are to be sold by Thomas Slater . . . 1637. Sm. 8vo., the title molded at the foot and in the foremargin, with a small portion of the border and some letters in the imprint restored in facsimile, a few other leaves mended, hut generally a sound copy with the blank first leaf in the original limp vellum 1637 17 17 First edition. A rare and interesting collection of "short dramatic pieces and poetical dialogues nowhere else printed. There is also a collection of Prologues and Kpilogues." The printer was Richard Oulton. 508 The Wise-woman Of Hogsdon. A Comedie. As it hath been sundry times Aded with great Applause. Written by Tho: Heyvvood . . . London, Printed by M. P[arsons]. for Henry Shephard . . . 1638. Sm. 4to., a good co2)y in calf gilt, gilt edges, by W. Pratt 1638 40 First edition, though no doubt acted many years earlier. " This play is a comedy of manners which may be described as a picture with a purpose ; and though the piece is full of coarseness, its tone is healtliy, while as a stage-play it might Ijo trusted to hold the interest of its audience from first to last." — Sir A. W. Ward. The Hoe copy, having the inner margin of tho title supplied, sold for J290. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 119 HEYWOOD (Thomas), rontluaed : — ■ £ s. d. 509 A VVunian Kilde with Kindnesse . . . Written by Tlio. Heywood. The third Edition. London, Printed by Isaac laggard, 1617. Sm. ito., a vivnj fiiw and lar. 5s. 517 HOLINSHED (Raphael), ('ritle to Vol.1:) 1577. The Firste vohime of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande . . . Faithfully gathered and set forth, by Eaphaell Holinshed. At London, Imprinted [by H. Bynneman] for lohn Harrison . . . (Title to Vol. II:) 1577. The Laste volume of the Chronicles of ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 121 HOLINSHED (Raphael), continued:— & s. d. England, Scotlande, and Irelande . . . Faithfully gathered and compiled by Raphaell Holiushed . At London, Imprinted [by H. Bynneman] for lohn Harison. 2 vols., sm. folio, black letter, 'printed hi doable columns, titles within woodcut borders, with numerous WOODCUTS ; a few small mends, involving here and there a few letters of text, two or three leares remargined, and a few sidenotes cut into, hut a fine copy ; old diced russia gilt ' 1577 I'JO First edition, commonly called the Shakespeare edition because it- is supposed to have been used by him in writing his liistorical plays. In the second edition the language is much altered and the woodcuts are omitted. Few English books are so difficult to obtain in a perfect state as the first edition of Holinshed's Chronicles. The above is u desirable copy, the book being generally in fine condition ; and the folding woodcut view of Edinburgh, which is nearly always defective or missing, is in exceptionally fine state. George Steevens copy with his stamp and signature on the titles. 518 H[OLLAND] (H[enry]). Heru/ologia Anglica Hoc Est, Clarissimorum Et Doctissimorum Aliqout (sic) Anglorum Qui Floruerunt Ab Anno Cristi . M.D. Vsq' Ad Presentem Annum M.D.CXX Viute Effigies Vitse et elogia Duobus tomis Authore. H. H. Anglo Britanno : Impensis Crispini Passsei Calcographi et Jansonii Bibliopola? Arnhemiensis. Sm. folio, ivith a fine engraved title containing a niedaUion majj oj the British Isles and a bird's-eye view of London, and 65 sidendid portraits and two monuments (to Queen Elizabeth and to Prince Henry) ; a feiv contemporary MS. notes, a library duplicate stamp on the title and next leaf, a little ivater staining in places, but a qttite good copy in contemporary red morocco, with an elahorately tooled back and frame sides, gilt edges [Arnhem, 1620] 24 This copy has not the excessively rare leaf with the verses by I. Gruterus, but is otherwise quite perfect. 519 — another copy. Sm. folio, zuith I'ngraviugs as described above : tlie fore edge of tJie title just shaved, but a fine copy in red levant morocco, blind and gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere [ibid, 1620] 42 This copy is auixE perfect, having the two leaves of ' Post-Prefatio', the leaf of verses by 1. Gruterus and the monument to Queen Elizabeth, all of which are extremely rare, the second item particularly so. This beautiful series of English portraits was the first ever issued. 520 HOMER. The Whole Works Of Homer; Prince Of Poetts In his Iliads, and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, By Geo : Chapman ... At London printed for Nathaniell Butter . . . Sm. folio, witli an engraved general title, the memorial plate " To tlie Imortall Memorie, of the Incomparable Heroe, Henrye Prince of Wales " and an engraved title to the Odyssey ; a very fine copy with tJie four blank leaves; original calf skilfidly repaired [1616?] 52 10 The early issue, before the portrait of Chapman was printed on the verso of the general title. The vohime is in remarkably fine state throughout. 521 another copy. Sm. folio, with engravings as above and tvith the portrait oj Chap)man on the verso of the general title, the latter mended in the outer lower corner tcith a very small jjortion of the rule filled in, one or two other mends in blank margins, the title to the Odyssey strengthened in the fore-margin, but in general a fine copy in crim,8on levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere [16161] 4U U U 122 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. HOMER, co7itinued : — -^ «• «?• First combined edition of Chapman's celelirated translations of the Ilirid and Odyssey. The Iliad was first issued in a translation of only twelve books about 1610 ; in the following year, probably, the complete translation was issued. The Odyssey was similarly first partially translated in 1614 ('r) and then completely translated in, probably, the following year. In 1616 the sheets of the complete translations of each work were combined, the title to the Iliad was cancelled and a new general title and the plate to the memory of Prince Henry were added in its stead. In about 1635 the first portion was reprinted and a new title given to the Odyssey. These two editions are often considered to be the same. The copies of the book containing the portrait are probably later than those not containing it, as it is impossible to imagine any reason for the printer omitting it. The portrait is dated 1616. The printer was Kichard Field. In some copies the Batrachomyomachia is found bound in, but this does not belong to the book, as it was not published until 1624. 522 Homer His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd With Sculpture And Illustrated With Annotations, By John Ogilby. London, Printed hv Thomas Roycroft . . . MDCLX. Roy. folio, with Jine portrait of Ogilby by Lombart, and of Charles II by Faithorne, eiigraved frontispiece, and 60 plates by Hollar and others ; a beautiful copjy in old red vwrocco extra, ftdl gilt back, gilt edges, by Samuel Mearne 1660 35 One of the copies printed for presents, containing the beautiful portrait of Charles II by Faithorne, which is not included in the ordinary copies. The ornamentation of the back of the binding is very elaborate and delicate, chiefly done with fine small tools, with the Koyal Cypher of interlacing C's crowned between two palm branches, three times repeated. 523 HOOPER (John). A Declaracion of Christe and of his offyce compylyd, by lohan Hoper, Anno 1547 . . . {Col. :) Pryntyd In Zurych By Augustyne Fries. Anno M.D. XL'VII. Sm. 8vo., Boman letter ; a contemporary signature on the title and sevieral inscriptions by Robert Cradock at the end, an inscription erased' from the title, but a good copy in the original velluvi, tvith fly leaves from a 15th Century MS. ; in a cloth box 1557 10 10 524 A Declaracion of Christe and of his ofFyce compylyd, b}^ lohan Hoper, Anno 1547 . . . {Col. :) Pryntyd In Zurych By Augustyne Fries. Anno M.D. XLVII. Roman letter, with the blank last ttoo leaves. A Declaration of the ten holy comaundementes of allmygthye God, wroten Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collectyd ... by loanne Hopper . . . M.D. XLVIII. Black letter, ivitlt, the blank last leaf 2 items in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., very fine copies in the original calf tvith a made tip border in blind tooling on both sides, the head, foot and corners a little defective ; in a cloth case Zurich, 1547-8 or 9 18 18 First editions of both items ; very eare. The first item is dedicated to the I_)uke of Somerset. The preface to the second item is dated " 5 . Nouembris Anno M.D.XUX " and therefore the date on the title probably refers to the date of composition and not of printing. There is no colophon, but the book was probably printed by Christopher Froschauer I. With a contemporary inscription stating that in 1585 the book belonged to Arthur Minshull. 525 [HOTMAN (Jean), Seigneur de Villiers]. The Ambassador. Printed at London by V[alentine]. S[immes]. for lames Shawe . 1603. Sm. 8vo., prinJcd nnlhin ruled lines, the last leaf blank except for these lines ; the blank corners of two leaves mended, but a fine copy i)i polisJied calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1603 6 6 First English edition. An interesting book, the scope of which is set out on • A^"His Behaviour, Charge, Privileges, Familie." It is dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke by I. S., the initials of James Shawe, the publisher. The tran.slator is unknown. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 128 526 HOURS OF SARUM USE. Huie beate marie virginis ad v.su ecclesie Sal/: : cum multis ac varijs orationibus multum deuotis . 1530Uenudatur p Christoplu)ru Ruremudefi . (Colophon :) . . . Antwerpie, per Christophorum Endouiensem impresse . Anno a natiuitate domini, Millesimo, quingentesimo, tricesimo . Mense Tanua . Sm. 4to., 2^^'^nted in red and black in Gothic type, tvith several large ati/i small ivoodcuts ; a few leaves missing and one or two defective; in a contemporary English calf binding with clasps, stamped on the sides icith the arms of King Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon Antiverp, 1530 45 An extremely rare example of a Sarum Book of Hours. There is no copy in the , British Museum and the only one recorded by the Eev. E. Hoskins [Horce Beatce Maria' Tirgbiis or Sarum and York Primers, 1901) is that in the library of Jesus College, Cambridge, which wants the title and calendar (8 leaves altogether) and a few leaves at the end. The leaves missing from the above copy are : .^j, Ag, Bj^, ci-8, Ki.2, Mg, and one or two leaves at the end, following after the colophon. The slightly defective leaves are : 1 4 , x 5 , 04^3, and x j . 527 [HOWARD (Henry)], Earl of JS'orthampton. A defensatiue against the poyson of supposed Prophesies : Not hitherto confuted by the penne of any man . . . At London Printed by lohn Charlewood, Printer to the right Honourable Earle of Arundell. 1583. Sm. 4to., bound in contemporary English dark brown calf, in the centre of the covers a gilt stamp of a Pelican in her piety surrounded by the motto 'love kepe[t]h the la we obeie[t]h the king and is GOOD TO the comentle (sic)' («.? in Jugge's printer's device), gilt edges 1583 40 First edition ; very rare. It was largely due to this attack on judicial astrology that Howard was imprisoned in the Fleet, the book being suspected of "seeming heresies" and of treason "though somewhat closely covered." 528 A Defensatiue against the poyson of supposed Prophecies . . . Written by Hemy Howard, late Earle of Northampton . . . Now newly reuised . . . reprinted by W. laggard, and to be sold by Mathew Lownes . . . 1620 Sm. folio, the title within a striking tvoodcut border, of ivliite inter- laced strapivork design on a stippled black ground ; old calf 1620 2 2 529 HOWARD (Hemy), Earl of Surrey ; and others. Songes and Sonets written by the right lionorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and others. Apud Richardum Tottell 1574 . . . Sm. 8vo., black letter ; 16 leaves toholly and 3 others mostly in fac- simile and 15 leaves tvith some letters filled-in (in some cases only 2 or 3 letters affected) ; crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1574 84 Apparently the seventh edition of this extraordinarily rare poetical volume. Of this edition only four other copies are recorded ; the British Museum and the Bodleian each possessing a copy. All editions ai'e represented by but a very few copies. The title page has only a few letters in facsimile, although the last leaf containing the colophon is wholly in facsimile. Besides those written by Surrey, ninety-six of the poems are by Sir Thomas Wyatt, ten by Nicolas Grimald, and others by Lord Yaux, John Heywood, Edward Somerset, etc. The Hagen copy of this edition was sold for §4,125. 530 HOWELL (J.). Ilapot/xioypa^ia. Proverbs, Or, Old Sayed Savves ik Adages, In English . . . Italian, French and Spanish, whereunto the British [Welsh] . . . are added . . . Collected by J. H. . . . London, Printed by J. O. 1659. Sm. folio, a Utile 1 rater staivsd and discoloured, but a sound copy in half calf 1659 3 3 Rare. The dedication is signed Jam. Howell. " Howell is one of the earliest Englishmen who made a livelihood out of literatiu-e." He had "a rare mastery of modern languages." — Diet, of Xat Iliog. 124 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d. 531 HUARTE (John). Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of mens Wits ... By lohn Huarte. Translated out of the Spanish tongue by M. Camillo Camilli. Englished out of his Italian, by R. C. Esquire. London, Printed by Adam Islip, for Thomas Man. 1594. ^m. ito., a fine copy in old calf ^ 1594 10 10 FiBST EDITION. The English translator was Richard Carew. There was no copy in the Huth library, and the book is of infrequent occurrence. With the contemporary signatures Gulielm . Buxton, Gulielm . Benham and Francis Cartwright on the title and with a few contemporary MS. annotations. 532 Examen de Ingenios, The Examination of mens Wits . . . London, Printed by Adam Islip . 1604. Sm. 4to., a good copy in polished calf extra, gill edges, hy Riviere 1604 6 6 Third edition. 533 HUBBOCKE (William). An Oration Gratulatory To the High and Mighty lames of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King . . . On the twelft day of February last presented, when his Maiesty entered the Tower of London to performe the residue of the solemnities (if his Coronation thorough the citie of London differred by reason of the plague . . . Wherem both the description of the Tower of London and the vnion of the kingdomes is compendiously touched : By William Hubbocke . At Oxford, Printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold [in London] ... by Simon VVaterson . 1604. Sm. 4to., in Latin and English ; a fine copy in red levant morocco extra, aryns on sides, gilt edges, by F. Bedford Oxford, 1604 15 " Extremely rare : the only copy at present known is in the Bodleian, but there was a copy among the Harleian Pamphlets . . . The speech was really delivered on March 12, not February, 160f, Hubbocke being Chaplain at the Tower. The speech describes the Tower as mint, armoury, jewel-house, &c. . ." — Mr. F. Madan in The Early Oxford Fress, I. 59. There are also cop'es in the British Museum and the University Library, Cambridge, besides the copy offered, then unknown to Mr. Madan. 534 HULOET (R.). Huloets Dictionarie, newelye corrected, amended. Set In Order And Enlarged, . . . And in eche place fit Phrases, gathered out of the best Latin Authors. Also the Frenche thereunto annexed, Ijy which you may finde the Latin or Frenche, of anye Englishe wooi'de you will. By lohn Higgins . . . Londini, In fedibus Thomse Marshij. Anno. 1572. Sm. folio, black, roman and italic letter ; the title ivithin a woodcut border (slightly cut into at the foot ctnd defective in three other places), with a large tvoodcut of the arms of Sir George Peckham {to lohom the book is dedicated) and a tree of Consanguinity ; a few leaves mended in the margins and in some cases defective and a feiv leaves with some contemporary annotations ; modern calf 1572 535 another copy. Sm. folio, the title a little frayed at the edges {but perfect), some leaves with contemporary annotations and a feiv blank margins mended, but a larger and better copy ; original stamped ca.lf repaired and the clasps mnssing 1572 Second edition, but so altered that it can be regarded as a separate publication. TMs book is very rare when in anything like good condition. The first edition was published in 1552 under the title of Ahcedarium Anfilico-Latinitm pro Tiirunculis . . . Amongst the commendatory verses are 38 lines in English by Thomas Churchyard. 5:36 [HURAULT (Michel)]. A discourse vpon the present estate of France . Too'ither with a copie of the kings letters patents, declaring his mind after his departure out of Paris. Whei'eunto is added the copie of two letters written by the Duke of Guize. Translated out of French into English : And now newly reprinted, and corrected by E. Aggas. Imprinted [in London by lohn Wolfe]. 1588. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 125 [HURAULT (Michel)], continued:— TT~7 Sm. 4to., a small portion of the l/lank margins of the title cut away and an original defect in Cj ; n sound copy in modern lim,2'> vellum, gilt edges " 1588 ij 'J First edition of this translation ; it had been previously printed, in the same year, but in a different translation, by J. Wolfe. This edition has no imprint. E. Ags^as is probably identical with the bookseller of that name. 537 [HYDE^(T.)]. An Account Of The Famous Prince (Jiohj, Son Of The King of Gilolo, Now in England . . . With a Description Of thr Island of Gilolo, and the Adjacent Isle of Celebes . . . Written from his own Mouth . . . London, Printed and Sold by R. Taylor . . . 1692. Sm. 4to., irith an engroned frontispiece, a fine copy in an old hcdf binding 1692 7 7 Rare. This is a very picturesque and probably somewhat untrue account of the Malasian Prince brou£^ht to England by Captain Dampier in 1(591. The Prince was a native of Meangis in the island of Gilolo and was chiefly famous for the intricate tattooings with which his body was covered. He was sold by Dampier and exhibited as a curiosity ; he died at Oxford not many months after landing. This pamphlet was doubtless issued as an advertisement by the showmen who had purchased him. A long account of him is given in Dampier's Voyages. 538 HYMNAL of Sarum use. Hynorum (sic) cum notis Opus- culum, ad vsum SalX : diurno seruitio, per totu aiinii ap- prime necessariti : plurimis eliminatis medis, impressum. 1528 Christ ophor9 Ruremudn (Col.:) . . . AntAverpie per Christophoru Endouiensem impressum : impensis vero probi ac honesti mercatoris Godefridi de hagis. Sm. 4to., Gothic letter, printed in red and black, with musical notation throughout ; with Endhoven's device on the title and a cut of the English Royal arms on the recto of the last leaf (otherwise hlank) ; a very fine copy with several leaves of contemporary MS. 7nusic bound in at the end ; purple morocco, blind tooled, cfilt edges, by Rivih'e Antwerp, 1528 120 An apparently unrecorded edition of the Sarum Hymnal, of which no copy is in the British Museum. It is a very handsome book. Christopher van Endhoven, or Ruremond, was intimately connected with the printing of service books for English use and particularly with the issue of the earliest English New Testaments, in fact for selling the latter in London he was, in 1531, thrown into prison, where he died. Godfried van der Haeghen, at whose expense the present Hymnal was printed, was a printer and bookseller of Antwerp. The cut of the English Royal arms on the last leaf is very similar to, but not the same as that illustrated by Dr. McKerrow as No. 57 in his work on Printers' and Ptthlishers ' Devices. Dr. McKerrow's example was first used by John Siberch at Cambridge (1521-22) and from him passed successively to Peter Kaetz (and was used by Hans van Ruremond in a book printed for Kaetz, in 1525) and G. van der Haeghen (1527). In all probability Christopher van Ruremond had a duplicate cut for himself for use in his English service books. 539 INGELO (Nathaniel). Bentivolio And LTrania, In Six Books. By Nathaniel Ingelo D.D. The Second Edition. Wherein all the Obscure words throughout the Book are interpreted in the Margin, which makes this much more delightful to read than the former Edition. London, Printed for T. Dring, J. Starkey, and T. Basset . . . 1669. — Bentivolio And Urania, The Second Part, In Two Books . . . 1669. 2 vols in 1, sm. folio, very fine and excpptionaUy large copies in the original calf 1669 7 7 Second edition ; very rare. The first volume (not so noted on the title page) of this religious romance has four books, the second, two books. 26 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 540 INJUNCTIONS. Iniunccions geue by the moste excellent prince, Edward the sixte . . . To all and singuler his louyng subiectes, as- well of the Clergie, as of the Laietie. {Col. :) Imprinted At Ijondon, The Laste Dale Of lulii ... By Richard Grafton . . . Anno. 1547 . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, title ivithin a made iip border ; a feiv blank comers mended, but a good copy in- calf, ijilt edges, by F. Bedford 1547 G 6 There were apparently four editions of exactly the same date, all printed by Grafton. His large device (McKerrow 104a) is on the verso of the last leaf. 541 Iniunctions giuen by the Queenes Maiestie. Anno domini. 1559 . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, the title ?rithi)i, a tvoodcut border, stained and a leaf torn ; unbd. [Deputies of C . Barker, c. 1591] 1 5 542 another copy. Sm. 4to., a little soiled, but a better copy in calf, joints repaired [ibid. c. 1591] 1 10 543 INTRATIONUM LIBER. Intrationu excellentissimus liber per q3 necessarius oibus leg3 hominib^ : fere in se continens oem medullani diversal/. materia]^ . . . (Colophon :) ... Impressum . . . London in vico vulgariter nucupato Fletstrete in officina ere ac impensis honesti viri Ricardi Pynson Regis Impressoris . . . Anno . . . M.CCCCC.x. Die vero vltima Mensis Februarij. Folio, black letter, the title printed in red and black, with ornamental initials ; a large woodcut of the arms of England on verso of title, and Pynson^?, metal device (McKerrow yb) on verso of colophon leaf ; calf 1510 20 With signatures of B. "Wilsford on title, and ' John Baynes, Greys Inn 1782 ' on flyleaf. 544 J. (B.). Tlie Tragical History, Admirable Atchievments and various events Of Guy Earl Of Warwick, A Tragedy . . . Written by B. J. . . London, Printed for Thomas Vere and William Gilbertson . . , 1661. Sm. 4to., a sound copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1661 31 10 An anonymous play of great rarity. 545 JAlViES I. Dsemonologie In Forme Of Ane Dialogue. Sm. 4to., the original MS. on 64 leaves (Q blanks) of paper, very finely written, mainly in a heautiful Italian script ; original vellum with a. crown, below which are the Initials I^R, on each cover [1597 ?] 400 A MOST INTERESTING MS. OF THIS ROYAL AUTHOR'S CHIEF WORK. It was written, evidently, by an accomplished scribe, and probably from the dictation of James himself, who has made many additions AND CORRECTIONS AviTH HIS OWN HAND. It was no doubt this very MS. which Waldegrave used in printing the first edition of Dcemonologie (1597) in book form, as all the corrections and alterations appear there. It is hardly necessary to point out the great interest, or rarity of such a MS. of this period. St) far as I know no other MS. of this work is in existence. *^* See illustration. 546 The Declaration Of Our Soueraigne Lord The King . . . concerning the Title of His Maiesties . . . Sonne Charles ... to the Duchy of Cornewall. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker . . . 1613. Sm. folio, both title and text in French a)nl English, : calf, gill t^.dges, hy Riviere 1613 7 7 j)£M0NOL.OGlJi- 111 • (vL bun/utm $tnyu:^k iLlireMe^r tnmuituL: and^ovL.- anl our dAyuircLnc^drmotnd nt-W mayku Sa^%mi^ -to racta^iiyf^ niAW<^tyL tm uittrmntiiTtts hnMizom^ ■ , / , J ] ^r W-^^-'^^f ^^^. /^-^ 545. James I. D.emosologie. Original MS. {Last page) ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 127 alT JENNINGS (Theodore). Truths Retur7ie : In answer to a Malignant Pamphlet, Pretented To he written hy a most Orthodox . . . Divine ... To A Vertuous Ladv . . . By Theo: Jennings, Gent . . . London, Printed, by J. C. 1646. Sm. ito., /oii7- lem^es ; hf. bd. 1646 6 6 Kare. From the Skegg and C!orser collections. The vohime contains the 'Malignant Pamplilet' hy the royalist divine, who after praising the piety of the laily and her loving faithfulness to the Prayer-hook, offended Jennings hy denouncing the Great Rehellion. Both this tract and Jennings' refutation are in verse. 548 JEROME OF BRUNSWICK. The vertuose boke Of the distyllacyon of all maner of waters of the herbes in this present volume expressed, with the Fygures of the stillatoryes to that noble worke belongynge . . . translated into Englysshe out of duche by me Laurence andrew. . . {At end:) A. M. CCCCC. & full seuen and twenty The yere of cryste was, by trewe computacyon Whan this presente boke, was ended fynally by me Laurence andrew, toke his translacyon Whyche is of Herbes, the perfyte dystyllacyon Newly corrected, of that, that was a mys Inprynted in flete strete, without adulacyon Cum Gracia, Illustrissimi Regis. Sm. folio, black letter, nith 2 large woodcuts (Christ and his Disciples, with Simon and Lazarus, on back of title, and " Ihe Molde or Forme^' ), Andrew's device on last leaf, and 189 smaller woodcuts ; a la7'ge and fine copy, qreen levant morocco, rouah gilt edges, by Rimere " " [1530?] 84 «.* a-b« c-d* e-f« A* B— R« S* T* V^ X*. This third edition, of which only one other copy seems to be known, was apparently printed about 1530, but certainly after 17 March 1529, the date of The grete herball of Peter Treveris, as many of the woodcuts common to both books are here in more worn condition. The woodcuts in the first part are all different from those in the preceding editions, but most of those in the second part are printed from the same blocks as were used before. That on the verso of the title appears in an edition of this book for the first time ; it is printed from the same block as was used in Verard's V Art de hien mourir, 1492, and later in his Kalendayr of the shyppars, 1503 (where, as in this book, nearly half an inch has been cut from the foot of the block). The Latin quatrain by Robert Huet after Andrewe's prologue in the first edition of 18 April 1527 and the second edition of 17 April 1427 (sic) is replaced by a seven-line petition in English verse to the Deity and to the Virgin ; and the list of errata at the end (some of which are corrected, but the majority are not) is superseded on Xj^ bv four verses, each of eight lines. A transcription of the last of these is given above. The last leaf, blank on the obverse, has Andrewe's device in its later state (McKerrow 74/3), known only from its occurrence in this book. *^* See illustration no. 58. 549 JESTS. A Banquet Of Jests New and Old. Or Change of Cheare. Being A Collection Of Modern Jests Wittie Jeeres Pleasant Taunts Merrie Tales. The last Edition, much enlarged. London, Printed for R. Royston . . . 1657. 128 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. JESTS, continued:— ^ »■ '^■ 12mo., with enyro.ved jjortrait oj Archee (Armstrong), the Kings Jester ; a vei'y slight toormiiig in a few leaves and the portrait mounted, ' hut a fine copy; dark green morocco extra, gilt edges 1657 25 An extremely rare edition ; it is very doubtful if moi'e than two or three copies now survive. Daniel's copy was apparently the last sold (in 1864). 550 JEWEL (John). A Replie Vnto M. Hardinges Ansvveare : By perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent Reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine Religion . ., . By lohn lewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie . . . Imprinted at London in Fleetstreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry YVykes. Anno . 1565 . . . Sm. folio, margins of the first and last fete leaves discoloured, but on the wholfi a good copy ; in the original hinding of luooden hoards covered witli calf, on the sides of which is stamped, a double panel made uj) of Mencoissance ornaments 1565 5 5 On the titles are contemporary inscriptions : ' Ex dono mgri Gulielmi Reppington' and 'Jo. Day' (? the printer). 551 JOHNSON (Richard). The Crown Garland Of Golden Roses, Gathered out of Englands Royall Garden. Set forth in many pleasant new Songs and Sonnets. With new additions, never before Imprinted. Divided into two Parts, by R. Johnson. London, Printed for M.W. . . 1683. Sm. 8vo., black letter, toith a woodcut wreath of roses and a crown on the title-page, the jjlain margin of which is slightly rep)aired ; several fore-margins slightly cut into ; dark blue levant morocco extra, gilt edges 1683 18 The first edition appeared in 1612, but all editions are of the greatest rarity. The author is supposed to have been attached, at one period, to the household of Queen Anne, wife of James I. 552 The Famous History Of The Seven Champions Of Christendom . . . The Firi^ Part. London, Printed by G.P. for Andrew Crook. 1670. — The Famous History Of The Seven Champions of Christendom. The Second Part . . . London. Printed by Ed. Crowch, "for Andrew Crook . 1670. 2 vols, in 1, sm. 4to., black letter ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 16702100 553 another copy. 2 vols, in 1, sm. 4to., black letter ; dark blue straiqht-g^rdn morocco, gilt, gilt edges ' 1670 25 This is Johnson's best known work, and the above copy is from G. Smith's collection. Of the first edition of the first part no copy is known, and all the subsequent editions are of extreme rarity. Heber had the first edition ol the second part, dated 1597 [Bibl. Heber, part vi. no. 1903), probably piu'chased at Eeed's sale. There is much blank verse incorporated in the prose nan-ative and it sometimes reaches a high degree of excellence. Some passages from Shakespeare are very successfully adumbrated. 551: The most pleasant History of Tom A Lincolne, That renowned Souldier, the Red-Rose Knight . . . The sixth Impression. London, Printed by Aug : Mathewes and are to bee sold by Robert Byrde, and Francis Coules. 1631. Sm. 4to., black letter, a feiv headlines, a signature markatid a catch- ivord cut-into, but a sound copy, with the blank first leaf, in old russia 1631 72 Apparently VNiauE, and the earliest edition known of this popular romance. On H.2 is the title to the Second Part. The dedication is signed R. I. 555 — The most Pleasant History Of Tom A Lincoln, That Ever Renowned Souldier, The Red-Rose Knight . . . The Tenth Impression. London, Printed by G. Purslow, for F. Coles . . . 1668. Sm. 4to., black letter, with tivo titles, the first having a woodcut but no imprint ; the top margin of some leaves restored in places, affecting some letters, and a ivorm-hole running throughout ; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford : very rare 1668 20 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 129 £ s. <\ 556 JONES (Andrew). The Black Book Of Conscience: Or, Gods High Court of Justice in the Soul . . . The thirteenth Edition. By- Andrew Jones . . . London, Printed for John Andrews . . . 1660. (12 leaves. The title within a icoodcut border). — The Dying Man's Last Sermon, Or, The Fathers Last Blessing . . . By Andrew Jones . . . Printed for W. Thackeray ... 1674. (11 leaves. With a woodcut jiortrait of the authored nd a rjirious icoodcut ornament, of a skeleton on its side). — Morbus Satanicus. The Devils Disease. Or, The Sin of Pride arraigned and condemned . . . The 21 Edition, with many Additions. By Andrew Jones . . . Printed for W. Thacke ay [sic) . . . 1674-. {\'l leaves. IVith a ivoodcut of a coquette 0)i the title-jxige). — ^Dooms-Day : Or, The Great Day of the Lord drawing nigh . . . The 22d. Edition, with Additions . . . By Andrew Jones . . . London, Printed for ^V. Thackeray ... 1674. (8 leaves. With a, woodcut frontispiece). — The Dreadful Character of a Drunkard . . . The 15 Edition, by Andrew lones . . . Printed for VV. T. . . . 1674. (13 leaves. With a woodcut portrait and a satirical woodcut on the title- pa.ge). 5 works in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., black letter ; some head-lines and outside margins sliglifly cut into ; half calf gilt, rvith the bookplate of William Doivdesivell ' ' ' 1660-74 10 10 557 JONES (John). Adrasta : Or, The Womans Spleene, And Loves Conquest. A Tragi-comedie. Never Acted . . . London, Printed [by Miles Flesher?] for Richard Royston . . . 1635. Sm. 4to., the title a little stained and remargined, icith small portions of the border fdled-in in facsimile, but in other respects a fine, large copy in vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1635 6 6 558 another copy. Sm. 4to., the title within a tvoodcut border ; calf 1635 8 8 The only edition ; rare. Part of the third act is based upon Boccaccio, Day 8, Novel 8. 559 JONSON (Ben). Catiline His Conspiracy. Written By Ben : lonson . . . London : Printed by N. Okes, for I.S. 1635. Sm. 4to., one or tivo signatures and catchwords shaved ; green calf gilt 1635 10 10 560 — • another copy. Sm. 4to., exceptionally large, and in fine condition ; blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1635 15 15 561 B. Jon : His Part Of King James his Royall and Magnificent Entertainment tlirough bis Honorable Cittie of London, Thnrseday the 15. of March. 16* '3. So much as was presented in the first and last of their Triumphall Arch's. With his speach made to the last Presentation, in the Strand . . . Also, a briefe Pane- gyre of his Alaiesties first and well anticipated entrance to his high Coml of Parliament, on Monday, the 19, of the same Moneth. with other Additions . . . Printed at London bv V[alentine]. S[ims]. for Edward Blount, 1604. Sm. 4to., a fine copy m ci^imson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivih^e 16U4 175 9 130 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. JONSON (Ben), continued:— ^' «• ^ First edition; of great rarity. The "other Additions "is "A Particular Entertainment of the Queene and Prince their Highnesse to Althorpe, at the Right Honourable the Lord Spencer's, on Saterday being the 25. of lune 1603 . . . being written by the same Author, and not before pubUshed." This and the " Panegyre " and parts of the body of the book are in verse. 562 JORDAN (Thomas). London's Glory, Or, The Lord Mayor's Show: Containing an Illustrious Description of the several Triumphant Pageants, On which are represented Emblematical Figures, Artful pieces of Architedure, and Rural Dancing, with the Speeches spoken in each Pageant ; Also, Three new Songs, the first in praise of the Merchant-Taylors, the second the Protestants Exhortation, and the third the plotting Papists Litanv, with their proper Tunes, either to be Sung or Play'd. Performed On Friday, October XXIX. 1680. For the Entertainment of . . . Sir Patience Warde, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. At the proper Cost and Charges of the . . Company of Merchant-Taylors. Invented and Composed by Tho. Jordan . . . London, Printed for John and Henry Playford, 1680. Sm. 4to., a good copy in calf extra, gilt edges, hy Bedford 1680 9 9 First edition; extremely rare. Very few copies are known. The Panegyric Ode on the Mystery of Merchant Taylors is set to music. ' Full scope was given to Jordan's talents for the first time in 1671, when, after an inteiTegnum of five years consequent on the plague and the great fire, he was chosen successor to John Tatham as poet of the corporation of London. The chief duties of the city laureates were to invent pageants for the successive lord mayor's shows, and to compose a yearly panegyi-ic upon the lord mayor elect . . . Knight describes him as "the most facetious of city poets" ; Hazlitt says he really seems to have possessed a greater share of poetical merit than ;isually fell to the lot of his profession ; while both Collier and Corser attribute his plagiarisms rather to reckless idleness than to lack of fertility.' — Thomas Secconihe. 563 Londons Triumphs : Illustrated with many Magnificent Structures & Pageants. On which are orderly advanced Several Stately Repre- sentations of Poetical Deities, sitting and standing in great splendor on several Scenes in Proper Shapes. With Pertinent Speeches, Jocular Songs, (sung by the City Musick) and Pastoral Dancing. Performed Odober ,29, 1677. for the . . . Inauguration of . . . Sir Francis Chaplin Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. All the Charge and Expences of the Industrious Designs, being the sole Vndertaking of the Ancient and Right Worshipful Society of Clothworkers. Designed and Composed by Tho. Jordan. . . London, Primed for John Playford . . . 1677. Sm. 4to., a VERY large copy in crimson morocco extra, gilt edges, hy Bedford " 1677 15 15 First edition ; extremely rare, especially^ in this fine state. Very few copies are known. 564 London Triumphant : Or, The City in Jollity and Splendour : Expressed In various Pageants, Shapes, Scenes, Speeches and Songs. Invented and performed for Congratulation . . of . . . Sir Robert Hanson . . Lord Mayor of the City of London. At the Cost and Charges of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. Written by Tho. Jordan. London : Printed by W. G. for Nath. Brook and John Playford. 1672. Sm. 4to., FIRST EDITION; a good copy in half calf 1672 12 12 565 JOROEN (Edward). A Briefe Discourse Of A Disease Called The Sutibcation of the Mother. Written vppon occasion which hath beene of late taken thereby, to suspect possession of an euill spirit . . . By Edward lorden . . . London . Printed by lohn Windet . . . 1603. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 131 JORDEN (Edward), continued:— £ '■ d. Sm. 4to., a few mends in the blank margins of some leaves, hut a fine and large copy in dark green levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1603 31 10 Very rare. " While in London Jorclen was employed by James I to examine the case of a girl believed to be bewitched or possessed by an evil spirit, whom the King, interested in such matters, had caused to be brought to London. Jorden detected the imposture and hiought the girl to confess. In connection with the same subject he wrote a small but important tract, in which he had the sii'gular boldness and enlightenment to maintain that cases of so-called, demoniacal possession were really due to ' fits of the mother,' or, in modern language, hysteria . . ." — D.N.B. 566 JOYS of the Spring. The loys and Pastimes of the Spring : Or, Make Room for Easter Or, The Happiness of the Young-men and Maids, in the Sweet entertaining each other at Easter . . . By Poor Robin . . . Printed for C.P. on London-bridge. Sm. 4to., 4 leaves, black letter ; a small tear in each leaf mended ; netv half calf [c. 1680] 3 3 567 JULIUS (Alexander). In Henricum Fridericum Primogenitum Jacobi Ter maximi Regis magnte Britanniae, Gallias, & Hibernise : Serenissimum vero Walliae Principem, morbo de hac vita decedentem Novemb. 1612 Lachrymse Alex^ Julii Scoti . . . Edinburgi, Excudebat Thomas Finlason . . . 1612. (10 leaves, the first one blank). — Ob Secundum Et Felicem Eventum Conjugii . . . Frederici 5, Eledoralis Palatinatus Principis . . . Et . . . Elizabethae Filise Invidis™' Regis magnte Britannise . . . Carmen . . . Audore Alex""" Julio . . . Edinburgi, Excudebat Thomas Finlason . . . 1614. (20 leaves, the last two blank). In 1 vol., sm. 4to., fine copies in blue levant morocco extra, by Riviere Edinburgh, 1612-14 8 8 568 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. The Boke For A lustice Of Peace, The Boke That Teacheth To Kepe a courte baron, or a lete. The boke teaching to kepe a courte hundred. The boke called Returna breuium. The boke called carta feodi . . . The boke of thordynance to be observed by the officers of the kynges Escheker ... A boke conteynynge those statutes at lengthe, whych lustices of peace, mayres, sheryties . . . were of late commaunded by the kynges maiestie, to put in execution. (Col. :) Londini in sedibus Thomae Bertheleti . . . M.D.XXXIX. iim. 8vo., black letter ; fine cojjies in the original calf tvith ties 1539 50 Extremely rare ; the only other copy known (formerly in the Ashbarn- ham Library) is in the British Museum. The title as given, is the title of the first item in ihe \olume, the text of which is that of The Boke for a Justice of Fiare, only. The other items mentioned in the title are all printed Sfparately and daterl in differtnt years, as follows ; — Modus Tenendi Curiam Baronis, 1540 (tt^e title within a woodcut border), this coiitains also the Modus tenendi unian Ihindrtdnm which commences on the lower half of Cg'* ; Eeturna Brevium n d., but probably c. 1538-40, (the title is within Beithclet's "1534" border); Carta Feodi . An. M.D.XXXIX (the title within a woodcut border); ... Ihe Ordinance to be observed iti the kynges Eschehcr . . . 1537 (the title within the '• 1534" border) ; The Statutes . . . 15j8 (the title within the " 1534 " border). All were printed by Thomas Berthelet. The British Museum copy agrees with this. 569 The Contentes Of This Boke. Fyrst the booke for a lustyce of peace. The boke that teacheth to kepe a courte Baron, or a lete. The boke teachynge to kepe a courte hundred. The boke called returna Breuium. The boke called Carta foedi . . . (Col. :) Londini in edibus Wilhelmi Powell . . . M.D.L. Sm. Svo., black letter ; a good copy in crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1550 10 10 Apparently itnique. Although rarious liooks are mentioneil on the title, they were each one separate books and were sold separately or all together, as was desired by tne purchaser. 132 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. ___ _ £ s. d. 570 JUVENAL. The Satires Of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr. Dryden, And Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires Of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden . . . London, Printed for Jacob Tonson . '. . MDCXCIII . . . Sm. folio. FIRST EDITION, old calf 1693 15 571 K. (P.). Flosculum Poeticum. Poems Divine and Humane, Pane- gyrical, Satyrical, Ironical. By P. K. London, Printed for Benjamin Billingsley . . . 1684. Sm. 8vo., red calf extra, gilt edges 1684 7 7 Very rare. This apparently unknown poet was of keen royalist sympathies, and his book includes a biting epitaph ' On the first Death, and second Burial, of the great Traytour, and Usurper ; Oliver Cromwell.' There are also poems entitled ' King Charles the 2d. in the ( )ak,' ' The Green-wich Greencoats Soi.g,' ' On the slow building of St Pauls Church,' 'The London-Monument' (in the text headed 'The Loi'don-FoUy '), and 'The Statute Royal' (at the Royal Kxchange). At the end of the volume are several prose ' characters ' : of a Liar, of a Fortune Teller, of Tipsie Tome, of a Cuckold. 572 KEMPIS (Thomas A). The folowinge of Chryste, translated oute of Latyn into Englysh, nev^ly corrected and amended. Wherevnto also is added the golden Epystt-U of Saynt Barnarde . . . The .xviii, of September. Anno, M,D.L.VI . . . (Colophon :) . Prynted at London in Pavvles Churche yarde ... by lohn Cawood , . . Sm. 8vo., black letter ; the plain for eynar gin of title a little frayed ; a fine copy in contemporary calf, tvith a blank shield stamped on the sides ' 1556 Third edition of Richard Whitford's translation ; very rare. Before the discovery by me in 19u6 of the edition printed by William Middleton, about 1542, (now existing only in a unique imperfect copy) and the sale recently of a unique copy of a still earlier edition, printed about 1685 by Robert Wyer, this was regarded as the first edition. 'It is Whitford's most remarkable work, and may claim to be in style and feeling the finest rendering into English of the famous original.' — B. iV. B. William Roper owned the book in 1592, as appears by his writing on the flyleaf at the end. 573 KENT. The Kentish Fayre. Or, The Parliament sold to their best worth . . . Printed at Rochester . . . 1648. Sm. ^to., four leaves : modern vellum Rochester, 1648 8 8 Very rare. A very curioiis p litical interlude, in prose and verse, by a royalist. On the titk— page there are four s'anzas, the first of which commences thus: 'Good Oliver, lend me thy nose 'Tis darke, all lights are ou'.' If the imprint be not fictitious, the above is the earliest example of printing in Rochester. 574 KILLIGREW (Thomas). Comedies, And Tragedies. Written By Thomas Killigrevv, Page of Honour to King Charles the First . And Groom of the BedChamber to King Charles the Second. London, Printed for Henry Herringman . . . 1664. Sm. folio, with a fine imjyresslon of the beautiful jiortrait by W. Faithorne ; a fine and large copy in blue morocco gilt 1664 40 575 another copy. Sm. folio, the portrait in the first state (margins mended) : another example of the ordinary state added : an exceptionally fine copy in contemporary calf 1664 84 576 [KING (Humphrey)]. An lllalfe-penny-worth of Wit, in a Penny-worth of Paper. Or, The Hermites Tale. The third Impression. London Printed for Thomas Thorp, by the Assignement of Edw: Blount. 1613. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 133 [KING (Humphrey)], rontinued : — £ s. d. Sm. 4to., title within ornamental border, woodcut head ornaments on almost every page ; headlines on one leaf very slightly cut into ; a fine copy in half morocco 1613 120 lu verse. The author of this piece was the friend of Thomas Nash, who in his Lenten Stuffe, 1599, speaks of the tract as then alout to appear ; but this edition of 1613 is the earliest and only imjjression now knoivn. The poem is a dialogue between a hermit and a youth who visits his cell, and contains many allusions of interest, such as to Robin Hood, Tarleton, etc. Nash, in his Lenten Stuffe, 1599, styles the author ' Xing of the tobacconists,' as if he had been a great smoker. Not the least curious part of the book is the oddly worded dedication to Lady Sussex. From the collections of Caldecott and George Daniel. The only other copies known are that which was successively in the Farmer, Roxburghe, Heber, and Corser collections, and is now in the British Museum ; and that which realized £155 at the Britwell Sale in 1921. *^* See illustration no. 59. 577 KIRKE (John). The Seven Champions of Christendome. Acted at the Cocke-pit, and at the Red-Bull . . . And never Printed till this Yeare 1638. Written by J. K. London : Printed by J. Okes, and are to be sold by James Becket . . . 1638. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in crimson levant morocco, yilt edges, by Riviere. " 1638 31 10 Original editiox of the only dramatic work of this author and very rare. His name i.s giveu iu full at the foot of the dedication. 578 K[IRKMAN] (F.) The Unlucky Citizen Experimentally Described In The Various Misfortunes Of an Unlucky Londoner Calculated for the Meridian of this City but may serve by way of Advice to all the Comination of England, but more perticularly to Parents and Children Masters and Servants Husbands and Wives Intermixed with severall Choice Novels . . . London, Printed by Anne Johnson, for Fra. Kirkman . . . 1673. Sm. 8vo., with a portrait, engraved title in 6 compartments and 8 cojjper jjlates ; the fore-edges of both titles cut into, hut otherwise a fine copy in polished calf extra, gilt edges 1673 15 15 F1K8T EDITION ; VERY RARE. The engraved title has the initials F.K., which do not occur on the printed title. 579 The Wits, Or, Sport upon Sport. In S -lected Pieces of Drollery, Digested into Scenes by way of Dialogue . . . Part, I. London, Printed by E.C. for Francis Kiikm;in . . . 1672. [The second Part]. The Wits, Or, Sport upon Sport . Being a Curious Collection of several Drols and Farces . . . Written I know not when, by several Persons, I know not who, But now newly Collected by your Old Friend to please you, Francis Kirkman. London, Printed for Fran. Kirkman . . . 1673. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., ivith an engraved frontispiece to Part I depicting a stage occupied by several unrelated characters ; ivith two original defects, the tmj^rint on the title and a few headlines sliaved in Part II, hut a good clean copy in old calf 1672-3 10 10 The first edition of the first part was published in lfi62 and the first edition of the second part, according to LowndfS, in 1670. All ediiions, however, are very rare, especially in clean condition; Lowndes says: "always found in sorry coi di- tion." Hazlitt {Ha-dbook page 319) gives in his second entry of this book the title page of the second part and adds to it 1 he contents of the first part. Robert Cox is thought to have been the author of some of the pieces, v.-hich, in many cases, are adaptations of the work of Elizabethan dramatists; e.g. among the pieces in the first part are " Venus and Adonis" and "Bottom the Weaver" evident.y adapted from Shakespeare. Kirkman seems only to have acted as editor. 134 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 580 KNIGHT (John). Heavens Cry Against Murder. Or, A true Relation Of the Bloudy &. unparallel'd Murder of John Knight, Apprentice to Mr. Arthur Worth a Silk-man at the Rose in Milk-street London, on Thursday-morning, Aug. 6. 1657. by one Nath: Butler an Apprentice . . . London : Printed for Henry Brome . . . 1657. Sm. 4to., a very fine copy in calf gilt, by Bedford, uncut 1657 581 KNOX (John). A Faythfull admonition made by lohii Knox, vnto the professours of Gods truthe in England, wher by thou mayestlearne howe God wyll haue his Churche exercised with troubles, and how he defend eth it in the same . . . (Col. :) Imprynted at Kalykow the 20. daye of lulii . 1554. Cum gratia &, priuilegioad Imprimendum solum. Sm. 8vo., maivly printed in a German fount of black letter ; a small corner of G^ torn off affecting a few letters of a side-note and the top blank m,ar gin of the last four leaves restored, but a good copy in old English red morocco gilt, Harleian style, gilt edges [Zurich'\, 1554 First edition ; very rare. The place given in the imprint is obviously fictitious ; the types used are those of Christopher Froschauer 1 who, at Ziirich, printed very largely for the English religious exiles of this period. In this book Knox " directs the whole force of his attack against the Spanish marriage of Mary Tudur." 582 [The first (second and thirde) booke of the History of the Reformation of religioun within the realme of Scotland conteanyng the maner and by what persons the light of Christis Evangell hath been manifested unto this realme, after that horrible and vniversall def ectioun from the trewth, which hes cums by the meanes of that Roman Antichrist]. Sm. 8vo., a very fine copy in contemporary limp vellum [Lo7idon, T. Vautrollier, 1587] First edition, of which no more complete copy is known. The extreme rarity of this lii'st edition is too well known to reiuire much comment. Being unable to get the work printed in Scotland it was confided to Vautrollier in London, who had set up sheets B to Mm (pp. 17-560), when by order of the Archbishop of Cantarbury (Wiiitgift) the entire impression was seized and destroyed, with the exception of the very few copies sent away previously as the sheets were finished. The title given above is taken from the MS. of 1566, from which the book was printed. 583 [KYD (T.)]. The Spanish Tragedy : Or, Hieronimo is mad againe . . . Newly Corrected, Amended and Enlarged with new Additions . . . London Printed by Augustine Mathewes, for Francis Grove ... 1633. Sm. 4to., with a curious ivoodcut on the title-page ; a little tvater- stained, but a sound copy in an old leather binding 1633 A very rare edition of this highly popular play. None of the early editions bears Kyd's name on the title-page, but from Heywood's Apology for Actors (1612) we learn that he was the aiithor. The above is a rej^rint of the edition of 1602, when additions were made to the play. Sir Sidney Lee says : ' The new scenes exhibit with masterly power the development of Hieroniino's madness, and their authorship is a matter of high literary interest. Despite the abuse lavished on " the old Hieronimo " by Ben Jonson, and despite the superior intensity of the added scenes to anything in Jonson's extant work, there is some reason for making him responsible for them. Charles Lamb . . . detected in them the agency of some more potent spirit than Jonson, and suggested Webster. Coleridge wrote that " the parts pointed out in Hieronimo as Ben Jonson's bear no trace of his st\ le, but they are very like Shakespeare's . . . On the other hand Henslowe supplies strong external testimony in Jonson's favour. " ' L. (A.). Antimartinus. See under Marprelate (Martin). 584 L. (L.). Evagoras, A Romance. By L. L. Gent. . . . London, Printed for Rob. Clavel ... and Tho. More . . . 1677. Sm. 8vo., containing the last leaf with the errata on the verso ; a fine copy in crimson levant morocco gilt, gilt edges 1677 This is an original romance, with a few songs in the earlier portion, preceded by some complimentary verses. f «. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 135 ' J ^ ^ 585 LAET (Alphoustis). An Almanack and Pronosticacion for the yeare of oure Lorde M.D. and Xlviij. . . M. Alphonsus Laet, brother of M. laspar Laet, Doctor in Physycke and Astronomy. {Imprint :) Imprinted at London by Richard lugge, Dwellynge at the north doore of Pouls. Folio broadside, p^'inted %ii black letter, red and black, arranged in 12 columns February beiiig below January, April beloiv March, and so on, backed and some slight tvormholes repaired, but pekfect and in EXCELLENT CONDITION ; thick boarded black morocco poAded ivith blatiks [1547] 52 10 This is belikveu to be as unique copy of the earliest English sheet ALMANAC KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED, though it is probable that the'e were many of earlier date. This one owes its preservation to having been pasted into a copy of the English ti'anslation of Erasmus's Paraphrase on the New Testament. It is to be remarked that the word ' Saint ' is omitted in the holidays marked in the Calendar. 586 LAM BE (John). A Brief e Description Of The Notorious Life Of lohn Lambe, otherwise called Dodor Lambe. Together with his Ignominious Death. Printed in Amsterdam. 1628. Sm. 4to., tvith a looodcut of the lynching of Lambe on the title-page ; the corners of ^ plain margins mended ; calf gilt, gilt edges 1628 18 18 Very rare. Lambe, a famous astrologer and necromancer, was often prosecuted, but he long owed his life to his patron, Buckingham, who sought his a Ivice in 1622, with regard to the insanity of his brother, Sir John Villiers, Viscount Purbeck. In 1628, after Buckingham had been accused by Sir John Eliot's party, Lambe was assaulted by the mob near the Fortune Theatre in Finsbury, and pursued through Moor Gate and Coleman Street to the Old Jewry. The police rescued him and took him to the Counter in the I'oultry, where he died next morning. For this, Buckingham caused the city corporation to be fined. The following pair of couplets show the temper of the populace : — Let Charles and George do what they can, The duke shall die like Doctor Lambe. and two months later — The shepheard's struck, the sheepe are fled. For want of Lambe the Wolfe is dead. The imprint is fictitious ; it was printed in London. 587 LANGHAM (William). The Garden Of Health, Conteyning the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of Simples and Plants, together with the maner how they are to be vsed and applyed in medicine . . . Gathered by the long experience and Industrie of William Langham . . . Imprinted at London. 1579 [1598]. Sm. 4to., black letter, a few leaves at the end laormed, affecting the text slightly, but generally a good copy in calf 1598 12 12 First edition ; rare. All copies of this edition, as far as is known, have the date 1579 printed on the title and in all copies which have come under my notice this date has been altered in MS. to 1598. The printed date is evidently a misprint for 1597. It was printed by the deputies of Christopher Barker. 588 LANGLANI) (W.). The vision of Pierce Plowman, newlye imprynted afhter (sic) the authours olde copy, with a brefe summary of the principall matters set before euery part called Passus. Whereunto is also annexed the Crede of Pierce Plowman, neuer imprinted with the booke before. Imprynted at London, by Owen Rogers . . . The yere of our Lorde God, a thousand, fyue hundred, thre score and one. The .xxi. daye of . . . February e . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, 8 letters on Xg in facsimile, a few inner blank margins strengthened, but a large and fine copy in dark green levant tnorocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1561 52 10 Extremely rare with the Cred", which this copy contains. This is the fourth edition of the Vision and the secon I of the Ured-. ; the latter had been published separately in 155^. On the verso of the last leaf is "... an interpretation of certayn liard woorde", vsed in this booke . . ." 136 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. ___ £ s. d. 589 [LA PERRIERE (G. de)]. The Minour of Policie. A Worke nolesse profitable than necessarie, for all Magistrates, and Gouernours of Estates and Conimonweales. London, Printed by Adam Islip. 1598. Sm. 4to., with 2 Jolding woodcuts (' Tlie Tree of Justice' and ' The Tree of Sacrifice ') and other similar trees and emblematic ivoodcuts in the text ; a fine copy with tlie blank last leaf ; modern limj) vellum 1598 12 12 First edition and the tirst issue ; it was re-i.ssued in 1599, the only altei'atiou being in the date. Lowndes mentions an edition of 15^4, but this is incorrect, as the entry in the Stationers Register is under the date 5th Februaiy 159^ and states " Provided that before he [Adam Islip] print it he procure yt to be Laufully licenced and Aucthorised." " A curious and amusing book, full of entertaining observations on the customs of different nations, and on social duties, interspersed with poetry and quotations." — Lowndes. 590 LATHAM (Simon). Lathams Falconry Or The Faulcons Lm-c, find Cm-e : In Two Bookes. The Fii'st, concerning the ordering and training vp of all Hawkes m generall ; especially the Haggard Faulcon Gentle. The second, teaching approved medecines for the cure of all Diseases in them . . . By Symon Latham . . . Printed at London by I[ohn]. B[eale]. for R. lackson . . . 1615. With a woodcut of a haivk surrounded by instruments used in falconry, on the title Lathams New And Second Booke of Falconry ; concerning the ordering and training vp of all such Hawkes as was omitted ... in his printed Booke of the Haggard Falcon and Gerfalcon . . . At London Printed by I[ohn]. B[eale]. for Roger lackson . . . 1618. With tivo titles, the first surrounded by 10 small woodcuts of Hawks, etc., and with a number of ivoodcuts in the text ; ivitlo tlie rare first leaf marked . -*' 2 pieces in 1 vol., sm. 4to., a little stained in places, but sound copies in contemporary limp vellum 1615-18 12 12 First edition of each part. The first part is in an exceptional state ; the text proper finishes on Vg-'-^ then follows the leaf V^ marked Kg and intended as a cancel for that leaf (the original Kg is present in its proper place) ; V^ is blank. These last two leaves do not seem to have been previously noted by bibliographers. On H^** (tirst part) are two verses, the first letter of each line of which taken consecutively forms the author's name. 591 LAUD (William), Archbishop of Canterbury. Tlie Copy of the Petition presented to the Honourable Houses of Parliament, by the Lord Arch- Bishop of Canterbury, &c. Wherein the said Arch Bishop desires that he may not be transported beyond the Seas into New England with Master Peters, in regard of his extraordinary age and weakenesse. London : printed for lo. Smith . . . 1643. Sm. 4to., 4 leaves, with a woodcut p)ortrait of Laud on the title ; calf antique 1643 5 5 Extremely rare. 592 The Last Advice Of William Laud ... to his Episcopall Brethren ; and especially to Bishop Wren . . . Which was tound in the said Arch-Bishops Studie since his death among his other Writings, and now set forth to publike view. London, Printed for J. B. 1615. Sm. 4to., four leaves, with a curious woodcut of Laud, appearing in his shroud, below the title ; a good cojjy in vellum 1645 4 4 593 LAVARDIN (Jacques de). The Historie Of George Castriot, Surnamed Scanderbeg, King Of Albanie . . . Comprised in twelue Bookes : By laques de Lauardin, Lord of Plessis Bourrot . . . Newly translated out of French into English by Z. I. . . London, Imprinted [by Richard Field] for VViUiam Ponsonby. 1696. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 137 LAVARDIN (Jacques de), continued: — & «. d. Sm. folio., a little ivormed in a blank margin at the commencement, but a fine copy with th'i blank first leaf, in the original limj) vellum, ivith a diamond shaped ornament with the initials F B, on both sides 1596 8 8 First i^uitiun. Aiuung thi- coinnuudiitoiy verses is ;i Sonnet " Vpon The Historic Of George Castriot . . . translated into English " by Edmund Spenser. On the recto oi' the blank first leaf is the following : " Grate quidem. Jo Adams. 12 feb : 1595." ; the date is of interest as, taken in conjunction with the date on the title, it proves that the printer — Kichard Field— was in the habit of commencing his year on 1 Januar}'. 594 LAWES (Henry). Ayres And Dialogues, Eor One, Two, and Tln-ee Voyces. By Henry Lawes . . . The First Booke. London, Printed by T. H. for John Playford, 1653. The Second Book of A^-res, and Dialogues . . . Ijondon, Printed by T. H. for Jo. Playford, 1655. Ayres, and Dialogues. . . . The Third Book. London, Printed by W. Godbid for John Playford, M.DC.LVIII. The 3 books in 1 vol., sni. folio., ivitJi portrait by Fait/tome on each title ; some pagiHatio)i numbers cut into, but a good copy in morocco extra, gilt edges, with some lower margins uncut, by Riviere 80 Exceedingly raue. Henry Lawes, to whom Milton addressed one of his best- known sonnets, is honoured in this volume with commendatory verses by Edmond Waller, Edward and John Phillips, J. Carwarden, etc. Among the authors whose works are here set to music are Wm. Cartwright, Robert Herrick, llichard Lovelace, Edmond Waller, Thos. C'arew, Thos. Fuller, Francis (^narles, Thos. Uandolph, and man}'- other well-known poets of the time. 595 (Henry and William). Choice Psalnies Put Into Musick, For Three Voices. The most of which may properly enough be sung by any three, with a Thorough Base. Compos 'd by Henry and William Lawes. . . With divers Elegies, set in musick by sev'rall Friends, upon the death of William Lawes . . . London, Printed bv James Young, for Humphrey Moselev . . . and for Richard Wodenothe . . . 1648. 3 parts, sm. 4to., cantus primus, cantus secundus, bassus, with a portrait of Charles I {believed to be the last published before his execution) on verso of title to cantus secundus and bassus parts ; fine copies in contemporary calf 1648 48 Among the many commendatory verses prefixed to the work is the Sonnet addressed \)y Milton '' To my Friend j\lr. Henry Lawes," beginning : " Harry, whose tuneful! and well measur'd song." A part for thorough-bass was published. 596 LAY-LECTURE. A Long- Winded Lay-Lecture. Wherein the Licen- tiousnesse of this Lewd and Lying Age, in perverting the Sacred Texts of Scripture, and the Divine Didates of the Fathers, to the scandall of the Church, and Ruine of our Nation, is Poetically presented . . . By a Lover of (and Sufferer for) the Truth. Printed . . . 1647. Sm. ito. jfoiir leaves, iu verse ; a large copy in, vellum 1647 5 5 597 LE FEVRE (Raoul). The Ancient Historie Of The Destruction of Troy . . . Translated out of French into English, by W. Caxton. Newly corrected, and the English much amended. By William Fiston. London, Printed by Tliomas Creede . 1607. Sm. 4to., black lett-^r ; a,n extremely fine copy, with the blank first leaf, in the original limp vellum 1607 30 Fifth edition of Caxton's translf^tion and the second as amended by Fiston; his first was issued by Creede in 1596 and both that and the edition offered are extremely rare. Of Caxton, the printer says : " And wherea sbefore time, the translator William Caxton, being (as it seemeth) no English man, had left very many words meere French, and sundry setences so improperly Englished, that it was hard to vnderstand, we have caused them to bee made plainer English . . ." The collation given by Hazlitt and repeated in the Huth Catalogue is very incorrect ; it should be A" (A,, a blank), A (repeated) -TS, U*, Aa-Ff*, Gg-Hh^, Ii.Tt8. 138 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. . £ g. d. 598 LELAND (John). Ey/cw/Aiov t?)'? Ip-^vq^. Laudatio pacis. loanne Lelando Antiquario autore . . . Londini anno M.D.XLVI. {Col. :) Londini Apud Reynerum Woltiuni . . . M.D.XLVI. mense Augusto. Sm. -4 to., 8 leaves, italic letter, latUi^ ; a. fine copy in modern limj) vellum 1546 4 4 First edition ; raek. 599 K-VKViLov Acr/Att. Cygnea cantio [cii'ni Commentarii In Cygneam Cantionem Indices Britannicae antiquitatis locupletissimi.] Autore loanne Lelando Antiquario. Sm. 4to., Roman and italic letters; with a tvoodcut of a swan and her brood, within a frame, on recto and verso of the title ; a fine and large copy in viodern limp vellum [^London, J. Herford, 1545] 4 4 First edition, rare. Some copies have " Londini 1545 " on the title, but others are without any date, place or printer's name ; the copy offered belongs to the latter variety, which is probably the earlier, as no reason for taking out the place and date can be given. Of this poem the JD.N.B. says : " a Latin poem in 699 lines in choriambic tetrameter, dedicated to Henry VIII, whose exploits are celebrated in the Song of a swan swimming between Oxford and Greenwich ; elaborate notes in Latin prose on the places mentioned include quotations from eighty classical and media3val writers; AVindsor is very sympathetically described." Both the D.N.B. and BJr. Sayle assign the printing to R. "Wolfe; but I am inclined to believe it was printed by J. Herford (compare Leland's Assertio Inclt/fissimi Arthurii ... J. Herford, 1644). Although it is printed as two books, it was evidently intended to be issued as one, as the errata at the end of the second part refers to both. 600 Naeniae in mortem Thomte Viati equitis incomparabilis. loanne Lelando Antiquario Autore. Londini . Anno . M.D.XLII. (Col. :) Londini . Ad signum jenei Serpentis. Roman letter, tvith a portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt probably after Holbein on the verso of the title. Genethliacon illustrissimi Eaduerdi Principis Cambriae . . . libellus ante aliquot annos inchoatus, nunc uero absolutus, & editus : loanne Lelando Antiquario autore . . . Londini Anno M.D.XLIII. (Col. :) Lcmdini Apud Reynerum Vuolfium ... ad feneum serpentem . 1543. Roman and italic letter ; loith the badge of Prince Edivard ivithin a rayed circle, on the verso of the title, tvith an initial S, j^^'obably by Holbein, on. -a.^,, and with Wolfe's device {McKerrow 96) on the verso of the last leaf, otherwise blank. Assertio inclytissimi Arturij Regis Britanniae loanne Lelando Antiquario autore . . . Londini . Anno 1544. {Col. :) Impressum Londini apud loannem Herford. Anni 1544. Roman letter. Commentarii In Cygneam Cantionem Indices Britannicai anti- quitatis locupletissimi Autore loanne Lelando . . . Roma}i letter ; tvanting t/ie first part, " Cygnia Cantio." 4 pieces in 1 vol., sm. 4to., nu,merous contemporary 2IS. annotations {some cut-into); late XVII^/i century calf, gilt back, unth the arms of Jean Jacques Charron, Marquis de Mdnars on each side 15 42 -[45] 15 15 This collection was originally in the possession of Johannes de Snorz (?) who probably annotated it. Afterwards they passed into the De Thou Libiary : an inscription — Ex Bibliotheca Thuan^e — on the title establishes this. The De Thou Library was purchased practically in its entirety by Charron, whose arms and press-mark are on the covers. It was later in the library of Ambrose Firmin Didot. 601 LE MOYNE (P.). Tlie Gallery Of Heroick Women . . . Translated into English by the Marquesse of Winchester. London, Printed by R. Norton for Henry Seile . . . M.DC.LIT. Folio, with 20 copperplates by Mariette after Vignon ; old ccdf gilt, rebacked ' ^ ' 1652 1 15 0. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 139 — — - ______ 602 LENTON (Francis). The lunes of Court Anagram- matist : Or, The Masquers masqued in Anagrammes. Expressed in Epigraniique hues, upon their several] Names, set downe in the next Page. Composed by Francis Lenton Gent, one of Her Majesties Poets . . . London : Printed [by Thomas Harper] for Wilhani Lashe. 1634. Sm. 4to., a fine and large copy in calf gill 1034 140 First edition ; extremely rare. This is the most interesting of Lenton's various works as it gives the names of the masquers who took part in Shirley's Triumphs of Peace. The names are on the verso of the title, sixteen in number. Prefixed are a Dedicatory Poem by Lenton addressed " To The Foure Honom-able Societies, And famous Nurseries of Law, the Innes of Court ", a complimentary poem signed lohn Coysh and a verse " In commendation of the Authors late Elegie, and present Anagrams " signed I. M. The Narcissus Luttrell— T. Park— T. Hill (sale 1811)— Heber copy. 603 The Young Gallants Whirligigg : Or Youths Reakes. Demonstrating the inordinate affections, absurd actions, and profuse expences, of vnbridled and atfectated Youth . . . Compiled and written by F. L . . . London, Printed by M. F. for Robert Bostocke . . . 1629. Sm. 4to., a very fine copy, ivith the hlanJ: last leaf : crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1629 150 Extremely rare. I know of only one other copy (it realized i;168 in 1914) in private hands. This is the only separate edition of this poem, the first published work of Lenton. The printer was Miles Flesher. 604 LEO X, Plenary Indulgence. FRater wilhelmus inter sacre theologie doctores minimus prior prouincialis ordis fratrii Eremitarum scti Augustini in Anglia . . . Salute . . . Sctissimus in Christo pf et dns nf, dns pie memorie Leo papa . x. {Line 33 :) . . . Datii in conuentu nro Londini. Anno dfii romana coputatione. M.D.xxvi. Die vero mensis. {Line 34 :) C Forma absolutionis a pena et culpa. {Line '3d :) C Dns noster lesus Christus te absoluat . . . {Line 36 :) . . . ego absoluo te plenarie ab omnibus peccatis . . . F. W. Wedyral prouincialis ut supra. Printed in oblong form on one side of a single leaf of paper which is 10 x 7 inches iti dimension, 38 lines, black letter London [/?. Pynson ?] 1526 150 Pasted inside the cover uf a Sarum Breviary (Pars ^stivalis) printed at Antwerp in 1525, wliich is in an English stamped binding of that period. The name of William Wedyral ( = Wetherell) is stamped in type on the Indulgence, the place of signature having been left blank foi- such a stamp. This indulgence from all sin was given to those who regularly attended at church, and gave contributions towards the building and 140 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. LEO X, Plenary Indulgence, continued : — £ »• ., ivith 2 /oldivr/ maps on 3 sheets and irumerous j'uU-page ivoodcuts of natives, animals, etc., a small blank corner of the first title torn of and a feir slight tears in, the maps, but a fine cojnj in. thi' original limp vellum ' ' 1597 ~Q Q FiiisT EDITION ; VEUY HAKE. Ft soeiiis proLiible, from the niako n.p of the book, that it was intended that it should be issued without the preliminary matter. If this was not so, then the presence of the second title, which has the same' wording as the first, is inexplicable, particularly as it is preceded by a leaf marked ' A.' This is in all probability the only ausolutely complete copy in existence, as it contains the excessively rare leaf **2. This leaf contains the same text as on 't**i, except that the Greek quotation from Homer on the verso at the foot has been corrected. It was evidently intendel to act as a cancel leaf for>**4; both leaves are present in this copy, a most unusual circumstance. The leaf marked ' A ' is e.xtremely scarce. r.L>S LUCIFER'S LACKEY. Lucifers Lacky, Or, The Devils new Creature. Being The true Character of a dissembling Brownist . . . With the Relation of their repulse from the Parliament house . . . An■ Collation : A — D* E'+- F — H* P. As originally printed E comprised only four leaves, but it being discovered that an additional set of Latin verses by M. Honywood, and others by Guil. Brearle^" and Ch. Bainbrigg had been omitted, they were printed on an extra sheet of two leaves (the first marked E^) which was inserted between Eg and the original E4. The English part has a separate title on Fj " Obsequies to the memorie of Mr. Edward King, Anno Dom. 1638 . . ." *^* See illustration no. 68. 718 Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib. Sm. 4to., 4 leaves, two catchwonh cut of, hut other- wise a sound and good copy ; crimson levant morocco, giJt edges, Iry RiviP-re " [1644] 150 719 another copy. Sm. 4to., (? Jine and large copy with the fore-edges uncut ; dark blue levant morocco, top and lower edges gilt, hy Riviere [1644] 210 First edition ; extremely rare. The pamphlet has no regular title-page ; the title as transcribed is printed at the head of the first page. It is anonymous, although its author was known, on its publication, to have been Milton {i-ide Thomason's note on his copy). In this, one of its author's most famous prose works, Milton attacks the then existing system of education and puts forward new theories of his own. The circumstances which led to its composition and publication are best told in the words of Masson, Milton's biographer. After discussing Milton's connection with Hartlib and advancing certain theories on the reasons which led Hartlib to approach Milton for his views on education, he proceeds "before the middle of 1644, Milton & Hartlib were well acquainted with each other . . . and had conversed freely on many subjects, and especially on tliat of Education. Nay more, Hartlib, trying to indoctrinate Milton with the Comenian views [Comenius was interested at this time in projecting schemes for a Pansophic University in London] on this subject, had found that Milton had already certain most positive views of his own upon it, in some things agreeing with the Comenian, but in others vigorously differing. Hence, after various colloquies, he had made a request to Milton. Would he put a sketch of his views upon paper . . .1 Urged moi'e and more pressingly, Milton complied ; and the result was the appearance on June .5, 1644 ... of a thin little quarto tract . . ." It was registered, and from the Registers we obtain the publisher's name — Tho. Underbill. 720 Of Prelatical Episcopacy, And Whither it may be deduc'd from the Apostolical times by vertue of those Testimonies which are alledg'd to that purpose in some late Treatises : One whereof goes under the Name of lames Arch-bishop Of Armagh. London, Printed bv R. O. k G. D. for Thomas Underbill ... 1641. 8m. 4to, a fine copy in hlna levant morocco, (/Ui ed(jef<, l>y Rivicye 1641 IS IS 721 another copy. Sm. 4to, a blank inner corner of the title mended, hut a fiiie, large copy in dark bine levant morocco, (jilt edges, by Riviere 1641 21 First edition ; very rake. This was Milton's second proso work, continuing his arguments against episcopacy, in especial relation to Archbishop Usher's tract, in which the latter cites the Fathers to prove an apostolically deduced episcopate. •The printers were li. Oulton and G. Dexter. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 165 MILTON (John), rontimu'd:— VTTJ. 722 Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline In England : And the Causes that hitherto have hindred it. Two Bookes, Written to a Freind. Printed, for Thomas Underhill 1641. Sm. 4to., a few top marginal rules cut into ; red levant morocco, (jilt edges, by Riviere 1641 9 9 723 another copy. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in modern limp vellum, gilt edges 1641 12 12 724 another copy. Sm. 4to., a very large copy, tcith the blank last leaf, in dark blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1641 16 725 Of True Religion, Hseresie, Schism, Toleration, And what best means may be us'd against the growth of Popery. The Author J. M. London Printed in the Year, 1673. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in dark blue levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1673 12 12 726 another copy. Sm. 4to., a very large copy, icith some uncut lower margins ; two or three quite trifling mendings in 2>lain margins ; Niger tnorocco 1673 14 14 727 another copy. Sm. 4to., a lower corner of Bj restored, with a portion oj a letter filledrin, but a remarkable cojyy, entirely uncut and tvith sheet C unopened; blue levant morocco, by Riviere 1673 25 728 Paradise lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books By John Milton. Licensed and Entred according to Order. London Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker . . . Kobert Boulter . . . And Matthias Walker . . . 1667. Sm. 4to., an extremely fine and large copy (7^ x 5| in.), in the original i^heep binding, enclosed in a dark blue morocco case ; extremely rare in this state 1667 250 729 another copy. Sm. 4to., an unusually large copy (7^ x 5f in.) with several uncut lower margins; one or two tears mended on title, on which is written the name Charles Leftley, 1794; contemporary sheep, rebacked and corners mended, enclosed in a lemtnt morocco case. 1667 200 Two fine copies of the generally accepted second issue of the first EDITION of Milton's famous epic. Tlie titles of these copies have the author's name ' John ]Milton ' printed in smaller italic capitals than that which occurs on the title of what is sometimes called the first issue, and Lowndes, who tei'ms the above the second title-page, remarks : ' It should be observed, that although this variation is placed as the second state, it is just as likely to be the first, as there is no evidence to the contrary.' The fii-st copy has the title as the only preliminary leaf, but the other copy has added (apparently contemporaneously), the leaves of 'Argument,' etc. (without the printer's address) which are usually found with copies bearing the eighth title (1669). 730 Paradise lost. A Poem . . . The Author John Milton. London, Printed by S. Simmons, and to be sold by S. Thomson . . . H. Mortlack . . . M. Walker . . . and R. Boulter . . . 1668. Sm. 4to., a small portion of the plain inner margin of the first few leaves molded, otherwise sound; dark blue levant morocco extra, gill edges 1668 40 166 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. MILTON (John), continued: — £ *. d. 731 — another copy. Sm. 4to., a little stained, hut a good sound copy, ivitli the rides intact; original sheej), repaired 1668 45 Both the above copies have the printer's address in six lines, and ' in ' has been substituted for ' with,' and the incoixect numeration altered on the last page of Book III. 732 Paradise lost. A Poem In Ten Books. The Author John Milton. London, Printed By S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain. 1669. Sm. 4to., a fine and large copy, ivith none of the marginal rides cut into; contem2Jorary sheep ; skilfully repaired 1669 42 First edition, with the seventh title-page. The printer's addi-ess is in six lines and the last page of Book III coiTesponds to Lowndes third variety of this page. 733 Paradise Regain 'd. A Poem In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. The Author John Milton. London, Printed by J. M. for John Starkey . . . MDCLXXI. Sm. 8vo., a large copy, none of the leaves being cut into ; levant morocco extra, gilt edges 1671 25 734 — Poems Of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, Compos'd at several times. Printed by his true Copies . . . London, Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at the signe of the Princes Arms in S. Paul's Church-yard. Sm. 8yo., the portrait just cut into in the foremargin, otherwise perfectly sound ; a fine unwashed copy in dark blue morocco gilt, gilt edges 1645 Sold First collected edition of Milton's poems, a very rare book iu any state, but especially so in fine condition, as is the above copy. The book contains all Milton's poems written up to this time, except On the Death of a fair Infant and At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, botli of which were printed for the first time in the second edition. With the exception of the epitaph on Shakespeare, Comus, and Lycidas, all the poems make their first published appearance here. Marshall's portrait was the first print of the poet ever published, and thougli a fine example of the engraver's art, it was evidently not considered to be a striking likeness, as the following translation of the Greek verses beneath it testifies : " Will any one say that this portrait was the work of an ingenious hand ; my very friends, looking at my own natural countenance, knew not whom it represents, but laugh at the awkward imitation of the idiotic artist." The Latin Poems have a separate title page and set of signatures. 735 Poems, &c. Upon Several Occasions. By Mr. John Milton : Both English and Latin, &c. . . . With a small Tradate of Education To Mr. Hartlib. London, Printed for Tho. Dring . . . 1673. Sm. 8vo., a short but sound and clean copy in an eighteenth century calf biyiding 1673 8 S 736 another copy. Sin. 8vo., a snndl tvorndiole running through the hook mended and the letters affected restored in facsimile, top marginal ride of title also in facsimile, othertvise a sound clean copy in red levant morocco extra, by Riviere 1673 9 9 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 167 MILTON (John), continued:— £ s. d. IZl another copy. Sm. 8vo., an unusually large copy, several margins being uncut ; calf 1673 18 18 Second edition of Milton's poems, containing t-everal which appear for the first time. It is therefore a vohime which the collector of first editions of the poet cannot afford to overlook. Among the new poems are: 'On the Death of a fair Infant'; 'At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge'; nine sonnets; all the English Psalms; ' Apologus de Rustico et Hero ' ; ' Ad Joannem Rousium.' As in the fir.st edition, there is a separate title to the Latin poems, with fresh pagination, though the signatures (a, 4 leaves, and a-s in eights) run on throughout the volume. 738 • — loannis Miltoni Angli Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, Contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, Defensioneni Regiani Londini, Typis Du Gardianis. Anno Domini 1650. 12mo., 2 or 3 letters defective on the last page, othertvise a quite sound and fine copy ; %n the original limp vellum, enclosed in a dark blue levant morocco case 1650 40 First edit[ox. Copies with the title dated 1650 are of extreme rarity. 739 ■ Joannis Miltoni Angli Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio Contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, Defensionem Regiam. Londini, Typis Du Gardianis. Anno Domini 1651. Sm. 4to., a large and fine copy in calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1651 2 10 The second edition. 740 The Readie k Easie Way To Establish A Free Commonwealth, And The Excellence thereof Compar'd with The inconveniences and dangers of readmitting kingship in this nation. The author J.M. London, Printed by T.N. and are to be sold by Live well Chapman . . . 1660. Sm. 4to., a large and sound copy in crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1660 15 15 First edition' of this rare tract. On the title is the contemporary signature L. Mather. '1 his is one of Milton's most interesting political pamphlets, mainly by reason of its central idea, which (in Masson's words) "In effect, therefore, Milton's Ready and Easy Way, recommended to the mixed Parliament of Residuary Rumpers and their reseated Presbyterian half-brothers of March 1659-60, is that this Parliament, nailing the Republican flag to the mast, should make itself, or some enlargement of itself, the perpetual supreme power under the name of The Grand Councd of the Common- wealth, appointing a smaller Council of State . . . to be the working executive, but plainly intimating to the people that there are to be no more general Parliamentary elections . . ." It is hardly necessary to add that "'Not one of ililton's j amphlets had a larger immediate circulation or provoked a more rapid fury of criticism . . ." 741 The Censure of the Rota Upon Mr Miltons Book, Entituled, The Ready and Easie way to Establish A Free Common-wealth . . . London, Printed by Paul Giddy, Printer to the Rota . . . 1660. Sm. ito., a feiv pagi'iMtion marks slightly sluived ; half calf 1660 9 9 It was compiled by J. Harrington at the request of the Rota. 742 — The Reason Of Church-governement Urg'd against Prelaty By Mr. John Milton. In two Books. London, Printed by E[dward]. G[riffin II]. for lohn Roth well ... 1641. Sm. 4to., the first word of the title cut into and restored in facsimile, and a feiv small mends in blank margins, but a good cojjy in dark blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1641 10 10 743 another copy. Sm. 4to., one or two catchwords cut into, otherivise sound and a fine copy ; calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1641 1111 First edition. It was the first of his pamphlets which Milton published under his own name, and one of his most important, both on account of the remarkable nature of its arguments, and the valuable autobiographical statements which it contains. 168 BERNARD QUARITCH'ri CATALOGUE. MILTON (John), contiiiued :— & •'• d. 744 Tetrachordon : Expositions Upon The foui'e chief places in Scripture, which treat of Mariage, or nulHties in Mariage . . . Wherin the Dodlrine and Discipline of Divorce, as was lately publish'd, is confirm'd by explanation of Scripture . . . By the former Author J.M. . . . London: Printed in the yeare 1645. Sm. 4to., tJte outer rule at bottom of title cut iiito, otherwise quite soiind ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1645 10 745 the same. Sm. 4to., a larger copy in red morocco, gilt edges 1645 12 12 746 another copy. Sm. 4to., an exceptionally large copy (205 x 154 mm.) with most leaves entirely uncut, the others just trimmed, a few blank carriers ^ mended but a fine copy with the blank last leaf ; tnodern vellum, gilt 1645 15 15 In this copy signature K has been wrongly imposed in printing, hut is perfect. First editigx. The publication, in It 43, of the Boctrine and Discipline of Divorce brought a storm of abuse about the head of its author, who here attempts to confirm his views by quotations from Scriptui'e. ' There is no abatement in the Tetrachordon of the bitterness of Milton's feeling on the subject of an unsuitable marriage. Kather the bitterness is more concentz'ated and intense. It is as if eighteen months of rumination over his own unhappy condition had made him savage.' — Jifasson. 747 [TOLAND (John)]. Amyntor : Or, A Defence of Milton's Life . . . [and] A Complete History of the Book, Entitul'd, Icon Basilike . . . London, Printed, and are to be Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster. M.DC.XC.IX. 8vo., calf 1699 18 748 MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES. A Myrrour For Magistrates. Wherein maye be seen by example of other, with howe grevous plages vices are punished : and howe frayle and vnstable worldly prosperity is founde, even of those whom Fortune seemeth most highly to favour . . . Anno. 1563. Imprinted at London . . . by Thomas Marshe. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title tvithin a woodcut border (skilfully m,ended and ivith two small portions restored in facsimile), a small worm-hole in the next three leaves filed in and tJiree leaves cut into at the foot (affecting the catchwords), but a good copy in dark green morocco, gilt edges 1563 60 Second edition, very rare. The second part however is printed here for the first time. There is a dedication of the whole book " To the Nobilitie and all other in office " ; "A Briefe Memorial of Sundrie Unfortunate Englishmen. Willyam Baldwin to the Keader " ; and another Preface to the second book, all supplied by William Baldwin. Baldwin says in A Briefe Memorial, v.'hich gives a most interesting account of the birth of the book : " Whan the Printer had purposed with himselfe to prints liidgates booke ot the fall of Princes ... he was counsailed by dyvers of them to procure to have the storye contynewed from where as Bochas left, vnto this preset time, chiefly of such as Fortune had dalyed with here in this ylande . . ." Baldwin, being requested to imdertake the continuation, did not consider himself sufficiently competent and "refused vtterly to vndertake it." In the end it was undertaken by a committee of eight, who prepared the accounts of the various princes fi-om " such bookes of Cronicles as we had there present." It appears that amongst the authors were George Ferrers (the D.X.B. describes his work on the present volume as constituting "his chief claim to literary distinction") Francis Segars, Dolman, 8ackvile, Cavyl and Thomas Churchyard. 749 The Mirour for Migistrates, wherein may bee .seene, by examples passed in this Realme, witli how greeuous plagues vices are punished in great Princes and Magistrates, and how fraile and vnstable worldly prosperity is found, where Fortune seemeth most highly to fauour : Newl)-^ imprinted, and with the addition of diuers Tragedies enlarged. At London . . . by Henry Marsh, being the assigne of Thomas Marsh. 1587 ... < ENGLISH HISTORY AXD LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 169 MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES, continued:— £ s. d. Sni. 4to., black letter, title within an onutmental woodcut border ; the top and inner margins of the last leaf 7'epaired, affecting one letter in the headline ; otherwise a sound copy in old Cnmhridffe raff, ijold-tooled 1587 25 The first edition appeared in 1569. The above edition is formed from the ' First Part' and the ' Last Part,' both of 157-t. In the ''nmhridije ffistor;/ uf English Literature, Professor J. W. C'unliffe, D. Lit., says that Iliggins, the editor of this* edition, ' had rewritten his own legends of Bladud, Forrex and Porrex, and added to his list lago, Pinnar, Stater, Rudacke, Brennus, Emerianus, Chiriuuus, Varianus, Julius C'ae.sar, Tiberius, Caligula, Guiderius, Hamo, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Londricus, Severns, Fulgentius, Geta, Caracalla, making forty lives in all, and bringing his part (j1' the work down to A.L). 209. To the last part he added Sir Nicholas Btudet (14-11), written by himself; two poems, ' ponde above fifty yeares agone', by Francis Dingley of Munston — The Lamentation of James IV and Floddeu Field — and Cardinal Wolsey, by Churchyard.' 750 A Mirour For Magistrates : Being A True Chronicle Historie Uf The Vntimeh^ falles of such vnfortunate Princes and men of iiote, as haue happened since the first entrance of Brute into this Hand, viitill this our latter Age. Newly Enlarged With A Last part, called A Winter nights Vision, being an addition of sucli Tragedies, especially famous, as are exempted in the former Historie, with a Poem annexed, called Englands Eliza. At London Imprinted by Felix Kyngston. 1610. Sm. 4to., tvith several small tcoodcuts ; the plain inner margin of the title restored ; hroiim morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford 1610 21 751 MISSAL OF SARUM USE. Missale ad vsum ecclesie Sarisburiensis. 1555 . . . {Here a woodcut of the Tree of Jesse, and under it six Latiti verses recommending priests to buy the book. Colophon on leaf S20 :) Missale . . . explicit . . . Lodini impressum. Per lohannem Kyngsto et Henricum Sutton typographos. Sm. 4to., priiited in red and black, %n double columns, with Music ; with a ivoodcut of the Crucifixion at the beginning of the Canon ; a slight worming at the commencement, but a fine copy in broivn morocco, gilt edges, by Bedford 1555 30 Most of the copies of this edition were destroyed early in Queen Elizabeth's reign. *j,.* See illustration no. 69. 752 Missale ad vsum insignis ecclesie Sarisburiensis nunc recens typis elegantioribus exaratum . . . [Here a ivoodcut of the royal arms and of St. George and the Dragon) Parisijs Apud Guillelmum Merlin in ponte Teloneorum . . . 1555 {Colophon on fol. 3126:) . . . Impressum Parisijs typis loannis Amazeur typographi, pro Guillelnio Merlin . . . Folio, Gothic letter, jJf'inted in red and black, in double columns, ivith the Music, aiid a great number of very fine woodcuts, includiug tivo superb full-page designs of the Crucifixio7i and God the Father which are jirinted on the two leaves of vellum in the Canon ; a few strudl worm-holes at end ; a large and fine copy in the old oak boards re-covered with calf, tvith brass clai^ps and corners ; the original stamped sides jyeserved and inlaid, showing Tudor ornamentation, the rose, the fieur-de-lis, the jjortcullis, aiul the letters H. R. Paris, J. Amazeur for G. Merlin 1555 84 753 ■ another copy. Folio, the 2 vellum leaves sllglitly shorter t/uin the rest of the book, and a few plain margins mended, but a very large and fine copy in dark crimson morocco extra, gilt edges ibid, 1555 87 10 By reason of the number and beauty of the woodcuts, this might be considered the finest and most artistic edition of the Sarum Missal. It is comparatively not rare, but perfect copies are very scarce. The two copies in the British Museum are both imperfect. The initials G. M. on the two larger woodcuts represent no doubt Guillaume ^ Merlin in his capacity as an engraver. The designs must be attributed to an artist of far higher rank. 170 BERNARD QTJARITCH'S CATALOGUE. MISSAL OF SARUM USE, continued:— TTTl. 754 Missale ad usum insignis ecclesie Sarisburiensis nunc recens typis elegantioribus exaratum, histoidis novis, variis ac propriis insignitum : et a mendis quam plurimis (quibus passim scatebat) omni diligentia nuper emendatum. Londini . . . M.D.lvii. Sm. folio, black letter of tivo founts, printed in double columns in red and black, with some musical notation, John Days device [McKerrotv 115/3) on the title, and a large woodcut of the Crucifixion in the Canon of the Mass ; a rather large worm-hole in the first few leaves, affecting the text, otherivise a good, sound copy ; calf antique 1557 63 Maskell'a copy, with his pencil marks and notes of collation with other texts. 755 another copy. Siu. folio, a few blank places m,ended and one or tivd leaves stained slightly, but a fine copy in the original beechen boards covered with calf, with a border, enclosing a diamond, both formed ivith small stamps in blind ' 1557 72 Extremely kake. This was the last edition of the Sarum Missal. The wood- cut device on the title belonsied to John Day in 1649 and consisted then of two pillars with the initials I D, between which were the ai'ms of Edward VI with his initials E R on either side, and a lonsr scroll with the date 1549 at either end, between which were the words VI VAT REX. In the present book the l.'')49 has been taken out in both places and also the X of REX from the scroll, and the initial E of E R has been replaced by an M. From the presence of this device on the title it has been suo^gested, and plausiblvi that this Missal was printed by John Day ; this claim however does not bear examination, as it is certain that Day would not have been employed to print it, since he was in hiding during the whole of Mary's reign. The real printers were Kingston and Sutton. The pret-ence of the device in their hands almost argues some secret connection between them and Day, especially as it was back in Day's hands in 1563 when it was used in some copies of Fox's Actes and Monuments . . . (See Mr. Sayle's Early English Ffinted Books in the University Library Cambridge, No. 800). *,if* See illustration no. 70. 756 MISSAL OF YOKK USE. Missale ad iisuin ecclesie Eboraceii. tarn in catu q in litera recognitti, cogrue- tibus historiis adornatum, marginalib^ quotationib?, prosisqs ac vaiiis additamentis locupletatum sumptibus Fracisci Regnault, parisiis mora tenentis. Anno domini. M.ccccc.xxxiii. Venudatur in vico sacti Jacobi, e regione porticus Maturinoru. Ad signum Elephantis. Sm. 4to., Gothic letter, printed in red arid black, the title, on which is a small cut of the Adoration of the Virgin, within RegnauWs '1525' border, with two large cuts at the Canon of the Mass, musical notation in parts and a number of small metal Ciits in the text; several headlines cat into and in a few cases cut away, a. slight worming in sheet O, the title border cut into slightly at the foot, otherwise a good, sound copy in thick-boarded purple morocco, gilt edges Paris, 1533 150 Extremely rare. Mr. Weale (p. 66 of jBibliotheca Liturgica) • records only five copies, three in the Bodleian, one at Lambeth and one in St. John's College Library, Cambridge. ENGLISH HISTOllY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 171 £ s. d. 757 MODUS tenendi uiium Hundredum. Modus teneudi uiiuni Hundieduui siue Curiam de Recordo. {Col. ;) . . . Impi'essum Londini . . . per VVnheliuu Myddylton . . . M. CCCCC. xlvii. Sin. 8vo., black letter, below the title are the Tudor arms enclosed within a frame made from two pieces of grotesque ornament and some type ornaments ; a yood copy in crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1547 14 14 Apparently unique : Mr. Plouier iu his Handlist 1501-1656 cuulcl quote only the title and date and did not know of a copy. %* See illustration no. 67. 758 MOLLOY (Cluirles). Hollands Ingratitude : Or, A Serious Expostulation With The Dutch. Shewing their Ingratitude to tliis Nation, and theii' inevitable Ruine, without a speedy Compliance and Submission To His Sacred Majesty Of Britain . By Charles MoUoy . . . London : Printed by T. J. for Fr. K . . . 1666. Sm. 4to., roith a very curious emblematic frontispiece, in which Holland is represented as a Cote, roith Charles II feeding her, the Spanish King mounted on her back, etc., a very fine ttncut copy in red levant morocco, gilt top, by Riviere 1666 10 10 Very rake with the plate. The title is followed by " The Explanation of the Frontispiece." The volume also includes a poetical " Panegyi'ick on the . . . Duke of Albemarle" (formerly General George Monk), a "Welcome" to Pi-ince Rupert * and prose pieces on the Characters of a Dutchman and a Frenchman. 759 MONTAGUE (W.). The Shepheard's Paradise . A Comedy . Privately Acted before the Late King Charls by the Queen's Majesty, and Ladies of Honour. Written by W. Mountague Esq ; . London, Printed for John Starkey . . . 1659. Sm. 8vo., a fetv headlines shaved or cut iiito, but a, fine copy in old calf ' 1659 9 9 This is the second issue of the first edition in which the date is correctly given as 1659 instead of 1629 ; the alteration in the imprint must have been effected in the press as the title is not a cancel. 760 MONTAIGNE. Essayes ... By Michael Lord of Montaigne . . . Done Into English ... by lohn Florio . . . London : Printed by Melch. Bradvvood for Edward Blount and William Barret. 1613. Sm. folio, tvith engraved portrait of Florio by William Hole ; a fine copy in contemporary rough calf 1613 11 11 Second edition. A quaint address to the reader, signed "Still resolute lohn Florio ", commendatory verses by Sam. Daniel and another (thej' have been ascribed to Shakespeare), and the portrait, are included for the first time. 761 [MONTREUX (Nicolas de)]. Honours Academie . Or The Famous Pastorall, of the faire Shepheardesse. lulietta . . . VVlierein are many notable Discourses, as well Philosophicall, as Divine : Most part of the Seven Liljerall Sciences, being comprehended therein : with divers Comicall, and Tragicall Histories, in Prose, and Verse, of all sorts. Done into Englisli, by R.T. . . Imprinted at London by Thomas Creede, 1610. Sm. folio, a feni leaves a little water stained, hut a tall and fi,ne copij in calf 1610 24 762 — another copy. Sm. folio, rt very fine and larqe copy, in the orufiind limp vellum 1610 31 10 First edition of this rare work. The dedication, in verse, is signed Robert Tofte and is followed by " To Tlie Curteous And ludicious Reader, And To None Other " also in verse. There is also much verse scattered throughout the volume. 172 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. -— — — 763 MORE (Sir Thomas). [Utopia]. {On A{^ :) Ad lectorem. Hab(3s Caiidide Lector opusculum iJlud vere aureu Thompe Mori no min'' vtile y. elegas de optiino reipublicg statu, deq3 nova Insula Vtopia, iam iteru, sed multo correcti' g pri" . . . Cui quide ab innvimeris medis vndequaq3 purgatio pter Erasnii annotatioes ac Budpei epsam . . . addita est etia ipsius iJori epl'a eruditissima Vale . . . (On the verso of the last leaf is the device of Gilles de Gourmont). Sm. 8vo., Roman letter ; a small blank portion of the first leaf restored and a small worm-hole in the first four leaves mended loith a few letters ill facsimile, hut a fine copy in light brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere [Paris, Gilles de Gourmont, c. 1517] Sold Second edition, extremely kare. It was tirst published at Louvain in the previous year (1516). It contains for the first time a long letter from Guillaume Bude to Thomas Lupset, who was responsible for this edition, and a second letter of More to Peter Giles. More (Sir Thomas). ^S'ee imc/e?- Hoddesdox (J.). 764 MORGAN (Sylvauus). Prognosticon Posthumum IGi^. Exactly calculated to the Meridion of London . . . By way of Caution, to the people of England, Scotland, and Ireland, that shall happen to reade Na- Worth. As an Appendix to Maister lohn Bookers Mercurius Coelicus. Written Ijy S. M. London, Printed by a more warrantable Licence then Domino D. Arch. Cant. Secellanus Domesticus. 1643. Sm. A:io.,four leaves ; the inner blank tnargins of the first two leaves rejJaired, othericise sound ; ludf morocco 1643 15 A rather elaborate anti-regal satire. It is signed S. ilorgan on the last leaf. 765 The Sphere of Gentry' : Deduced fr«»m the Principles Of Nature, An Historical and Genealogical Work, Of Arms and Blazon ; In Four Books . . . B}' Sylvanus Morgan, London. Printed by William Ley bourn, for the Author . . . 1661. Folio, with an engraved title, containing a portrait of the author by R. Gaywood, 50 full-size plates and mimerous smaller engravings ; a fine and large copjy in red levant moi'occo extra, gilt edges, by Bedford 1661 18 18 The above is one of the rare copies having five plates (Book i, at pages 0, 19, '27, 47 and 59) independent of those on the letterpress, with the impression on both the recto and the verso. Also the plate (Book iii, page 82, but misprinted 84) is repeated on both sides of a separate leaf before the title of Book iii. The plate (Book iii, page 64) is repeated on a separate leaf opposite page 68, with an oval plate jiasted on the verso, containing the coats of arms refen-ed to on page 69. The small plate of Coins in the margin of page 103 of Book iii is repeated on page 101. A large engraved genealogical tree of the Howard family (Book iv, page 82) is also ailded, together with the pages (33) to (40) and the cancel plate of ' The Atchieve- ment Of A Baron.' Between pages 82 and 83, there are two unpaged leaves, each with an engraving, refeiTing to the added plate at page 82. The third book commences with two unpaged leaves, not in the Grenville copy. The first of these leaves acts as a separate title and is dated MDCLXIII. 766 another copy. Folio, a very fine and tall copy in russia extra, ivith inside dentelle border, gilt edges 1661 20 Large paper. This copy is similar to the preceding except that the three plates (Book iii, pages 64, 82 and 103) are not repeated, and that the engTaved genealogical tree of the Howard family is inserted in a different place (Book iv, between pages 112 and 113). A proof of Morgan's portrait, which forms a portion of the engraved title, is added. This proof was evidently taken before the author's name was engraved in the blank space below the portrait. Morgan has written in this very place: 'me jui-e tenet Sylvanus Morgan Londinensis.' ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 173 767 MORLAND (Sir Samuel). The Jlisloiy Of The Kvniigelical Churches (^f the Valleys of Piemont . Containing A . . . Description of the Place, and . . . the Doctrine, Life, and Persecuticnis of the Ancient Inhabitants . Together, With a . . . Relation of the late Bloudy Massacre, 16-55 . .\nfl . . . the following Transadion«, to . . . 1658 . . . Colleded . . . 15y Samuel Morland . . . London . Piintcd b^- Henry Hills . . . for Adonirani Byfield . . . 1658. Sm. folio, ivith an en(jraved portrait of Morland btj P. Lonihar/, front a painting by Sir P. Lely, a large folding ma2J, and 26 plate.'^ represent- ing the outrages committed on the Waldenses, men, icomen and children ; very slightly foxed ; otherivise a good coj}y in calf extra, gilt edges 1658 2 10 Many old Latin, Spanish, French, Italian and German docuiiionts are printed, together with the English ti'anslation, in double columns. In May 1665, Cromwell sent the author to the Duke of Savoy to intercede on behalf of the Waldenses. While residing at Geneva, he was advised by Thurloe tu collect information in order to compih; a histor)' of the Waldenses. The sensational engravings caused the book to act ' like Fox's Book of Martyrs.^ An extremely adulatory dedication, addressed to Cromwell, is prefixed to the volume, llollis's Memoirs records that this dedicatory epistle was always withdrawn by ^Morland from any copies that came in his way. 768 MORLEY (T.) ... The First Booke Of Balletts To Fine Voyces. In London By Thomas Este. CIO.IO.XC.V. 5 parts, complete, sm. 4to., cantus, altus, tenor, 15ASSUS, QUINTUS ; (i few headlines slighthi shaved, hiif a very good copy in vellum, very scarce 1595 100 This Collection has been attributed to Michael Drayton. At the back of the Dedication is the verse : " Mr. M. D. To the Author." *^* See illustration no. 71. 769 Canzonets. Or Little Short Songs To Eoure Voyces : Celected Out Of the best and approiied ItaHan Authors. Bv Thomas Morley . . . Imprinted at London by Peter Siiort . . . 1597. 4 parts, complete, sm. 4to., cantus, altus, tenor, Biissus; a remarkably fine copy in velltim 1597 120 770 Canzonets Or Litle Short Aers to Fine And Sixe Voices. By Thomas Morley . . . London . Printed by Peter Short . . . M.D.XCVII 5 parts, complete, sm. 4to., some headlines shaved, corners of title to Bassus restored iti ft csl mile, some blank margins mended, hut a good clean copy in vellum 1597 120 771 another copy. 4 parts (of 5), sm. 4to., cantus, altus, bassus, quixtus : the altus and quintus parts entirely uncut, the cantus and bassu,s jiarts cut but good copies ; unbound lOJ i tO Extremely rare ; the Tenor part (which contains the Sextus setting for those songs requiring it) is missing from this copy. 772 Canzonets. Or Little Short Songs To Three Voyces : Published by Thomas Morley .... Now Newly Imprinted with some Songs added by the Author. 1G06. In London Printed By Thomas Este, the assigne of William Barley. 3 parts, complete, sm. 4to., cantus, altus, bassus, some headlines shaved, tivo letters of title to cantus part nobbed ; otherwise a good copy in vellum l«05 84 The Huth copy sold for £82. Among the collections of lyrics set to music by the great English gchool of madrigalists, which are often of surpassing literary importance, those of Morley must be awarded a prominent place. 174 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 773 MORYSON (Fynes). An Itinerary Written By Fynes Moryson Gent. . . . Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel! Through . . . Germany, 15ohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Jtaly, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. At London Printed by John Beale . . . 1617. Folio, ivith several woodcut maps and plans in the text ; a blank corner ojf^^ cut off and a feio small tears, hut a sound copy in old calf, rehacked " 1617 7 17 6 The title occupies two leaves ; it commences on 1I„^ and finishes on 'i^ : the second leaf opens with " Containing His Ten Yeeres." 774 MOXON (Joseph). Mechanick Exercises, Or The Doctrine Of Handy* Works ... By Joseph Moxon . . . London. Printed for Joseph Moxon. 1683.— Mechanick Exercises : Or, the Dodrine of Handy* works. Applied to the Art of Printing. The Second Volumne. By Joseph Moxon . . . London. Printed for Jos^-ph Moxon . . . 1683. 2 vols, in 1, sm. 4to., with 53 copperplates, including portraits oj Gutenberg and Koster ; a very fine copy in contemjjorary calf, ivith the dated bookplate of Charles, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill 1683 30 A fine and perfect copy of the extremely rare fikst edition. 775 MUGGINS (William). Londons Mourning garment, or Funerall Teares : worne and shed for the death of her wealthy Cittizens, and other her inhabitants. To which is added, a zealous and feruent Prayer, with a true relation how many haue dyed of all diseases, in euery particuler parish mthin London, the Liberties, and out parishes neere adioyning from the 14 of luly 1603 . to the 17 of Nouember. following. At London printed by Kaph Blower. 1603. Sm. 4to., ajine copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, hy Rivih-e 1603 300 Unique and the only known book by an unknown author. The larger portion of the book is occupied by a poera in 97 6-line stanzas, which presents what one conceives to be a very faitliful picture of London during this plague, which, so our author tells us, was responsible for 37,717 deaths in London and its environs. Commencing with an account of the glories of the previous months, mentioning in particular the accession of James I and his gracious conduct to the City, he then writes sorrowfully of the coming of the plague and laments the selfishness of the populace during this time of death, in their refusal to assist each other or to mourn for those stricken. There follows a long picture of death, sorrow and hardships, accompanied by starvation as a consequence of the stoppage of all business. He concludes by attributing the plague to a divine visita- tion because of the wickedness of the people and exhorts them to repentance. The last verse contains a reference to James's state entry into the City, which took place on 15th of March, 1603/4. Following the poem there is " A Godly and zealous Prayer vnto God, for the surceasing of his irefull plague . . . ' and at the end the list of 121 parishes, etc., with the number of dead in each. The book is dedicated to Alderman Sir John Swinnerton by William Muggins, of whom nothing seems to be known. Collation : [A]^ B-D* El ■*-.* See illustration no. 72. ■^■^' «'4 ' 'mi I.- Pk: ^I<'U } vJ ■^T- f^ '-0 ^ii!!r"-*-':-^a^ '^^a^ '♦tn^!*^tV- .-J^^*»^ v»*/^efc*tiH^ ".'^pppif^fc l*< -^-> •'''^ ^*^,. ^^^ ^ -9v^^«'^^'«/^^, -^ n**^ cu ■r.A. ■iT^ .-.^ :■ ^-. •-<'■• \ {See JVo. 777.) i-"i W'' ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: U83-1700. 175 777 MUNDAY (Anthony). John a Kent and John a Cumber. Folio, Autograpli MS. of the pJay; morocco, xvi Cent. 550 The Manuscript is written on thirteen leaves of foolscap paper, the last defective, only one quarter remaining. The other leaves have all su tiered more or less severely from damp and wear at the margins, particularly the top outer corner, but it does not seem that any line has been wholly lost from them. Bound up are the original vellum covers formed of fragments of two mediseval manu- scripts, a work on Canon Law of the thirteenth centui'y and a Lectionary of the fifteenth. The whole has been thoroughly and very neatly repaired so as to render it perfectly sound, and bound in purple morocco. The play, which is mainly in verse with some prose passages, is throughout in the autograph of the author, Anthony Munday (1553-16o3), printer's apprentice, protestant pamphleteer, pursuivant, government spy, actor, playwright, poet, romancier, pageant-writer, and city-chronicler. At the end is his signature ' Anthony Mundy ' and the date ' — Decembris 1596." The latter however is added in a different hand and very likely later ; it may belong to a note of ownership and only affords a downward limit for the date of composition. A few directions have been added in the margin by another hand, probably that of a prompter in the playhouse. It seems on the whole probable that the play was written about 1590 or soon after for Lord JStrange's company of players, but it is not certain that it remained in their possession. There is namely some reason to suppose that it may be identical with The Wise Man of West Chester, a play performed by the Lord Admiral's company early in December, 1594, and frequently thereafter. This is indeed recorded as a ' new ' piece, but revival with alterations and a change of title might be held to justify the description. In tliis connexion it should be observed that The Wise Man was not the property of the Admiral's company but of their principal actor Edward Alleyn, who had shortly before been associated with Strange's company and probably brought the play along with him. Additional interest attaches to the MS. owing to its close association with that of another play. Sir Thomas More, now in the British Museum. The two clearly belong to one company and must for long have been together, since not only were they bound in portions of the same manuscript, but the damage they have sustained is very similar. More is also written in Munday's autograph, but it has a number of additions, one of which is believed by many authorities to be written by Shakespeare himself. The MS. of John a Kent was formerly in the possession of Lord Mostyn, and is supposed to have been in the possession of the family at Mostyn Hall, Flintshire, at any rate since late in the seventeenth century. It is possible that it may have been acquired on account of its local interest, the scene of the play being laid in the neighbourhood of Chester and the characters mainly drawn from that county and from Wales. The plot turns on the rivalry of Prince Griffin of South Wales and the Earl of Powis on one side, and the Earls of Morton and Pembroke on the other, for the love of Sidanen, daughter of Prince Llwellen of North Wales, and Marian, daughter of the famous Ranulph, Earl of Chester ; the rivals being supported respectively by the Welsh magician John a Kent and the Scottish magician John a Cumber. The play was edited, rather imperfectly, by J. P. Collier for the Shakespeare Society in 1^51. It is being re-edited by Dr. W. W. Greg, to whom I am indebted for the above note, for the Malone Society. *^* See illustrations. 176 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 778 MUKET (P.). Rites Of Funeral Ancient and Modern, In Use Tlirough the Known World. Written Originally in French by the Ingenious Monsieur Muret. And Translated into English by P. Lorrain. London, Printed for liich. Royston . . . 1683. Sm. 8vo., dedication copy to Samuel Pepys wlt/t his portrait tjook-2)Jate (did. double anchor hook-plate inserted. ; ohl English red morocco, the sides elahorately gilt ivith a pattern of line scrolls and jmintill^ work. 1683 105 Books with the ex-libris of Samuel Pepys are almost introuvable. Tlie whole of his collection was left to Magdalene College, Cambridge ; many of those have his book-plate, but outside of this library volumes containing it are very rare. 779 NABBES (Thomas). fotenham-Court, A Pleasant Comedy ... By Thomas Nabbs. London, Printed by R. Oulton . . . 1639. Sm. 4to., a fine copy, irifh tJw hi avh first leaf, in blue levant morocco, (jilt edges, hy Riviere. 1639 14 14 Rare. A re-issue of the sheets of the 1638 edition with a new title. It was first acted in 1633. Sir A. W. Ward says of Nahbes that he was 'a meritorious author who wrote dramatic works of various kinds.' 780 NAPIER (John). A Description Of The Admirable Table of Logarithmes : With A Declaration of the most Plentifull, Easie, and Speedy vse thereof in both kinds of Trigonometry . . . Inuented and published in Laline by . . . lohn Nepair . . . and translated into English by . . . Edward Wright. With an addition of the Instrumental! Table to finde the part Proportionall, intended by the Translator, and described in the end of the Booke by Henrie Brigs . . . All perused and approued by the Authour . . . London, Printed [by Nicholas Okes] for Simon Waterson. 1618. 12mo., one or tico side notes cut into and some names in i)ik on the title, but a sou7id C02)y in calf, ivith a Napier bookplate 1618 18 781 another copy. 12mo., a catcluvord cut away and a fetv side-notes shaved, but a good copy in green levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1618 28 Second edition. An interesting copy, having belonged to Henry Briggs, the " Geometrj'-reader at Gresham-house in London " who supplied the " Instrumental! Table " for the present work. His name and that of " C. Hutton 1785" are on a fly-leaf, preserved. Also it has the large pictorial bookplate of F. Hendriks (1893). Nash (Thomas). See under Makprelate (Martin). 782 NECK (Jacob Corneliszen van). The lournall. Or Dayly Register, Contayning A True manifestation, and Historical declaration of the voyage, accomplished by eight shippes of Amsterdam, vnder the conduct of lacob Corneliszen Neck . . & Wybrandt van Warwick . . which sayled from Amsterdam the first day of March, 1598. Shewing the Course They kept, and what other notable matters happened vnto them in the sayd voyage. Imprinted at London for Cuthbert Burby & lohn Flasket ... 1601. Sm. 4to., black letter, with a woodcut of a ship ou the title; small blank portions of the title and last leaf mended, but a sound and good copy, icith the last leaf containing the Errata : crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, hy Riviere 1601 28 Appakkntly the only sedition ; veuy rare. It was translated from the Dutch by William Walker, whose name ap])ears at the end of the dedication to Thomas Smith " Governor of the famous comj)anie of the English Marchants trading to the East Indies . . ." He gives as his reason for pulilishing it, the desire to benefit Smith by giving him and others the information which it contains. It appears that Smith was soon to set out on a voyage to the East Indies. Walker was apparently well known to Hakluyt, to whom he pays tribute as "a man for his matchless industrie in collecting the £n(/lisli I'oi/agrs. most incompurably wel deserving of this state ... [of adviser, respecting the publication of this voyage] " ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 177 __ — — . — — £ ,. d. 783 NERO. The Tragerlie of Claudius Tiher'us Nero, Ronies greatest Tyrant. Truly represented out of the pure-t Kecords of those times . . . London Printed for Francis Burton ... 1607 Sni. 4to., the inner blank margin of the title, the outer margin of the next leaf and portions of the outer margin of the last leaf skilful Iff mended, with some letters restored in facsimile ; otherwise a sound copy ; vellum, gilt edges 1607 110 ExTRRMELy RARE. This anonymous play has been attributed to Francis Sabie, but almost surely erroneously as the author in his dedication refers to himself as a "young Scholler " and although Sable's age at this date is not known, he was evidently much more than a young scholar, as he is known to have been a schoolmaster at Lichfield twenty years earlier. The printer was Edward Allde. 784 NETHERLANDS. Libellus Supplex Imperatorise Maiestati Cseterisq ; Sacri Imperii Electoribus, Principibus, atq ; Ordinibus, nomine Belgarum ex Inferiori Germania, Evangelicse religionis causa per Albani Ducis tyrannidem eiectorum in comitiis Spirensibus exhibitus. Londini apud Johannem Daium ad exemplar in Germania editum . An . 1571 . (^Second title on Aj :) Apologeticon, Et Vera Rerum In Belgico germania Nuper Gestarum Narratio, ex qua dilucide perspicitur, quibus omnis tumultuum k, calamitatum origo & causa ferri accepta debeat . . . Roman letter, a fine copy with the blank last two leaves. A Defence and true declaration of the thinges lately done in the lowe countrey, whereby may easily be seen to whom all the beginning and cause of the late calamities is to be imputed. And th -rewith also the sclaunders wherewith the adversaries do burden the Churches of the lowe countrey are plainly confuted ... At London. Printed by lohn Daye . . . {Date 071 second title :) 1571. Black letter ; a few of the side-notes shaved, and a blank corner mended, but a sound copy. Together 2 vols., sra. 8vo., polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1571 30 Both items are extremely rake. The Libellus and Apologeticon are definitely one hook, althousjh the copy in the British Museum lacks the Ltbellns ,'ind the two copies in the Univeisity Library, CamhriHge have ihe iiarts .separtted. There is, however, a complete copy, correctly citalogued, in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Ihfena- and true declaration is a translation of the l.ihi-Uns and Apologeticon by Elias New< omen, who signs the dedic ition to Lord Cheyne. The dedication is followed by the translation of the /.i/W/"s, after which comes the translation of the other part, preceded by a title, which is a teplica of the first title except that in place of 'Cum gratia & Privilegio llegia Maiestatis' it h:is 'An. 1571 '. The only other copy of this English edition I have be f ; of extrkme rarity. There is no copy in the British Museum. It is dedicated to the Countess of Derby ("now wife to the right Honorable Sir Thomas Egerton Knight . . .") by Tho. Newton who expresses gratitude for kindness shown to his uncle Marmaduke Newton. The Dedication is followed by a verse to each of the three daughters of tlie Countess of Derby. Then follows the " Poeticall Excursive Discourse" in 16 sonnets, with a poem "In laude Authoris " signed I : O : St. G. at the foot of the last page. Tills copy is without doubt the finest of the very few copies existing. *^* See illustration no. 74. 789 NICOLAY (Nicolas de), Sieur d^ArfeviUe. La Navigation Du Roy D'Escosse laques Cinquiesme Du Nom, Autour de son Royaume, k Isles Hebrides & Orchades, soubz la conduide d' Alexandre Lyndsay excellent Pilote Escossois. Recueillie & redigee . . . Par Nicolay D'Arfeville ... A Paris, Chez Gilles Beys . . . M.D.LXXXIII. . . Sm. 4to., icith the excessivrly rare exgraved folding map of Scotland, a folding woodcut diagram, and ivoodculs of the Compass, etc. in the text ; a fine, lar Cheats of 8capin. By Tho : Otway . . . London : Printed for Ricliard Tonson . . . 1677. Sill. 4to., a sound copy in polished calf extra, (jilt, edyes, by Riviere 1677 8 8 First EDITION. "Capable versions of Kacine's Berditice ■AXiAMoWhvo'ii Fuiirbry'ief ilr Srnpiii. The latter held the stage for more than a hundred years." 812 Venice Preserv'd, Or, A Plot Discover'd. A Tragedy . . . Written by Thomas Otwav. London, Printed for Jos. Hindmarsh . . . 1682." Sm. 4to., a large and fine copy in red levant morocco, inside dentellc border, gilt edges, by Riviere 1682 10 10 First edition. It is 'one of the greatest tragedies of modern English drama. In its own age possibly only Dryden's AH for Love can sustain the comparison with it, and it touches, in the fourth act, perhaps the highest mark of Eestoration tragedy.' — G. H. Nettleton. 813 Windsor Castle, In A Monument To our Late Sovereign K. Charles II ... A Poem By Tho. Otway . . . London, Printed for Charles Brome . . . 1685. Sm. 4to., four side notes cut into, otherwise a Hue copy in new calf 1685 6 6 First edition. 814 OVIDIUS NA80 (Publius). Ovid's Banquet Of Sence. W^ith A Coronet for his Mistresse Philosophy ; and His Amorous Zodiack . . . London. Printed by B[ernard]. A[lsop]. and T[homas]. F[awcett]. and are to be sold by R. Horseman . . . 1639. Sm. 8vo., a fine copy u-ith the blank first and last leaves ; polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1639 10 10 815 — another copy. Sm. 8vo., dark green morocco, entirely uncut and partly un- opened 1639 21 Socoud edition of George Chapman's translation. This copy, which was formerly Skegg's and Corser's is probably the only one in this state in existence ; not only is it uncut, but several leaves are unopened, and it has the blank first and last leaves (a small piece of the former cut off). 816 [Publii Ovidii Nasonis De Arte Amandi.]. 8m. 8vo., a few side notes cut into, but a fine copy icith the blank leaves F^.^ ; ijolished ccdf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere \j-. 1600] 12 12 This is probably the earliest of the three editions offered. This copy has no title, but has the leaf F3 blank, which in the other copies contains the title. It seems probable that this title (which would, perhaps, be better described as a half- title) was an after-thought. In this edition the pagination is regular. There is no copy in the British Museum. Collation : A-F^ (the text commencing on Aj, and Fv-g blanks). 817 Publii Ovidii Nasonis De Arte Amandi Or, The Art of Loue. Sm. 8vo., some margined notes cut into, and a small hole (an. original defect in the paper) in one leaf ; straight-grained olive morocco, geometrical interlaced design in gold on sides, gilt edges [1620 ?] 9 9 Title between two rows of tvpe ornaments, without imprint, ami pji. 1-16, 19, 18-9'J. 818 — another edition. Sm. 8vo., afeiv marginal notes slightly cut into ; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere [1636-40'?] 6 6 Title between two rows of type ornnments, without imprint, and pp. 1-16, 19-34, 33-48, 76, .50-52, 73, 64-92. 184 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. OVIDIUS NASO (PuWius). continued:— £ s. d. 819 Ovid De Ponto. Containing foure books of Elegies. Written by him in Tomos, a Citie of Pontus, in the foure last yeares of his lite, and so dyed there in the seaventh yeare of his banishment from Rome. Translated by W.S. . . Printed at London by T. Cotes, for Mi hael Sparke Junior . . . 1639. Sm. 8vo., with a small tvoodcut on the verso of the title emblematic of Time and Death : a fine copy i7i jmlished calf extra, qilt edges, by Riviere ' ' 1639 9 9 First edition of the tirst English translation of the EpistoUe ex Ponto. The translator was AVj-e Saltonstall, wiio dedicates the book to Sir John Suckling. 820 All Ovids Elegies : 3. Bookes. By C. M. Epigrams by J.D. At Middlebourgh. 8m. 8vo., a little time stained, hut a sound copy in green morocco, gilt edges [1635?] 18 18 "With the bookplates of Peter Hall, Thomas Jefferson McKee and Ross Winans. At the end, on a flyleaf, is a MS. poem entitled Ignoto. 821 another copy. Sm. 8vo., a fine copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere [1635?] 21 822 another copy. Sm. 8vo., a fi,7ier and rather larger copy in polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere [1635 ?] 20 Verv" kaue. This edition was probably printed in England, despite the evidence of the impi-int. The 'Elegies' [Amores) were translated by Christopher Marlowe, and the 'Epigrams' were the work of Sir John Davies. The book was first published under the title Epigranimes and Elegies. By. I. I), and C. M. At Middleborough [1590 ?]; the title to the second part being ' Certaine of Quids Elegies.' In 1599 it was ordered by Ai-chbishop Whitgift and Bancroft, Bishop of London, to be bui-nt. The second translation of the fifteenth Elegie, first book, is by Ben Jonson (it does not appear in the first edition) : it is said to be his eailiest printed production. On the title-page are 5 type ornaments . 3 leaves and 2 pointing hands). It is the edition designated " G ' by Dyce and Bullen. 823 Ovids Festivalls, Or Romane Calendar, Translated into English verse equinumerally, By John Gower . . . Printed by Roger Daniel, Printer to the University of Cambridge : And are to be sold by M[ichael]. S[parke]. junior, in the little Old Baily in London. 1640. Sm. Svo., title in red and black ; a fine copy ivith the first leaj marked with a leaf only ; polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1640 9 9 First edition of the first English translation of the Frtsti. 824 Ovids Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, And Repre- sented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil's ^neis. ByG.S. London, Printed by J.L. for Andrew Hebb . . . M.DC.XL. Folio, with a froutispiecf; containing three medcdlion portraits of Ovid, and an engraved title by S. Savory after F. Clein, and 1 5 plates by the same artists ; the edges of the first four leaves very slightly frayed, but a fine, large copy in old calf 1640 5 5 Second edition with the plates, but the fifth edition of the text. Sandy's translation of " The First Book of Virgils .^neis" is printed at the end. The book was pi-inted by John Legate IT. 825 Ovids Remedy Of Love, Directing Lovers how they may by Reason suppresse the passion of Love . . . London, Pi-inted for Francis Smith . . . 1636. 1 Sm. 8vo., a sound copy in polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1036 9 9 Said to be translated by John Carpenter. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 185 6V[DIUS NASO (Publius), continued:— £ »• d. 826 Ovids Tristia Containinge five Bookes of mounifull Elegies which hee sweetly composed in the midst of his adversitie, while hee liv'd in Tomosa Cittie of Pontus . . . Transhited into English bv AV.S. . . . London Printed for Fra : Grove . . . 1637. Sm. 8vo., icith the title page ivholly eujraved {the fore edge slightly ctit into) ; a sound cojjy in polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Hiviere 1637 10 10 Second edition of Saltonstall's translation. It is dedicated to Sir Kenelm Digby. 827 OWEN (Lewis). The Running Register : Recording A True Relation Of The State Of The- English Colledges, Seminaries and Cloysters in all forraine parts. Together with a . . . discourse of the Lives, Px'actices, Coozenage, Impostures and Deceits of all our English Monks, Friers, lesuites, and Seminarie Priestes . . By Lewis Owen . . . London, Printed for Robert Milbourne . . . 1626. Sm. 4to., some headlines cut into, but a good copy ; modern limp r^elluni, gilt edges 1626 5 5 Owen ' entered himself . . . into the Society of Jesus at Valladolid, where he continued a curious observer among them for some time. At length, being fully satisfied of their intrigues ... he left, and became a bitter enemy against them, as well in his discourses as writings' ( Wood, Athencc Oxon.). The tract was printed by Felix Kingston. 828 P. (J.). The Pleasant and Delightful History Of Floridon and Lucina, Illustriated with an admirable Description of Loves Paradice .... By J. P. London, Printed by T. Mabb, and are to be sold by William Gilberson . . . 1663. Sm. 4to., black letter, with 21 small woodcuts, some being repetitions ; a few blank margins mended; otherivise a good sound copy : red niorocco extra, gilt edges 1663 52 10 Unique. It is mentioned, without any description, in Hazlitt, Lowndes and Esdaile, but otherwise it appears to be quite undescribed by bibliographers This seems to be the only edition, as we are infurmed in the " Printer to the Keader " that " it is all new Invention, never before Printed," and no subsequent edition is known. A note on the last page promises a continuntion, but this was probably never published. Collation: A-F.'' A| has the Imprimatur on the recto and on the verso a wreath enclosing the names Floridon and Lucina, with a small wood- cut below. %* See illustration no. 78. 829 PAINTER (William). The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, adorned and well furnished, with Pleasaunt Histories, and excel. ent Novelles, selected out of diuers good and commendable Authors. By William Painter . . . 1566 Imprinted At London, by Henry Denham, for Richard Tottell and William lones. The second Tome of the Palace of Pleasure . . . By William Painter , . . Anno. 1567. Imprinted at London ... by Henry Bynneman, for Nicholas England. 2 vols., sm. 4to., black letter, both titles witliin borders of type-ornaments, on the recto of the title to Vol. 1 the crest of the Earl of Warwick, with his arms on the verso; the title, ^^, and the last leaf, and half of d of Vol. 1 in facsimile, a few leaves mended, but generally, a large and sound copy ; Vol. 2 fne, and quite perfect ; crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere L566-67 500 186 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. PAINTER (William), contimted :— & *■ d. FlKST EDITION OF BOTH VOLUMES AND EXTREMELY RARE, perfect or imperfect. Painter s Palace of Pleasure is probably the best known and the most favoured of the Elizabethan translations of foreign romances. The D.N.B. says " Painter's reading was exceptionally wide, and he practically first made the Italian novelists known to English readers." He derived his tales from Herodotus, ^lian, Plutarch, Aulus Gellius, Livy, Tacitus, Quintus Curtius, Bandello, Boccaccio, etc., etc. By far the largest number were from the last two authors ; in the two volumes there are altogether 94 tales. " The work was very widely read by Elizabethan Englishmen ... it is as the mine whence the Elizabethan dramatists drew the plots of their plays or poems that Painter's work presents itself in the most interesting aspect. Shake- speare's 'Rape of Lucrece,' ' Coriolanus,' ' Timon of Athens,' 'All's well that ends well,' and ' Romeo and Juliet ' all owe something to Painter," and his influence may be traced in many other of the more famous Elizabethan dramas. The Britwell copy was sold in 1920 for £1,400. 830 The Pallace of Pleasure Beautified, adorned and welfurnished, with Pleasaunt Historyes and excellent Nouelles, selected out of divers good and commendable Authours. By William Painter . . . 1569. Imprinted at London . . . by Thomas Marshe. The Second Tome of the Palace of Pleasure contayning store of goodlye Histories . . . Chose and selected . . . and now once agayn corrected and increased. By William Painter . . . Imprinted at London . . . by Thomas Marshe. '1 vols., sm. 4to,, black letter of < life rent fount t<, the title.< within Mm^she's well-known woodcut border (McKerrow L54j ; the title to Vol. 1 in excellent facsimile and the title to Vol. 2 torn, mended and tery .slightly defective, a small hole in Zg of Vol. 1 mended and a tew leaves at the beginning and, end of Vol, 2 re-margined, with 4 letters (f text in one headline .slightly affected, but the body of each volume in fine, sound condition ; blue straight grained morocco, tooled on the back and sides to a Roger Payne desiqn, (jilt edges, bij F. Bedford 1569— [c. 1580] 150 Second edition of the first volume and also probabh' of the second volume. No other edition (of the second volume) between the first and this is known, Ijut the wording of the title " and now once agayn corrected and increased " would certainly suggest at least one intermediate edition. Both volumes are extremely rare. In the second volume an additional tale " A cruell facte of Soltan Solyman " was inserted as " The .xxxiiii. Novell," the original .'34tli Novel becoming " The .xxxv. Novell." This volume also has a slip pasted on Xx^'' at the foot, to correct an omission of two lines of text. This slip is very i*are and is not in the British Museum copy. By comparison with othei- books of Marsh's containing the same title border, it is evident that this erh'tiou of tlie second volume was printed in, or about, 1580. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 187 € .1. d 831 PALINGENIUS STELLATXTS (Marcellus). The Zcdiake of life, written by the excellent and Christian Poet, Marcellus Palini;'enius Stellatus. Whei'ein are conteined twelve severall lal)()urs, painting out most liuely the whole couipasse of the world . . . Translated out of Latine into Englisli, bv Barnabie Googe and bv him newly recognished. . . . Hereunto is annexed (for the Readers aduantage) a large TaVjl(» . . . Imprinted at London by Robert Robinson . . . 1588. Sm. 4to., black letter ; a small 2Jortioii of the border of the title restored in facsimile aiid a feiv leaves slightly water-stained, other ivise a good copy ; old calf 1588 15 Thiiu) edition or the complete work ; kaue. The first three books had Mpiieured in 1560, the first six books in 1561 and the first complete edition (twelve books) in 1565. The author's real name was Tier Angelo Manzolli. 832 PALMER (Sir Thomas). An Essay Of the Meanes how to make our Ti'auailes, into forraine Countries, the more profitable and lionourablo. At London Imprinted, by H. L. for Mathew Lownes. 1606. Sm. 4to., u'itlb i foldiiig fables; a very fine copy ui. the origiiuil limp vellum, gilt 1606 31 10 Very kakb. The volume is dedicated to Prince Henry by Thomas Palmer. The Address To tlie Header is dated " From Wingham, the first of lulie . 1606," and on the title is the inscription " The fyft day of July 1606. Pe : Manwood. pret. 2^." The latter date was probably the date of publication. The printer was Humphrey Lownes. 833 PALMERIN OF ENGLAND. The First Part [The Second Part] Of The No Lesse Rare, Then Excellent and stately History, of . . . Prince Palmerin of England . . . Translated out of French, by A.M. . . . London. Printed by Ber: Alsop and Tho: Favvcet . . . 1639. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to., black letter; a fine clean copy iuthc original sheep 1639 28 The fifth known English edition of this, the concluding part, of the celebrated Spanish-l'ortuguese Pal'merin romances. The author was Francisco de Moraes and ]iis work is described by Dr. Thomas as " the best work of the series." Some of the other parts were translated into English, amongst them being Palmerin (fOlira and Prii/mleo)i of Greece. Two editions of a third part of Palmvriu of Eiiglaitd are known but no third part to this edition appears to have been issued. The translator's full name — Anthony Munday — appeals several times in the book. 834 PARAVICINO (Peter). Choice Proverbs And Dialogues, In Italian and English . Also Delightfull Stories and Apophthegms, taken out of Famous Guicciardine. Together with the History Of the Warres of Hamiibal against the Romans. And ... a short Didlionary of all the words of the two Genders, which has the termination in the vowel E . . . Published by Peter Paravicino an Italian, and Tutor of that Tongue. London, Printed by E. C. and are to be sold by A. Seile . . . Peter Parker . . . and Peter Dring . . . 1666. 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., green morocco extra, qilt edifes, by Eedy 1666 3 10 A curious and interesting volume written by an Italian tutor in TiOndon. The second part (the dictionary) has a separate title (with imprint ' London, Printed for Thomas Clark . . . 1666 .') and series of signatures. 835 [PARKER (Henry). Dives and Pauper], (FoJ.l, blank, cut away ; fol. '2 .•) Riche and pore have like cumynge into this worlde . & lyke outgoyng, but there Huyng in this worlde is vnHke . . . \helow this commences the Table ; foJ. 231" coJ. 2 :) Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue . of Dives & paup. that is to say . the riche & the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. comaiidnientes, fynisshed the v. day of Juyl . the yere 188 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. PARKER (Henry), continued:— £ «• d- of oure lord god . M.CCCC.lxxxxiii. Emprentyd by me Richarde Pynson at the temple barre of london . . . (Fol. 232, blank recto, on the verso Pynson's device, McKerrow, 3). Sm. folio, black letter, printed in double columyis ; the last leaf, containimj only the device, in facsimile, fol. 2 mended and a few letters restored in facsimile, a few other leaves mended in the blank margins, but generally a fine, large copy in light brown levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere * 1493 200 First edition. Of the copies mentioned by Mr. Gordon Duff in his Fifteeiith Century English Books only two are in private hands and these are never likeh' to occur for sale. It is Pynson's second dated book and the only one bearing the date 1493. It has no title; the work commences on folio 14 and is preceded by a lung Table. This well-known theological treatise is usually attributed to Henry Parker (a Carmelite, d. 1470) and if it was actually written by him must be considered his chief work. The attribution is on the authority of Villiers de Saint-Etienne's Bibl. Carmel. and Wood's Athence Oxon. 836 PARRY. A True and plaine declaration of the horrible Treasons, pradised by William Parry the Traitor, against the Queenes Maiestie. The maner of his Ai-raignment, Conuidiun and Execution, together with the copies of sundry letters . . . Also an addition . . . conteyn- ing a short collection of his birth, education and course of life . . . At London by C. B. . . . Sm. 4to., printed mostly in black letter ; some scribblings on the margins by a seventeentJi century hand; a large copy in crimson levant morocco, gill edges, by Riviere [1585] 21 837 another copy. Sm. 4to., a rather better copy in red morocco, arms on sides, gilt edges, by Riviere [1585] 24 Very rare. It was printed by Christopher Barker. Scott, Bibliography of WorJcs relating to Mary Queen of Scots, no. 129. 838 another edition. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in red levant morocco extra, gilt edaex, by Riviere [1585] 18 18 839 another copy. Sm. 4to., a rather larger and finer copy in ol d half morocco [1585] 21 Another edition and very probably later than the above, as the translation of the Italian Letter of the Cardinal di Conio on Dj seems to bear evidence of revision. It was however probably printed in the same year as the other, and also by Barker. See nnder Order of Prayer. 840 PASQUIL'S JESTS. Pasquils lests : With The Merrhnents Of Mother Bunch. Wittie, pleasant, and delightfull. London, Printed by M.F. and are to be sold by Francis Coles . . . Sm. 4to., black letter ; a fiew headlines shaved, but a fine copy uith the blank last leaf; early \^th Century rnssia,, blind tooled [c. 1632] 52 10 Thk only copy kniiw.s of the fourth or fifth edition. The printer was Mile.s Fleshor ; he printed other editions in 1G29 and 1635 and this should be dated probably sometime between those two dates. The Jolloy — Daniel — Huth copy. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 189 £ «. d. 841 [PEACHAM (Henry)] Coach and Sedan, Pleasantly Disputing for Place and Precedence ; The Brewers- Cart being Moderator . . . London : Printed by Robert Raworth, for lohn Crovvch ; and are to be sold by Edmund Paxton, . . . 1636. Sm. 4to., a curious large woodcut on the title; a blank corner of the last leaf mended, otherwise a fine and large copy in an old half binding 1636 105 Only two other copies known; one in the British Museum, which is in very indifferent condition, and another in the Bodleian Library. The book is interesting from the numerous contemporary references it has to people, places, customs, etc. It is dedicated to Sr. Elias Hicks, by " Mis-amaxius," who excuses himself for writing " these . . . passages of inoffensive mirth " by comparison with some of the works of Sir Philip Sydney, Erasmus and Homer. In the text there is a reference to the " Rattle Snakes in New England " and further on there occurs another reference to New England. At one period the author laments the fact that ' the Nobilitie and Gentrie cannot in faire weather, walke tlie streets as they were wont . . . Sir Francis Drake, Sir Philip Sydney, Sir Martine Frobisher. ..." Towards the end are given rules laid down by " Beere-cart " for the observance of Coaches and Sedans. Peacham was no doubt induced to write this because of the sudden popularity of Sedans, which are said to have come into regular use in England in 1634. On A^ is a poem "To my worthy friend the Author", which is anonymous. The authorship of the book is determined by an entry in the Stationers Register — see Arber IV, 328. *.j5.* See illustration no. 79. 842 PECKE (Thomas). Parnassi Puerperium : Or, Some Well- wishes To Ingenuity, In The Translation of Six Hundred, of Owen's Epigrams ; Martial de Spectaculis, or of Rarities to be seen in Rome ; and the most Select, in Sir Tho. More. To which is annext A Century of Heroick Epigrams, (Sixty wdiereof concern the Twelve Caesars ; and the Forty remaining, several deserving Persons.) By the Author of that celebrated Elegie upon Cleeveland : Tho. Pecke . . . Printed at London by J. Cottrel, for Tho. Bassett . . . 1659. Sm. 8vo., with an engraved portrait, heneaiJi ■wliicJt are four lines of Latin verse sign-d P.F. ; a very fine copy in the original sheep 1659 25 Vkry rare with ihe portrait and in fine state. This copy has also the leaf Ng containing "Peck's Epigrams" printed lengthwise on the recto. In very early issues this leaf had on the recto some rather uncomplimentary verses by Peck " Upon Cottrell the Printer" and on the verso the Errata and a verse 1o the Keader apologising for the errors. A copy of this leaf has been inserted. The Huth copy had not this leaf in either state, and Hazlitt did not know of it. 843 PECKHAM (John). Exornatorium curatorum. {On [A.]^ :) In constit. provinc. Johri Pecham de officiis archipresbyteri. Cap. ignoraii. sacerd. Sm. 8vo., black letter ; the title {'■^Exornatorium curatorum " only) loithin four pieces of priiiters' ornament ; some blank margins restored, but a good copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere [c. 1530] 50 An entirely unrrcorded edition and very probably unique. Several printers issued editions of these selections (in English) from Archbishop Peckham's provincial constitutions. Peckham was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1279 until his death in 1292. This edition was printed by Peter Treveris. *** See illustration no. 77. 190 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 844 PEELE (George). The Love Of Kino^ David And Fair Bethsabe. With the Tragedie of Absalon . . . Written Ijy George Peele. London, Printed by Adam Islip. L-399. Sm. 4to., tvith the exception of a Might time-stainhuj a fine copij hi an old half bimling 1599 300 First edition ; op great rarity. Sir A. W. Ward writes of this play : " I follow Dyce in thinking [it] beyond all question Peele's masterpiece . . . The diction of the play, while generally pleasing and suggestive of mature workmanship, here and there rises to an impressiveness of form rare in a dramatist, who Avitli all his merits is of secondary rank." It has been thought that Peele, by making- use of a Biblical subject in this play, was endeavouring to disarm the criticism against stage-plays which flourished during the period when this play must have been written. The Duke of Roxbui-ghe's copy, with his arms, stamped from a small die, on the verso of the title page, and with the bookplate of Thomas Jolley. 845 [PEPYS (Samuel)]. Memoires Relating to the State Of The Royal Navy Of England, For Ten Years, Determin'd December 1688 . . . Printed Anno MDCXC. Sm. 8vo., title in red and black, with a fine impression of the portrait by B. Wliite after Sir Godfrey Kneller and with a folding table ; a fine copy in crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1690 25 First issue of the i-iiist edition, in which the title page has only the imprint " Printed Anno MDCXC." It was later issued to the general public with a fresh title containing the publisher's and bookseller's names (see next item). The later issue has not such a fine impression of the portrait, which is also jmnted on thicker paper. Pepys is usually considered to have reserved the copies of the first issue for presentation ; this copy would seem to bear out this opinion as it has the signature of the first Lord Dartmouth on the back of the title page. Dartmouth was admiral and commandei'-in-chief during Pejjys' tenure of office. In 168:5 Dartmouth sailed for Tangier, with the object of dismantling the fortress and remo\ang the garrison, and was accompanied by Pepys. 846 Memoires Relating to the State Of The Royal Navy Of England, For Ten Years, Determin'd December 1688 . . , London : Printed for Ben. Griffin, and are to be sold by Sam. Keble . . . 1690. Sm. 8v(>., title in red and black ; ivith a good impression of the portrait, ivhich has as its complement a blank leaf and ivith a folding table ; a fine copy in the original calf neatly repaired 1690 12 12 Second issue op the first editiox. 847 PERCEVALL (Richard). Bibliotheca Hispanica. Containing a Gram- mar, with a Dictionarie in Spanish, English, and Latine, gathered out of divers good Authors : veiy profitable for the studious of the Spanish toong. By Richard Percyuall Gent. The Dictionarie being inlarged with the Latine, by the advise and conference of Master Tliomas Doyley . . . Imprinted at London, bv lohn Jackson, for Pvichard Watkins. 1591 Sm. 4to., title ivlthin an ornamental frame and on the reverse a large woodcnt of the arms of the Earl of Essex ; an extraordinarily large (198 x 152 mm.) and fine copy in the original limp vellum gilt (a frame ivith corner ornaments, and a large Lyonnese ornam,ent in the centre), gilt edges 1591 30 First edition of this celebrated dictionary and very rare in this fine state. The Huth copy, with the book-label. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 191 PERCE V ALL (Richard,) coHtinm- ' ' i"'s. 'd. 8'1<'^ A Dictionarie In Spanish and Knj^lisli, first pubHshcd into the English tongue by Ric. Perciuale Gent. Now enlarged and amplified . . . All done by Tohn Minshen . . . Hereunto ... is annexed an ample English J ^idtionarie . . . with the Spanish words thereunto adioyned . . . Cmprinted at London, by Edm. Bollifant. 1590 — A Spanish Grammar, first colledted and publislied by l^ichard Perciuale Gent. Now augmented . . . by lohn Minsheu . . . [to which are added Dialogues]. Imprinted at London, by Edm. Bollifant. 1599. In 1 vol., sm. folio, roman and italic iritli some black letter ; a fiiir copy in the oriyinal limp vellam 1599 10 Second edition ; very greatly enlarged. Fine copies, such as the present copy, are very rare. 819 PERCY (Henry), Earl of Xorthumherland. A tiue and summarie reporte of the declaration of some part of the Earh; of Northumber- lands Treasons, deliuered publiquelie in the Court at the Starrechamber by the Lord Chauncellour and others of her jMaiesties most Honour- able priuie Counsell . . . together with the examinations & depositions of sundrie persons touching the maner of his most wicked & violent murder committed vpon him selfe with his owne hand, in the Towre of London, the 20. day of lune. 1585. In a3dibus C. Barker. Sm. 4to., roman and italic letter ; four pagination numbers cut into and a few leaves mended in the blank mar gins, but a soiind cojyy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere [1585] 12 12 Veky EAiiE. Mr. Sinker in his Catnlof/ue of the English Bookn . . . in Tyiniti/ College C(imhri(hif descrihes two distinct editions, and a variant to one of them, but the copy offered differs from all these. S50 PERSON (David). Varieties : Or, A Surveigli Of Rare And Excellent matters . . . Wherein the principall Heads of diverse Sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of Naturall things unfoulded, (fee. Digested into five Bookes . . . By David Person . . . London, Printed by Richard Badger, for Thomas Alchorn . . . 1635. Sm. 4to., a blank corner (f the last leaf ivorn, but a fine copy with the leaf Aj marked " A " and the blank leaves Gg and N2 and g ; original sheep, a joint neatly repaired 1635 7 7 On the fii'st leaf is the inscription " Nicholas Stronsham his I>ooke pret : 2.s'. Sd. Anno 1635 ". 851 another copy. Sm. 4to., a blank corner of the first leaf marked "A" torn off', otherivise a fine copy tvitJi tlie three blank leaves ; original sheejj 1635 7 15 The only edition. Each book has a separate title-page. Amongst the com- mendatory verses is one by William Drummond of Hawthornden. This copy has duplicates of the leaves (A a) 1-2 inserted between Oo]_2. With the 18th Cent, bookplate of the Viscount Dillon. Some copies were issued without the dedication to the Fifth Book, to Thomas. Lord Binning. Both these copies have this leaf. 852 PHILIPOTT (Thomas). Poems. By Thomas Philipott, Master of Arts, (Somtimes) Of Clare-Hall in Cambridge. London, Printed by R. A. for John Wilcox . . . M.DC.XLVL Sm. 8vo., some pagination numbers cut into ; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1646 5 Dedicated to Mildmay Fane, Earl of Westmorland. Among the poems are elegies on George Sandys and Francis Quarles. 853 [PHILIPS. (J.)]- ^ Satyr Against Hypocrites . . . London, Printed for O. B. and R. H. 1680. Sm. 4to., a fine copjy in lialf calf 1680 7 7 Very rare, in common with all editions of this poem. 192 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 854 PHILIPS (Katherine). Poems. By the most deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips. The matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, Tragedies. With several other Translations out of French. London, Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman . . . 1667. Sra. folio, ivith a good impression of the portrait by Faithorne ; a good copy, ivith the blank first leaf, in the original calf, with the Fawsley bookplate 1667 9 9 855 another copy. Sm. folio, with the portrait : a fine, copy in old calf, gilt back 1667 [1669] 6 6 The first copy belongs to the second edition proper; the second copy to a hybrid edition between the second and the third of 1669. Both copies have the title printed from the same setting-up of type, bat the remainder of the books belong to different, although very closely similar, printings. The chief variations are as follows : the signatures of the first copy run mainly in twos, the titles to Pompiy and Horace are both dated 1667, and Horace finishes at Act iv, Sc. vi. 1. 6 : in the second copy the signatures are mainly in fours, the titles to Pompey and Horace are both dated 1669 and Horace is finished (the remainder of Act iv. Sc. vi., and Act v. Scs. i-iii. are Hdded). Th<- 1667/9 copy has evidently never been touched by a binder since it was bound in about 1690 and it is only possible to believe that it was issued by the publisher in its present condition, just possibly as a remainder issue. 856 PIMENTEL (Diego). The Deposition of Don Diego Piementellj, Cheefe Maister of one Regiment of the Campe of the King of Spayne, as hee deposed before, and in the presence of tlie chiefest Lords of the Counsaile of the Haghe in Holland. Translated out of Dutch into English by F.M. Printed first at Delfe, and nowe reprinted at London by John Woolfe, Anno. Dom. 1588. Sm. 4to., black letter ; the first icord of the title and some pagina- tion numbers cut into, otherwise a sound copy in ^nodern limp vellum 1588 10 10 Pimentel's deposition concerns the pi'eparation, voyage and defeat of the Spanish Armada and was made as a result of his surrender to Admiral Van der Does. It contains a reference to Drake in the following words: "... the occasions which made the King to undertake these wars, ^vere, that it was not convenient ... to suffer and forbeare, that one Drake with two or three rotten Ships, shoulde come alwayes, and at his pleasure, to spoyle the Havens of Spayne, and . . . hinder the negotiation of the Indies." 857 PINDER OF WAKEFIELD. The Pinder Of Wakefield: Being the merry History of George a Greene the lusty Pinder of the North. Briefly shewing his manhood and his braue merriments amongst his boone Companions. A Pill fit to purge melancholy in this drooping age . . . With the great Battel fought betwixt him and Robin Hood, Scarlet and little lohn, and after of his liuing with them in the Woods. Full of pretty Histories, Songs, Catches, lests, and Ridles London, Printed by G[eorge]. P[urslowe]. for E. Blackamoore . . . 1632. Sm. 4to., portions of tivo leaves in facsimile, otherivise a good copy : green morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1632 45 FIH^T EDITION, or at all events the first known edition. It is of excessive rarity. Lowmles knew of only one copy, but three are recorded, viz , one in the Bodleian Library, one in a irivate collection, and the present slightly defective copy. This anonymous prose historv of the deeds of the redoubtable Pinder of Wake- field must not be ctrnfounded with the play of the same title, attributed to Robert Greene, and first printed in 1599. It was probably written before the play, for which it most likely furnished the material. 858 PIX (Mary). The Spanish Wives. A Farce . . . London : Printed for R. Wellington . . . 1696. Sm. 4to., a large and fine copy with some uncut edges ; half calf i696 2 16 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 193 £ .-!. d. 859 PLAYFORD (John). The First Book of Apollo's Banquet : Containing Instructions, and Variety of New Tunes, Ayres, Jiggs, ]\[inuets, and several New Scotch Tunes, for t!ie Treble-Violin. To which is added. The Tunes of the Newest French Dances now in use at Court and in Dancing-Schools. The 7th Edition Corrected : With new Additions . . . Printed by E. Jones, for Henry Play ford . . . 1693. With a small copper- engraving on the title. Apollo's Banquet . . . The Second Book . . . Printed bv E. Jones, for Henry Playford . . . 1691. With the same engraving on the title as in the first hook. The Sprightly Companion : Being A Collection of the best Foreign Marches, Now play'd in all Camps . . . Design'd Chiefly for the Hautboy; Yet Proper for the Flute, Violin, and other Instruments: Also Plain and Easy Directions for Playing on the Hautboy. The First of this kind Publish'd. London, Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Playford . . . 1695. In 1 vol., oblong 4-to. ; fi^tie copies in old calf ; extremely rare 1693-91-95 60 860 The Division = Violin : Containing A Choice Collection of Divisions to a Ground for the Treble- Violin. Being the first Musick of this kind ever Published. London, Printed by J. P. and are Sold b}' John Playford . . . 1685. The Second Part of The Division= Violin : Containing The Newest Divi- sions to a Ground, with Scotch Tunes of Two Parts, for the Treble- Violin ; and a Solo by Mr. Thomas Farmer. London, Printed on Copper-Plates, and sold by Henry Playford . . . 1689. The two parts, oblong sm. 4to., engraved throtoghout ; with an engraving of a violin player 07i each title ; som.e fore margins shaved, hnt a. good copy : dark hhie levant m,orocco, gilt edqes, In/ Riviere 1685-9 45 Of excessive raiity, especially the second part. 861 PLAYS. A Volume from the Library of Charles II con- taining the following plays : — Greene (Kobert). The Scottish Historic of lames the fourth, slaine at Flodden. Entermixed with a pleasant Comedie, presented by Oboram King of Fayeries . . . Written by Robert Greene . . . London Printed by Thomas Creede. 1598. 'I he first three leaves remnrf lined , two headlines shaved and a signature mark and catchword cut into 1598 First edition ; extremely rare. — The Honorable Historic Of Frier Bacon, And Frier Bongay . . . Made by Kobert Greene . . . London, Printed by Elizabeth All de . . . 16o0. Third edition; with a woodcut on the title, which, with a few headlines, are just shaved, but a sound copif 1630 Lodoje (Thomas) and Robert Greene. A Looking Glasse For London and England. Made By Thomas Lodge Gentleman, and Robert Greene. In Artibus Magister. London, Imprinted bv Barnard Alsop . , . 1617. 13 194 BERNARD QUAR ITCH'S CATALOGUE. PLAYS, continued .■— £ s. d. Fourth edition; a headline and a catchword shaved and one or two leaves stained, slightly, but a sound copy 1617 Cooke (John). Greenes Tu qiioque, Or The Cittie Gallant . . . Written hj lohn Cooke Gent. Printed at London [by A. Mathewes?] for Thomas Dewe . . . 1622. Second edition ; with a woodcut on the title ; the first line of the title and the second li^ie of the imiwint and a few headlines cut into, and somewhat time-stained, hut a sound copy. 1622 Marlowe (Christopher). The Tragicall Historic of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. With new Addi- tions. Written by Ch. Mar. Printed at London for lohn Wright ... 1631. Black letter, with a woodcut on the title ; the first line of the title and a number of headlines cut into, but a sound copy. 1631 Tlie Troublesome Raigne And Lamentable death of Edward the second, King of England : With The Tragicall fall of proud Mortimer . . .Written by Christo- pher Marlow Gent. London, Printed for Henry Bell . . . 1622. Gi missing and practically all the headlines cut away 1622 The Famous Tragedy of the Rich lew Of Malta . . . Written by Christopher Mario. London ; Printed by LB. for Nicholas Vavasom- . . . 1633. First edition; a few headlines shaved, but a good, sound copy 1633 Together 7 plays in 1 vol., sm. 4to., old English red morocco, with a centre panel of three line fillets, at the corners Charles ITs crowned monogiYim, on each cover, the monogram repeated five times in the panels of the back, gilt edges 1598-1633 400 Volumes of plays from Charles II's libi^ary are of great rarity. 862 PLUTARCH. The Amorous and Tragicall Tales of Plutarch Whereunto is annexed the Hystorie of CaF'iclea & Theagenes, and the sayings of the Greeke Philosophers. Translated by la. Sanford. Imprinted At London By H. Bynneman, for Leonard Maylard. Anno. 1567. Sm. 8vo., black letter, a good, sound copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1587 180 First edition of the first English translation of the Amatorice Narrationes. This copy is the only perfect one known ; there is another, but wanting the title, in the British Museum. It is dedicated to Sir Hugh Pawlet, whose arms are at the end of the dedication and following this woodcut there is, on the next leaf, a poem of ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 195 PLUTARCH, continued ;— £~T~Z 16 lines on Pawlet's arms. On the verso of this leaf, A5, are 28 lines addressed " To the Reader." The ' Amorous Tales ' are five in number and occup}' nine leaves ; then follows " The Historie of Chariclia and Theagenes Gathered . . . out of Heliodorus " occupying 35 pages and the Ijook is concluded with 27 pages of " Sentences of the Greeke Philosophers." On the last leaf is the colophon only. *^* See illustration no. 80. 863 Howe one may take profite of his enmyes, translated out of Plutarche. {Col. .•)... Imprinted at London ... by Thom Berthelet . . . Sm. 8vo., small black letter, the title within a woodcut horde)- ; exceed for a little fitaininr/ a fine cojiy in crimson Levant morocro, gilt edges, 'hy Riviere ■ • ■ ■ j-jgg^j 59 Q First kdition. This aiul the British Museum copy iippear to be the only two now known. On B^'^ commences "The maner to chose and cherysshe a frende." which is introduced thus : " To fylle up the padges, that els wold have ben voide, I thought it shuld nother hurt nor displease, to adde hereunto a fewe sayenges, howe a man shukle chose and cherysshe a frende." The present was Herbert's copy ; he has written on the title " By Kich'^ Paice. See Athen. Oxon. Vol. 1. Col. 31 ". Wood's Atherue Oxon. does not however bear this out ; thei'e we read (Bliss's edn. 1813, Vol. 1. Col. 68) that "He [Paice] also made a translation from Greek into Latin of Plutarch's work Do commodo ex iniinicis capiendo ; dedicated to card. Bainbridge." The text of this edition is in English and there is no dedication. The D.N.B. ascribes it to Sir Thomas Elyot, which, although not certain, is decidedly more probable. Elyot had published through Berthelet in 1530 a translation of Plutarch's De educatione puerorum and therefore may very well have translated this other as well, but against this there is the fact tnat it is not mentioned in Elyot's preface to his The Image of Governance, where he gives a list of his works up to that date (1540). Hoice one may take profite was printed, almost certainly, in 1532. *.)^* See illustration no. 81. 864 The Lines Of The Noble Grecians And Romanes, Compared together by that graiie learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Chseronea ; Translated out of Greeke into French by lames Amyot . . . and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North. Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier . . . 1579. Folio, with numerous medallion portraits; with the exception of some skilful mending of tears and defects in blank margins, a fine copy; brown levant morocco, gilt and blind tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere 1579 150 First edition of this very rare book ; which is justly celebrated as one of the greatest translations of its age. There was no copy in either the Huth or Hoe Libraries. .With the signature Rob* H. Vaughan on the title-page. *^* See illustration no. 82. 865 The Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romanes . . . Translated out of Greeke into French by lames Amiot . . . and out of French into English, by Thomas North. Imprinted at London by Richard Field for Bonham Norton . 1595. Folio, with medallion 2Jort raits ; the title and last leaf mended in the inner margin, with a feio letters fiUed-in in the latter, but a fine copy in the original calf gilt {clasps missing) 1595 18 18 Second edition ; rare. On each cover are the initials H L, no doubt the initials of a member of the Lottisham family, as signatures of three members of that family appear on the inside of the front cover and on a fly leaf. 196 BERNARD QUAE ITCH'S CATALOGUE. PLUTARCH, continued:— & «■ ^• 866 The Philosophie, commonlie called, The Morals Written By the learned Pholosopher Plutarch of Chseronea. Translated out of Greeke into English, and conferred with the Latine translations and the French, by Philemon Holland ... At London Printed bv Arnold Hatfield, 1603 Folio, the title and last leaf mended in the inner blank margin, but a fine clean copy in the original calf gilt, neatly repaired 1603 8 8 First edition of the first English ti'anslation. 867 POEMS AGAINST POPERY. A Collection Of The Newest and Most Ingenious Poems, Songs, Catches, ifec. Against Popery. Relating to the Times. Several of which never before Printed. London, Printed in the Year, MDCLXXXIX. Sm. 4to., a fine copy, ivith four additional poems in MS. bound in ; calf extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1689 5 5 868 POLEMON (John). All the famous Battels that haue bene fought in our age throughout the worlde, as well by sea as lande, set foorth at large, liuely described, beautified, and enriched with sundry eloquent Orations, and the declaratios of the causes, with the fruites of them. Collected out of sundry good Authors, whose names are expressed in the next Page. Imprinted At London by Henrye Bynneman, k Francis Coldock. Sm. 4to., black letter ; title loithin an emblematic ivoodcut border, a few slight ivormings and four leaves re-margined but the text quite perfect ; a large copy in iree-calf, gilt edges [1578] 40 First edition ; very rare. It is interesting to note that the date of publication of this book may be givpn within a few clays. The dedication is " To the Right Honourable, Christopher Hatton . . . Vicechamberlaine to hir Highnesse, and one of hir Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsell." His appointment as Vice- chamberlain and Privy Counsellor was made on Nov. 11th 1578 and he was knighted on Dec. 1st lo78. As this last honour is not referred to in the dedication it is tolerably certain that it was written and the book published, between the two dates in lo78. Hazlitt's edition of '"loSe" is the same as this. Not in the Huth or Hoe collections. *^* See illustration no. 83. 869 The Second part of the booke of Battailes, fought in our age : Taken Out Of The best authors . . in sundrie languages . . . At London Printed for Gabriel! Cavvood. 1587. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title within an ornamental lace woodcut border ; most of the headlines cut away, and one or ticn catchivords cut into ; otherwise a sound copy in cloth boards, ?cith the bookplate of Sir Henry E. Bunbury, Bart. 1587 10 10 Extremely rare. The author's name is sometimes written Polmon. This curious volume is a continuaion of the one described above. In the preface the author .says " the first part was so maimed, mangled, and marred by the Printer" that at his request the printer did not fix his (t(.e author's) name to the book. This is incorrect ; the name appears on the reverse of the title. Printed by T. Kast. 870 PONET (John). An Apologie Fully Aunsvveringe by Scriptures and aunceant Doctors, a bla^phemose Book gatherid bv D. Steph. Gardiner . . . D. Smyth . . Pighius and other Papists . . . and of late set furth vnder the name of Thomas Martin . . . against the godly mariadge of priests . . . By lohn Ponet . . . Newly correctid and amcndid. (Col. :) From the Tyrannie of the bushop of Rome and all his detestable enormities . . . good lord deliuer vs. Amen. The end of the first bok of answer to Martin and othei" of that hereticall sect. 1556. Sm. Svo., some writing on the title crossed out, but a fine copy with the blank lad leaf, in the original limp vellum 1556 14 14 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 197 PONET (John), continard:— ^ «• (i- Second editiox ; yeky hake. The first edition was published in 1555 and is of extreme rarity. Ponet was one of the chief protagonists in the warfare of words which waged OYer the question of the marriage of jjripsts ; he wrute this book while in exile in Germany. It was printed at Zurich by Christ"i)hur Frosrhaui r I. On Ag'^ are two six-line Yerses, entitled respectiveh', " The booke to the papists " and " The books trind to the booke." 871 — A Defence fur Mariage vi Priestes, by Scripture and aunciente Wryters . Made by John Ponet . . . Imprinted at London, by Reynold Wolff . . . {Col. .•)... MD.XLIX. Sm. 8v(i., hlack letter, the title n-ithin an architectural icoodcut border (cut hdo in the fore and loioer margins) ; one signature mark and many side notes cut into, two leaves torn across and mended ; zvith the blank last leaf but one {the last leaf contains the colophon on the recto and a quotation on the verso) : crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere ' ' 1549 8 8 FiKST EDITION ; YERY HARE. It is answered by Gardiner in his Tyaictise 1554. 872 Pope Joan. A Present for a Papist : Or The Life and Death Of Pope Joan, Plainly Proving Out of the Printed Copies, and Manuscripts of Popish Writers and others, that a Woman called Joan, was really Pope of Rome . . . By a Lover of Truth, Denying Human Infallibilit3\ London, Printed for T.D. and are to be sold at the Ship in St. Mary Axe, and by most Booksellers, 1675. Sm. 8vo., tvith a frontispiece ; an extraordinarily fine copy in the original sheep 1675 1 5 873 PORTER (Thomas). The Carn'val : A Comedy . . . Written by Tho. Porter, Esq ; London, Printed for Heru-y Herringman . . . 1664. Sm. 4to., a fine copy %n modern vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1684 7 7 First ediiion. Hazlitt mentions an edition of 1663, but he is evidently following a misquotation of Lowndes from the Roxburghe Sale Catalogue. 874 The Villain, A Tragedy Written by T. Porter . . . London, Printed for Henry Herringman . . . and Samuel Speed . . . 1663. Sm. 4to.j a fine copy in modern vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1663 10 First edition ; it was reprinted in 1670 and 1694. The plav had, for those days, a great success ; it was acted for " ten nights in succession to crowded houses." Pepys however did not appreciate it. 875 POTTER (W.). The Trades-man's Jewel : Or A safe, easie, speedy and effectual Means, for the incredible advancement Of Trade, And Multiplication of Riches ; . . . Loudon, Printed by Ed^vard Husband and John Field . . . 1650. Sm. 4to., a few slight mends, but a sound copy in modern vellum 1650 9 9 876 POWELL (Thomas). Tom of All Trades . Or The Plaine Path-Way To Preferment . Being A Discovery of a passage to Promotion in all Professions, Trades, Arts, and Mysteries ... By Thomas Powell . . . London. Printed by B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, for Benjamen Fisher ... 1631. Sm. 4to., ivith the first leaf {blank except for sig. A within rules and type ornaments) which is missing in the British Museum copy ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1631 1111 First edition. It is a guide to a parent for placing his sons (and also his daughters) in the various professions and trades. Mr. A. F. Pollard, writing of it, says that the book also ' contains a description of various schools, colleges. &0. . . . [and] it throws a valuable light on English education in Shakespeare's time.' 198 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d. 877 PRAYERS. Preces Priuatte, in studiosorum gratia colledte & Regia authoritate approbatte . . . Londini, excudebat Gulielmus Seresius . Anno . 1568 . . . 16mo., Roman letter, printed in red and black ; a large copy in blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by Alackenzie 1568 8 8 Very rake. This is the second edition, rarer than the first, which appeared in lo6-i. Mr. Hoskins, who knew of only the copies in the libraries of St. Paul's Cathedral and Trinity College, Cambridge," gives a full summarv of the contents of the book (pp. 257-270). The date in the "colophon is mis-printed 1668. A third, and enlarged, edition was published in 1573. The book is sometimes supposed to be only another edition of the Omrium of 1660, but there are many differences and additions. 878 PRIESTS MARRIAGES. A Defence of priestes mariages, stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the Reahiae of Englande, agaynst a Ciuilian, namyng hpnselfe Thomas Martin doctour of tlie Ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, law-full by the eternall worde of God, k by the hj-gh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope . . . Herewith is expressed, what moderations and dispensations haue ben vsed heretofore in the same cause . . . {Col. :) Imprinted at London by lohn Kingston, for Richarde Jugge . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, a sound copy in calf antique [c. 1566] 10 First edition ; it was re-issued, probably very soon after, with the last few .sheets cancelled and replaced by a much enlarged te.^t. Martin's book — A Traictise declarytuj (Did plaUtly prorying, that the . Diaruigc of Priestes . . . is no tiiarlage . . . — was published in 1554 and although this was written about the same time (so we are told in the Preface) it was not" published until about 1566. It is frequently ascribed to Matthew Parker, but, although he probably wrote the Preface, it is certain from the Preface that he did noc write the whole book. The real author may have been J. Ponet or Sir K. Morison. 879 PRIMER OF SARUM USE. Enchiridio preclare eccl'ie Sarisburiesis deuotissimis precationibus ac venustissimis imaginibus : z ijs quide non paucis refertu . . . (Colophon on folio 1646 ;) Impressum est hoc orariu Parisijs in edibus spectabilis viri Germani Hardouyn . . . Sm. 8vo., printed in red and black, every page enclosed ivithin an orimmentcd architectonic ivoodcut border ; with 14 small woodcuts printed with the text ; a small hole in the title, and soyne names scribbled on the title and elsewhere, but a good copy ; old English red morocco, with I H s on an inlaid piece of blue morocco on the sides, gilt edges Paris, [1533 ?] 63 Very rare. Four other copies are recorded : British Museum (title missing) ; Bodleian ; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (on vellum) : and another on vellum recently in my possession. There is no date, but the almanac is for fourteen years, beginning with 1533, from which we may conjecture it. Several of the rubrics throughout the book are in English. On the title, beneath Hardouin's device is a 10-line verse in English commencing : " God be in my hede And in niyn vnderstandynge . . ." 880 Tlws prymer of Salysbury vse is set out a long without ony serchyng . . . And be newly emprynted M.D.xxxvij [Colophon, on fol. 1716 .) Rothomagi Excussu per me Nicolau le roux impensis . . lacobi cousin . . . (FJ. \7 2b has a woodcut of the Virgin and Child, repeated from h^) Sm, 8vo., black letter, printed on vellum in red and black, 166 (of 172) leaves (a-c*' d^ e-r^ Sj ^^^ s '^'■y'*. So.; being missirtg) ; plain loiver margin of the second leaf mended icith the verse at the foot of the cut missing ; with device of Jean Le Mar chant, the publisher, on title, and many large and small cuts, some of which are signed i.M., ornamental initials, etc. ; in an eighteenth century tnglish calf binding Rouen, 1537 65 ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 199 PRIMER OF SARU.M TSE, continued:— TlTl. An extre:nely rare edition of the Sarum Primer, of which only two other copies appear to be known. This is accordingly a rarity of the highest order, and, though imperfect, a very desirable book, being printed on vellum and in excellent condition. There are several passages in English,including The dayes of the weke moralysed' (in verse), and 'The maner to lyue well . . . Compyled by mayster lohan qiietin doctour in dyuinyte at Paris : translated out of frenche ... by Robert Copland printer at London.' Hoskins 125. 881 PRIMER OF HENRY VIII. [Hilsey's Primer, with the Epistles and Gospels. N. Bourman, 1540]. Sm. 8vo., black letter, tvith a small ivoodcut at the commencement of the Matins ; the title and last three leaves missiny and several stained and inended, hut affecting the text only slightly ; calf [1540] 14 14 Appakentlt uxiqve. a note inserted, in the autograph of the Rev. E. Hoskins, states that this edition "is very similar to No. 153 p. 55 in my book. I had not seen it when that portion of my book went to press." The coUation is Aa-Cc^ A-Q* R* S-Y8, A-I^ (of which Aa^^, and [2^dj J^^ are missing). The last series of signatures belong to the Epistles and Gospels. The almanac is for 12 years and commences with 1540. 882 The Priaier, In Englishe and Latyn, set foorth by the Kynges Maiestie and his Clergie to be taught learned, and read : and none other to be vsed tliroughout all his dominions. Imprinted At London . . . by Richard Grafton . . . the . vi. daye of Septembre . . . M.D.XLV . . . Sm. 4to., black, Roman and italic letter, jjrinted in red and black, ivith a ivoodcut border to the title ; A^.^ and ;.g (4 II.) in facsimile, and 3 other leaves very slightly defective ; brown morocco, blind-tooled 1545 58 ExTREMKLY HARE ; it is the first edition of King Henry YIlL's authorized Primer in English and Latin. The Appleton copy, which lacked two leaves, realized 610 dollars in 1903. This is a copy of much historical interest, as it originally belonged to Thoinas Thirlby, the first and only Bishop of Wesi minster under Henry VllI, afterwards translated to the see of Norwich in the reign of Edwari VI, and to Ely by Queen JSlary. On the accession of Elizabeth he refused to take the oath of supremacy and was deposed. In 1560 he was committed to the Towtr, because of his i-el'usal to discontinue preaching against ihe Reformation. He died in 1670. In the calendar of this Primer he has noted the uate of his deposition, and that of his committal to the Tower, as well as other incidents of less interest, such as that st. Paul's spire wan struck by lightning on June 4, 1561. A letter written in reference to the book by the late Bishop iStubbs of (Jxford is enclosed. The calendar is much cat down from Sarum use ; the chief difference in the Hours between Queen Mary's Primer and this lies in the contraction of the service and the rejection of the Suffrages of Saints. The Lituny Laves out all Saints' names, and the supplication fur the Dominus Apostolicus is changed into a set of supplications for Henry the eighth (in three prayers't. Queen Caiherine and Prince Edward, the Bishops, the Lords of Council, the nobility and the magistrates. The preceding prayers again^t hurt include one " From ail sedition and privy conspiracy, from the tyranny of the Bishop of Rome and all his detestable enormities, from all false doctrine, and heresy, etc. Good Lorde deliver us." The Uffice for the Dead still contains the request for the purgation of souls. Hoskins 179. 883 PRINTING. A Decree Of Starre-Chamber Concerning Printing, Made the eleuenth day of luly last past . 1637. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker . . . And by the Assignes of lohn Bill . 1637. Sm. ito., a fine, large copy with the first leaf marked "A" tvithin a frame ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1637 60 Veky rare. Probably the most important of the Acts concerning printing that were issued in the seventeenth century. Mr. Plomer in his English Pri^tvig 1 176- 1898 writes: " Protessor Arber . . . states that the appearance of a tract entitled The Hohj Tabic, Na)ne and Thing must ever be associated with this decree ; but it may be doubted whether it was not rather to general causes, such as the growing- power of the press, the long-continue i attack upon the Prelacy by pamphleteers, which no fear of mutilation or imprisonment could stop, than any one particular tract, which led to that severe and crushing edict." The Act decreed, amongst other things, that all books were to be licensed, that the number of master printers was to be limited to 20, each one of which number was obliged to enter into sureties of £300 for his good behaviour, and that the number of presses which each printer might keep was not to exceed two. 200 BERNARD QTJARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d. 884 [PRIOR (Matthew) and Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax]. The Hind And Th.e Panther Transvers'd To the Story of The Country-Mouse and the Citv-Mou.se . . . London : Printed for "VV. Davis, MDCLXXXVII. Sm. 4to., a good copy in uew calf i/llt edyes 1687 2 10 FiHST EDITION of Prior's first puLlicittion. It is " directftl against Dryden's The Hind and the Pant.lt cv'''' and "although Montagu's name is always associated with Prioi-'s in the authorship, it is probable that the larger part was written by Prior." — Groiier Club Catalogue . . . Wither to Prior. 885 PROCESSIONAL OF SARUM USE. Processionale ad vsum insignis eccl'ie Sal/. . . . Impressuni Lond. 1554. (Colophon:) Explicit Pro- cessionale ad vsus insignis Ecclesie Sai'um . . . Londini, Anno Domini. M.D.LIIII. Sm. 4to., black letter, printed in red and black, loith coll the music ; a few trifiiay worniholes at the beginning; in the original London binding of oaken boards covered ivith stanijjed calf [John Kyngston and Henry tSattori], 1554 84 A very line copy of a very rare edition. The title is within the same border as the York Processional printed by Kyngstou and Sutton in 1555. Seven copies only arc mentioned by Mr. Dickinson in hiw list of service books, and I can only trace two other copies having occurred for sale during the last twenty \ear8. The Processionals are among the rarest of English liturgical books, because, in the first place, there were less of them needed for publication, and in the second place, they were most eagerly sought for and destroyed by the Protestmts of Elizabeth's reign, as from their very name and nature they were identified with the most detested ceremonies of the pompous Church of Rome. 886 PROCLAMATIONS OF KING EDWARD VI. All suche Proclama- cions, as haue been sette fur the by the Kynges Maiestie (and passed the Print) from the last daie of lanuarij, in the firste yere of his highnes reigne, vnto the last daie of lanuarij, beeyng in the . iiij. yere of his . . . reigne . . . Anno. 1550. (Colophon :) Imprinted at London, by Richard Grafton . . . Anno. 1550 . . . Sm. 8vo., black letter ; a few leaves a little wormed in the inner margin, and plain corners of the title and one or two other leaves skilfully restored; red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Hayes 1550 28 Extremely raee. It contains forty-two proclamations, the majority of which are now known only from their existence in this volume. They deal with questions of coinage, lixing prices of victuals and conditions under wh.ch the same may be exported, pirates and robbers, the breaking up of enclosures, rebellions, tlie dressing of wool, peace with France and Scotland, etc. There is one of especial interest and importance for the history of the drama, it being the earliest known proclamation relating to the subject. It is dated 6 August [1549], with the headmg, 'A Proclamacion for the inhibicion of Plaiers,' and prohibit* all interludes and plays in English between 9 August and 30 November, the reason being that those taking part ' do for the moste part plaie suche Interludes, as contain matter tendyng to sedicion, and contempnyng of sundery good orders & lawes, where vpon are growen, and daily are like to growe and ensue muche dis- quiet, diuisiu, tumultes & vprores in this realme ' This Lopy has been successively in the libraries of Brand, Heber, Bliss (who terms it, in a note, 'an exti'emely rare historical, legal and literary document'), W. Gott, and John Gott, Bishop of Truro. 887 PROPHESIES. Foure severall strange Prophesies Fore-Telling Wonder- full events to fall out in this Kingdome, wherof there have already some of them come to passe in this yeare of danger, 1642. Viz. 1. Motlier Shiptons Prophesie. 2. Ignatius his Propliesie. 3. Sib^dla's Prophesie. 4. JVJ erlins Prophesie. Whereunto is added strange newes from Oundle in Northamptonshire. luly 2. Printed for R. Harpur . . . 1642. Sm. 4to., 4 leaves, with a small ivoodcut on the title of Mother Shi]jton in tlie foreground and Wolsey, preaching from a Totoer, in the background ; the corners and top margins mended ; hand stained calf extra, by Riviere 1642 11 11 EXTHEMELY llAUE. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 14ti3-4700. 201 888 PRYNNE (William). The First [Second, Third, and Fourth] Part of a Brief Register, Kalendar and Survey icture illustrative of a letter of the alphabet, on Dg^-7*' (these are repteated on ^1.^-,^'), and a small tvoodcut illustrating the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee ; three letters on the last leaf filed in in facsimile and a small hole in a blank portion of ttie froniispiece mended, but a sound copy ; brown levaiit morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1670 20 ExTRioMELY HAKE; a copy sold at Sothebys on July 2Sth, 1919, was believed to be uniciue. Not in the British Museum. According to the address "To the Instructors of Youth ..." "This Treatise, Entituled the Kings Psalter, is composed on purpose to su(X'eed the King.s Primer, which Primer is of so excellent a use for young Children, that with ease the Childc by learning that, will be proj^ared to improve himself in this." It was printed and published with His Majesty's Approbation. It is dedicated, in a most fulsome effort on the part of the publisher, to the Duke of Cambridge. ENGLISH HISTOKY AND LITERATURE : US3-17O0. 203 £ .1. d. 896 PUBLIC SALES. Some Considerations Oifered to publique View, In Behalf of the many thousand Persons interessed in pul)lique Sales : Wherein is shortly stated 1. The Original of publique Debts satisfied upon those Sales. 2. The Consideration of the Sales themselves and their Authorities. 3. The Consonancy of their confirmation to presidents of Law and the practises of former times. 4. The weight of the Goncernces. [sic for Concernees.] London, Printed for Giles Calvert . . . 1660. Sm. 4to., 4 leaves : a fine copy la niodent vellum 1660 4 10 897 [PUTTENHAM (Richard or George)]. The Arte Of English Poesie. Contriuecl into three Booke.s : The first of Poets and Poesie, the second of Proportion, the third of Ornament, At London Printed by Richard Fiekl . . . 1589. ^ . ' 8ni. 4to., with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth on the cerso of AB, i^in this copy hound us ABJ ; a fine, hmje copLj In old red morocco, with the arms of the Duke of Roxlmrghe on both covers 1589 200 The okdixary issue of the first edition ; verv hare. 898 another copy. Sm, 4to., wltli the port rait of Queen Elizabeth (Ijound as ABjj ; a very fine and very large copy in old dark blue morocco, with a border in the style of Roger Payne on the sides, arms on both covers, gilt edges 1589 450 The second issue op the first edition, having the four EXTRA LEAVES BETWEEN N AND O. This issuB is far rarer than the first (itself a rare book) ; in fact I know of the existence of only three other copies (two of which are in the British Museum) containing these four leaves. The reason for their addition was the omission of a Chapter " Of the deuice or embleme, and that other which the (^reekes call Anagramina, and we the Posie transposed." In order to include this, the last paragraph on N4'' was removed from the forme, the missing Chapter was set-up and the displaced paragraph printed on [N*4'']. Puttenham's book is aiionymous ; the printer, who signs the dedication to Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, with his initials, says that the MS. came into his hands, " with his bare title without any Authours name or any other ordinarie addresse." It wiis intended to have been dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, but appai'ently Field thought Burghley a fitter recipient of this honour, or perhaps thought the );)ook of not sufficient importance to be dedicated to a Queen. " The writer [Puttenham] shews wide knowledge of classical and Italian literature ; in his sections on rhetoric and prosody he quotes freely from Quiutilian and other classical writers, and bestows commendation on English poets that is often discriminating, lie may fairly be regarded as the first English writer who attempted philosophical criticism of literature or claimed for the literary profession a high position in social economy. Compared with it Webbe's ' Discourse of English Poetry ' (1586) and Sidney's ' Apologie for English Poesie' first published in 1595, are very slight per- formances. The 'Arte' at once acquired a reputation" and was widely read and quoted from by Puttenham's contemporaries. — D.N.B. It is by no means sure by which of the two brothers Puttenham — Richard or George — the work was written. *^* See illustration no. 86. 204 BERNARD QUARlTCH'S CATALOGUE. £ .y. d. 899 PYNSON. A genuine Original Last Leaf from one of his Works, bearing his large woodcut device on both sides, with colophon dated 1517 on recto only. Sni. folio, torn across but neatly mended 1517 3 3 Apparently from an unknown book, as the onlj- two jjioductions of that year recorded by Mr. Gordon Duff are a Proclamation and an edition of the Imxtatw Chnst't in English, to which this leaf does not belong. The device is no. 3b, the portion of the lower border, which had been gradually more indented year by year, broken away. The imprint is as follows : aired 1533 20 Probably the second edition of Rastell's translation and abridgement (it was first printedin 1527) ; it is very rare. The three items have separate titles and registers and only the third has a colophon, but the three were in all probability issued together. John Rastell was the father of William Rastell the printer. 913 RAWLINS (Thomas). The Rebellion: A Tragedy: . . . Written by Thomas Rawlins. London : Printed by I. Okes, for Daniell Frere . . . 1640. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in vellum, gilt edges, by Riviere 1640 11 The only edition and the sole certain dramatic work of Rawlins ; but there are two comedies, published after his death, which are usually attributed to him. He was by profession a medallist. Prefixed to the play are eleven sets of commendatory versus. 914 REGISTRUM BREVIUM . Registrum omniu brevium tam originaliu q3 iudicialium . Londini . Apud Guilielmum Rastell . 1531 . . . {Col.:) Thus endyth thys boke callyd the Register of the wryttys orygynal! and iudiciall, prentyd at London by Wyllyam Rastell, and it is to sell . . at the house of the sayde Wyllyam ... or ... at the house of Robei-t Redman . . . Sm. folio, printed in a curious italic letter, with an architectural tvoodcut border to the title ; a fine, large copy, with the blank leaves 3^, hhhg and'P^; crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Eiviere 1531 35 First edition ; rare There is a separate title to the second part, worded "Regisirum omniu brevium iudicialium ..." This is the first issue, with the colophon as quoted above ; in later copies this colophon was omitted and the following substituted on P^a (which in this copy is bkuk) : " . ._. prynted at London by Wyllyam Rastell k fynysshed the . xxviii . day of Sepleber . . . 1531." In 1558 the body of this edition was re-issued, with new preliminary leaves and tables, by Richard Tottel. 915 RETURNA BREVIUM. Returna Breuium . Londini inedibus Wilhelmi Povve] . . . Sm. 8vo., black letter, the title nnthin a u-oodcut border {McKerroiv 106a) ; a good copy hi crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Eiviere [1552] 12 12 Apparently unique. The border is in almost exactly the same state as in item 380 and therefore the date of printing was in all probability 1552. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 207 £ s. d. 916 RETURN FROM PARNASSUS. The Returne From Pernassus : Or The Scourge of Simony. Publiquely acted by the Students in Saint lohns Colledge in Cam- bridge. At London Printed bv G. Eld, for lohn Wright . . . 1606. Sm. 4to., one catchword cut into, hut a fine copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, hy Riviere 1606 210 917 another copy. Sm. 4to., a finer and larger copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1()06 250 Very rare. Both the above copies belong to what is usually thought to be the second edition, published in the same year as the first. The other edition has the text rather less compressed than in this edition, consequently it contains two more leaves. It is from this fact that the priority of the one edition is arrived at. Curiously enough the title pages of both editions are printed from the same setting up of type. The authorship of this, as well as of the other two plays in this Series, Thr Pilgrimage to Pernassus and The First Part of the Returne, is obscure. Sir A. W. Ward thinks that one pen was responsible for all three, but does not offer any theory as to the identity of the author. This [tlay, which is the Second part of The Return from Pernassus, although it does not state so on the title-page, was the only one of the three to be printed contemporaneously ; the other two exist in MS. in one of Hearne's volumes of Miscellaneous Collections now in the Bodleian; they were first printed in 1886. One of the chief interests of this ' University ' play lies in the numerous references to Shakespeare and other contemporary authors, which it contains. Amongst those mentioned are Spenser, Constable, Lodge, Daniel, Watson, Drayton, Davis, Marston, Marlowe, Jonson (to whom there is a particularly unkind reference), etc. Drayton is said to want " one true note of a Poet of our times, and that is this, hee cannot Swagger it well in a Tauerne, nor dominere in a hot-house." Of Shakespeare, one reads, following his name printed in full : — " Who loues Adonis loue, or Lucre's rape. His sweeter verse contains hart robbing life, Could but a grauer subiect him content. Without loues foolish languishment." And further on " Why heres our fellow Shakespeare puts them all downe, I and Ben lonson too ..." Act iv. Sc. 2 is mainly a scene between the two celebrated actors Burbage and Kemp. *^* See illustration no. 89. 918 REYNARD THE FOX. The most deledable History Of Reynard the Fox Newly Correded ... As also augmented . . with sundry excellent Morals and Expositions upon everv severall Chapter. London, Printed by J. Bell, 1650. Sm. -Ito., black letter, with 60 very curious tvoodcuts, including one on the title-page : a few headlines slightly cut into, hut a large copy icith several unciit foremarqins : dark hroivn levant morocco extra, gilt edges 1650 25 Apparently the only copy known of this e lition. From the time of Caxtoa to the end of the eii^hte 'nth century, this curious satirical romance was OKtremely popular in England, being many times reprinted. The woodcuts in this edition are of an archaic character, and ax'e apparently printed from the same hlocks as were originally used for an early sixteenth century edition. 208 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. REYNARD THE FOX, confAnued:— £ ■'<■ d. 919 The most Delectable Tlistor}" Of Reynard the Fox. Newly Corrected, and purged from all grossness in Phrase and Matter. As also, Augmented and Inlarged with sundry excellent Morals and Expositions upon every several Chapter. London : Printed by A. M. and R. R. for Edward Brewster ... 1681 — The . . . History of Reynard the Fox . The Second Part . . . London, Printed by A. M. and R. R. for Edward Brewster . . . 1681 2 parts, black letter, 7vith numerous woodcuts The Shifts of Reynardine The Son of Reynard -the Fox, Or a Pleasant History Of His Life and Death . . . London. Printed by T. J. for Edward Brewster . . . and Thomas Passenger . . . 16S4. ^ Black letter 3 pieces in 1 vol., sm. 4to., a Jew small tears, hut good sound copies in 2}olished calf extra, riilt edges, by Riviere 1681-84 21 A late ctlition of part 1, T>iit the first editions of part 2 and the Shifts of Beynnrdinr. 920 The Shifts of Reynardine The Son of Reynard the Fox, Or a Pleasant History Of His Life and Death . . . London, Printed by ■ T. J. for Edward Brewster . . . and Thomas Passenger . . . 1684. Sm. 4to. ; black letter, some leaves someirJiat soiled and mith small origituxl defects in two leaves, hut a sound copy ; half bound 1684 5 5 FuiST EDiTiox of the third part of Reijnard the Fox-. 921 REYNEL (Carew). The True English Interest : Or An Account Of The Chief National Improvements ; In Some Political Observations, Demonstrating an Infallible Advance of this Nation to Infinite Wealth and Greatness, Trade and Populacy, with Imployment, and Preferment for all Persons. By Cai-ew Reynel Esri- ; London, Printed for Giles AViddowes ... 1674. Sm. 8vo., uiith the rare first leaf, having the device of Widdowes (a dragon 7vith the initials G. W.) on the recto and on the verso the Imprimatur ; a very fine copy in contemporary sheep 1674 6 6 An interesting book, which throws considerable light upon the Kconomics of the time. It received contemi)orary notice in the Philosophical Transactions of 1674. The last three chapters are "Of Navigation, and Sea Affairs"; "Of New Inventions, and Discoveries " (referring to American matters, the settling of New York and Carolina, the discovery of .Magellan Straits and Hudsons Bay, etc.) : " Of Plantations " 'concerning the West Indies, Ilispaniola, Cuba, Florida, etc.). At the end is the bookseller's advertisement of two books, one being Josselyn's Xew England's Rarities [second edition 1675], followed by an announcement respecting Lozenges to be had of Giles Widdowes. 922 REYNOLDS (John). The Triumphs Of Gods Revenge Against The Crying And Execrable Sinne Of (Willfull and Premeditated) Murther. With his Miraculous Discoveries, and severe Punishments thereof. In Thirtie several) Tragicall Histories (Digested into Sixe Bookes) . . . ne\er published, or Imprinted in any other Language . . . Written by Tohn Reynolds . . . London, Printed for William Lee . . . 1635. Sm. folio, with an interesting engraved title by John Payne ; a fine copy in the original calf 1635 12 FiKST COMPLETE EDITION, iu which Books 4-G appeared for the first time. Books 2-6 each have a separate title page dated 1634 and in most eases the printer's name is given. The preliminaiy leaves, I'ooks I-Il and V were printed by Augustine Matthews ; Books III-i\" and VI by .lohn Haviland. There is a general dedication to King Charles and a separate dedication of each book to various noblemen. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 209 923 ERODES (Hugh). Tlie Boke of Nurtur for men seruauntes, and children, with Stans puer ad mensam, newelye corrected, verye vtyle and necessarye vnto all youth [the foregoing at the head of first page ; the colophon on the last page at the foot •] Thus endeth the 1)ooke of Nurture, or gouernaunce of youth, with Stans puer ad mensam. Compyled by Hughe Eodes of the kynges Chappell. Imprinted by me Thomas Colwell : D welly nge in the House of Koljert Wyer . . . Sm. 4to., black letter ; a tear in one leaf mended and C2.a misbonnd, hnt a good, sound copy in dark green morocco ' [c. 1564] 130 Appauently unique. Two previous editions, both of great rarity, are known, but it is possible that others may have appeared. Colwell is first found " in the House of Robert Wyer '' in 1563, so this cannot be dated earlier than that year. In 1564 Colwell was fined " for that [he] Ded prynt other mens copyes " ; this may have been one of the books to which reference is so vaguely made. No entry of this book was made by Colwell and the previous editions were printed by Petit and Veale. The larger portion of the book is written in rhymed couplets. This was formerly Corser's copy. *.v.* See illustration no. 90. 924 EICHARD DE BURY". [Liber de amore librorum qui dicitur philobiblon.] Sm. 4to., Gothic letter, 48 leaves, without signatures, with initials etc. in red ; a very large and fine copy in pigskin, blind tooled Cologne, \Printer of Augustinus de Fide\ 1473 220 First euitiox of this renowned book ; extremely rare. Hain-Copinger *4151 ; Proctoi- 1094 ; B.M. Cat. of Incun. I. 232 ; V^oullieme 1021 ; Pellechet 3101. 925 Philobiblon Richardi Dunelmensis sive De Amore Librorum, Et Institutione Bibliothecae, tractatus pulcherrimus. Ex collatione cum varijs manuscriptis editio jam secunda ; cui Accessit appendix de inanuscriptis Oxoniensibus Omnia hoec, Opera it Studio T. 1. . . Oxonipe, Excudebat losephus Barnesius . 1599. Sm. 4to., a fine, unleashed copy tvitJi a few early MS. notes, ivith the blank leaf B-i] old calf Oxford, \bS)^ 60 First English Edition of this famous book and very rare. An interestinij hiblioarraphical note will lie found in Mr. Madan's work, The Eniitj Oxford Fress, p.47. The work is dedicated to yir Thomas Bodley by Dr. Thomas James, afterwards Bodley's first Librarian. From the library of B. H. Bright. 926 RICHARDS (Nathanael). The Tragedy Of Mes.sallina The Roman Emperesse . . . Written by Nathanael Richards . . . London Printed by Tho. Cotes for Daniel Frere . . . 1640. Sm. 8vo., with a jwrtrait and engraved title ; « very fine I'ojjy in cyimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1640 20 First edition ; very rare. Peculiarly enough the author has introduced fire arms into the play; one stage direction reads " Enter Messallina with a Pistoll." There are six sets of commendatory verses, by T. Jordan, T. Kawlins, etc. and a list of Actors Names. The compilers of the Huth Catalogue stite tliat the portrait is by T. Rawlins, apparently on the evidence of the engraver's initials T R. The frontispiece is in six compartments, one of which contains a representation of a stage. 14 210 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 927 RIDLEY (Lancelot). An exposytion in Engljslie vpon tlie Epistyll of saynt Paule to the Pliilippias, for tlie instruction of them that be vnlerned in toges : gathered out of holy scriptures, & of the olde Ciitholike doctours of the cliurch, &. of the best autliors that now adayes do write. By Lancelot Rydley of Cantorbury. Over seen by . . . Thomas . . . archebysshop of Cantorbury . . . (Col.) Prynted at Cantorbury in Saynt Paules paryslie l>y Tohn Mychyll for ll]wardc whitchurche . . . Sm. 8vo., Mack letter ; a very slight loorming in the first few leaves, hut a fine copy in hroivn levant jnorocco, gilt edges, by F. Bedford Canterbury, [libOl] 42 First edition : extrkmely rare, in common with all Mychell's books. On Bj^'' occurs a curious initial P wliich was originally Julian Notary's and was used in his edition of The Golden Legend, on H^''-. *^* See illustration no. 91. 923 RIVERS (George). The Heroinje : Or Tlie lives of Arria, Paulina, Lucrecia, Dido, Theutilla, Cypriana, Aretaphila. London, Printed b}- R. Bishop, for John Colby . . . 1639. 12mo., a small jj'iece of a blank ma.rgin torn anrty, bnt « fine coptj in calf ' ' 1639 13 13 First edition ; very rare. 929 ROBIN GOOUFELLOW. Robin Good-Fellow, His Mad Pra likes And Merry lests. Full of honest Mirth, and is a fit Medecine for Melancholy. Printed at Lon- don bv Thomas Cotes, and are to be sold by Francis Grove\ . . 1639. The Second Part Of Robin Good-fellow, Commonly Called Hob-Gobhn : With his mad Prankes, and merry Jests. London, Printed by Thomas Cotes . 1639. Sm. 4to., black letter ; with a large woodcut on each title ; three headlines jufft shaved and a hJank corner mended ; hut a fine coj)y in olive stntight-ff rained morocco gilt, gilt edges ' * 1639 100 Only one other copy is known of this edition of this celebrated book of jests. This copy was formerly Sir Francis Freeling's and was afterwards in the possession of George Daniel. The other known copy was Maidnient's, which had a cut of a Gallant, printed separately from the text and in all probabilit}'- not part of the book, inserted. The cuts on the titles are from the same block, which depicts Robin Goodfellow as a satyr, standing in the centre of a Fairy-ring, anfl holding a candle and broom. On the edge of the ring little figures are dancing. The artist's treatment of Robin is very singular and unconventional and can for this i-eason hai'dly be reproduced. 930 ROBINSON" (John). A Defence Of The Doctrine Propounded By The Synode At Dort: Against lohn Murton And His Associates, In A Treatise intuled {sic) ; A Description wliat God, &c. With The Refutation Of their Answer to a Writing touching Baptism. B}^ lohn Robinson. Printed in the year, 16:^4. 8m. 4to., several leaves mended ivitlb some letters in facsimile, but a sound ropy in dark blue levant morocco, (/ilt ed'/es, by Riviere '[Lcyden], 1624 12 12 Very rare. Kobiuson was pastor of the I'ilgrim fathers. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 211 931 RORINSC)N (Tlionias). The Anatomio Of Tlio Knglisli Nunnery At Lisbon in Portugall : Dissected and laid open l)y one that was some- time a yonger- Brother of the Couent : Who (. . .) miglit have growne as old in a wicked life as the oldest amongst them. Published by Authoritie. Are to bee sould by R. Milbourne . and Philemon Stephens . 1623. Sm. 4to., ^oith a half-page enr/raving n)i roj')pe.r, i)i three eompart- ments (in one of lahic.h in a fall-length jjortrait of the anfhor), on the title, and ivith leaf of explaimtion {in rterse) opposite ; a fine copy in dark hlue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1623 12 12 Second bdition, the first appeared in 1622 but had no engraving on the title page. It is said that some of the incidents descril)ed hy Robinson were used by T. Middleton in his Game of Che.ss. 932 [ROJAS (Fernando de)]. The Spanish Bawd, Represented In Celestina : Or, The Tragicke-Comedy of Calisto and Melibea . . . London Printed by J[ohn].B[eale]. And are to be sold by Ralpli Mabbe. 1631 . Sm. folio, a corner of ii cut of an army on the march, and the device of Pynson [McKerrow 44) on the verso of the last leaf; some 2U BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS (Caius), continued:— £ '■ d. corners and margins mended, with fire corners a little defective, but in qeneral a qood copii ; rnssia extra, (lilt edges ' ' ' [15-21 X] 180 First edition ; very rare. It is the first translation of Hallustius into English. There were two undated editions by Pynson ; this, and another probably printed about 1525. The liatiii dedication to John Veysey, Bishop of Exeter (consecrated 6 Nov. 1519), printed in parallel columns with the English Preface to the Duke of Norfolk, is dated " Ex cellula Hatfelden regii in Idus Nouembris . . ." The cut on ag* appeared originally as the lower half of the cut on di of Verard's Art de hien onourir, 1492. *^* 8ee illustration no. 94. 946 [8ALMASIU8 (Claudius)]. Defensio Regia, Pro Carolo I. Ad Serenissimum Magna? Britannia^ Regeni Carolum II. Eilium natu majorem, Heredem & iSuccessorem legitimum. 8uniptibus Regiis. Anno do loc xlix. Folio, a large and fine copy ; signaf/are, ' R'^- Milles^ on title ; contemporary calf (jilt, ivith the arms of Mathieu Mole, seigneur da Champldtreiix, on sides, and tnonogram on back 1649 4 10 Giiigard refers to Mole as ' le celebre president a Mortier au Parlement do I'aris, I'une des plus grandes figures dont s'honore la inagistratiu-e fran§aise, ne cti 1584, mort le 3 Janvier 1656, age de 72 ans.' 947 8ANDYS (8ir Edwin). Europa? Speculum . Or, A View Or Huruey Of The State Of Religion in the VVesterne parts of the AVorld. Wherein the Romane Religion, and the pregnant policies of the Church of Rome to support the same, are notably displayed : with some other memorable discoueries and menKjrations, Never before till now published according to the Authours Originall Copie . . . Hagae-Comitis. 1629. Sm. 4to., the last feiv leaves slightly wormed, but a good sound copy in modern vellum 1629 5 5 Second edition. This work, which is remarkable for its tolerance, was written whilst Sandys was at Paris in 1599. It was first printed, -without his consent, in 1605, hut hy an order of the high comniission all copies that could he found were burnt ; consequently it is practically unobtainable at the present time. Several editions appeared subsequent to 1629. The book's first title was A llclation of the State of Religion. 948 SANDYS (George). JVP George Sandys on the Canticles, first presented to the Queenes Ma''" The Song of Solomon. Sm. folio, MANUSCRIPT, pjrobably holograp)h, 13 leaves, bound up with the same autlior^s Paraphrase Vpon the Divine Poems, 1638, one leaf of the latter being defective ; contemporary calf 1638-40 5 5 Sandys was treas»u'er of the Virginia Company, and in 1621 accompanied Sir Francis Wyatt to Virginia. He was nominated member of council when the Crown assumed governnu'nt in 162-i, and was reappointed in 1626 and 1628. He was also the author of a well-known translation of Uvid. 949 SARPI (Pietro). A Full And Satisfactorie Answer To The Late Vnaduised Bull, thundred by Pope Paul the Fift, against the renowmed State of Venice : Being modestly entitled by the learned Author, (considerations Vpon the Censure of Pope Paul the Fift, against the Common-wealth uf Venice : By Father Paid of Venice . . . Translated out of Italian . . . London Printed for lohn Bill. 1606. Sm. 4to., a small blank corner of tlie title mended, but a large and fi ne copy nntli tnwnt loiver margins, and the blank last leaf; modern limp vellum, gilt edgi's 1606 7 7 This is a r(!ply to the book issued in English under the title of A Dcclarntion of The Variance brtweeiie the Pope, and the Segnionj of Venice . . . 1606 (see item no. 330). The device on the title is ]\IcKeri-ow 293, which was used by the Eliot's t^ourt rrinting Press ; at this dat<; there were only two partners in the business — Arnold Hatfield and I\I()lchiside(: liradwood — cither of whom may have iirinted this book. Mr. Sayle assigns it to llatlicld, Ijut only on the evidence of the device. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 215 _.. „. f s. d. 950 SAVILE (John). King lames his entertainment at Theobalds : VVitli his welcome to London, together witli a salutatorie Poerae. By lohn Sauile . . . London Printed by Thomas Snodham, and are to be sould at the house of T. Este. 1603. Hm. ito., a fi7ie copy in old half ca/f 1603 50 First edition ; vkry hare. There is a dedication in two sis-line verses to " George Sauile, sonne and heire to Sir George Sauile". 951 SCOT (Reginald). A Perfite platforme of a Hoppe Garden, and necessarie Instructions for the making and mayntenaunce thereof, with notes and rules for reformation of all abuses, commonly practised tlierein . . . Now newly corrected and augmented By Reynolds Scot . . . Imprinted at London by Henrie Denham . . . 1578 . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, loith several small tvoodcuts ; a very fine copy ivitli the first leaj' viarked icitli pieces of type ornament and A.j. only ; calj (jilt, gilt edges 1578 8 8 Third editiox. The D.X.B. says of this book: "in its own department of high practical value, and indicating in the author exceptional enlightenment." 95:» SCOTLAND (Church of). The Protestation Of The Generall Assemblie Of The Church Of Scotland, And Of The Noblemen, Barons, Gentle- men, Borrowes, Ministers And Commons ; Subscribers of the Covenant, lately renewed, made in the higli Kii'k, and at the ]Mercate Crosse of Glasgow, the 28, and 29. of November 1638. Printed at Glasgow by George Anderson, in the Yeare of Grace, 1638. Sm. 4to., the tojj blank margin of the last leaf mended, but a fine copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere Glasgoiv, 1638 32 Extremely rare ; it was the first book printed at Glasgow. 953 A Solemne League And Covenant, For Reformation, And Defence of Religion, The Honour and Happinesse of the King, and the Peace and Safety of the three Kingdomes Of Scotland, England, and Ireland . . . Edinburgh, Printed by Evan Tyler . . . 1643. Sm. 4to., stained and a feiv blank portions of leaves torn atcay ; half bound, zmcut Edinburgh, 1643 20 There were several editions of this most interesting historical document. All copies were issued with a varying number of -leaves at the end headed "The Sub- scribers ()f The League And Covenant," luit otherwise blank. In this copy there are eight such leaves (Rj, [<-']i-4, [U]i-4 (2 or 3 missing)), six containing signatures. On the verso of f]^, below the concluding paragraph of text, is the following : "Anno 1643. This covenant was rod publikely by ye minister and explanit ochris 29 and publikely sworne and subscribit ye lift of november." The signatures commence on the next page ; some of the more important are : Maister Jhone Book rain[i]s[t]er at Krrklistounc ; Inglis of Inglistoun ; Patrick Dundas of Brestmylne ; Drumond of Cardolberd ; James llamiltoun of Brigis ; John Skene (the elder and the younger) of Halzardis, Dundas of neulistoun and Thomas Dundas of Bridgend. On the lirst three leaves there are seventy-nine signatiu-es and on the following three leaves there are two hundred and thirty-two names of those who could not write. The parish in which this particular copy was signed was evidently that of Kirkliston in Linlithgowshire ; the places quoted above can mostly be identified on a large scale map of that district. Signed copies of this Covenant very rarely occur for sale. 954 [SCOTT (Thomas)]. An Experimental! Discouerie Of Spanish Practises. Or The Counsel! Of A well-wisliing Souldier, for the good of his Prince and State. AVherein Is Manifested From Known experience, both tlie Cruelty, and Policy of the Spaniard, to effed his own ends . . . Printed, Anno. 1623. Sm. 4to., nc/v linij) vellum 1623 3 3 The author's name is not given, but it is known to have been written by Thomas Scott, li.D., a voluminous political pamphleteer and one of King James I.'s chaplains. He was assassinated in 1626 by an English soldier at Utrcx'ht, where ho had been preacher to the English garrison hiiice 1623. 216 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. [SCOTT (Thomas)], coiitinued :— « •'• '^• 955 Vox Populi. Or Nevves From 8payne, translated according to the Spanish coppie. Wliich may serve to forewarn botli England and the United Provinces how farre to trust to Spanish pretences. Im- printed . . . 1620. Sm. 4to., polished calf extra, (jilt edges, by Eiviere 1620 o 5 First edition. This tract directed against the Spanish marriage was suppressed by royal authority. On B4'' is a reference to Virginia and the Bermudas. 956 [ J Vox Populi. Or, Nevves From Spayne, translated according to the Spanish coppie. Which may serue to forwarne both England and the Vnited Prouinces how farre to trust to Spanish pretences. Im- printed in the yeare 1620. — ^The Second Part Of Vox Populi, or Gondomar appearing in the likenes of Matchiauell in a Spanisli Parliament . . . Faithfully Translated out of the Spanish Coppie by a well-wilier to England and HoUand. Printed at Goricom by Ashuerus lanss. 1624. Stilo nouo. [The title engraved with a fine portrait of Gondomar, and 2 otlher engravings in the fea;i)— The Spaniards Perpetuall Designes To An Vniversall Monarchie. Trans- lated according to the French. Printed 1621. 3 vols, in 1, sm. 4to., hds., exxirely uncut 1620-24 9 9 On ^^ of the first part of Vox Poptdi reference is iiiade to Virginia and the Bermudas. 957 SCOTT (William.) An Essay Of Drapery : Or, The Compleate Citizen. Trading Iustl3^ Pleasingly. Profitably. By William Scott . . . London, Printed by Eli. All-de, for Stephen Pemell. 1635. 12mo., ^vith an engraved title, containing the figures of Honor, Pax, Polititia and Justitia ; two smcdl hum-holes and a little staining ; other ivise a sound copy tvith the Imprimatur leaf and the blank last three leaves ; old blue straight grained morocco, gilt edges 1635 10 10 One of the earliest works on drapery ; rare. 95S SEAGER (Francis) and Robert Crowley, The Schoole of Vertue, and Booke of good Nurture, teaching Children and Youth their duties. Newly perused, corrected, and amended. Hereunto is added a briefe Declaration of the duties of each degree. Also certaine Prayers and Graces, compiled by P1..C. . . London, Printed by M. Flesher, for Robert Bird. Sm. 8vo., black letter, with the last leaf containing a tvoodcut of a man standing by a pillar {evidently a portion of a tvoodcut made inuclt earlier) surrounded by a border of type ornaments, the first leaf m,isHing, which may have contained a woodcut, the loiver outer corner of the title mended, affecting a feiv letters of " The Authors name in verdict " on verso ; otherivise a sound copy in red morocco extra, gilt edges, hy F. Bedford ' [c. 1634] 55 Extremely rare, the only other copy known is in the Bodleian Library. The earliest edition known is dated" 1557. On the verso of the title there are two sets of verses, " The Preachurs Counsell to Parents and Masters " and " The Authors name in verdict ", the first letters of the lines of which form, respectively, the names Robert Crowley and Seager. 959 SELDEN (John). Tlie Historie of Tithes That is, The Practice of Payment of them. Tlie Positiue Laws made for them. The Opinions touching the Right of them. A Review of it Is also annext, wliich hoth Confirmes it and directs in the Vse of it. By I. Selden . . . M.DC.XVIIL Sm. 4 to., a fine large copy in old calf rebacked, /vith the arms oj Augustine Vincent stamped in blind on the sides, with clasps 1618 12 12 First i;niTif)N of this famous work, .\ugiistine Vincent (c. 1584-1625) was in all probibility the first owner of this copy ; he was Windsor Herald from 1624 until his death. His signature is on the title-page. ENGLISH HISTOKY AXD LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 217 t: .V. '/. 'JGO 8EXECA (Lucius Aimieus). The Workes Of Lucius Aiuneus Seneca, Both Morall and Naturall . . . Translated by Tln). Liidge . . . London Printed by William Stansby. 1614. Folio, with a Jiiie emjraved tAtJe by W. Hole and a purlrctit, by tin; sanie artist, of Sir Thomas Eijerton^ Baron Ellesmere ; a fme and large copy, ivlth the blank first and last leaves, in the origitud calf, ivith tJw Bridgeivater {^Ellesmere) crest on both covers 1614 36 First edition of this translation. This copy was undoubtedly the Dedication copy and as far as I know, the only otheu copy to contain thk poktrait or Egerton is the other Bridgewater copy. With the Bridgewater Library duplicate stamp on the engraved title. It is a very large copy and may very well have been printed on larger paper than the oixlinary issue. 961 A Frutefull worke of Lucius Amicus Seneca named the forme and Rule of Honest lyujmge bothe in the Latin tongue k in the Englyshe lately traslated by Robert Whyttynton Poet Laureate And now newlye imprynted. {Colophon : ) Thus endetli thys lytle wurke ... in Latvn Named Formula hoiiestte vita; . . . neweh'^ Imprinted. At Lodon .\ .by Wyllyam Myddylton . . . M.CCCCC.XLVI. The .xxi. daye of lulye. Sm. 8vo., Latin text and English translation printed on opposite pages in Boman and black letter resj)ectively ; a feic plain corners skilfully mended; inaroon levant morocco, blind-tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere 1546 21 Very kake. Although it is descriljed as •• newely luiprinted" uu earlier edition is known. *,* See illustration no. 95. 962 — Seneca His Tenne Tragedies, Translated Into Engh'sh . . . Imprinted At London ... by Thomas Marsh. 1581. Sm. 4to., black and ronian letter, the title tvithin an ornamental Tcoodcut border {McKerrow 154); a small corner of the title and the headlines and other parts of the last leaf skilf ally rejxjbired and filled-in, in facsimile, in other respects a fine sound copy ; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1581 31 10 First coelected edition. The translators \\ere John Studley (-1), Jasper Heywood (3), Alexander Nevile, T. Nuce, and Thomas Newton (1 each). The last named also edited the volume and contributed the dedication to Sir Thomas Henneage. "With the exception of Mippolytu,^, Hercules Oettem and Thebais all had been previously published separately. 963 — Lucii Annei Seneca Tragedia prima . . . The first Tragedie of Lucius Anneus Seneca, intituled Hercules furens, newly perused and of all faultes whereof it did before abound diligently corrected, and for the profit of young schollers so faithfully translated into English metre, that ye may se verse for verse tourned as farre as the phrase of the english permitteth. By Jasper Heywood studient in Oxford. {Col. :) Imprinted At London b}' Henrye Sutton . . . M.D.LXL Sm. 8vo., black and ronian letter ; tloe last leaj tn facsimde, a catchword cut-away and two others ciit-into, and a small original defect; othertvise a so^oid copy in crimson leimnt morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1561 70 First editi'-n of the first English translation : of great rarity ; no copy was in either the Huth or Hoe Collections. On the verso of the title, in the margin of the dedication to the Earl of Pembroke, is the following contemporary inscription : — This is Jhon Laurence his Booke, witnesse Tho Laurence Jhon ttorster, Jhon Wilcox . . . The book is printed with the Latin and English on opposite pages. 964 The ninth Tragedie cf lAicius Anneus Seneca called Octaiiia. Translated out of Latine into English, by T.N. Student in Cambridge. Imprinted at London, by Henry Denhani. 218 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. SENECA (Lucius Aniifeus), cuntinued : — £■ «• d. Sm. 4to., black letter, title within an elaborate architectural tvoodcnt tjorder ; a very fine a7id large copy, with the b/anh first and last /eaves; brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere [1566] 140 First edition in English and of great rarity. It is dedicated to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by the translator, who was Thomas Nuce. Dudley's crest surrounded by the Garter occurs at the foot of the dedication. The book was licensed to Denham in 1566-67. %* See illustration no. 97. 965 SETTLE (Elkanah). Ibrahhu The Illustrious Bassa. A Tragedy . . . AV'ritten by Elkanah Settle . . . London, Printed by T.M. f(jr W. Cademan . . . 1677. Sm. 4to., a tear in the, inner mari/in of the first Jour leaves, a fea: heacUines shaved, hut otliertvise so and ; Jialf calf, (jilt edges 1677 6 6 First edition ; uare. 966 SEVEN WISE MASTERS. Erastus : Or, Tlie Roman Prince. Being A more full Acc;)unt of that Famous History Of The Seven Wise Masters With Maity Pleasant Additions of Excellent, and Divertive Discourses, and Songs, not unsuitable to the Design of the Story. London. Printed for Dorman Newman . . . and Benj. Alsop . . . 1684. Sm. 8vo., hlacJc and roman letter, with a woodcut frontispiece containing four jnctures and fifteen small tvoodciots in the tex', each ontaining tivo jjictures ; a very fine cojjy in the original sheep 1684 12 12 Extremely rake ; Mi-. Esdaile in his English Tales and Romances could quote only from an entry in the Terra Catalogues. 967 The Seven Sages, Translated out of Prose into Scottish meter by lohn Roland, in Dalkeith . . . Edinburgh, Printed by Andro Hart, 1620. Sm. (Svo., black letter; a little stained in places, but a sound copy in crimson levant morocco e.rtra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1620 100 Extremely rare. The Laing copy, sold in 1879 for £43, was described as unique. The present copy may be the Laing copy rebound, if not, it is the only other perfect copy known. There are imperfect copies in the University Library, Glasgow and the Advocates Library, Edinburgh. The translation was probably made in 1547 — when the Duke of Somerset was in\ading Scotland for the' second time — to judge from the following quotation from " A short declara- tion . . ." printed at the end : " At the requeist of my Ant called Kait, In roustie Ryme this quair I did translait. Of all trim tearmes as ye may see denude, lUicause she me protested air and lait, All strange tearmes to cast out of my gait . . . So in sevin weekes this quair was clene ci>mpleil, Out of plaine prose now keipiug meters feit : AVithin the fort and Towre of Tamtalloun When the English float besyde Inchkeith did fleit, Vpon the sea in that great birning heate, Both Scots and English of Leith lay at the toun . . . That same tyme I made this translatioun." The last leaf is iKjt blank, as stated by Hazlitt, Ijut lias on the \erso a figure of Time. On this leaf is a verse written by Joshua Lyiidsay and mi an old llyleaf hound in is the signature of Patrick Hoy, botli contemporary. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 219 £ s. d. 968 [SEYMOUR (Edward), Ditke of Somerset]. An Epistle or exliortaoion to vnitie tt peace, sent fro the Lorde Protector . . . To the Nobilitie, (lentlemen and CumnKJUs, and . . the inhabitauntes of . . . Scotlande . {Colophon :) Excusum Londini, In Aedibus Richardi Graftoni . . . M.D.XLVIII. . . Sm. 8vo., black letter, the title ivithin an ornamental ivoodcut border : the title and one or two corners of plain margins very skUfidly repairm^l, icith a little of the title border filled-in in, facsimile ; crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere IS-IS 21 Extremely hake. .Somerset, who had offended Franco in trvinu: to bring about the marriage between Edward and Mary, points out, in the above book, the advantages of the English proposals, while attributing the cause of the war to Arran and his advisers. There was no copy in the Hoe and Huth collections. Scott, BihUogi-aphy of Works relating to Mary Queen of Scots, no. 4. His copy, the only one sold for very many years, fetched .£25. in 1905. 969 SHADAVELL (Thomas). The Royal Shepherdess. A Tragi-comedy . . . AVritten By Thomas Shadwell, Laur. . , . London, Printed for Henrv Herringman ; and are to be Sold by Francis Saunders . . . and James Knapton . . . 1691. ^ra. iito., a little foxed ; brown levant morocco, gilt edges 1691 3 3 970 SHAKESPEARE (William). Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London Printed hy Isaac laggard, and Ed. Blount. 1623. Sm. folio, with a hnUiant impression of the portrait l>ll Martiii Droeshout in the first state ; with the exception of one or two rery slight mends in the blank margins of some leaves, a fine and large (12|- x 8f ins^ copy, with each leaf tJironghont the I'olume, quite genuine and sound ; red lecant morocco extra, rough gilt edges, by Rimer e 1623 A remarkable copy of a book notoriously difficult to obtain, even in ordinary state, in fine and perfect condition. Not only is this cme of the finest copies which have been ottered for sale in recent years, but it contains the fiust issue of the portkait, in avhich the MOUSTACHE AND THK CROSS-HATCHING OX THE WIDE WHITE COLLAR ARE UNFINISHED. The difierences will be plainly observed if the facsimile, given as the frontispiece of this catalogue, is compared with the portrait in the ordinary copies of the first folio. This is the only copy containing the first issue of the portrait which can occur for sale. There is aiKjther similar copy in the Bodleian library (the Malone copy) and in America there is a copy of the title, taken frum Halliwell's copy of the first folio and now separate from the book. These three are the only coi^ies of this issue of the portrait known to be in existence. In point of size and condition this copy compares very favourably with the comparatively few perfect copies now known. *^* See frontispiece. M'- William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies . . . The second Impression. London, I'rinted by Tho. Cotes, for lohn Smethwick . . . 1632. 220 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. SHAKESPEARE (William), continued:— ^ «• '' (CoL :) Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Kichard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1<5:J2. Sm. folio, li'ltJi a good impression of the portrait by Droeshout (from the same plate as used for tJie first folio); the third leaf from the end remargined in the blank inner and lower margins, the lower outer corner of the last two leaves skilfully mended, tvith a few letters and portions of the rules restored in facsimile, and a few leaves very slightly stained, but a fine copy (\^\ X 8f ins.) ; red levant morocco eoctra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1632 All copies have the same coluphuii, but the imprints (jii the title vary according to the publisher by whom each particular copy was issued. The name most commonly to be met with there is that of Robert Allot ; copies with Smethwicks name are very rare. M'- William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies . . . The Third Impression, (blank space for portrait) London, Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1663. Sm. folio, with a good impression of the portrait by Droeshout ; the top blank margin of one leaf restored, bat a fine, clean copy (^13 J x Sf^ ins.); red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1663-4 Besides the 1663 title quoted above (which is very rare) and the leaf of verses (onh') printed to accompany it, this copy has the 1664 title and the leaf of verses containing the portrait, and the section at the end containing the seven Additional Plays. It is thus an absolutely complete copy of the third folio. M''- William Shakespear's Comedies,^ Histories, And Tragedies . . . Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Xeverbef ore Printed in Folio .. . The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley . . . 1685. Sm. folio, with a good impression of the portrait by Droeshout ; a fine and very large (^14i| x 9^, ins.) copy ; red. levant morocco extra, qilt edges, by Riviere 1685 Together 4 vols., sm. folio, as described above; uniformly bound and enclosed in crimson levant morocco cases, by Riviere 1623-32-63 (4)-85 17,500 ( A remarkably fine set of tiie first four folio editions of Shakespeare's Works, which, considered as a set, is uni(|ue, owing to the presence in it of the ONLY COPY OK THE FIRST FOLIO CONTAINING TIIE FIRST ISSUE OF TIIE PORTRAIT WHICH CAN COME INTO THE MARKET. It is witllOUt doubt the finest and most desirable set that could now be brought together. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 221 SHAKESPEARE (William), continued:— 971 Mr. William v'-^hakespea^es Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies . . . London Printed by Isaac laggard, and Ed. Bloimt. 16-23. 8m. folio, the title in adniiralde facsimile, the leaj of verses gemiine, hut inlaid, all other leaces genuiiie, fmt a few have been mended in the 7nargins or at the corners, with here and there a few letters restored, in facsimile, but a sonnd and tall copy (^13 x 8^ ins.) in crimson levant morocco eirtra, ailt edges, by Riviere 1023 M'- William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies . . . The second Impression. London. Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Eobert Allot . . . 1632. Sm. folio, with a very good impression of the portrait ; the leaf of verses and some few other leaves mended in the blank inargins, but a fine and very large copy (\o\ X 9yg ins.) in crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1632 M'- William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. The third . Impression. And unto this Im- pression is added seven Playes, never before Printed in FoHo . . . London, Printed for P. C[hetwinde]. 1664 8m. folio, ivith the portrait printed above the verses on the leaf preceding the title, this leaf re-margined {but not affecting the }irinted surface), the title and some few other leaves mended in the blank margins, but a good, sound and large copy (Vo^-^ x 8|^ ins.) in crimson levant morocco eMra, (jilt edfies, bij Riviere 1664 The skcond issue of the rare third folio, with the 1664 title and leaf of verses only. This copy has the seven additional plays mentioned on the title. M'- William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, And Tragedies . . . Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in FoHo . . . The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and E. Bentley . . . 16S5. Sm. folio, with the portrait printed above the verses on the leaf preceding the title; a few unimportant mends in blanh margins and a headline shaved, but a good, sound copy (lo\^ x Sif ins.) in crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1685 222 BERNARD QUARITCH'R CATALOGUE. SHAKESPEARE (William), rnntinneth,i>p(J :— £ ■'. 'I 975 M. William Shak-spoare : Hi.s True (Jliroiiicle Historie of the life and death of King Lear and his three Daughters. With the vnfortunate Hfe of Edgar, Sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster, and liis sullen and assumed humor of Tom of Bedlam . . . London, Printed for Nathaniel Butter, and are to he sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Pide Bull neere S' Austins Gate . 1608 Sm. 4to., t/ff titJp infacshniJe, a corner of A-^ restored, ivith the cMchword on the recto in facsimile . serend head- lines cut into and a few blank margins mended, otherwise a, sound copi/ ; crimson levant inorocco, (jilt edges, bi/ Riviere ' ' ' IGO's 600 First (or ' Pide Bull ') kditiox ; oxly six perfect axd five niPERFECT (including this copy, which is not recorded in the C'piisns, and a fragment) copies known. Of these copies three perfect and three imperfect are in Public Libraries. The size of this cop}^ is 7" X 5" and except for the defects mentioned each leaf is in sound and good condition. The printer was probably Nicholas Okes. 976 The Merry Wives Of AYindsor. With the humours of Sir lohn Falstaft'e, As also the swaggering vaine of Ancient Pistoll, and Corporall Nym. Written by William Shake-Speare. Newly corrected . London: Printed by T. H. for R. Meighen . . . 1630. Sm. 4to., an old signature on the title and an old inscription on G^; a fine and large copy, though a little soiled, in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1630 850 Third edition. Only 10 copies are recorded in the Census of Slinh'speai-e Quartos; this is not one of them. The size is 7^" x 5|" and thus this copy is inferior in size to the Bodleian copy only. The printer was T. Harper. 977 The Tragoedy of Othello, The Moore of Venice . . . Written by William Shakespeare. London, Printed by A.M. for Richard Hawkins . . . 1630. Sm. 4to., the title very skilfully restored, wit It most of the imprint and a portion of the device in facsimile, the lower outer corners of A3.4 mended, with a few letters in facsimile, tears in D2 and G3 mended, the last leaf restored, but affecting only a few letters of the text, irhich have been filed in, one headline cut into, but in the main a sound and qood copy ; crimson levant morocco, e/ilt edges, by Ririere^ ' 1(330 400 Second edition, very rare. Of the 25 known copies (including this, which is not recorded in the Census), of which four are definitely imperfect (i.e. wanting some leaves), ten are in public institutions. This copy compares very favourably with the known perfect copies as regards its condition ; the defects mentiijned are not obtrusive. The printer was Augustine jNIattliews. 224 BERNAKD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. SHAKESPEARE (WiDiam), confAnued :— £ •'• d. 978 — The Tragoedy of Othello, The Moore of Venice . . . Written by William Shakespeare . The fourth Edition. London, Printed for William Leak . . . 1655. 8ni. 4to., My^ )niddle of the title restored with '' The fourth Edition," the crown and " London " in facsimile, seven headlines just shaved, but a r/ood, sound and, large copy (^7f " X 5/^"j ^mth many fore and lower edges uncut ; crimson levant morocco^ pi It edges ^ ttij Riviere 1655 300 Third edition, although it is described on the title as the fourth. It is rarer than the second edition; only 19 copies (including this, which is not recorded in the Census) are known, as against 25 of the other. Of tlie known ccjpies 10 are in public institutions and 2 are imperfect. All copies (except four) have some headlines cut-into, in almost all cases more than in the present copy, which takes the fifth place for size. 979 S[HARPHAM] (E[dward]). Cupids Whirligig . . . London. Imprinted l\y E. Allde, and are to bee solde by Arthur lohnson . . . 1607. Sm. 4to., many of the headlines cut-into, bnt in other respects a fne copy in half russia 1607 100 First kdition; there were three subsequent editions. Very rare; there was a copy in the Huth Library, but in the Hoe there was only the fourth edition. The plot is founded on Boccaccio's tale in the Decameron vii. 6, " Wherein is manifestly discerned, that if Love be driven to a narrow straite, yet hee can accomplish his purpose by some other suppl3^" The book is dedicated to Robert Hayman (Epigramma- tist and M.P. for Totnes, etc.) in an amusing address, in which the author refers to this play as his child, which " cannot liue aboue an houre with you, and therefore shall intreat you, when he is dead, he may be l)uried deepe enough in your good opinion, and he shall deserue this Epitaph : Heere lies the Childe, who was borne in mirth, against the strict rules of all Childe-birth : and to be quit, I gaue him to my friend. Who laught him to death, and that was his end. Yours while he is his owne : E:S" 980 SHERLEY (Sir Anthony). Sir Antony Sherley His Relation Of His Trauels Into Persia . The Dangers, And Distresses, which befell him in his passage . . . Also, A True Relation Of The great Magnificence . . . of Abas, now King of Persia . . . Penned by S'\ Antony Sherley, and recommended to his brother, S''. Robert Sherley . . . London Printed for Nathaniell Butter, and loseph Bagfet. 1613. — Lavender (Theophilus). The Trauels Of Foure English Men And A Preacher into Africa, Asia, Troy, Bythinia, Thracia . . . Begunne In The Yeere of lubile, 1600 ... At London Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, for William Aspley . . . 1612. — Cartwright (John). The Preachers Trauels. Wherein is set downe a true lournall, to the confines of the East Indies . . . With the Authors returne by the way of Persia . . . Containing a full suruew of the Knigdom (sic) of Persia . . . EXGLTSH HT8T011Y AND LITERATURE: 14S:]-I700. '225 SHERLEY (Sir Anthony), ronfinupd :— £ "• <^- Also a true relation of Sir Anthonie Sherleys eiitertainiiKMit there . . . Penned by I.C. . . London Printed for Thomas Tlioi'p))(\ and are to bee sold by Walter Biure . 1611. 3 works in 1 vol., sm. 4ti»., fi)ie rajdea In nn nld ly/lii))/ hindiiKi 1613, 12, li 25 First editions of the tii-st and third works and second ecHtion of tlie other. The second item is a relation of the travels of Williani liid(hilph and companions, edited from cei'tain letters of his by Tiavender. 981 SHIPTON (xMother). The Prophesie Of Mother Shiptoii, in the Reigne of King Henry the Eighth. Foretelling the death of Cardinal! Wolsey, the Lord Percy and (tthers, as also what shoidd happen in ensuing times. London, Printed for Richard Lownds . . . 1642. Sm. 4to., 4 leaves ; <(, crude TCOodi-i.U portrait of Jloflwr Shipton on the title ; a fine copy with the lower edtfes niwut ; calf extra, hy Riviere ' ' ' 1642 11 11 ExTKKMKLY UAUi'. : this edition do(^8 not appear to lie reconled. 982 SHIRLEY (Henry). The Martyr'd Sctuldier': As it was sundry times Aded with a general! applause at the Private house in Drury lane, and at other publicke Theaters . . . The Author H. Shirley Gent. London : Printed by I. Okes . . . 1638. Sm. 4to., « friie copy in cr'imsna morocco extra, (jilt edrnoN. On the title are the early signatures "John Claphani 1592 . . ." and " tt'ran : f^cott . . . MncLv." "... his principal work ... It is the most important description of the constitution and government of England written in the Tudor age " — D. X. J]. 1008 SOPHISTARUM LIBELLU8. [Sopliistaiuni libellus iid usiim Oxon.]. (Co/. :) Finit Sopliistarum libellus ad vsiiin Oxoniensiu feliciter {here Pynsoits device, McKen-ow 9). Sm. 4to., black letter ; A^, probahly containing a title, iiiissinff ; otherwise a sound copy in dark brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere " [1499-1500?] 200 Apparextly the only other copy recorded is that in the Bodleian Library. *^* See illustration no. 99. 1004 SPAIN. The Present state of Spaine. Transhited out of French. Imprinted at London by P. S. for Richard Serger. 1594. Sm. 4to., a sound copy in modern limp vellum, gilt edges 1594 12 12 Both the author and translator remain anonymous. The printer was Peter Short, whose device (McKerrow 278) is on the title-page. On the reverse of the title is the 18th Century bookplate of Charles, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill. 1005 [SPEED (John)]. Batt upon Batt. A Poem Upon The Parts, Patience, and Pains, Of Barth. Kempster, Clerk, Poet, Cutler, Of Holy-Rood-Parish in Southampton. By a Person of Quality. To which is annexed the Vision, Wherein is described Batt's Person and Ingenuity ; With an Account of the Antient and Present State and Glory of Southampton. By the same Author . . . London : Printed for Samuel Crouch. 1680. Sm. 4to., modern vellum, uncut 1680 6 First ebition. Its popularity is attested by the fact that a seventh edition was published in 1740. The hook is of particular interest to all who know Southampton. The author was a member of the famous Speed family. He practised medicine at Southampton, of which he was niaj'or in 1681 and 1694. His grandson was the John Speed, m.d. (1703-1781), whose extensive manuscript collections relating to Southampton are preserved in the municipal archives of that city. 1006 SPENCER (John). A Discourse Of divers Petitions Of High Con- cernment, and great consequence; delivevered {sic) by the Authour, into the hands of King James, of famous memory, and into the hands of our gracious King Charles ; And divers other Letters delivered unto some gi'eat Peers of the Land ... A Treatise of Melancholie, and tlie strange effects thereof ; . . . By John Spencer Gentleman . . . London Printed l)y H. Dudley. 1461. (sic). Sm. 4to., a fuie copy in straiqht (jraiued olive niorocco, (jilt edges 1641 52 10 Veky kark. The date on the title is a misprint for 1641 and apparently occurs in all copies. This curious work has some American interest ; on Ei commences ".V (-'opy of a Tietter to my Cousin M. Bullie, a grave Preacher in new England," which is followed on Ea'^-s'*' by some verses headed " A charitable Consideration, of new-Englands plantation," which arc not remarkable for any poetic qualities. 230 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 1007 SPENSER (Edmuud). The Wurks Of . . . Mr. Edinoud Spenser . . . Whereunto is added, An Account of his Life; With other new Additions Never before in Print . . . London : Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin . . . 1679. Sm. folio, ivitlt an engraved frontispiece by R. White, the title 2)rinted in red and hlack ; a fine copy in eontemyorary calf 1679 2 10 This is the third folio edition of .Spenser's works. It is believed that Drydeu took part in the editing of it. 1008 Colin Ch)uts Come home againe. By Ed. Spencer. London Printed for William Ponsonbie, 1595. Sm. 4to., some plain margins of 4 leaves restored, and a corner of Ij repaired, with a portion of the type head ornament arid a few letters in facsimile ; otherivise a quite sound copy ; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford 1595 84 1009 another copy. Sm. 4to., a plain corner of 1^ mended, otherwise a fine copy in red. levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1595 120 First edition ; very rare. Dedicated to Sir Walter Pvaleigh, Besides the title poem the book contains the celebrated Astrophel. A Pastorall Elegie vpon the death of . . . Sir Philip Sidney, with other poems on the same theme. The initials of the printer T. C, (Thomas Creede) are given in the colophon and his device is on the title. *^* See illustration no. 100. 1010 Complaints . Containing siinth^ie small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie . . . By Ed. Sp. London . Imprinted for William Ponsonbie . . . 1591. Sm 4to, with 4 titles, each within the same woodcut border ; a plain corner of the general title mended, but a very tall and generally fine copy ; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford 1591 110 1011 another copy. Sm. 4to., a blank portion of the title restored, other- wise a fine and large copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere ' 1591 120 First edition ; very rare. It is of particular Shakespearian interest as on the obverse of signature Fj of ' Teares of the Muses ' are two verses which are believed to refer to Shakespeare, commencing : ' All these, and al that els the Comick Stage ' and mentioning him by name : ' Our pleasant Will y, ah is dead of late,' Muio2>otmus : or The Fate of the Butterflie, is dedicated to Elizabeth, Lady Carey, a kinswoman of Spenser, who is known to have been an extensive patroness of authors and who may be the authoress (the other claimant being her daughter) of The Tragedie oj Mariam, 1613. Nash in dedicating his Terrors of the Nigld (1594) to the daughter speaks of the Lady Carey as having " purchast divine Petrarcli another juonument in England." These translations of Petrarch are not known to exist in either MS. or printed form, unless, as some authorities think, they are included amongst Spenser's own traiislatioiis (»f that poet. Sonu; translations of Petrarcli are printed at the end of tliis volume; they had originally appeared in Van dei' Noodt's T theatre of Worldlings, 1569 (see no. 10(S7). The printer was R. Jones. *^* See illustration no. 101 ENGLLSH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 231 SPENSER (Edmund), continued :— £ *. d. 1012 The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue books, Fashioning XII. Morall vertiies. London Printed for WilKani Ponsonbie, 1590. 8m. 4to., with a woodcut, of a Knight in combat witii (( dragon, on the wrso of the leaf facing the second hook ; the title and the lastfo/ir leaves remargined, and a few corners restored, hut not in any place affecting the text ; an exceptionally large (206 x 150 nmi.) and fine copy in crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, hy Riviere ' ' 1590 150 First edition, with both issues of the leaves contaixing the COMPLIMENTARY SONNETS. Ill the second issue the last three leaves (Ppe^g) were cancelled and fuur reprinted leaves (Qqi^) added in their stead. The sonnets to Lady Carew and " To all the . . . Ladies in the Court " and the Errata were omitted and new sonnets to Burleigh, Lords Cumberland, Hunsdon, and Buckhurst, Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir John Norris, and the Countess of Pembroke added. This copy is probably the largest in existence ; an ordinary copy measures about 190 x 135 mm. The printer was John Wolfe. lOlB The Faerie Queene . . . London Printed for WiUiam Ponsonbie. 1590. The Second Part Of The Faerie Queene. Con- taining The Fourth, Fifth, And Sixth Bookes. By Ed. Spenser. Imprinted at London for VVilham . Ponsonby. 1596. 2 vols., sm. 4to., the blank margins of a few leaves mended, a few headlines just shaved, and an amount of contemporary writing on the title of vol. 2, hut a sound and qood copy in crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edqes, hy Riviere ' 1590-96 250 First editions of both volumes. The first part has both issues of the leaves containing the complimentary sonnets. In addition, this is evidently one of the first copies printed as spaces are left in lines four and five on page 332 showing that the printer was in difficulties about some Welsh words ; but the difficulty was evidently only temporary as in most copies these lines are fully printed. 1014 another copy; 2 vols., sm.. 4to., a very few headlines just cut into in Vol I, but a lojrge, perfectly sound, and unwashed copy ; eighteenth cent ury'^ calf gilt 1590-96 180 Tlie first part has the first issue only of the complimentary sonnets at the end of Vol. I. The printers were John Wolfe and R. Field, whose devices (McKerrow 246 and 222) are on the title pages of the parts respectively. William Herbert's copy with his distincti\(' mark at the foot of the title to Vol. I. 232 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. . London Printed for London l*rinted for SPENSER (Edmund), cont/mue.d :^ 10L5 The Faerie Queene William Ponsonbie. 1590. The Faerie Queene . William Ponsonbie . 1596. The Second Part Of The Faerie Queene . . By Ed. Spenser. Imprinted at London for William Ponsonby. 1590. 3 vols., sm. 4to., a few blank margins mended, hut fine copies in crimson lerant morocco eMra, gilt edges, hi/ 'Rimere ' 1590-96 300 First and second kditions of the first part and the first edition OF the second part. The first edition of the first part has both ISSUES of the complimentary sonnets, and the first issue of p. 332 (before the Welsh words were printed). I have added the second edition of the first three books in order to make a complete set of the early small quarto editions of this classic poem ; it differs from the first edition by the omission of "A Letter of the Authors expounding his whole intention in the course of this worke . . . ", certain of the complimentary poems by various authors, and all the complimentary sonnets ; and the last five stanzas were re-written and compressed into three. The printer of this second edition was R. Field. 1016 The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes. Fashioning XII. Morall vertues. London Printed for William Ponsonbie . 1596. 2 vols., sm. 4to., tivo small blank corners mended, hnt a good, sound copy in hruicn straight grained morocco, gilt edges 1596 Second edition of the first volume and first edition of the second. 52 10 1017 Tlu' Shepheards Calender : Conteyniiig Twelue Aeglogues, proportionable to tlie twelue Moneths. Entituled, To the Noble and vertuous Gentleman, most worthy of all tytles, both of learning and chiualrie, Maister Philip Sidney. London Printed by Thomas Creede, t'(jr lohn Harrison the yonger . . . 1597. Sm. 4to., hlack letter ; ivitli several rvoodcnts ; crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, hy Riviere 1597 1018 SPRIGGE (Jushua). Anglia ilediviva ; Englands Recovery : Being The History Of the IVlotions, Actions, and Successes of the Army under the Immediate Conduct of . . S''. Thomas Fairfax . . . Captain-General Of all the Parliaments Forces In Ejigland. Compiled for the Publique good By loshua Springe . . . London, Printed by E.W. for lohn Partridge ". . . 1647. Sm. folio, with a large woodcut of Fairfaxes Arms facing the title, a fine folding equestrian portrait of Fairfax hy W. Marshall, an interesting, large folding plan of the Battle of Naseby {very slightly defective and tilled in) and a " I'ahle of the Motion and Action of the Army under the Command of . . Sir Thomas Fairfax . . ." ; a fine, large copy in russia extra, gilt edges, hy F. Bedford 1647 ('lemont Walker in his History of ludepeiidenci/ states that the nuthor was Colonel Fienniis and not Sprigge, hut this statement does not appear to he warranted by the facts. This work is described in the D.X.B. as a "very judicious and accurate compilation." 1019 S[TAFFORDJ (W.). A Compendious or briefe examination of certayne ordinary complaints, of divers of our country men in these our dayes : which although they are in some part uniust &, friuolous, yet are they all by way of dialogues thoroughly debated &■ discussed. By W.S. Gentleman. Imprinted at London ... by Tliomas Marshe. 1581 . . . 35 8 15 ENGLISH HI8T0UY AND LITER A^TCTRE: 1483-1700. 233 S[TAFFORD] (W.), coniiuued :— £ ». d. 8m. 4to., black letter, the title within Marshe's ornamental woodcut harder (McKerro/v 154) aiid on the reverse the arms of Queen Elizabeth ; the lower blank margin of the title skilfully repaired, but a fine and very lanje (188-.^) x l.")R m,m..) '■'>/>// ; redleoaul mnrnr.co, gilt edges, by Riviere 1581 52 10 There were at least three oil itious published in tJiis year; this is probably the second, and all are very rare. 'L'he real author of the main portion of the book was John llaliis, who wrote it about 1549. The initials W.S. on llio title are those of William Staffonl (the name appears in full in one edition) who is thought to have made some additions to the original work and caused it to have been printed as his own work. The book is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. 1020 STANBRIDdE (John). ACcidentia ex stabrigiana editione \\\x]) lecogiiita & castigata lima Roberti Whitiiitoiii lichfeldiesis i floreiitissinia Oxoniensi academia laurcati {CoJ. :) hnprynted at London by Wykyn de Woixh^ in the Fletestrete. At the sygne of the Sonne. Sm. 4to., hldck Iptter, 16 leaves (A-B" C^) ; with a woodcut on the title which is repeated on verso ; a large copu, with one or two uncut foremargins, in red, levant morocco, gilt edges,!)}) Riviere \c. 1515?] 250 Apparently unique. *^* See illustrution no. 102. 1021 [— ^] Paruuh)i'iini institutio ex stanl)i'igiana collectione. {Col. :) Enprynted at London in the Fletestrete, at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worde. 8m. 4to., black letter, 12 leaves (A** B'^) ; with a woodcut on the title, which is repeated on the verso, and, with the printers* device {McKerrow 23b) on the last page ; blue morocco, gilt edges [1513-14] 300 Apparently the only copy ok this edition known. The greater part of the book is in English. *^* See illustration no. lO.S. 1022 STATHAM (Nicholas). [Abridgement of Cases to the end of Henry VI (in Norman Law French)~\. [Fol. \(t, is blank ; the reverse and the following leaf are occupied by the table, in double cohnmis, at the eud (f which are the words {) Per me K.pynson (Fol. "M :) Accompte [E] N Accompte. le pleitif conta dun receipte en autre contie . . . (The work ends on fol. 190a, line 8. On the reverse is Le Talleur's device) Sm. folio, printed mostly in a peculiar miitute secretary type, 190 leaves, 49-50 long lines to the fall page ; with signatures, but without catchwords and foliation ; with some contemporary MS. annotation,s, the blank margins of the first two leaves defective and mended, but otherwise a fine and large copy (302 x 216 mm^ ; seventeenth century 234 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 8TATHAM (Nicholas), continued:— £ s. d. calf with a centre ornament in blind and the initials H (I on both sides [Rouen, Guilkmme Le Talleur for Richard Pynson, about 1490] 100 First edition of the famous abridgment of cases Lelieved to have been written Ijy Nicholas Statham, a lawyer and probably l)aron of the exchequer in the reign of King Edward IV. It was the first attempt to methodize our laws, as contained in the decisions promulgated in the courts from the reign of Edward I., and publishes many original authorities not comprised in the year books. The book was undoubtedly printed, not by Pynson himself as it has been often erroneously asserted (interpreting in a too literal sense the statement, ' Per me R. pynson '), but by Guillaume Le Talleur of Rouen for Pynson, who was his compatriot. The most probable reason was that at this early period of his career Pynson had not the type requisite for the printing of such a work. On the blank recto of the first leaf is the library stamp of the Inner Temple Library and the " Sold by Order'' stamp, dated 1856. A copy was sold in America in 1917 for $2800. 1023 STATUTES. Anno Tertio Henrici Octaui. The kynge our soueraygne lorde Henry the eyght ... at his parliamente holden at Westminster in the . iiii . day of Februarie, in the thirde yere of his most noble reigne . . , hath doo to be ordeined, made, and enacted certaine statutes and ordinaunces in maner & fourme folowing. i^m. M\o, printed in black letter ; hf. hd. [1560?] 10 10 Apparently unmentioned by any bibliographer-. Among the interesting statutes may be mentioned : ' An acte conceniyng the maintenaunce of archerie and shotyng in longe bowes,' ' An acte for payment of wages to souldiours beynge in the kynges warre,' 'An acte againste Mmnniers,' 'An acte concerning the appi-obacion of phisicions and surgions.' In Chapter iii mention is made of Tennis as being an unlawful game. Collation : A — B", C-. The title is within the Berthelet-Powell woodcut border with a C4reek fret ornament (apparently the variety designated by Proctor BPe). 1024 STEVENSON (Matthew). Bellmn Presbyteriale. Or, as much said for the Presbyter As may be. Together With Their Covenants Catastrophe. Held forth in an Heroick Poem . By Matth. Stevenson . . . London, Printed for A. Rice . . . 1661. Sm. 4to., a sound coj)y in modern limp vellum, cjilt edges ; very RARE 1661 6 6 1025 [STUBBES (JOHN)]. The Discouerie Of A Gaping Gulf VVhereinto England Is Like To Be Swallowed by an other French mariage, if the Lord forbid not the banes, by letting her Maiestie see the sin and punishment thereof . . . Mense Augusti. Anno. 1579. Sm. Svo., jninted in a small Roman letter ; a sound copy in old russia 1579 25 An extremely rare and interesting work. Stubbes was a puritan "who developed a fiery zeal against Catholicism which led him into a dangerous situation. He viewed with dismay the negotiations for Queen Elizabeth's marriage with the Duke of Anjon, which were in progress from 1578 onwards. In August 1579 he published a protest in a pamphlet which he entitled ' The Discoverie of a Gaping Gulf . . .' Stubbe wrote of the Queen in terms of loyalty and affection, but freely discussed questions of policy, virulently denounced the French duke, and especially rousefl the Queen's resentment by refei-ring to the undue influence that a husband would be likely to assert over her, and the improbability that at her age she could bear children."— la>ik inkier 7uarf/in of one leaf restored, but a very fine copy in russia extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1600 31 10 First edition ; very rare. It is dedicated, in verse, to Queen Elizabeth. This work constitutes Fairfax's chief claim to fame. The late Mr. BuUen, in the D.N.li., writes : "Kichard Carew had previously translated a portion of the poem, and Fairfax made full use of his predecessor's labours. But in refinement and poetic instinct Fairfax far surpasses not only Carew but the translators of later times. Brian Fairfax states that ' King James valued it above all other English poetry', and that it solaced Charles I. in the time of his confinement." Hinged in position over the first stanza is a slip containing a c(jn'ected version of it; in most copies it is stuck down. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 237 TASSO (Torquato), coittiuued : — £ ■«• '^• 1035 Godfrey Of Boulogne: Or Tlie Ri-couerie of Tcrusalcni. hoiu- into English Heroicjill verse, by l^Mwai'd Fairefax . . And now the second time Imprinted, and Dedicated to His Higlmesse : Together with the life of the said Godfrey . London, Printed bv lohn Bill . . . 1624. Sm. folio, /vith a fine 2)nrtrait hy Willinm Pass, ike title imthin, a ivoodciit border ; an extremly fine and Innje copy in the orvjiiud caTf (Tivith tnodern gilt lettering) 1624 11 14 Skconh editiox. The old dedication remains and a new one has been added to Prince Charles. The portrait was issued here for the first time. The translator seems to have experienced considenil)lo difficulty with the first stanza, as he gives a thii'd and eiitii'ely fi-esh version hci-c. 1036 another cojjy. Folio, LARGE PAPER ; the title within a ivoodciU border aiid irlflu engraved portrait of Godfrey hy William Pass ; a fine copy in, contem2)orary calf ivith arms of the Bill far) lily on sides 1624 20 Copies on lara;e paper are of considerable rarity. Probably this one was the printer's own copy. 1037 TATE (Nahum). The Ingratitude Of A Common- Wealth : Or, the Fall of Caius Martins Coriolanus . . . By N. Tate . . . London, Printed by T. M. for Joseph Hindmarsh . .". 1682. Sm. 4to., some leaves a little stained : bine levant morocco, (jilt edqes, hy De Santy ' 1682 8 8 First kditiox. It is a tragedy founded on Shakespeare's Cur'wiinnis, which offers a close parallel with the political situation of the tiuie. 1038 On The Sacred Memory Of Our Late Sovereign : With a Congratulation To His Present Majesty . . . Written by N. Tate. London, Printed by J. Playford, for Henry Playford . . . 1685. Sm. folio, 4 //:, miboand " 1685 10 1039 The Prologue To the last new Play A Duke and no Duke . . . (Col :) London, Printed by Geo. Croom . . . 1684. Folio, 1 leaf printed on both sides ; a plain corner cut aioay ; unbd. 1684 2 2 This prologue, dated a year earlier than the jjlay was published, must be very rare ; I have never seen and cannot trace another copy of it. 1040 TATHAM (John). Aqua Triumplialis ; Being a True Relation Of the Honourable the City of Londons Entertaining Their Sacred Majesties Upon The River of Thames, And Wellcoming them from Hampton- Court To White-Hall . Expressed And set forth in severall Shews and Pageants the 23. day of August 1662. Written by John Tatham . . . London, Printed for the Author, by T. Childe, and L. Parry . . . 1662. Sm. folio, two blank inner margins repaired and a small tear in the title mend?d, bat a good copy in modern vellam, gilt edges 1662 14 First edition. A large part of it is in verse. Formerly in the possession of T. Jolley, whose signature and the date 1819 are on a fly-leaf. 1041 London's Glory Represented by Time, Truth and Fame : At The Magnificent Triumphs and Entertainment of His most Sacred Majesty Charls tlie II. The Dukes of York and Glocester, The two Houses of Parliament, Privy Councill, Judges, &c. At Guildhall on Tlmrsday, being the 5"'- day of July 1660 . and in the \-2^^- Year of His Majestie (sv) most happy Reign. Togetlier With the Order and Management of the whole Days Business . . . London, Printed by William Godbid . . . 1660. Sm. 4to., a few blank portions of leaves mended, slightly dust-soiled 171 places, otherwise a large and sound copy ; calf 1660 14 14 The order of the Pageant is preceded by three speeches in blank verse. 238 BERNART) QUARTTCH'S CATALOGUE. TATHAM (John), continwd :— & •«■ d. 1042 The Rump : Or The Mirrour Of The late Times. A New Comedy, Written by J. Tatham, Gent. Acted many times with Great Applause . . . The Second Impression, Newly Corrected, with Additions. London, Printed by W. God bid for R. Bloome. 1661. Sm. 4to., a small hole in Ig, but a fine copy in sprinkled calf, gilt edges, with arms on sides, by W. Pratt 1661 7 7 1043 TAYLOR (John). All The Workes Of lohn Taylor The Water-Poet. Seeing Sixty and three in Number. Colleded into one Volume by the Author : With sundry new Additions ... At London, Printed by J. B[eale]. for James Boler . . . 1630. Sm. folio, engraved title m,ounted, irmer margin of printed title and plain corners of last leaf mended ; otherwise a soimd eop)i] in red morocco extra, gilt amd gauffred edges 1630 10 First collected edition of the works of the voluminous Water Poet, containing manv pieces of which no separate editions are known. Though not of much impor- tance as literature, his writings are exceedingly valuable for the light which they throw upon the manners and customs of the time, and they contain a large number of cant words and vulgar expressions now obsolete. Among the eulogistic pieces in verse at the beginning of the book is one by Thomas Dekker, and on page 72 of ' The Praise of Hemp Seed ' is a reference to Shakespeare and Spenser. 1044 An Arrant Thief e. Whom everie Man may trust : In word & deed, exceeding true and just. With a Comparison betweene a Thief e and a Booke. Written by lohn Taylor. Printed at London for Henry Gosson , 1635. Sm. 8vo., with a ivoodcut on the title-jmge ; a fine copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1635 45 Third edition, extremely rare ; there is no copy in the P.ritish Museum. In verse ; with a Catalogue of Taylor's Works at the end. * f* See illustration no. 104. 1045 -! A Bawd. A vertuous Bawd, a modest Bawd : As Shee Deserves reproove, or else applaud. Written by John Taylor. Printed at London for Henry Gosson . 1635. Sm. 8vo., ivith a wood-cut on the title-page ; the coriier of B, slightly defective, bid a sound copy in crimso7i levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1635 48 Extremely rare ; the British Museum does not possess a copy. It was included in the 1630 folio Works but no separate edition earlier than this is known. In prose and verse. *^.* See illustration no. lOii. 1046 [ ] The Brownists Synagogue Or A Late Discovery Of their Conventicles, Assemblies, and places of meeting. Where they Preach, and the manner of their praying and preaching. With a relation of the Names, places ; and Doctrines of those which doe commonly Preach. The chiefe of which are these. Greene, the Feltmaker. Marler, the Buttonmaker. Spencer, the Coachman. Rogers, the Glover. Which Sect is much increased of late within tliis City . . . Printed Anno Dom. 1641. Sm, 4to., 4 leaves, a corner of the last leaf mended (3 letters missing), but a sotmd copy in brown levant morocco, gilt edges, witJi arms on sides, by W.Pratt 1641 14 11 Very rare ; attributed to John Taylor, the Water- Poet, by Halkettand Laing. This pamphlet assigns to the Brownists the chief place amongst the numerous Nonconformist sects of the period. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 239 TAYLOR (Johii), continued:— « -^^ '^• 1047 A Famous Figlit at Sea. Where Foure English Ships vnder the command of Captaine lohn Weddell, and foure Dutch Ships fought three dayes in the Gulfe of Persia neere Ornuis, against 8 . Portugall GalHons, and 3 . Friggots. As Also The memorable fight and losse of the good Ship called the Lion, with the barbarous cruel tie of the Enemie truly declared. London, Printed by lohii Hauiland for Henry Gosson. 1627. Sm. 4to., ivith a frontispiece of a ship unrkr sail and a similar hut smaller cnt on, the title, the headline on A^' shaved, but a good copy in red strai(jht-(jrained morocco, by Riviere 1627 52 10 First edition ; of great rarity. It is dedicated by Taylor to the hero of the "Famous Fight" — Captain John Weddell. At the end is " A farewell and hearty well-wishing to the noble attempts of our English Sei and Land-forces, with their Allies and Confederates," in verse. 1048 Heads of all Fashions, Being A Plaine Defection or Definitio:i of diverse, and sundry sorts of heads, Butting, Jetting, or pointing at vulgar opinion. And Allegorically shewing the Diversities of Religion in these distempered times. Now very latel}' written, since Calves- Heads came in season. London Printed for lohn Morgan . . . 1642. Sm. 4to., 4 leaves, a large woodcut on the title page co^nposed of 17 heads ; a Jine copy in modern vellum 1642 42 Very rare. In verse. The Britwell copy realized £50 in March, 1921. *^* See illustration no. 106. 1049 A Lining Sadnes, In Dvity consecrated to the Immortall memory of our late Deceased albe-loued Soueraigne Lord . . . lames. King oi great Brittaine . . . Who departed this Life . . . the 27. of March, 1625. By lohn Taylor. Sm. 4to., the title within a ivoodcut mourning border ; tvith the very rare first and last leaves, on which are printed large black rectangles only on the outside of each leaf ; the border to the title just shaved in the fore and lower edges, hut a fine copy ; old. calf [1625] 42 Very rare. In verse, with a dedicatory poem to Charles I. From the Gordonstoun collection, with Sir Robert Gordon's signature on titlepage. 1050 A Memorial Of All Tlie English Monarchs, being in number 150, from Brute to King lames. In Heroyicall Yerse, By lohn Taylor. Printed at London . 1622. Sm. 8vo., the title 7vithin a border of 14 separate woodcut heads {slightly shaved in the fore-margin) and with about 150 similar wood- cuts in the text ; the side-notes cut-into and two leaves mended, tvith a feiv letters filled-in in facsim,ile ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1622 30 First edition ; of great rarity. The work is divided into two parts, the former containing the Kings from 1108 b.c. to the Norman Conquest, and the latter all those after the Conquest. The account of each Monarch is in verse, except in some cases where the length of his reign only is given, accompanied by what is intended to be a portrait. Hazlitt refers to this book as "a sort of chapman's edition of the work as printed in 1618," but this is incorrect. The work he refers to The Brief Remembrance of all the Enr/Ush Monarchs, from, the Xorman Conquest . . . has quite different descriptions of the Kings included and has also full length portraits, more skilfully engraved than the heads in the Memorial. 1051 Part of this Summers Travels, Or News From Hell, Hull, and Hallifax, from York, Linne, Leicester, Chester, Coventry, Liclifield, Nottingham, and the Di veils Ars a Peake ... By John Taylor. Imprinted by J. 0[kes]. Sm. 8vo., part of the first line of the title in facsimile, several pagination numbers cut into or cut off, but a sound copy ivith the blank last two leaves ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere [1639] 30 Apparently the only edition, of wnicn only one other copy' is known (that in the British Museum). The book bears no date of printing, but in all proba- bility this was 1639; the last paragraph of the book finishes with ''I returned to London on Friday the twentieth of September, 1639." 240 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. TAYLOR (John), contlnned: - ^ ■'• ''• 1052 ■ Taylors Travels And Circular Peramljiilation, through, and by more then thirty times twelve Signes of the Zodiack, of the Famous Cities of London and Westminster. Witli the Honour and Worthi- nesse of the Vine, the Vintage, the Wine, and the Vintoner ; with an Alphabeticall Description, of all tlie Taverne Signes in the Cities, Suburbs, and Liberties aforesaid, and significant Epigrams upon the said severall Signes. Written bv lohn Taylor . London, Printed by A.M. 1636. "^ \ Sm. 8vo., the fore-edges of A2.3 shelved, hut a sound copy ivith the blank hist leaf ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1636 75 FiiisT EDITION AND AiTAHENTLY fxiQUE. It was formerly the copy of George Daniels, who knew of no other and I have also heen unahle to lind any other copy mentioned. The printiM- was Augustine Matthews. 1053 Wit and Mirth, Chargeabl}^ collected out of Tauernes, Ordinaries, Innes, Bowling Greenes, and Allyes, Alehouses, Tobacco shops. High wayes, and Water-passages. Made vp, and fashioned into Clinches, Bulls, Quirkes, Yerkes, Quips, and lerkes. Apothegmatically bundled vp and garbled at the request of old .lohn Garrets Ghost. By John Taylor, Water-Poet. Printed at London, by T.C. for Tames Boler . . . 1629. Sm. 8vo., black letter, A^ very sligJitly cut-into in the foremargin, hut a fine copy ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1629 75 U FiEST EDITION, EXTREMELY RARE ; no copy was in either the Huth, or Hoe Collections, neither is there a copy in the British ]\Iuseum. The only reference I have been able to trace is in Hjizlitt, who evidently saw a C(ipy (probably that in the Ih-idgewatcn- Tjibrary). He also mentions that tliis edition was advertised in a list of books at the end of the 1687 edition of 3Iontclion as still on sale. The advertisement, which oives the bare title and size only, may refer to any edition, pi'obably not this, as there was another edition printed in 1635. The book consists of 113 short stories or Jests, preceded by a dedication and a poem entitled " John Garrets Ghost." In the ^Foc/'s there were 138 Jests and in the 1(535 edition 113 again. The printer was Thomas Cotes. 1054 TEDDER (William) and Anthony Tyrrell. The Recantations as they were seuerallie pronounced by V Vylliam Tedder and Anthony Tyrrell : (sometime two Seminarie Priests of the English Colledge in Rome, and no we . . . conuerted . . .) at Paules Crosse . . . With an Epistle dedicatorie \nto her Maiestie . . . At London, Printed by lohn Charlewood and William Brome, and ;'re to l)e sold by Thomas Gubbin . . . M.D.LXXXVIII. Sm. 4to., black letter, with a tvoodcut portrait of Queen Elizabeth on the verso of the title and ^rith six lines of Latin verse beneath ; the blank fore-margin, of the title restored, hut a fine copy ivith the first leaf marked A.]. ,• broicv levant morocco, arms on sides, qilt edges, by W. Pratt ' 1588 6 G Rake. The recanters provide a combined dedication to Queen Elizabeth and each, separately, a preface to the reader, preceding his recantation ; the dates on which they recanted are 1 Dec. 1588 and 8 Dec. 1588 respectively. 1 055 TERENTTUS. Floures For Latine Spekyng Selected And Gathered Out Of Terence, And the same translated in to Englyshe, together ^^ith the exposition and settynge forth as well as suche latyne wordes, as were thought nerlefull to be annoted, as also of dj^uers gi-ammaticall rules, uery profytable and necessary for the expedite knowlege in the latyne tongue : Compiled l)y Nicolas Vdall. Newly correded » and imprinted. {Colo]>ho)t :) Londini Tn Aedibus Thoniae Berthelet. ... Excus. Anno M.D.XXXVITT . . . Sm. 8vo., black letter, with some cuutemporary MS. annotations and the contemporary signature Rychard Blunden in several jjlaces, but a good sound copy: contemporary calf binding 1538 35 Extremely r.uu:, this l)eing apparently the only perfect copy known. The earliest edition in the Hritisli i\Iusoiim is that of 1560. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 241 1056 THOMAS (AVilliam). Principal Rules Of The Italian Gramnier, with a Dictionarie for the better vnderHtandyng of Boccace, Petrarcha, and Dante : gathered into this tongue by William Thomas. Londini . An. M.D.L. {Col. :) Imprinted at" London . . In The House of Thomas Berthelet . . . 1550. Sm. 4to., black and italic letters ; tlie title ivitlmt a delicately cut metal border (in foar pieces) tcith the initials T.B. in tyjie at the foot ; a fine and large copy in the origimd calf bindiuii 1550 21 First edition ; very rare. The circumstances of its compilation and printini? are set out in a note printed on the reverse of the title, as follows : " After that William Thomas had been about three yeres in Jtalie, it happened John Tamwoorth gentleman to arriue there, who beeyng desirouse to leanie the tongue, intreated the saied William Thomas, to drawe him out in Englishe some of the principall riilis . . . and further to translate the woordes, that Acharisius and Pietro Alumno had collected oute of ceiteigne the best auctours in that tongue . . . And about two yeres after, maister Tamwoorthe lent the booke written to sir N^'alter Mildmaie, who . . . caused it thus to be put in printe . . .•' This is followed by a letter, dated February 1548, from Thomas to Tamworth. On the title is the inscription " il libro Georgeo Goringo." 1057 THORNBOROUGH (John), Bishop of Bristol. A Discourse Plainely Prouing the euident vtilitie and vrgent necessitie of the desired happie Vnion of . . . England and Scotland : by way of answer to certaine obiedions against the same. London, Printed by Richard Field for Thomas Chard. 1604. Sm. 4to., olive levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1604 5 5 The dedicatory letter to King James, as well as the text of the Discourse are signed : Jo. Bristol. 1058 THROCKEMORTON (Francis). A discouerie of the treasons practised and attempted against the Queenes Maiestie antl the Realme, by Francis Throckemorton, who was for the same arraigned and condemned in Guyld Hall, in the Citie of London, the one and twentie day of May last past. 1584. Sm. 4to., black letter, several blank corners restored, bnt « soiind copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1584 15 15 Very rare. There are several editions of this pamphlet; no copy of this edition is in the British Museum. Besides the " true and perfect declaration of the Treasons practised ... by Francis Throckemorton . . ." there is " A letter sent from a Gentlemen of Lions Inne to his friend . . ." signed Q.Z. The printer was CJhristopher Barker. 1059 THUCYDIDES. The hystory writtone by Thucidides f^he Athenyan of the warre, which was betwene tlie Peloponesians and the Atlienyans, translated out of Frenche ... by Thomas Nicolls Citezeine and Goldesmyth of London. Imprinted the xxv. day of luly in tlie yeare ... a Thousande, fyue hundredde and fyftye. Sm. folio, printed in black letter ; the ivoodcut border to tlie title very slightly cut into at top and bottom, otherwise a quite sound and perfect copy, in fine condition, with the leaf of errata at end ; old calf rebacked 1550 ;56 First English translation of Thucydides, done from the French of Claude de Seyssel, who translated the Latin version of Laurentiiis Valla. In an address to the great Greek scholar ' Slayster John Cheke,' Nicolls asks him ' not onelye with fauoure to accepte this the furste my fruict in translatyon, but also conferringo it with the Greke, so to amende and correct it, in those places and sentences, whiche youre exacte lemynge and knolaige shall Judge mete to be altered and refourmed, that thereby thys sayd translation may triumphantly resist and wythstande the malycyous and deadly stynge of the generall and most ennemyes of all good exercyse.' This translation alone held the field until Thomas Hobbes published his, translated directly from the Greek, in IC'29. Printed by Stephen Mierdnian for Nicolls, who had obtained a seven years privilege from Edward VI. 16 242 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. ____ ______ 1060 TOBACCO. Work for Chimny-sweepers : Or A warning for Tabac- conists. Describing the pernicious vse of Tabacco . . . Fumus patripe, Igne alieno Luculentier . As much to say, Better be chokt with English hemp, then poisoned with Indian Tabacco. Imprinted at London by T. Este, for Thomas Bushell . . . 1602. Sm. 4to., a fine copy in red levant morocco extra, qilt edges, hy Riviere ' 1602 42 Extremely rare. A preface To the Keader, signed Philaretes, is followed by a poem occupying two pages to which the initials J. H. are appended. Hazlitt suggests that these initials may he those of John Hind. 1061 A Defence Of Tabacco : With A Friendly Answer To The late printed Booke called Worke for Chimny-Sweepers, &c. . . . London, Printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man. 1602. Sm, 4to., a fine copy, with the blank last leaf, in calf, gilt edges 1602 48 Vert rare. The hook is quite anonymous ; it is dedicated in verse to Sir Henry Cocke and Richard Browne. 1062 [TOMKIS (Thomas)]. Albumazar. A Comedy presented before the Kings Maiesty at Cambridge. By the Gentleman of Trinity Colledge. Newly revised and corrected by a speciall Hand. London, Printed by Nicholas Okes 1634. Sm. 4to., the catchword on IL^ cut away, hut a fine copy tvith the very rare blank first leaf and the second leaf, which is blank except for A, within a frame of type ornaments ; velhim, gilt edges, by Riviere " ' 1634 12 12 1063 another copy. Sm. 4to., a large and fine copy, with the blank first leaf and the second leaf blank except for A2 within a frame ; in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1634 15 Both copies are of either the third or fourth edition. It was originally published in 161.5, and in this year (1634) two editions were published. Which of the two is the earlier is not known, but these copies agree with the third entry of the play in Dr. Greg's List. Sir A. W. Ward says : " it was in truth an imitation of V Astrologo, an Italian comedy by G.-B. della Porta, printed at Venice in 1606 . . . Alhnmazar is . . . written with considerable fluency and occasional felicity of expression." 1064 TOM THUMB. Tom Thumb His Life and Death. Wherein is declared many marvelous acts of man-hood, full of wonder and strange merri- ment, which little Knight lived in King Arthurs time in the Court of Great Brittain. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright. Sm. 8vo., black letter, ivith a woodcut on the title, six in the text and one on each side of the last leaf ; the inner margin of the title mended affecting the woodcut slightly, otherwise a sound copy ; olive morocco [c. 1665] 50 Probably the only copy in existence. The woodcuts used are the same as in the 1630 edition (the earliest now known of this version in verse) but are a good deal older than that date. They bear evidence of much use, all show mai'ks of worming and some are badly broken. The cut on 62^ is probably of French origin and dates about 1530 ; it represents a King, on each side of whom are two courtiers. The date cannot be after 1667, the last year in which .1. Wright is heard of. With the signature of George Daniel and the bookplate of E. V. Utterson. 1065 TOM TYLER. Tom Tyler And His Wife. An Excellent Old Play, As It was Printed and Acted about a hundred Years ago. Together, with an exact Catalogue of all the playes that were ever yet printed. The second Impression, London, Printed in the Year, 1661, ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1 483-1700. 243 TOM TYLER, ronllnued :— f ^- (i- Sm. 4to., a small mend in a blank portion of the title and some of the rides in the Catalogue cut into, hut a sound copy ; calf gilt edges, ivith many of the loiver edges uti/'ut 1661 31 10 Kare. Although described as the ' second Impression ' it is the only edition known. Particularly interesting because of the 'True, perfect, and e.xact Catalogue of all the Comedies, Tragedies, Tragi-Comedies, Pastorals, Masques and Interludes, that were ever yet printed and published, till this present year 1661 . . ."occupying eight leaves. 10G6 T[OOKE] (G[eorge]). The Legend Of Brita-Mart : Otherwise Britaines Mars ; Or, A Paraphrase Vpon our Provisionall Martial] Discipline . Presented Dialogue-wise, between Publicola, Epimetheus, and Tn- fortunio ; the Scene Orayes-Inne Walkes : The Author, G. T. London : Printed by I. B[eale]. for Nicholas Fussell . . . 1635. Sm. 8vo., a few vuirginal notes cut into; otherivise a good copy in crimsoyi levant morocco, by Riviere 1635 35 This is the earliest edition known. Thci'e is a copy in Cambridge University iiibrary, but I can trace no other. Mr. E. Irving Carlyle, in the Dictionary of National Biofjraphy, writes : ' The book consists of an acute criticism of the constitution of the English infantry in the form of a dialogue between •' Mickle-AVorth the Patriot, Peny-Wi^e the Worlding, and Mille-Toyle the Soiildier." The copy of this work in the British Museum Library is probably unique.' This ' probably unique ' copy in the British Museum was published in 1646, and is therefore a later edition than that offered above. On comparing the two, it is found that the names of the characters have been englished in the British Museum copy. Indeed, on the last page of the latter the printer has twice for- gotten to substitute Feny-Wisc for Epimetheus. 1067 TRAGICUM THEATRUM. Tragicum Theatrum Adorum, & Casuuni Tragicorum Londini Publice celebratorum, Quibus Hibernise Proregi, Episcopo Cantuarensi, ac tandem Regi ipsi, AHisque vita adempta & ad Anglicanam Metamorphosin via est aperta. Amstelodami Apud Jodocum Jansonium Anno 1649. Sm. 8vo., tvith a folding plate of Whitehall and 8 portraits (includ- ing that of the Earl of Holland, usually missing) ; a fine copy in contemporary vellum 1649 3 10 1068 TREASURE OF POOR MEN. Here begynneth a good Boke of medycynes : called the Treasure of poore Men. (Col. :) Iraprjmted at London ... by Thomas Petyt. M.D.XXXIX. Sm. 8vo., black letter, the title ivithin an architectural ivoodcut border {McKerroin 86) containing Petit's device in a shield in the bottom section ; a fine ropy iri crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1539 42 Apparently the second or third edition of this popular herbal. In common with all editions it is of extreme rarity, the only other copy I can trace is in the British Museum. 1069 TREASURY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES. The Treasurie Of Auncient And Moderne Times. Containing the Learned Colledions, ludicious Readings, and Memorable Obseru- ations . . . Translated out of . . . Pedro Mexio . . . Francesco Sansouino . . . Anthonie Du Verdier . . . Loys Guyon . . . Claudius Gruget . . . [By Thomas Milles] London, Printed by W. laggard, 1613. Folio, a beautiful copy, crisp and remarhtbl y clean, in the ivell- pjreserved original binding of calf gilt 1613 8 8 1070 TREATISE. A treatyse : Contaynynge the Orygynall causes, and occasions of the diseases, growynge on horses. And the very perfyte, soueraigne remedyes for the same. Collected and gathered together, by a cunynge Horse mayster, very longe usyng, and practysynge the experience thereof . . . "M.CCCCC.LX. {Col. :) Imprynted at Lon- don ... by Thon Kvnge. •^ ' * 16* 244 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. TREATISE, continued:— £ ■'■ «'• Sm. 4to., black letter, the title ivithin a icoodciU border (^McKerroiv 111) ; the inner blank margins mended in places, affectiiig only one letter of text, otherwise a sonnd cojjy ; red ler>ant morocco, gilt edges, by Jiiviere ' ' 1560 84 Apparently unique. A curious and interesting collection of recipes for various equine ailments, amongst which one notices the following : — "41 For the hawe in the eye. The hawe in the eye is a fleame, for the sight of the eye, for if it wil goe in the eye, it will brede to a home, and it wil fret out the eye, take therefore a nedel and a threde, and put the nedel vnder the hawe, & so draw up the hawe with the threde and cut it oute with a sharpe knyfe, and spyt hys eye full of ayle one sanabitour." The final word in the above paragraph appears frequently at the end of a recipe and is apparently an anglicised form of the Latin sanahituv. Judging from the nature of the English employed and from the spelling, which, as in " penerth " for " pennyworth," is frequently in a way phonetical, one would imagine the book to have been printed from the Horsemaster's own recipe-book. *^* See illustration no. 107. 1071 TRUE COPY OF A DISCOURSE. A True Coppie of a Discourse written by a Gentleman, employed in the late Voyage of Spaine and Portingale : Sent to his particular friend, and by him published, for the better satisfaction of all such, as hauing been seduced by particular report, haue entred into conceipts tending to the discredit of the enterprise, and Adors of the same. At London Printed [by Thomas Orwin] for Thomas Woodcok . . . 1589. Sm. 4to., black letter, a fine and large copy with the blank last leaf ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1589 60 First issue ; extremely rare. After a few copies had been issued Eo was cancelled and a reprinted leaf inserted, in which a paragraph, full of high praise of the Earl of Esses, was interpolated. 1072 another copy. Sm. 4to., blackletter, a fine copy with the blank last leaf brown levant morocco extra, arms on sides, gilt edges by W. Pratt 1589 40 C Second issue ; also very rare. " The late Voyage " was a combined military and naval expedition, under the command of Sir John Norreys and Sir Francis Drake, against various fortified places in Spain and Portugal. The expedition made great havoc with the Spanish ships and harbours, but on land was tragically unsuccessful. Great losses were caused by sickness and out of a total of 23,375 men who left Plymouth on April 18 1589 only about 6,000 returned to that port in the beginning of July of the same year. 1073 TUNSTALL (Cuthbert). De Arte Supputandi Libri Quattuor Cutheberti Tonstalli. {Colophon on recto of last leaf:) Impress. Londini In Aedibus Richardi Pynsoni. Anno . . . M.D.XXII. Pridie Idus Octobris . . . Sm. 4to., Roman, letter, 204 leaves ; title ivithin a fine tvoodcnt border by Holbein ; a very fine and large copy in red morocco extra, double tvith rtissia, broad outside and inside gold borders, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf 1522 45 ( First edition of the first rook on AitiTHMETic published in England; VERY RARE. ' This book is decidedly the most classical which ever was written on the subject in Latin, both in purity of style and goodness of matter. The author had read everything on the subject, in every language which he knew, as he avers in his dedicatory letter to Thomas More, and had spent much time he says, ad ursi exemplum, in licking what he found into shape. The wonder is, that after this book had been reproduced in other countries, and had become generally known throughout Europe, the trifling speculations of the Btcthian school should have excited any further attention. For plain common sense, well expressed, Tonstall's book has been rarely surpassed, and never in the subject of which it treats.' — Be Muryafi. In his preliminary epistle to Sir Thomas More, Tunstall gives a curious account of the origin of this work. It seems that in his dealings with certain goldsmiths, or silversmiths, he suspected that the accounts were fraudulently prepared, he therefore made a special study of the forgotten science of his boyhood — arithmetic — in order to be able to check the figures. The result of his labours was a book for his own use, which, on being appointed Bishop of London, he thought no longer necessary to his new station, but probably worthy of l)eing printed for the use of others. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 245 £ s. d 1074 TURBERVILE (George). The Booke Of Falconrie or Hawking; For the onely delight and pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen : Colleded out of the best Authors . . . Heretofore published by- George Turbervile Gentleman. And now newly reviued, correcfted, and augmented . . . At London, Printed by Thomas Purfoot, An. Dom. 1611. With 44 woodcuts (12, repeated) 1611 The Noble Art Of Venerie or Hunting . . . Translated a few other small mends in the body of the book, with five letters or portions of lettei'S missing, three pagination marks slightly defective, and the leaf of music, containing the Bassus part of " The Anglers Song " just shaved, but getierally a sound and good copy ; green morocco extra , qilt edges, by F. Bedford ' 1653 First edition of this, the classic of angling ; extremely rare. It is a copy of the earlier issue with the orthographical errors uncorrected. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, and Fish- Ponds, and Fish, and Fishing. Not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. The second Edition much enlarged . . . London, Printed by T. M. for Rich. Marriot . . . 1655. 254 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. WALTON (Izaak), continued: — £ .s. d. 12mo., t/ie title jmrtiaUy engraved and with 10 eng railed Jig u res of fish in the text ; the leaf of music quite 'perfect with the fore-margins turned in ; the fore margin of the title restored, very slightly affecting the engraved portiori, a few headlines shaved and a slight worming in the last few leaves affecting a few letters of the text, but a good copy in qreen morocco extra, gilt edqes, hy F. Bedford " 1655 Second edition. The number of engravings were increased to ten in this and the subsequent editions. There appears here for the first time the seven sets of commendatory verses. The printer was T. Maxey. The Compleat Angler ... To which is added The Laws of AngUng : with a new Table of the Particulars in this Book. The third Edition much enlarged. London, Printed by J.G. for Rich. Harriot . . .^1661 Sm. 8vo., the title partially engraved and with 10 engraved figures of fish in the text, the leaves of music intact; a corner torn away destroying the pagination number ami one headline shaved, but a fine copy ; green 7norocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1661 First issue of the third edition; it was re-issued in 1664 with a new title. The Compleat Angler . . . The fourth Edition, much corrected and enlarged. London, Printed for R. Harriot, and are to be sold by Charles Harper . . . 1668. Sm. 8vo., the title partially engraved and with 10 engraved figures of fish in the text, the leaves of music intact ; a fine copy in old Encilish red. morocco, gilt edges 1668 Fourth edition. Although usually described as a page for page reprint of the third edition, this is hardly correct, as in this edition the bass of the Cantus setting of the song is omitted for the first time. The set of 4 vols., sm. 8vo., and 12mo., as described above 1653-68 1,000 It is exceptional for a set of Walton's Auyler to appear for sale, owing to the great rarity of the first and (particularly) second editions. All the copies offered ai'e, for this book, which is notoriously difficult to obtain in satisfactory condition, in good, sound state. The defects mentioned are in reality only trivial and in many cases are not apparent unless particularly searched foi'. It is interesting to note that the plates used for the engraved portions of the first edition were also used for the same parts of the three succeeding editions. It has been said that the plates used were silver, and not, as is usual, copper, but this is improbable. Silver is a softer metal than copper and consequently an engraved surface on silver would more quickly become worn tlian on coppei-, but tlie ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 255 WALTON (Izaak), continued:— £ ■^. d. impressions given by the plate for the title after having been used for five titles (the third edition was re-issued with a second title in 1664) are still brilliant, unusually so for copper and therefore still more unusual if silver had been the engraver's medium. 1109 The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, and Fish- Ponds, and Fish, and Fishing. Not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers . The second Edition much enlarged . . . London, Printed by T. M. for Rich. Marriot . . . 1655. 12mo., the title yartiaUy engraved and 10 engrailed, figures of fish in the text, the two leaves of " The Angler's Song . . . set hy Mr. Henry Lawes" quite intaet with their fore-margins turned in; the inner margins of a few leaves restored and a worm hole and a few tears mended, with a few letters fllled-in in facsimile, and one or two headlines shaved-, but, except for the defects enumerated, which are not obtrusive, a sound copy ; brown levant morocco extra, gilt edges, bij Riviere 1655 150 Second edition. Walton re-wrote the book, increasing it by more than a third, and four additional engravings (those of the bream, eel, loach, and bullhead) were added. Commendatory verses by John Floud, Alexander Brome, and other friends were also a new feature. The first edition of Walton's Angler is well-known to be a very rare book, but the second is certainly rarer. The title was printed from the same plate as was used for the first edition ; this is also the case in the third and fourth editions. The printer was T. Maxey. 1110 The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being A Discourse Of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish and Fishing. To which is added The Laws of Angling : with a new Table of the Particulars in this Book. The third Edition much enlarged. London, Printed by J. G. for Rich. Marriot ... 1661. Sm. 8 vo. , the title partially engraved and 1 engraved figures of fish in the text ; the title mended, ivith portions of two letters in facsimile, otherwise a fine and large copy in dark green levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1661 84 First issue of the third edition; it was re-issued in 1664 with a new title- page. 1111 The Lives Of D^ John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, M^ Richard Hooker, M"". George Herbert. Written by Izaak Walton. The Fourth Edition . . . London, Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Richard Marriot . . . 1675. Sm. 8vo., 7vith four engraved portraits ; a perfect copy in the original calf 1675 28 Fourth and best edition. This was a presentation copy, ' ffor m'" Baynes. Iz. Wa.' The words, in Walton's handwriting, are above the title. There are also some MS. corrections by Walton. 256 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. WALTON (Izaak), continued:— f «• d. 1112 another copy. iim. Svo., tcith i eu'/rai'ed po7-traits ; contemporary s/tee]) 1675 36 Presentation copy with inscription on title : ' ffor my ffriend m"" Jack Markham Iz : Wa : ' 1113 WARNER (William). Albions England : A Continued Historie of tlie same Kingdome, from the Originals of the first Inhabitants thereof. . . vnto, and in, the happie Raigne of our now most gracious Soueraigne Queene Elizabeth . . . First penned and published by William Warner : and now reuised, and newly inlarged by the same Author. London, Printed by the Widow Or win, for LB . . . 1597. Sm. 4to., a very fine copy in contemporary calf icith the original yreeii ties 1597 35 1114 another copy. Sm. 4to., a larger copy in tlie orifjinal limp vellum 1597 40 Second issue of the fourth edition ; the first issne has the date 1596 and but very few copies are known in that state. This issue is also very rare. The enlargments in this edition are books 10-12 and "An Addition in Proese to the second Booke of Albions England : contayning a Breuiate of the true Historie of ^neas." It is not generally known that between Lg and Mi was originally inserted a Genealogical Tree of the Houses of York and Lancaster. In almost all copies this table has been torn or cut out ; the only copy I know which contains it is in the British Museum. The calf cojjy above has definite signs of it having been cut out ; in the vellum copy it has been only partially torn out and a small portion of the tree is still visible. 1115 Albions England. A Continued Historie of the same Kingdome, from the Originals of the first Inhabitants thereof : With most the chiefe Alterations and Accidents theare hapning, vnto, and in the happie Raigne of our now most gracious Boueraigne, Queene Elizabeth . . . First penned and published by William Warner : and now reuised, and newly inlarged by the same Author : Whereunto is also newly added an Epitome of the whole Historie of England. London, Printed by Edm. Bollifant for George Potter . . . 1602. Sm. 4to., a single loorm-hole in the front jyoi'tion of the hook, hut a fine, clean copy with the blank last leaf ; old half calf 1602 31 10 The first complete edition ; five editions containing less material had ali'eady appeared. In this edition there are 13 Books and a prose Epitome. A Continuance was published in 1606. It is Warner's chief work, which in its own day achieved a high reputation. 1116 WATSON (Thomas), Bishop of Lincoln. Holsome and Catholyke doctryne concerninge the seuen Sacramentes of Chrystes Church . . . set forth in maner of shorte Sermons to bee made to the people, by the reuerand father in God Thomas byshop of Lincolue. Anno . 1558. Mense Februarij . Excusum Londini in sedibus Roberti Caly . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, the title ivithin an architectural woodcut border ; a fine, large co])y ivith the blank leaves \*'\^ and Aag ; modern limp) vellum, gilt edges 1558 10 10 1117 another copy. Sm. 4to., a little stained and a small worm-hole in the blank margins at the commencement, but a good copy, ivith both blank leaves, in the oi'iginal calf binding, tvith a gilt back and a gilt block ornament on both covers, skllfdly repaired 1558 The genuine first edition ; there was a surreptitious reprint in the same year, bearing Caly's name, but in reality printed by Kingston and Sutton. On Ai is a large and fine initial T depicting Christ and the Apostles. On the fly leaves at the end are a Latin poem on a presentation by Urban v to the then Emperor of Greece, a conversation in Latin and Eiigli.sh between a father and his sou on religious matters and a poem in English on tlie Image of Christ, all in a contemporary hand. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 257 WATSON (Thomas), Poet and Translator. The 'E/caro/x7ra^ta Or Passionate Centurie of Loue, Diiiided into two parts : whereof, the first expresseth the Authors sufferance in Loue : the latter, his long farewell to Loue and all his tyrannie. Composed by Thomas Watson . . and pul^lished at the request of certaine Gentlemen his very frendes. London Im- printed by lohn Wolfe for Gabriell Cawood . . . Sm. 4to., black, Roman and italic letter; the title within a border made up with a male and female figure (Mars and Venus) and two pieces of printers ornament (cut-into), and with a piece of ornament at the foot of almost every page ; a number of headlines and side- notes cut into, but a sound copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rwiere [1582J 475 First edition ; extremely rare. Only about six other perfect copies are known, three of them in public libraries. Watson in his day possessed a great reputation as a classical scholar and was famous for his renderings of Latin, Greek and Italian verse. This volume may justly be regarded as containing the best fruit of his short life. Although the title would lead one to suppose so, there is probably nothing of personal feeling in the poems printed here. The sonnets (so-called, although each has eighteen lines) are rendered, or paraphrased, chiefly from Italian and classical sources, among the authors drawn upon being Petrarch, Serafino dell'Aquila, Strozza, Baptista Mantuanus, ^neas Sylvius ; Virgil, Tibullus, Ovid, Horace ; Sophocles, Theocritus etc. ; which list is in itself sufficient commentary on the width of Watson's reading. Each poem is preceded by an explanation of its meaning in pi'ose, and written in the third person, but probably from Watsons pen. The book is dedicated to the Earl of Oxford and contains, besides commendatory verses by G. Bucke, G. Peele, M. Roydon etc., an epistle headed " lohn Lyly to the Authour his friend.'' The present is undoubtedly one of the most desirable of Elizabethan poetical volumes. WEAKEST GOETH TO THE WALL. The Weakest goeth to the Wall. As it hath bene sundry times plaide by the right honourable Earle of Oxenford . . . his seruants. London Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Oliue . . . 1600. Sm. 4to., a few small tears mended and a few con- temporary MS. notes in the margins, but a large and sound copy in red morocco extra, qilt edqes, by C. Mackenzie ' ' 1600 230 First editiox of this very rare play*, of which I can trace the existence of only four copies. No copy was in either the Huth or Hoe libraries although there are copies in the British Museum and the Bodleian library. Some authorities have thought this play to be the joint work of Dekker and \N'ebster, but Sir A. W. \Vard is not of this opinion, although he thinks in some respects " it bears a certain resemblance to the liandiwork of Dekker." Of the play itself he says ■ " it may be 17 258 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. WEAKEST GOETH TO THE WALL, continued:— ~~ £ «• d. noticed as a not iinpleasing production. The romantic action, derived from the first story in Barnabe Rich's Farewell to Militarie Profession (1581) and opening witli a dumb show of unparalleled fulness, keeps up the reader's interest, and some homely humour of a genuine ring is supplied by honest Barnaby Bunch, who robustly sustains among Frenchmen the honour of ' England, where the poor may have a pot of ale for a penny, fresh ale, firm ale, nappy ale, nippitate ale, irregular, secular ale, courageous, contagious ale, alcumisticall ale.' Neither in the humour nor in the pathos of this play is there anything which recalls Webster's manner . . .'' *^* See illustration no. 113. 1120 The Weakest goeth to the Wall . . . London, Printed by G. P.[urslowe] for Richard Hawkins . . . 1618. Sm. 4to., the title and feu: foil owing leaves mended in hlank portions and a small hole mended in one leaf, with a few letters restored in facsimile, a headline or two just shaved ; otherwise a sound copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1618 35 Second edition. 1121 WEBSTER (John). The Deuils Law-case. Or, When Women goe to Law, the Deuill is full of Busmesse. A new Tragecomoedy. The true and perfect Copie from the Originall . . . Written by lohn Webster . . . London, Printed by A.M. for John Grismand . . . 1623. Sm. 4to., except for a very slight staining a fine copy ; old straight-grained morocco, gilt, from the Inglis library ' ' ' ' 1623 105 First edition; very rare. The printer was Augustine Matthews. 1122 The White Deuil, Or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Vrsini, Duke of Brachiano, With The Life, and Death, of Vittoria Corombona, the famous Venetian Curtizan . . . Written by John Webster . . . London, Printed by I[ohn]. N[orton]. for Hugh Perry . . . 1631. Sm. 4to., a lieadline and one or two marginal notes cut into ; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1631 31 10 {Second edition, the first having been printed in 1 612. This powerful tragedy is often re^carded as its author's masterpiece. In Swinburne's opinion the finest scenes have never been surpassed or equalled except by Shakespeare. 1123 WEELKES (T.). Madrigals Of 5. and 6. parts, apt for the Viols and voices. Made & newly published By Thomas Weelkes . . . At London Printed by Thomas Este, tHe assigne of Thomas Morley. 1600. 5 parts (complete), canto, alto, tenore, quinto, BASSO 1600 Madrigals of 6. parts ... At London Printed by Thomas Este, the assigne of Thomas Morley. 1600. 6 parts, CANTO, alto, tenore, quinto, sesto, basso 1600 The two series, 11 parts bound in 1 vol. sm. 4to., a few headlines very sligJitly shared ; i-elliun 1600 150 Although the above appear to be two distinct works, they are in fact only one. The five-part madrigals which form the first series are complete in the five parts, although the title appears to call for a sixth. The six-part madrigals form another series with difierent title-pages. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 259 £ s. d. WEEVER (John). Faunus and Melliflora Or, The Original of our English Satyres . lohn Weeiier . . . London Printed by Valentine Simmes. 1600. Sm. 4to., a very Jine copy with many of the lower edges uncut ; crimson levant morocco extra, qilt edges, hy Riviere " ' 1600 2,500 A UNIQUE AND TOTALLY UNRECORDED POETICAL VOLUME. This is in all probability the only edition ; in any case no other is known. The book was not entered in the Stationer's Register, and it is most unlikely that there could have been a prior edition. Weever apparently left Cambridge in 1598, retired to his Lancashire home and there, as a result of his extensive reading of contemporary literature (he could have had no personal knowledge of the authors) composed numerous epigrams on Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson, Marston and other famous Elizabethans. These epigrams were ^ published in 1599 (when the author was only 23 years of age) under the title Einyrammes in the oldest Cut and newest Fashion . . . This must be regarded as his first work. His next previously known book was a small poetical work, having for its subject Sir John Oldcastle, published in 1601 under the title The Mirror of Martyrs . . . Between these two books comes Faniius and Melliflora. The book opens with a dedication to " Edward Stanley of Winwicke Esquire " which is signed with the author's name ; following this are several sets of commendatory verses signed only with the initials of their authors (M.D., R.H., I.F. — 1 John Fletcher— and T.H.), and a sonnet addressed by Weever to " M. Thomas Bromley of Deerefolde." The poem itself follows, in rjiyming couplets, occupying 37 pages. It is the story of the loves of Faunus, son of Picus, the second King of the Laurentes, and Melliflora (or Fauna or Faula) one of Diana's Nymphs. Diana in revenge for the desertion of her Nymph turns their son into a Satyr. " The Original of our English Satyres " is expounded in the last few lines — Brutus when landing at Dover is credited with having brought with him some Satyrs who, after running wild in ' the wild of Kent ' : — " By some great power or heauenly influence The Faeries proued full stout hardy knights, In iusts, inrtilts in turnaments, and fights. As Spencer shewes. But Spencer now is gone, You Faery Knights, your greatest losse bemone." Our author then traces the origin of the literaiy Satire as springing from the fabled half- man half-beast bearing the same name : " The Satyres ierking sharp fang'd poesie Lashing and biting Venus luxurie, Gauling the sides of foule impiety. Scourging the lewdness of damnd villany. Shooting out sharp quills in each angry line, Through heapt-vp vices like the porcupine." The poem is truly Elizabethan in tone and although the poetry is not always on the same level of excellence in diction and rhyme (it must be remembered that the author was little more than a youth when it was composed) it nevertheless must hold a high place amongst the pseudo-classical pastoral poems, which abound in this, the greatest period of English literature. 17* 260 BERNARD QUAEITCH'S CATALOGUE. WEEVER (John), continued:— & s. d. The remainder of the book contains translations of " The first Satyre cf Horace," " The first Satyre of Persies," and "The first Satvre of luuenall " and "A Prophesie of this present yeare, 1600." The last is more a review of the vices and abuses which Wef^ver hoped would disappear with the first year of the century, than a Prophesy. In it we read : — " Though Dario bragge, that for reward or fee, He neuer made his Muse a mercenarie : Yet written, giues her vnto Noble men. And in exchange receiues their Ang' Is then." Collation : [A] — 1^ of which [A]i was probably a blank and is cut away. *^* See illustration no. 114. 1125 WELSHMAN'S LAST PETITION. The Welchmans last Petition and Protestation : desiring that speedy aide might bee sent her against her home-bred enemies, as her shall declare and shew to be in her following Petition. Wliereunto is added the Protestation of Thomas, ap Shinkin, ap Morgan, &c. Print* d at London for F. Couls, T. Bates, I. AYright, T. Banks. 1642. 4 leaves, with woodcut of a Welshman on title 1642 De Welchmans Sermon As it was Telivered pefore De Welch Hempas- sador At Hy-perry-parne, De 4"» day of Abril, 1660. Pydat Referent Shentleman'William ap Pew, ap Evan, ap Morgan, ap Shinkin Shon Parper, Pachiler in Tifinity . . . Lonton, Printed vor Evan Harry- W^atkin ant are to be sold' py Griffiu (sic) Clyder ap Shinkin Shentle- man of Wales, 1660. 4 leaves, tvith cut of a bird hearing a h^anch in its beak, on title 1660 2 very curious pieces, bound together in 1 vol., sm. 4to., half russia; exteemkly rare 1642-60 12 12 1126 W[EMYSS] (Mrs. A.). A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia : Wherein is handled The Loves of Amphialus and Helena Queen of Corinth, Prince Plangus and Erona. With the Historie of the Loves of Old Glaius and Young Strephon to Urania. Written by a Young Gentlewoman, M"' A.W. London, Printed by William Bentley, and are to be sold by Thomas Heath, near the Pyazza of the Coven- Garden. Anno Dom. 1651. Sm. 8vo.. u-ith three old signatures on the title ; a fine copy in old calf ' ' " 1651 15 15 First edition of this rare book. Preceding the title is a leaf which is blank except for a device (?) on the recto. The devii-e is printed from a wood-block and is an oval ('2 1-5 x 1 7 mm.) enclosing a shield bearing the sun as a charge ; around the oval is the motto " Deus est nobis sol et scutum ". This may be the printer's or publisher's device. 1127 WHETSTONE (George). The English MjTror. A Regard Wherein al estates may behold the Conquests of Enuy : Containing ruine of common weales, murther of Princes, cause of heresies, and in all ages, spoile ol deuine and humane blessings . . . Publishing the peacealde vidlories obtained by the Queenes most excellent Maiesty, against this mortall eniniie of publike peace and prosperitie . . . By George Whetstones Gent ... At London. Printed by l. Winiet for G. Seton . . . 1586. Sm. 4to., b/'tck letter, the tkle within a horder of tppe ornaments, on the verso the arms of Queen Elizabeth, ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1483-1700. 261 WHETSTONE (George), continued:— £ *• d. below w/iick are 16 lines of verse, the Jirst letter of each line taken consecutively forming the words " Elizabetha Regina " ; afne and large copy in old dark blue morocco, with a broad border in gilt and blind tooling on the sides, gilt back and gilt edges 1586 180 FiKST EDITION : RARE. ' There was a dedication to Queen Elizabeth, and an address to the ' nobilitie of this flourishing realm.' . . . The first division of the work treats of miscellaneous incidents in foi-eign history, the second division treats of the reigns of the Tudors in England and supplies much interesting detail respecting recent conspiracies against Elizabeth's rule ; the third division discusses the duties of rulers and the functions performed in a well-regulated state by the nobility, the clergy, the yeomanry, and officers of justice.' 1128 WHITINTON (Robert)! Editio roberti Whittintoni lichfeldiensis grammatices magistri et prothouatis Anglie in llorentissima Uxoniensi academia laureati. Declin- ationes noim ta latinoru q grecoru . . . {Col. :) . . . Impressa London, per wynandu de worde in vice vulgariter nuncupato (the fletestrete) ad signu Solis commorante. Anno dni. M.CCCCC.xvii. kSm. 4to,, black letter, 14 leaves (A^ B^) ; with a device (McKerrow 23c) on the title and another [McKerrow 19) on the last page-, a large copy in red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1517 100 1129 De heteroclitis nominibus. Editio Roberti Whittintoni lichfeldiensis . . . de heteroclitis nominibus et gradibus comparatonis . . . (Col. .•)...( >xonie impressa p loanne iScolar in viculo diui loannis baptiste moram trahentem Anno (hii. M.CCCCC. dec- imooctauo Mensis vero Iiinii. die vicesimoseptimo. Sm. 4t ^., black letter, 10 leaves (A*^ B^) ; with a woodcut on the title and the printer's device on the last page ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere Oaford, 1518 150 Extremely rare as only a few copies are known, all with the exception of this and one other being in public libraries. There is no copy in the British Museum. *^* See illustration no. 115. 1130 De Heteroclitis Nominibus Et De Vltima Correctione . Grammaticae YVhitintonian?e : Liber tertius de nominum heteroclisi . . . Anno Ab Incar- natione Domini. M.D.XXXl. (Col. .) Impressum per mc VVynadum de VVorde. . . . M.D.XXXL Mens. Mar. Sm. 4to., black and Roman, letter, the title within a border of 4 pieces of ornament ; a fine copy in crimson levant morocco ; gilt edges, by Riviere 1531 200 Apparently unique ; this edition is not recorded in the Biblio- graphical Society's Handiista. 262 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. WHITINTON (Robert), continued:— ^ '■ '^■ 1131 Grammaticae VVhitintonian?e Liber secundus de nominum declinatione . . . (Co/. :) Londini in ?edibus VVinandi de VVorde . Anno virginei partus, vicesimo tertio, supra sesquimillesimum. Sm. Ito., Roman and black letter, 14 leaves (A^ B^ C^); crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, hy Riviere 1523 180 1132 Gramatice VVhitintonianse Liber secundus de noim declinatione . . . (Col.:) Londini in edibus VVinandi de VVorde . Anno virginei partus, vigesimo nono, supra sesquimillesimum. Sm. 4to., black and Roman letter; the title within a border of four pieces of ornament and de Worde's device (McKerrow 46/?) surrounded with five pieces of ornarnent on the verso of the last leaf ; a fine copy in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1529 120 Apparently the only other copy known is in the Bodleian library. 1133 Grammatices Primae partis Liber primus Roberti VV.L.L. nuperrime recognitus. De nominum generibus . . . (Col. :) Ex typis VVinandi de VVorden, vicesimo secundo verbi incarnati supra sesquimillesimum anno. Pridie Cal'. Septemb. Sm. 4to., Roman and black letter, 14 leaves (A^B'^C*), of which the last contains the printer's device (McKerrow 46/3) and border-pieces (including McKerrow 49 and 50), both on recto and verso ; the title within a compartinent of four pieces ; criinson levant morocco, qilt edges, by Riviere ^ 1522 180 Extremely rare. Apparently the only other copy known is that in the John Rylands Library. *^* See illustration no. 116. 1134 — Roberti Whittintoni alma in vniuersitate Oxoniensi lanreati de octo partil/^ orationis opusculu : de nouo recognitum. {Col. ;) Expliciunt . . . octo . . . partes fideliter : Londini per Wynadum de worde, eo in vico que vulgi (fletestrete) diciit impresse : Soils sub intersignio. incarnati verbi Anno MCCCCC.xix. Octauo Idus Aprilis. Sm. 4to., black letter, 14 leaves (A'' B'' C*) ; with a woo6/iut of a •master and pii.jdls on the title, and jjrinter's device [McKerrow 20) on the last naue ; a large copy in red levant morocco, ijilt ed<)es, hy Riviere 1519 80 1135 Roberti VVhitintoni alma in vniversitate Oxon- iensi laureati, de odio partibus orationis editio . . . (Col. :) Londini in gdibus VVinandi de VVorde vicesimo secundo supra sesquimillesimum nostras salutis anno. Idib^ Aprilis. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : U83-1700. 263 WHITINTON (Robert), continued:— T17~d. Sm. 4to., printed in Mack and Roman letter, 14 leaves ( A^ B" C^) ; the title within a border, and with the printer's device on last page ; crimson levant morocco, gilt edqes, by Riviere ' ' 1522 220 Apparently the only copy known. It has the signature ' W. Bayntun, Gray's Inn ' at the foot of the title. 1136 Robert! VVhitintoni L. Secuiida grammatics pars de syllabaru quantitate . accetu . & varijs metroru generibus . nuprime recesita, limatius polita, adiectis coplusculis & nonullis Calcographorum elimatis erratis . . . {Col. :) Londini in aedibus Winadi de VVorden vicesimo primo supra sesqiiimillesimii nostrse salutis anno. Sm. 4to., black and Roman letter, the title within a border made up with four pieces of ornament, two of which have Caoctoits mark in the middle ; a fine cop)y in crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1521 220 Apparently the only copy known of an unrecorded edition. It is quite distinct from the edition entered under the year 1521 in Mr. Gordon Duff's list. *^* See illustration no. 117. 1137 — Roberti whitintoni lichfeldiensis, gramatices magistri & prothoiiatis Anglie in florentissima Oxon- iensi achademia Lam-eati lucubrationes . De synonimis . . . De Epithetis . . . [Col. :) Expliciunt synonima Londoii per wynandmn de worde impressa. Sm. 4to., lAack letter, 26 leaves (A' B^ C D") ; with the 2^ ''inter's device (McKerrow 19) at end ; an extremely fine copy, with one or two uncut lower margins ; straight- grained crirnson 7norocco, gilt edges [1515-16] 100 1138 Roberti VVhitintoni Lichfeldiensis hicubrationes. De syonimis . . . De epithetis . . . De variandi formuKs tam pedestri q sokito sermone . . Experiential de virtutis immortalitate . . De veterum Romanorum magistrati- bus . . . {Col. :) Londini in §dibus V^Vinadi de VVorde, anno domini. M.CCCCC.xxij. Sm. 4to., Roman and black letter, 28 leaves (A-D^'* F.^) ; crijnson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1522 220 Apparently the only copy known. 1139 Prffiterita verbormii . Gramatcipe prima pars Roberti VVhitintoni L.L. nuperrime recensita . Liber quintus, de verboru prseteritis & supinis cii comento necnon interhniari didlionmn interpretatione . . . {Col. :) Londini in ledibus VVinandi de VVorde. xxij. supra sesquimillesimii nostrse redemptionis anno. Sm. 4to., Roman and black letter, 20 leaves (A-D^"") ; the title within a co7npartment of 4 pieces ; crimson levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1522 220 Apparently the only copy knoavn. 264 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. WHITINTOX (Robert), continued:— *' *• ^'• 1140 Sintaxis . Koberti VVhitintoni Lichfeldiensis in floreutissima Oxoniensi academia laiireati opusculu, de Syntaxi, siue construc5lione recensitu . xxij . supra sesquimillesimu iifae salutis anno . Idi. Febriia . {Col. :) Londini, in ajdibus Winandi Wordensis Christi ab incarnatioe, anno, xxiiij. supra sesquiniillesimfi. Idibus lanuar. Sm. 4to., Roman and black letter, 34 leaves (A^ B-G**"^) ; of which the last leaf bears the printer's device {on the terso); the title and the device within a border of 4: pieces; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1523 180 Extremely rare ; the only copy mentioned in the Bibliographical Society's Hand-List being one in a private library. 1141 — . — - Vulgai'ia Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldiensis, et de institutione grammaticuloi;. Opuscub"i : libello suo de concinnitate Granniiatices accomniodatuni : et i quatuor partes digestti . . . {Col. :) Londini in edibus winandi de worde vicesimo supra sesquimillesimu nostre salutis anno. Sm. 4to., black letter 48 leaves {A-W'^) ; the title within a border of 4 pieces, and with the printer's device {McKerrow 11) ; a fine large copy with some uncut fore- margins, but having an oi'iginal defect, affecting 3 or 4 letters in 1 leaf; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere ' ' 1520 150 First edition of this popular grammar, wliich rapidly passed through several editions. A great part of it is in English. Only two other copies appear to be known. 1142 — Vulgaria Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldiensis, & de institutione gramaticuloT^ opusculum : libello suo de concinnitate grammatices accommodatum : & in quattuor partes digestum . . . {Col. :) Londini in edibus Winandi de Worde xxiij. supra sesquimillesinuim nostre salutis anno. Sm. 4to., printed mostly in black letter, but with some Roman ; the title with a compartment of 4 pieces; crim- son levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1523 180 Extremely rare ; the only copy mentioned in the Bibliographical Society's JInndrList is that in a private library. 1143 WIB[ARNE] (los.). The New Age Of Old Names. By los. Wib. Master of Artes of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge . . . London Printed for William Barret, and Henry Fetherstone . 1609. Sm. 4tO., the title and one or tivo other leaven slightly dust-soiled, hut a Jine copy ; hroivu mnrocco, (jilt I'dges 1609 f KxowN is an imperfect one belonging to Mr. E. F. Bosanquet which is described in his Monograph unfler the number cxcix. The contents are substantially the same as in the edition previously described. The main differences are as follows : the prayers are cut down to 3 pp. ; the wages table is omitted, the Table relating to Coins is curtailed ; the history of England and Wales is carried down to the Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots on 1st vellum, defective 1541 8 8 Apparently the third edition ; very rare. There are several octavo editions (see below) which purport to have been printed in 1541, but this present edition is the only one certainly printed in that year. 1202 The Castel Of Helth Corrected And In Some places augmented, by the fyrst author thereof, syr Thomas Elyot . . . 1541, {Col. :) Londini In Aedibus Thomae Bertheleti . . . M.D.XLI. Sm. 8vo., black letter, the title loithin a icoodcut border and tvif/i Elyot's arms on the verso ; someujhat stained, but a sound copjy in bine morocco, gdt edges [1544?] 9 9 A quite different edition from the one described above and very piobably printed in 1544. 1203 ERASMUS (Desiderius). De Ciuilitate Morun (sic) Puerilium per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum, Libellus nunc primum it conditus k, a^ditus. Roberto VVhitintoni interprete. A lytell booke of good maners for chyldren, no we lately compyled and put forth by Erasmus Roterodam in latyne . . . with interpretacion . . . in . . englysshe . . by Robert whytyngton . . . {Col. ;) . . . Imprinted at London ... by ♦ wynkyn de worde . . . M.CCCCC. xxxii . the . x. daye of Septebre. (yVte last leaf blank except for Wynkyn de Worries device, McKerrow 46;8, on the verso). Sm 8vo., black a ) id italic letter, printed in double columns, tcith text and translatio7i side by side, the title tvithin a border of four pieces of m'nament ; A; missing, the top viargin o/Ag mended, affecting the first line of text and a ivormhole in the lower margin of each, leaf mended, bnt affecting only portions (f four letters on C^ ." brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by F. Bedford ' 1532 84 The only copy known. This is the earliest edition in English of which any real trace exists ; T.owndes mentions !in edition of 1522 but knew of no copv and Mr. Gordon Dulf in liis HaiuUial was also unable to give the wliereabouts of a cop\'. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 279 1204 FEERARIUS (Johannes), Montanus. A VVoorke Of loannes Ferrarius Montanus, touchynge the good orderynge of a common weale . . . Englished by wiUiam Bauande. 1559. Imprinted at London, by Ihon Kingston, for Ihon Wight . . . Sm. 4to., black letter, the title within a woodcut border ; a ■eery Jine copy with the leaf of Errata and the blank last leaf, in a sixteenth century English binding 'of brown calf with gilt block Lyonnesse corner and centre pieces, part of the raised portions of which are finished off with silver paint, the ground semee of regularly disposed groups of three minute dots, the back without bands and gilt to a similar pattern, gilt edges 1559 100 Very rare. " The book is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. Scattered up and down the work are several verse-translations of passages from classical poets. Jasper Heywood, in his translation of Seneca's ' Theystes' (1.560) mentions Bavand in these words : — " There Bavande bides that turned his toil A common wealth to frame, And greater grace in English gives To worthy authors name." — D. N. B. On the fly-leaf is the signature of Wm. Herbert 1771. 1205 GRADUS COMPARATIONUM. Sum es fui. Gradus comparationii cum verbis anomaUs simul cum eorum compositis. [Col. :) Imprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne, ])y Wynkyn de Worde. Anno diii. M.CCCCC.xxxij. Sm. 4to., black letter, 8 leaves (A-B^), without a regidar title page; with the printer's device (McKerrow 21) on the last page ; a large copy, with several uncut margins, in blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere 1532 200 Apparently the only copy of this edition known. Much of the text is in English. 1206 HERBERT (George). The Temple. Sacred Poems And Priuate Ejaculations. By Mr. George Herbert . . . Cambridge : Printed by Thorn. Buck, and Roger Daniel . . . 1633. Sm. 8vo., some headlines cut into and a small hole in the last three leaves mended, with portions of seven letters in facsimile, but a sou7id copy in dark blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere Cambridge, 1633 75 FiKST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION ; vEKY KAHE. There is another issiie of this edition, of which only two copies are known. This other issue has heen frequently described as the first, but this is an error, it being the same book with a cancel title. 1207 HEXHAM (Henry). A Copious English And Xetherduytch Dictionarie, Composed out of our best English Authours ... As Also A compendious Grammar . . . Het Groot Woorden-Boeck . . . Door Henry Hexham. Tot Rotterdam, Gedruckt by Aernout Leers, Anno 1648. Sm. 4to., title in. red and black and in Englisli and Dutch ; a good copy in old calf Rottei'dam, IQiS 3 3 280 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. £ s. d 1208 [HOPE (Sir William)]. The Scots Fencing-Master Or Compleat Small-Sword-Man ... By W. H. Gent. Edinburgh, Printed by John Reid, Anno Dom. 1687. Sm. 8vo., ^vith 12 very curious plates : maroonlevaiit morocco extra, gilt edges, bij Wars/old 1687 10 lU First edition ; very r\re. The title is peculiar in occupying two leaves. It was afterwards reissued under the title of The Compleat. Fnunng Master. 1209 HOURS OF SARUM USE. Hore Beatissime virginis marie ad legiti- mum Sarisbm'iensis Ecclesie ritum, cum quindecim orationibus beate Brigitte, ac multis alijs orationibus pulcherrimis, et indulgentijs, cum tabula aptissima iam vltimo adiectis. 1530 Venundantur Parisijs a Francisco Regnault . . . {Col. .•)... Impresse Parisij per Franciscum Regnault . . . 4to., got hie letter, printed in red and black, each page within a beautiful wood<:ut border and ivith a large number of large and small fine ivood and metal cuts in the text ; a few headlines cut into, but a five copy in dark brown morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges, by F. Bedford Paris, 1530 55 A FINE AND VERY RARE Kortp. Many of the rubrics are in English, as also are some prayers, such as the ' xv. oos ', at the end. Beneath several of the large cuts is an explanatory verso in English. Hoskins, no. 93. 1210 LESLIE (John), Bishop of Boss. loannis Leslfei Scoti, Episcopi Rossen. Libri Duo : Quorum vno, Pise Afflicti Animi Consolationes, diuinaque remedia : Altero, Animi Tranquilli Munimentum & conseruatio, Con- tinentur. Ad . . . Mariam Scotorum Reginam. His Adiecimus Eiusdem Principis Epistolam ad Rossensem Episcopum, et versus item GalHcos Latino carmine translatos . . . Parisiis, Ex Officina Petri rHuillier ... 1574 .. . 8m. 8vo., old calf gilt 1574 4 4 Dav id Laing's copy of this rare work, which contains two poems and some prayers by Mary Queen of Scots, realised £d. los. 1211 LITHGOW (W.). Scotlands Welcome To Her Native Sonne, And Soveraigne Lord, King Charles Wherein is also contained, the maner of His Coronation, and Convocation of Parliament ; The whole Grievances ... of this Kingdome, with diverse other relations, never heretofore published . . . By William Lithgovv . . . Edinburgh Printed by lohn Wreittoun . . . Sm. 4to., a very fine copy ivith the blauk first leaf in calj extra, gilt edges, by Bedford ' Edinburgh, [U33] 20 The only edition and extremely rare. The above volume, which is in verse, is from the collections of Bright and Corser, and fonnorly belonged to the old library of the Earls of Sutherland. Before it was rebound, the volume bore, on the old gilt vellum cover, the autograph ' Sutherland.' ' The most interesting [of Lithgow's poems] is " Scotlands Welcome to King Charles, 1633," which gives a very curious picture of North Britain— the decay of education and of football, the runaway marriages to England, the taking of snuff by ladies for the headache, and the immodesty of plaids.' — F. Uindes Groomc. 1212 [LLOYD (David)]. The Legend Of Captain Jones . . . London, Printed for Humphrey Moseley . . . 1659. Sm. 8vo., with a folding engraved frontispiece by W. Marshall ; a little wormed in the inner margins of some leaves affecting the text slightly, but a fine copy with the fore and loioer edges uncut, the former ' in some cases unopened ; red morocco 1659 20 Extremely rake. The title to the second part (on Ds) has the imprint " Printed for Richard ilarriot . . . IGoG." Marriot's name also occui-s on the frontispiece. It would appear, therefore, that the first title is a cancel leaf. It is Nvritten entirely in verse and has several complimi'utary versos prefixed. ENGLISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE : 1483-1700. 281 1213 LOVE AND TRUTH. Love and Truth : In Two modest and peaceable Letters. Concerning The distempers of the present Times. Written From a quiet and Conformable Citizen of London, to two busie and Factious Shop-keepers in Coventry . . . London, Printed by M.C. for Henry Brome . . . 1680. Sm. 4to., u-ith some contempora/ry scribble and a corner of Ei defec- tive, but a good cojiy in polished calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1680 12 li' Extremely rare. In this copy the dedication (A2) is in duplicate. The leaf which belongs to this copy is subscribed " N.N." and directed " To Mr. Henry Brome in St. Paul's Churchyard, London." while the other is superscribed merely "The Author to the Stationer," and has no signature. The alterations were made in the press, as the setting-up is the same. Tlie first letter purports to have been \vi-itten in 1667, the second in 1679. The present copy belonged to Mr. Pickering the bookseller, and has on the fly-leaf the following note in his handwriting : '• In Emmanuel College, Cambridge, is a volume of Tracts formerly Archbishoi) Sancroft's. In the MS. Contents by Sancroft is written, ' Walton, Is. Two Letters on y® distempers of y^ Times.' In the Advertisement of The Author to the Stationer the printed word Author is erased and over it written bit Isaac Walton ' Publisher, ' from which we infer that Walton was the editor and not the writer of the two letters. See Nicolas's Life, p. 101. Dr. Zouch has reprinted the tract as Walton's at the end of his edition of Walton's Lives, from the copy in Emmanuel College, which he believed to be unique. This copy has the dedicatory Letter in two forms . . . W. Pickering, Dec. 25, 1850." 1214 LUC ANUS (Marcus Annteus). Lucans Pharsalia : Containing The Ciuill Warres betweene Caesar and Pompey. VVritten In Latine Heroicall Verse by M. Annfeus Lucanus. Translated Into English verse hy Sir Arthur Gorges Knight. Whereunto is annexed the life of the Authour . . . London printed for T. Thorp. 1614. Sm. folio, Ee^ has a piece torn from the margin affecting tlie rule sligldly ; a good copy in polished calf , gilt edges, by Riviere 1614 12 12 First edition ot this, apparently the first English, translation. It is dedicated to the Countess of Bedford by Carew Gorges, the son of the translator. There are commendatory verses by W.K., S.S., A.I., and T.W. The printer was Nicholas Okes. 1215 LYLY (John). Euphues. The Anatomy Of Wit . . . By lohn Lyly . . . Corrected and augmented. At Lon- don Printed for Gabriel Cavvood . . . (Co/.:) At London printed bv Thomas East for Gabriel Cawood . . . 1585. The tejct of the title hdaid within a border taken front another Jmok, the blank margins of the neoct three leaves mended, otherwise a sound copy Euphues and his England . . . By lohn Lyly . . . Printed at London for Gabriel Cawood . . . 1586. {Col. :) Lnprinted at London by Thomas East, for Gabriel Cawood . . . Title within a border of type ornaments ; the blaid: f'oremargin of a leaf mended and a tiny hole in tlie last leaf but a good, sound copy 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to., black letter; green levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by W. Pratt 1585-6 120 Early and extremely rare editions of both parts. Mr. R. W. Bond in preparing his edition of Ttie Complete Works of John Lyly was unable to see a copy. Tliere is no copy in the British Museiun and the only other complete copies recorded appear to be that formerh' in the Britwell Library and a copy sold in 1907. 282 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. 1216 [LYNDEWODE (William)]. Incipiunt opera sup costi- tutiones puinciales et Othonis [et Octoboni] . . . {Col. :) Habes Cadide lector has Legati Costitutioes cii loanne Othone nnper Impressas atq3 Cura vigilantissima recognitas Londonii Apud . . winandum de worde . . . M.D.xxvi. Decimo sexto ka. Augusti. [On the verso, helow some lines of verse addressed to Henry VIII, Wynkyii de Worde' s device, McKerrow 11). Sm. 8vo., black letter ; wormed in places affecting the text somewhat, but a sound copy although a little water- stained ; old calf , neatly repaired 1526 100 The only copy known ; it is not recorded in Mr. Gordon Duffs Handlist. On the title is a Latin verse headed : " loannis Belloniaii Valesii, de huius opis recognitione, Carmen Decastichon." and on the verso of the hist leaf another Latin verse, as above mentioned, by the same author. 1217 MULC ASTER (Richard). Positions Wherein Those Primitiue Circum- stances Be Examined, Which Are Necessarie For The Training vp of children, either for skill in their books, or health in their Ijodie. Written by Richard Mulcaster . . . Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautrollier . . . 1581. Sm. 4to., a wormhole r^innmg throughout the book, hut affecting the text only slightly, except in sigs. Dd-Ff where it has been filled in, otherwise a sound copy ; dark blue levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere 1581 31 10 FiKST EDITION, vKRY KAEE. Hazlitt states that the book was repriiited in 1587 and 1591, but no trace of these editions can be found. Mulcaster was the first head- master of the Merchant Taylors school founded in 1561 ; he served in that capacity until 1586. Some copies have the name of the bookseller, T. Charde, in the imprint ; this copy has the printer's name only. 1L>1S SCOTTISH PLAYING CARDS. A Complete Set of 52 Playing Cards with engraved Arms of the Scottish Nobility, and 2 extra, one of ivhich has the following title, beneath the Arms of Edinburgh : — " Phylarcharum Scotorum Gentilicia insigna illustria a Gualtero Scot Aurifice Chartis lusorijs Exepressa Sculpsit Edinburgi Anno Dom : CIO.IC.XCI." the other the seal of the Lyon office impaled with the arms of Sir Alexander Erskine of Cambo. Tltey /lave been skilfully itdaid to post Svo. size (each card measures 3.7/16 x 2.1/4 inches) and bound in In'oicn morocco extra, tvifh a 7'ich doublure of red morocco extra, gilt over tnarbled edges, by Chambolle Duru Edinburgh, lb9\ {in error for IQ91) 31 10 Extremely rare and interesting. This set fonnerly belonged to David Laing. Lady Charlotte Schreiber, who possessed an imperfect set, wrote in her Playing Cards of rario'ts ages and countries, " This curious heraldic pack consists of fifty-two cards as usual with two title cards. The cards gives the arms of the Scottish peers as they existed in 1691, when they were engraved by Walter Scott of Edinburg goldsmith, though thi! date is erroneously engraved. Sir Walter Scott had one of these packs at Abbotsford, on which he has noted that one Walter Scott, goldsmith of Edinburgh was admitted into the fraternity of his craft in 1686, and another Walter in 1701. The idea of publishing these cards may have been suggested by those of the English j)eers . . . which are some years earlier." Notices of the cards have appeared in Norfolk Archaeology, Vol. V, p. 1, and in the Herald and Genealogist, Vol. Ill, p. 80. 1219 WALLACE (James). A Description Of the Isles of Orkney; By Master James Wallace, late Minister of Kirkwall ... To which is added. An Essay concerning the Thule of the Ancients. Edinburgh, Printed }>y John Reid, In the Year M.DC.XCIII. Sm. Svo., -with 3 folding plates ; calf gilt Edinburg/i, 1693 4 4 The Essay on Tliulc h;is a separate title, but is dated the same year. L>8:3 ' INDEX OF PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS N.B. — -No (Mempt has been made to ideiitAfy the printers of anotiymoasly printed hooks published 'iftrr 1640. IVie letter " u " placed after an item-nnniber denotes tliat the printer or bookseller will be fon,nd mentioned in the itote affixed to that item. The dates in ordiruiry brackets are those of dated books ; those in square brackets are dates assigned to imdated books. A., 11. (1646) 852. Adams, Frank (1584) 1171 Thomas (1603) 349,(1606) 320,(1609) 350*. Aggas, Edward [1586] 496, 497, (1588) 536. Alchorne, Thomas (1631) 244, (1635) 850, (1638) 1156. Allam, John, Oxford (1638) 2. Allde, Edward (1590) 632, 795, (1595) 455«.., (1606) 92, 791, (1607) ISZn., 979, 1196,(1610) 144, (1612) 693, (1626) 1049 {sec p. 288), (1628) 453 {see p. 288). Elizabeth (1630) 332, 861, (1633) 28, (1635) 957. Allestry, James (1659) 407, (1664) 209, (1670) 715. Allot, Robert (1631) 8, (1632) 970, (1635) 1160. ■ Thomas (1639) 397. Alsop, Benjamin (1683) 1168, (1684) 966. Bernard (1616) 25»., (1617) 861, (1620) 699, (1639) 814, (1646) 213, (1650) 105. and Thomas Fawcet (1631) 876, (1636) 416, (1639) 833. Elizabeth (1653) 623, (1657) 417. Amazeur, Jean, Paris (1555) 752. Amsterdam, no name of printer (1608) 1001. Anderson, George, Glasgow (1638) 952. Andrewe, Lawrence [1529 P] 1093,[1530r'] 548. Andrews, Elizabeth (1663) 472. John (1657) 417, (1660) 556. Archer, Thomas (1607) 1196. Aspley, WiUiam (1600) 974, (1604) 1032, (1605) 250, (1606) 191, (1612) 980, (1632) 970. Austin, Robert (1648) 1163. Awdlev, John (1561) 792. B., I. (1597) 1113. B., J. (1631) 8, (1637) 399, (1645) 592, [1660?] 419. B., 0. (1680) 853. B., R. (1664) 906. B., W. (1617) 635, (1656) 8. Back, J. [1696 ?] 243;^, (1697) 488. Baddeley Richard (1653) 907w. Bade, Josse, Paris (1517) 441, [1527] 145. Badger, Richard (1635) 850. Bagfet, Joseph (1613) 980. Baldwin, Richard (1693) 942. Ballard, Henry (1608) 326, 1197«. Banks, Thomas (1642) 1125. Barker, Christopher (1582) 217, (1584) 1058«., (1585) 476w., [1585] 837«., 839w, 849, (1586) 1193, (1587) 309^;. Deputies of (1579 for 1597) 587, (1591) 36, [c. 1591] 541, (1593) 1033, (1597) 587;^, (1598) 587, (1599) 116. Robert (16U2) 117,(1605) 157, (1606) 232,330/;., (1609) 49,(1611) 119, (1613) 546, (1616) 136. Bristol (1643) 282. and Assignes of John Bill (1633) 120, (1637) 883. Barley, William (1595) 1153,(1596) 165, 234", (1599) 107, (1606) 772, (1608) 308. Barlow, Francis (1687) 5. Barnes, Joseph, Oxford (1599) 925, (1604) 533. Barrett, Hannah (1625) 56. William (1609) 1143, (1610) 295, (1612) 238, (1613) 760, (1622) 61. Bassett, Thomas (1659) 842, (1669) 539, (1681) 445, (1686) 188. Bates, Thomas (1642) 1125. Bavhe, Thomas (1619) 169. Beale, John (1612) 52, (1615) 590, (1616) 435, (1617) 773, (1618) 590, (1630) 1043, (1631) 8, 932, 934, (1632) 660, (1633) 413«., 451, 657, 861, 992, (1638) llo6«. Becket, James (1638) 331, 577,(1640) 707. Bedell, G. (1656) 450. Beeston, Hugh (1633) 413. Bell, Henry (1613) 694, (1622) 656, 861. J. (1650) 918. Bennet, T. (1693) 302. Benson, John (1635) 941, (1651) 74. Bentlev, Richard (1678) 367, (1680) 806, (1683) 809, (1684) 810, (1685) 970, (1688) 1174, (1693) 302. William (1651) 1126. Berghen, Adrian van, Antxcerp [1503] 33. Berthelet, Thomas [1532] 863, (1534) 891, (1535) 89, (1537) 376, (1538) 1055, (1539) 568, (1540) 431, (1541) 382, 1199, 1200//., 1201, 1202, [1544?] 1202«., [1548?] 1176, (1550) 1056, (1554) 459. Bevs, Gilles, Paris (1583) ;89. Bill, John, T (1606) 949, (1618) 60, (1619) 50, a620) 63, (1624) 1035, (1627) 184. and Bonham Norton (1620) 137. Assignes of and Robert Barker (1633) 120, (1637) 883. II (1661) 160, (1662) 161. John, II, Assignes of (1683) 257. Billingsley, Benj. (1684) 571- Bird, ''Robert (1631) 554, 934, [1634 ?] 958. Bishop, George (1570) 280, (1589) 668. R. (1638) 504, (1639) 397, 928. Blacklock, Jos. (1660) 258. Blackmoore, Edward (1620) 699, (1632) 857. Blackwall, William (1595) 455. Blaiklock, Lawrence (1638) 900. Blare, J. (1694) 17. Bloome, Jacob (1634) 649, (1638) 504. R. (1661) 1042. Blount, Edward (1600) 291, (1603) 319, (1604) 10, 12, 561, (1606) 999, (1607) 11, (1610) 295, ;1612) 238, (1613) 576, 760, (1620) 238, [1620?] 238, (1623) 970, (1632) 639. Blower, Ralph (1603) 775. Blum, Michael, Leipzig (1535) 283. Boler, James (1629) i053, (1630) 1043, (1631) 636. Bollifant, Edmund (1599) 848, (1602) 1115. Bostock, Robert (1629) 603. Boulter, Robert (1667) 728, (1668) 730, (1675) 645. Bourman, Nicholas [1540] 881. Bradock, Richard (1599) 479, [1605] 353«., (1606) 802/«. (1609) 633k. Bradwood, Melchisidec (1606) 949/;., (1613) 760. Bretton, William (1505) 641. Brewster, Edward (1667) 935, (1681) 919, (1684) 919, 920, (1685) 970. Bridge, John (1612) 389. Brome, Charles (1685) 813, (1686) 188. Henry (1657) 580, (1659) 186, 888, (1660) 606, (1662) 939, (1670) 369, 394, (1671) 360. William and Thomas Charlewood, (1588) 1054. Brooke, Nathaniel (1672) 564. Browne, John (1609) 387, (1611) 248, (1613) 653, (1615) 653, [1622] 358. Buck, George (1563) 29. 284 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. Buck, John, Cambridffc (16^5) 373. J. [1696?] 243«., (1697) 488. Thomas, Cambridge (1638) 717. and Roger Daniel, Cambridge (1633) 1206. Budge, John (1612) 247, 389. Burby, Outhbert (1594) 381, 1152, (1599) 465, (1601) 782. Burre, Walter (1611) 980. Burton, Francis (1607) 783, (1613) 1158, 1159. Busby, John [1622] 358. Bushell, Thomas (1602) 1060. Butler. John (1527) 91 1/^ Butter, Nathaniel (1608) 975, (1613) 515, 980, [1616:-'] 520, (1630) 332. Byddel, John (1538) 1079. Byfield, Adoniram (1058) 767. Bvnneman, Henrv (1567) 829, 862. '(1569) 341, 793, 1087, (1570) 280, [cl572] 438«., (1574) 1107, (1577) 484, 517, (1578) 484, (1579) 514, (1581) 630. and Francis Coldock [1578] 868. C, A. (1648) 607. C. A., andT. M. (1651) 74. C, E. (1666) 834, (1672) 579. C, I. (1550) 130. C, J. (1646) 547. C, M. (1680) 1213. Cademan, W. (167") 965. Calvert, Giles (1656) 198, (1660) 896. Caly, Robert (1554) 436, (1555) 177, (1558) 1116. Cambridge, Printers to the University (1633) 401, (1635) 375. Campo, Ricardo de — see Richard Field. Canning ,W. (1688) 443. Carr, John (1676) 644. Cawood, Gabriel (1582) 638, [1582] 1118, (1585) 1215, (1586) 1215, (1587) 869, (1592) 1175. John (1556) 572, (1557) 440, (1569) 114. and R. Jugge (1559) 34, [c. 1565] 35, [1568] 374. Caxton, William [c.l483] 510. Cellius, Erh., Tubinqen (1602) 1173, (1603) 235, (1605) 236. Chapman, Lawrence (1038) 910. Livewell (1600) 740. Chard, Tho. (1581) 1217«., (1591) 395, (1004) 1057. Charlewood, John (1583) 527, (1589) 669w., (1590) 670;/. and William Brome (1588) 1054. Chetwind, Philip (1656) 8, (1063) 970 (1664, 971. Childe, Thomas and L. Perry (1662) 1040. Chiswell, Richard (1681) 197, 445, (1686) 188, (1690) 243«. Christian, The Widow, rarix (1070) 797. Clark, Andrew (1672) 503. John I. (1656) 288. John II. (1684) 418. Mary (1684) 302, (1689) 303. Clavell, Robert (1658) 242, (1677) 584. Gierke, Martin (1607) 1100. Clutterbuck, Richard (1633) 86. Colby, John (1639) 928. Coldock, Francis [1569] 491, (1577) 492, (1587) 493. and Henry Bynncman [1578] 868. Coles, Francis (1631) 554, [c.l632] 840, (1642) 1125, [c.1665] 1064, (1668) 555. Collins, Richard (1635) 332. ■ Thomas (1656) 450. Cologne (1620) 19. Colwell, Thomas [1564 r] 923. Constable, Francis (1632) 689. Convers, George (1696) 243«. Cooke, Jo. (1659) 379. William (1633) 991, (1635) 990, (1639) 100, 251, 253, 986, (1640) 398. Copland, Wm. (1554) 44. Cotes, E. (1652) 516, (1658) 242. Ric. (1645) 462. Thomas (1629) 1053«., (1630) 1157«., (1632) 970, (1639) 100, 251, 253, 314, 819, 929, 987«., (1640) 398, 926. Cottrel, James (1659) 842. Cousin, Jaques, Rouen (1537) 880. Cowper, John (1638) 936. Creed, Thomas (1594) 468, (1595) 1009;/., 1153, (1596) 1095, (1597) 76;/., 1017, (1598) 104, 861, (1600) 1119, (1602) 621, (1603) 227, 643, (1604) 333, (1607) 597, (1608) 109«., (1610) 761, (1613) 219, (1614) 1081;/., (1616) 25;/. Crespin, Jean, Geneva, (1556) 152. Cripps, Henry, Oxford (1624) 199, (1632), ; 202, (1638) 203, 448. i London (1651) 1146, (1660) i 205. j Crom, M., Antwerp (1537) 110;/., (1539) 127. Crooke, Andrew (1639) 100, 251, 253, (1640) 398, (1642) 108 (1652) 239, (1659) 186, (1670) 552. I John (1639) 397, (1659) 379. 1 Croom, George (1684) 1039. Crouch, Edward (1670) 552. John (1636) 841. Samuel (1680) 1005. D., R. (1663) 296. D., T. (1675) 872. D., W. (1649) 371. Daniel, Roger, Cafitbridqe (1638) 717, (1640) 396, 823. Danter, John (1594) 37 (»w p. 288), 1152. Davis, Richard, Oxford (1658) 697. Walter (1682) 908, (1684) 259, (1687) 884. Dawson, John (1632) 370*, (1637) 365, (1640) 237«. Thomas (1579) 458, (1585) 790, (1580) 338, (1591) 395. Day, John (1549) 112, (1550) 77, (1551) 113, (1563) 422, (1564) 301, (1566) 114, (1570) 423, [1670] 794, (1571) 456, 784, [1571] 193;«., (1573) 39, (1574) 1107, [1574] 1107, (1575), 156, (1576) 705, (1578) 148. and Wm. Seres (1549) 112, 128, [c. 1550] 132. Richard, assigns of (1590) 150. Deacon, J. (1689) 243//., (1694) 17. Denham, Hemy (1566) 829, (1567) 904, (1576) 442, (-1578) 951, (1580^ 84. Dew, Thomas [1618] 408, (1622) 861, (1624) 903, (1625) 904. Dexter, Gregory (1641) 721;?. Robert (1597) 479, (1599) 479. (1602) 479. Dicas, Thomas (1659) 407. Dod, Edward (1646) 189, (1652) 218. Doesborgh, Jan van, Antwerp [1518-19 ?] 676. Dring, Peter (1661) 373, (1065) 168, (1666j 834. Thomas (1653) 186, (1658) 798, (1659) 327, (1660) 1089, (1669) 539, (1673) 735, (1688) 1174, (1694) 624. Dublin, printer unknown (1635) 482. Dudlev, H. (1641) 1006. Dugard, William (1649) 371;/., (1650) 738, (1651) 739, (1656) 288. E., F. (1641) 658. Eaglesfield, Francis (1640) 984, [1640] 1027 (1649) 371;/. East, Thomas \_e. 1578] 648, (1581) 224, (1582) 26;/., 27, 638, (1585) 1215, , (1586) 1215, (1587) 869;/., [1588] 210,; (1589) 211, [c. 1596] 803, (1595) 768, '; (1600) 349, 1123, (1602) 1060, (1604) < 91, (1606) 320, 772, (1608) 308, (1609) i 350*w. \ Edmondson, Godfrey (1631) 244. t Edwin, Jonathan (1672) 185, (1679) 1007. i Ekins, Nathaniel (1652) 218. Eld, George \1604) 11, (1605) 250, (1606) 916, (1607) 11, 12;/., 335, (1608) 245, (1609) 471, (1611) 87, (1612) 1026, (1613) 1158, 1159, [1613] 249, (1614) 47, (1617) 635, (1619) 169. Eliots' Court Printing Office [1590?] 667;/., (1606) 949;/. Emery, Jasper (1638) 174. Emperoar, Martin, see Keyser. Endoviensis, Chr., Antwerp (1528) 538, (1530) 526. England, Nicholas (1567) 829. Este, Thomas, see East. Eversden, George (1652) 516. F., L. (1661) 1144. F., M. (1649) 1098. Faithorne, Henry (1687) 5. Faques, Richard [c. 1521] 604;;. William (15U4) 894. Faulkner, Francis (1631) 181. Fawcet, Thomas (1642i 1169. and B. Alsop (1631) 876, (1636) 416, (1639) 833. Fetherstone, Henry (1609) 1143. Feurier, Jean, Paris (1579) 1192. Field, John (1644) 342, 343, (1653) 121, (1654) 121. Cambridge (1657) 1090, (1660) 255. and Edward Husband (1650) 875. Richard (1588) 700, (1589) 429, 897, (1590) 321, (1591) 30, (1594) 018, (1595) 805, (1596) 593, 1014;/., 1015;/., (1599) 1086, (1602) 1061. (1604) 10, 12, L057, (1606) 19b/., (1607) 378«., (1610) 295;/., [1616?] 521, (1620) 109G. INDEX. 285 Fifield, Alexander (1644) 342, 343. Finlason, Thomas, Edin'iurgh (1609) 461, (1612) 567, (1614) 567. Fisher, Benjamin (1631) 876, (1633) 68. Flasket, John (IGOl) 782, (1605) So'i. Flesher, Janu-s (1651) 348. Miles (1629) 603»., [p. 1632] 840»., (1633) 344«., [1634?] 958, (1635) 346w., 557 [see p. 288), (1638) 204«.. 900 (1646) 902. Fognv, Jean, Rhvims (1582) 135. Forbes, John, Abcrd-en (1682) 410. Fosbrooke, Nathaniel (J606) 802. Fo.'i, Thomas (1687) 5. Frere, Daniel, (1640) 913, 926. Fries, Augustine, Zurich (1547) 523-4. Froschauer, Christopher I, Zurich (1548) 524/;., (15541 581«., (1556) 870/^ II (1575) 182. Fussell, Nicholas (1627) 613, (1635) 1066. Ct., a. (1681) 368. G., B. and S. G. (1670) 72. G., E. (1640) 83. G., J. (1652) 218, (1659) 530, (1661) 1108, (1663) 209. G., J. and G.. B. (1649) 45. G., S. and Ei. G. (1670) 72. G., W. (1672) 564. Gammon, Richard (1662) 494. Gaultier, Thomas (1550) 130. Giddy, Paul (1660) 741. Gilbertson, William (1661) 544, (1662) 937, (1663) 828. Godbid, William (1658) 594, (1660) 1041, (1661) 1042, (1665) 168. Godfray, Thomas [c.l532] 143, [1534-'] 339. Gosson, Henry a627) 1047, (1635) 1044, 1045. Gough, John [1542?] 695. Gounnont, Gilles de, Fans [c. 1517] 763. Grafton, Richard (1542) 264, (1543) 481, (1645) 882, (1547) 540, (1548) 968, (1550) 162, 886, (1552) 944. Greensmith, John (1641) 628. Griffin, Benjamin (1690) 846. Edward (1617) 172, (1638) 46. Jun. (1639) 412«., 688«., (1640) 83, 1184, [1640] 1027, (1641) 742. Sarah (1657) 71. (1661) 72. Grismand, John (1623) 1121. GrouUeau, Estienne, Farts (1556) 1187. Grove, Francis (1633) 583, (1637) 826, (1639) 929. John (1630) 1157, (1632) 660, (1633) 992. Gubbin, Thomas (15871 425, (1588) 426, 427, 1054. H., M. (1684) 418. H., P, [1665?] 359. H., R. (1637) 507, (1680) 853. H., T. (1646) 189, (1653) 594, (1655) 594, (1681) 197, 445, (1682) 1085. H., W. (1650) 299. Hackius, Fr., Leijdim (1644) 59. Haeghen, Godiried van der (1528) 538, (1535) 123. Hague, [no printer's name] (1629) 947. Hall, Henrv, Oxford (1658) 697. Rowland (1662) 315, 1191. (1663) 29, 475. William (1609) 633w. Hardouyn, Germain, Paris [1533?] 879. HariDcr,' Charles (1668) 1108, (16841 302, (1689) 302, 303. Thomas (1630) 351, 70S«., 976w., (1631) 244, (1632) 6S4, (1634) 60i, (1636) 158, (1637) 1097, (1638) 910, (1639) 325w., 400, (1648) 6U5. Harpur, K. (1642) 887. Harris, John (1687) 310. Harrison, John I. (1577) 517. John II (1597) 1017, (1601) 241. John (1602) 479, (1638) 682. Lucas (1569) 793, (1570) 280. Stephen [1604] 483. Harsell, Rich., Bristol (1643) 282. Hart, Andrew, Edl)dturqh (1610) 118, (1613) 428, (1616) 153, (1620) 967. Hatfield, Arnold (1587) 313, (1600) 291, 1034, (1603) 866, (1606) 949«. Hatotus, Edm. Trier, (1583) 14. Haviland, John (1623) 620, (1625) 56, 620, (1627) 73w., 1047, (1631) 619, 636«., (1635) 922»., (1037) 629. Hawkins, Richard (1613) 219, (1618) 1120, (1630) 977, (1632) 970, (1634) 99, {c. 1650] 647. Hayes, John, Cambridge (1683) 21. Heath, Thomas (1651) 1126. Hebb, Andrew (1628) 4, (1640) 824. Helder, Thomas (1669) 732. Helme, Anne (1621) 654. John (1614) 164, [1622] 358. Heptinstall, J. (1696) 859. Herford, John (1544) 600, (1545) 1092, [1545] 599, [1645?] 340»., 600. Herringman, HeniT (1658) 798, (1660) 1089, (1663) 305, 874, (1664) 574, 873, (1667) 854, (1668) 363, 478, (1670) 364, (1671) 361, (1673) 322, (1679) 96, (1685) 303, 304, 970, (1691) 969, (1693) 302. Hildyard, Francis (1697) 704. Hill,' William [1548?] 1082. Hills, Henry (1658) 767, (1679) 1007, (1683) 257. H., Jun. (1687) 5. Hindmarsh, Joseph (1681) 368, (1682) 703, 812, 1037, (168o) 366. Hodgkins, John, Wolston Priori/ [1589] 665». Hodgskinson, Ric. (1652) 239. Hoffman, Wolf gang, Fra>ikfurf-am-]lfaiii, (1638) 998. Hooper, Humphrey (1600) 611. Hopyl, W., Paris (1505) 641. Horseman, R. (1639) 814. Hoskins, John, Wolston Prior)/ [1589] 665w. How, WiUiam (1573) 785, (1575) 787, (1576) 377, (1588) 426, 427. Huggins, Tliomas, Oxford (16331 68. Humble, George [1604] 483. Hunt, William (1654) 439. Husband, Edward (1645) 462. and John Field (1650j 876. I., R. (1652) 286, (1664) 502. Inman, Matthew (1662) 494. Islip, Adam (1594) 531, (1596) 207, 234, (1597) 93, (1598) 32, 589, (1599) 844, (1602) 268, (1604) 532, (1609) 471. (1611) 298. J., T. (1664i 16, (1666) 758, (1684) 919. 920. J., W. (1634) 99. Jackson, John (1691) 847, (1592) 1175. Roger (1615) 590, (1616) 25, 435, (1618) 690. Jacobi, Henrv (1505) 641. Jaggard, Isaac (1600) 1034, (1617) 509, (1020) 139, (1623) 970. — - John (1613) 53, 54, 65., (1617) 509. William (1612) 389, (1613) 55«., 1069, (1620) 528, (1621) 470. Janss, Ashuerus, Gorinchcm (1624) 956. Jansson, Jan I, Arnhrm [162u] 518. Jodocus, Amsterdam (1649) 1067. Jeffcs, Abel (1587) 142, 630, (1594) 381. Johnes, Richard (1576) 215. William (1603) 788. Johnson, Ann (1673) 578. Arthur (1607) 979, (1617) 635. Thomas (1671) 106. ' Jones, E. (1691) 859, (1693) 859. Richard (1576) 215, (1590) 1154, (1591) lOllw. — William (1566) 829. (1632) 7. Jonson, Jacob (1693) 570. Jugge, Richard [1547] 585, [1553] 133, [c. 1566] 878, 1190, (1575) 115, (1677) 156, [1577] 156. and John Cawood (1659) 34, [r. 1565] 35, [1568] 374. K., Fr. (1666) 758. Keble, Samuel (1690) 846. Ivellam, Laurence. Dorxnj (1604) ()52. Kembe, Andrew (1664) 16. Kevser, Martin de, Aniwerp (1534) 122, (1535) 123. King, John (1560) 1070. Kingston, Felix (1602) 279, (1610) 750, (1612) 980, (1618) 118, (1624) 901, (1626; 827;/., (1627) 184, (16291 101, 1195, (1637) 399»., (1644) 108. John (1659) 1204, (1561) 267, (1563) 1156, [<-. 1566] 878, (1567) 1155, (1582) 679. — — ■ and Henrv Sutton (1554) 885, (1555) 178, 751, (1557) 755w., (1558) 117w. Kirkman, Francis (1666) 489, (1671) 106, 489, (1672) 106, 679, (1673) 106, 578 679. Kirton, Joseph (1664) 289. Knapton, James (1691) 969. Knight, Clement (1609) 212. Jos. (1688) 304. Lacy, T. (1678) 284. Lang-lev, Thomas (1621) 654. Lashe, 'William (1634) 602. Lathum, George (1636) 42. 286 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. Latio, Juan, Antwerp (1556) 406«. Leake, William (1606) 633, (1609) 633, (1613) 634. Leake, William, Jun. (1640) 1184, (1655) 978. Lee, William (1621) 804, (1627) 73,355, (1635) 922, (1647) 469, (1656) 449, (1657) 71, (1661) 72, (1670) 72. Leer.s, Aernout, Rotterdnm (1648) 1207. Legate, John, Camhr'idqe (1604) 650, (1612) 680. IL(1628) 4«., (1640) 824. Leipzig ? (1548) 9. Le Koux, Nicolas, Rouen [1537] 880. Le Talleur, Guillaume, Rouen \c. 1490] 1022. Lev, William, see Lee. Leybourn, Wm. (1661) 765. Leyclen [no printer's name] (1624) 930. L'iluillier, Pierre, Raris (1574) 1210. Lichfield, John, Oxford (1624) 199, (1633) 68«. Leonard, Oxford (1632) 202, (1638) 204«., 448, (1640) 69. Jun., Oxford (1083) 18, (1685) 262. • and Anne Lichfield, Oxjord (1660) 256. Ling, Nicholas (1599) 1107«., (1605) 352, [1605] 353h. Lisle, Laurence (1614) 1081. Llovd, Lodowick (1651) 1146. Lownds, Richard (1642) 981, (1663) 296. Lownes, Humphrey (1605) 994«., (1606) 633h., 832»., l630«., (1612) 13, 22, 358, (1613) 634«., 995«., (1618) 1149, (1619) 240, [1622] 358, (1623) 706, (1624) 1186. and Robert Young (1629) 996». Matthew (1600) 1034, (1602) 279, (1605) 994, (1606) 832, 1030, (1618) 1149, (1619) 240, (1620) 528, (1622) Gl, [1622] 358, (1623) 706. M., A. and R. R. (1681) 919. M., G. (1642) 108«. M., J. (1667) 854, (1670) 364, 715, (1671) 733, (1684) 418, (1688) 303,. 304. M., R. (1649) 371. M., T. (1677) 965, (1682) 1037. M., T. and A. C. (1651) 74. Mabh, Ralph (1631) 932. Thomas (1663) 828. Macock, John (1679) 96. Magni'S, James (1678) 367. M. (1680) 806. S. (1683) 809,- (1688) 1174. Mallot, Gervais, Rarla (1579) 1189. Man, Tnomas (1594) 531, (1602) 1001, (1620) 1096. the youwjer (1604) 333. Manshij), Samm-l (1694) 624. Marriot, John (1628), 453, (1633) 344, (1635) 346, (1038) 900, (1646) 902. Richard (1646) 902, (1651) 348, (1653) 186, 1108, (1655) 1108, [1660] 1105, (1661) 1108, (1663) 209, (1668) 1108, (1675) nil, (167ii) 96. Marsh, Henry (1587) 719. (1662) 939. I Marsh, Thomas (1563) 748, (1567) 384, (1569) 830, (1570) 692, (1571) 40, (1572) 534, [r. 158o] 830, (1581) 962, 1019, (1587) 749, (1604) 534. ! Martin. John (1659) 407, (1664) 209, (1679) 96. Mascardus, Jacobus, Rome (1609) 1000. Mathewes, Augustine (1621) 654, (1622) 358».,8G1, (1623) H21«., (1627) 355 [see p. 288), (1630) 6S6, 977w., 1195, (1631) j 554, (1632) 180, (1633) 297, 329;^, 583, \ (1635) 922« , 1044 and 1045 {&ee^. 288), 1160;?., (1636) 1052«. Maxey, Anne (1658) 477. Thomas (1053) 1108, (1055) 1108;/., 1109«. Maylard, Leonard (1567) 862. Mayler, John [1542?] 695. Mearne, Charles (1686) 188. Samuel (1672) 503. Meighen, Richard (1630), 708, 976,'(1632) 970, (1633) 451, (1636) 324, 1195. Melvill, David, Aberdeen (1628) 615. Merlin, Guillaume, Raris (1555) 752. Michaell (or Mitchell) Miles (1660) 258. Middleton, Henry (1575) 385, (1577) 492, (1583) 1002, (1587) 493». William (1546) 961, (1547) 757. Mierdman (Stephen) (1550) 1059. ]\Iilbourn, Alexander (1687) 485. Milbourne, Robert (1623) 931, (1626) 827. Miller, Abraham (1650) 285. G. (1627) 613. Simon (1659) 626. Millington, Thomas (1603) 643. Moore, Richard (1629) 996, 1195. More, John, Assignes of (1G39) 51. Thomas (1677) 584. Morgan, John (1642) 1048. Morley, Thomas (1599) 107, (1600) 349, 1123, (1601)222. Mortlock, Henry (1660) 480, (1668) 730. Moseley, Humphrey (1627) 613, (1639) 1185, (1645) 734, 1102, 1103, (1646) 988, 1028, (1647) 94, (1648) 195, 595, (1650) 909, (1651) 225, (1653) 186, (1654) 1088, (1655) 985, (1657) 220, (1658) 798, (1659) 1212, (1660) 1089. Moulton, Charles (1663) 221. Moxon, Joseph (1683) 774. Mychell John, Canterbury [1550?] 927. K, L(1645) 1103. K, T. (1660) 740, (1671) 361, (1673), 322. Newbery, Nathaniel (1624) 1186. Ralph (1575) 385, (1582) 386, [1584-5] 801, (1589) 668. Newcomb, Thomas (1659) 940,(1683)257. Newman, Dorman (1684) 966. Thomas (1587) 425, (1588) 426, 427. Nicholes, Thomas (1637) 365. Nicholson, James (1538) 124, 125. John (1640) 312, (1641) 1106. Norman, Thomas (1680) 807. Norton (Bonham) (1595) 865. and John Bill (1620) 137. George [1613] 249, (1614) 170, 1164, (1616) 190. John (1607) 378. (1630) 454, (1631) 272, 403, (1632)689,(1633) 294, 991, (1637) 1145 (.w« p. 288). Norton, Joj^ce (1633) 294. Roger (1652) 601. Thomas (1680) 807. William (1579) 473. Notary, Julian (1515) 277, [1518?] 210. 0., W. (1689) 243«., [1696?] 243«. Okes, Edward (1672) 106. John (1638) 174, 577, 936, 982, (1639) 388, 1185, [1639] 1051, (1640) 312, 447, 707«., 913. — — Nicholas and John (1635) 941. Nicholas (1607) 622, (1608) 975??., (1613) 694, 980 {see p. 288), (1614) 170, 1214;/., (1617) 295* (1622) 370;;.,(1623) 317, (1625) 246;;., (1629) 67, (1632) 506, (1634) 1062, (1635) 97, 332, 559, 990;;. Oliye, Richard (1597) 75, (1600) 1119. Onlev, W. (1697) 488. Orme, J. (1698) 1194. Orwin, Joan (1597) 1113. Thomas (1591) 287. Oswen, John, Worcester (1551) 194. Oulton, Richard (1637) 507m., (1639) 779, (1641) 721«. Overton, John, Ipswwh (1548) 79. P., C. [c. 1680] 566. P., J. (1681) 368, (1685) 800. Page, William (1579) 1025;;. Palmer, Thomas (1663) 58. Parker. John (1627) 15. Peter (1666) 834, (1667) 728. Parry, Leonard and Thomas Childe (1662) 1040. Parsons, Marmaduke (1636) 324, 1195, (1638) 331, 508. Partridge, John (1630) 487, (1647) 1018. Pass, Crispin de [1620] 518. Passinger, C. (1678) 284. Thomas (1678) 284, (1682) 1085, (1684) 418, 919, 920, (1687) 414. Pavier, Thomas (1600) 433, (1601) 434, (1608) 109, (1612) 336;;,., 693. Paxton, Edmund (1636) 841. Pelgrim, Joyce (1505) 641. Pemell, Stephen (1635) 957. Perrin, John (1590) 632, 795. Perry, Hugh (1631) 272, 1122, (1642) 1077. L. and T. Childe (1662) 1040. Petit, Thomas {c. 1538] 1082;;., (1539) 1068, [1547?] 266, (1554) 44. Pickering, William (1566) 616. Place, John (1658) 798. Plantin, Christopher, Leyden (1585) 22. Plateanus(Theodoricus), Wescl (1548)79;;. Playford, Henry (1680) 562, (1685) 103, 261, 1038, (1689) 860, (1691) 659, (1693) 859, (1695) 859. John (1651) 74, (1653) 594, (1655) 594, (1658) 594, (1672) 564, (1677) 563, (1680) 562, (1685) 103, 261, 860, 1038. Pollard, Robert (1659) 327. Ponder, Nathaniel (1682) 196, (1685) 612. Ponsonby, William (1590) 1012, (1591) 1010, (1594) 618, (1595) 1008, (1596) 693, 1013, 1015. Potter, George (1602) 1115. INDEX. 287 Powell, WiUiam (1549) 129, 79C, (1550) 569, (15o2) 300, 380, [1552 r] 915, [1560:-] 1023. Prevost (Benoist), Fari.s (1556) 1187. Printer of ' Augustiuus de Fide', Coloijnr (1473) 924. Purfoot, Thomas (1566) 616, (1575) 617, (1605) 64, (1609) 212, (1611) 1074. Jioi. (1631) 181. Purslow, Elizabeth (1633) 345, 347«, (1635) 467. George (1618) 1120, (1620) 238, (1621) 805/;., (1625) 82»., (1630) 487, (1631) 466, (1632) 857. G. (1668) 555. Pvnson, Richard [c. 1490] 1022, '[c. 1490-1] 263, (1493) 835, (1494) 140, [1497 "r] 3, (1499) 1, [1499-1500?] 1003, (1507) 176, (1509) 167, (1510) 391, 543, (1517) 899, (1521) 166, 498, 614, [1521 ?] 945, (1522) 1073, [1525 r] 945w., (1526) 392,499, 604, (1527) 141, [c. 1528] 1177-8, 1180, 1183. R., J. (1687) 414. R., R. and A. M. (1681) 919. R., T. (1661) 373, (1664) 209. Rahan, Edward, Aberdeen (1628) 615. Rastell, John (1527) 911;/. William (1531) 914, (1533) 912. Ratcliff, Thomas (1666) 889, (1676) 644. Raworth, John (1638) 682, (1640) 989. — ^ Robert (1633) 86, (1636), 334, 841. Ruth (1645) 734. Read, Richard (1603) 319. Redman, Elizabeth [1540 r] 501, 1084. Robert [c. 1628] 1179, 1181-1182, (1531) 914. Redmavne, John (1663) 58. Regnault, Fnin(,'ois, Farit (1530) 1209, (1533) 756, (1534) 891. Reid, John, Edinburgh (1687) 1208. (1693) 1219. Reynes, John (1527) 511, (1542) 264. Rice, A. (1661) 1024. Roberts, James (1584) 1171»., (1598) 1172. Robinson, George [1586] 496;/., (1586) 497». Humphrey (1647) 94. Robert (1588) 831, (1597) 479//. Rochester? (1648) 573. Rogers, Owen (1561), 588. Richard (1656) 449. Rood, Theodoric, Oxford [c. 1483] 640. Roper, Abel (1650) 299, (1666) 889. Rothwell. John (1641) 742, (1658) 477. Rowbotham, James (1562) 315. Rovcroft, Thomas (1660) 522, (1675) 1111. Royston, Richard (1635) 557, (1640) 396, (1649) 371;/., (1657) 549, (1683) 778. Ruremond, Christopher van, A»twerp (1528) 638, (1530) 526. S[methwick ?], I. (1635) 97. S., I. (1635) 97, 559. S., J. (1640) 707, (1675) 645. Saunders, Francis (1688) 304, (1691) 969, (1693) 302. Sawbridge, George (1658) 798. Thomas (1686) 188. Schilders, R., Middelbxrqh (1587) 383, (1592) 752. Schoolmaster Printer, Xt. Albans [1485] 274. Scolar, John, Oxford [IhlS) 1129. Scoloker, Anthony, and AVilliam Seres [c. 1550] 78. Scot, Walter, Edinburf/h, enqrawr {1691) 1218. Scott, R. (1681) 445. Seile, Anna (1666) 834. Henry (1623) 620, (1625) 81, (1629) 101, (1633) 345, (1640) 83, (1652) 601. Seres,William (1560)799,(1565) 214,(1568) 877, lu80, (1569) 271, 943, (158i«) 84. and John Day (1549) 112, [c. 1550] 132. and Anthony Scoloker [.c 1550J 78. Serger, Richard (1594) 1004. Seton, Gregory (1583) 102, (1586) 1127, (1587) 313, "[1590?] 667;*. Seyle, Henry (see Seile, Henry). Shaw, James (1603) 525. Sheares, William (1631) 403, (1633) 297, 329, (1654) 237. Shepherd, Henry (1638) 508, (1639) 411. Short, James, Oxford (1624) 199. Peter (1594) 1004//., (1597) 769, 770, (1600) 349,(1603) 349. and Richard Yardley (1590)160. Silvius, Gnlielmns, Antwerp (1567) 1148. Simmons, Matthew (1649) 713. Samuel (1668) 730, (1669) 732. Sims, Valentine, JFolston Prior >j [1589] 665;/. — - London [1598-9] 933, (1600"i 974, 1124, (1602) 316, (1603), 525'. (1604) 561, (1605) 352, (1607) 11. Simson, Gabriel (1597) 187. Singleton, Hugh (1579) 1025;/. Slater, Thomas (1637) 507, (1638) 910. Smethwick, John (1608) 1197, (1613) 354, (1616) 463, [1619] 355, [1630] 356, (1632) 970, (1637) 973. Smith, Francis (1636) 825. John (1643) 591. Ralph (1644) 342, 343. Richard [c. 1572] 438. Snodham, Thomas (1603) 950, (1609) 387, (1612) 247, (1613) 515;/., 663;/., (1614) 164;z., 1164//., (1615) 653w., (1616) 190, (1622) 41, (1624) 146;/. Solempne, Antonius de, Norwich (1579) 495//. Sparke, Michael, I. (1621) 470, (1633) 890. II. (1639) 819, (1640) 823. Speed, Samuel (1663) 874, (1670) 895. Stafford, Simon (1599) 465, (1601) 138, (1613) 24. Standish, John (1608) 326. Stansby, William (1611) 248 and 980 [sec p. 288), (1612) 238, (1613) 354, (1614) 960, (1616) 463, [1618] 408, [1619] 355, [1620?] 238, (1622) 61, (1624) 903, (1625) 904, (1627) 15;/., 996»., (1629) 390, [1630] 356. (1632) 639, (1634) 649. Starkey, John (1659) 759, (1664) 906, (1669) 539, (1671) 733, 905, (1672) 20. Stationers, Company of (1618) 118, (1622) 893, (1623) 136. Steel, John, Antwerp (1556) 405. Stephens, Anthony (1685) 262. Philemon (1623) 931. Straten, Dirick van der, Wesel [lo-^^) 79. Streater, John (1658) 798. Sudbury, John [1604] 483. Sutton," Edward (1563) 475. Henry (1561) 963. and John Kyngston 885, (1555) 178, 75l', (1557) (1558) 117«. (1554) 755;/., Tap, John (1610) 144. Taylor, Randal (1684) 260, (1*^92) 537. Th^ickeray, William (1674) 556, (1677) 452, (1684) 418, (1687) 414, (1689) 243;/. Thomas, Edward (1659) 888. Thomason, George (1659) 940. Thomlin, Arthur, Wolston Priory [1589] 665;/. Thompson, N. (1676) 644. Thomson, S. (1668) 730. Thorp, Thomas (1608) 245, (1611) 980, (1613) 576, (1614) 1214, (1625) 246. Thrale, Richard (lo37) 1145. Timme, William (1606) 791. Tomes, Henry (1605) 64. Tomlins, Richard (1649) 1098. Ton.son, Jacob (1684) 810, (1691) 1151, (1693) 302, 670, (1697)293. (1698) 292. Richard (1677) 811. Took, Benjamin (1685) 393. Tottel, Richard (1558) 281, 914//., (1566) 829, (1570) 460, (1573) 1147, (1574) 529, (1578) 228, (1587) 646. Toy, Humphrey (1562) 1191, (1569) 341. Treveris, Peter, Southwnrk (1627) 611, [1527?] 1083, [_c. 1530] 843;/. Turner, William, Oxford (1634) 208, (1638) 2, 204;/. Twyford, Henry (1658) 798. Tyler, Evan, ' Edinb>',ruh (1643) 953, — London (1644) 342, 343. Tvus, Charles [1660?] 419, (1664) 16. Underbill. Thomas (16411 720, 722, [1644] 719//. Upton, James (1630) 454. Valentin, Robert, Rouen (1554) 651. Vautrollier, Jacquelin (1588) 700. Thomas (1579) 473, 8*54, (1581) 1217, [1587] 582. Vavasour, Nicholas (1633) 6o7, 861, (1636) 334. Veale, Abraham (1573) 785, (1575) 787 (1676) 377, (1582) 26, 27. Vere, Thomas fl661) 544, [c. 1665] 1064. W., A. (1648) 607. W., I. (1641) 658. W., J. (1637) 399, [1665 ?] 359. AV, M. (1683) ^51. W., R. (1647) 1018. 288 BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE. W., T. (1645) 1102, (1650) 909. W., W. (1687) 414. Walbanck, Matthew (1639) 388. Waldegrave, Kobert, .E'asf Molesey [1588] 662«. Fmvsley [1588] 663. CoiU'Htry [1589] 664. Ediiibu'rqh [1594] 500, (1599 993. Walev, John [1545 P] 340. Walford, B. (1696) 243«. Walker. Matthias (1667) 728, (1668) 730. Walklev. Thomas (16241 146, (1637) 629, (1639) 325, (1645) 1101, 1102«., (1648) 605. Wallis, Elisha (1660) 205. Warren, Thomas (1659) 407. Washinsfton, ^Yilliam (1629) 67. AVaterson, John (1630) 351, 686, 1195, (1632) 684, (1637) 1097, (1639) 400, 687. Simon (1602) 316, (1604) 533, 650, (1609) 318;/.. (1612) 680, (1613) 995, (1618) 780, ("1623) 317, (16321 180. (1633) 997. Watkins, Richard (1591) 847. Wavland, John [1556] 372. Wellington, K. (1696) 858, (1698) 1194. WTiitaker, Kichard (1625) 56. (1633; 294, (1638) 46. (1640) 989. Whitchurch, Edward (1540- 111, (1549) 155, [1550?] 927. White, Edward (1591) 231, (1598) 1172. White, J., York (1697) 704. Robert (1651) 1146. William (1599) 1198. (1600) 433, (1601) 434, (1612) 336«. Whitwood. AVilliam (1687) 485. Widdowes. Giles (1674) 921. Wight, John (1559) 1204, (1561) 267, (1573) 228, (1574) 228, (1582) 679. Wilcox, John (1646) 852. Wilkinson, Chr. (1687) 5. WiUiaras. John (1640) 984, (1655) 430. William.son,William(1573)22S,(1574)228 Wilson, Andrew (1640) 447. Robert (1611) 87, (1614) 47. (1660) 420. William (1659) 362. Winder, George (1624) 901. Windet, John (1586) il27, (1600) 611w., (1603) 565, (1606) 609, 999, (1607) 1100, (1609) 1143»., (1610) 490. Wise, Andrew (1600) 974. Wither, George, Assigns of (1623) 1162. Wodenothe, Richard "(1648) 595. Wolf, John [1582] 1118, (1586) 513, (1587) 425, (1588) 856, (1589) 608, 698, (1590) 671, 1012«., (1591) 231, (1597) 627. Wolfe, Revner (1542) 600, (1543) 600, [1545] 599, (1546) 598, (1549) 871, 1091, (1550) 306. 307, (1553) 229, 230. Woodcock, Thomas (1579) 458, (1587) 142, (1589) 1071, (1591) 287. Worde, Wynkyn de [c. 1495] 88, [1497?] 631, (1502) 275, 474, [1513-14] 1021, (1514) 437, (1515) 276, [c. 1515?] 1020, [1515-16] 1137, (1517) 1128, (1519) 1134, (1520) 1141, (1521) 409, 1136, (1522) 1133, 1135, 1138, 1139, (1523) 1131, 1140, 1142, (1524) 1031, (1526) 1216, (1529) 1094, 1132, (1531) 147, 1130, (1532) 1203, 1205. Wotton, Mat. (1696) 243//. Wreittoun, John,£'/?'i//Z>//r(//i [1633] 1211. Wright, John (1582) 679. (1606) 916, (1631) 861, (1642) 1125. J. [r. 1665] 1064, (1681) 445, (1684) 418. Wyer, John (1550) 80. Wvkes, Henry (1565) 550, [1569] 491 Yardley, Richd., and Peter Short (1590) 150." Young, James, (1648) 595. Robert (1633) 997, 997//., (1635) 42, (1637) 973. • Edwhunjh (1636) 158, (1637) 158, (1638) 204». and Humphrey Lownes (1629) 996??. The following indications of printers, not mentioned in the bod}^ of the catalogue, are incorporated in the above index: item no. 37 apparently John Danter ; 248 William Stansby ; 35') (Battaile of Agiucourt) Augustine Mathewes ; 453 apparently Edward Allde ; 557 apparently Miles Flesher ; 980 (Sherley) Nicholas Okes, and (Cartwright) William Stansby; 1044 Augustine Mathewes ; 1045 apparently Augustine Mathewes ; 1049 Edward Allde ; 1145 John Norton. gXf^eyip fa6fgtgoff^ef6fep anb of Clje £rotS3f. "^B^sag^mammaram^rffmfttfmBf «>Bra«S5f?S:^ 3. ^soF. Fables. R. Pynsox, [1497] 19 ^ (sJ^^ i 8 /^^ M O R I O- MACHlA- Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford* i 6'i 3. IE<| i»«#»« 'gPT^y?^^GlLggJ5g^Lk^lfg5g^f^j£iglaa^ft. ai!g rj< M X < (-0 Wo c/5 o u < pa k^ '''H1hbN #p*'^*»^ '' w < o 00 CO s^^'^as.' >5 O o p 19a lO > O < 6 mmit of m f oucc fonncs Of :aimon t^e toDfcli foi tl)z -* ctccUenc inDptpng of tc,anD f o? tfie notable ^B^oli^c^ auD gtcag %m\xz^ t^actomin s^emuj^ no les; plcafauuao teDe,tl)mtt)ojt^p tebe bnottienof aiuaace0botbel)pg^e auDlo\;Uu 44. Aymon. The . . . Historie of the foure sonnes of Aimon. W. Copland, 1554 ^^WlV\M\\\ Win\.\M^ ^ \lUVVM|HH !l lMnmm qnp^ < o U < ^ •^ *T3 .2 ^• Sol » ^« ■♦<• a: o u u tLssjaimj^f^^. C -^ Si >» \* Si ■M^^j^^otPip «» .j.._»sf» m g».c;L€ W Gi ^ CO on I— « U -a ^ Z . . o ^ ^3 tw o : a o <^ v:: o o § o c IT jiaaBik^t^^^sLagLA jBgg^igSg^^HS: 00 i pjo^ z (/I ^ C/5 o «-• o "^ 2 O Q O cc 03 Hi W 5 - W J- O ^mM^MmMMMi&B,^miMM^MMWmMm^MBmM^^QMimM^M 11 H I S T O R I E Tirana, and O F Theft eus. VERIE PLEASANT FOR AGE TO aiioyd drovvfie thoughts .-profitable for youth to efchew^ wanton paftimcs : Jo thatto both, it brings the mindes content. Written bjW. B, LONDON, Printed by T. C. lQxThomasPMikr,^nd^xciohth\dc sit his fhop in Cornhill,ncarc the Exchange, j^os, 109. Bkttie (William). The Historie of Titana, and Theseus, 1608 12 ^cHamcnf iitCngliOJC after t\)c gccchcrtaiitlaf tou tinnc- ret) ivFt^ tt)e tcdtiOatiott oi 5DiDl)frunfo ig aWeO atialcnOar,flntJ attct^onartcti to the rcaopng of t^e ^olp ficnpturCB ttiabe bp H)C feme iErafmua toptlj tbc iCptftlce tahcn out oCtfte otCe tctttittiSt botl) m 7Urm eno iEiiglpfte.toljcruto is aDHets a to- ble nccfffarp to finocttc^Pifllffi 3""^ iSorpdefo; ciicrp fonfiapgt boirCflp tUJoiigljoiittl)cpcrc after ttje tieot tljccljuttje of ^iiQlaiiDHotoc. y Excufum LonJmfin officina Thomse Gaultier.pro I. C ^OttBic ftalenMs jD£tctnb:t6 anno jDomim. Q). ft). Ji. 130-1. Bible. New Testament. T. Gaultieu, 1550 13 The Morall Pliilofophie of Doni: dran}ne out of the ancient miters. A woike fir A compiled in the Indian tongue, and ifierwards reduced into diucrs other languages : x^rdnovpUpj (rglif}:cd cut ofltaltatJ^ by Sir THOMAS NOKTH, Knight. if ^^ THE WISDOME OFTHiS WORLD 3: ^^^^' ii'-^mm IMPRINTED AT LONDON by Simon ScairorJ. I 601. 138. BiDPAi. The Morall Philosophie of Doxi. 1601 14 140. Boccaccio (Giovanni). The Fall of Princes. R. Pynson, WJl C l^erc be?)>tinet!j tlje bobc of Man 5Socl)as/ bifcr puin? f be fall of p^i* ces/p.nnceflOcs/anD otijcr noblestCtanf lateD m to CnglpCflje bp Klo^n ?lpD^ * gate monUc of 25ucp/begpnnpng at 3Dam anD Cue/anD enDpng tuitl; bpng 31 olian of if raunce/ taUcn pzifoncr at Idopters bp pzinceCDVuacDe. 141. Boccaccio (Giovanni). The Fall of Princes. R. Pynson, 1527 {Sliyhlly reduced) 16 ItCbe Wm of H)?ttg?3occu^/ft S>pt)jacUe tjoix) l)e couf ounDvO W \nmh men/anti (o y Cpgfttoftl)emDjou(ie acDiige Denym int\^t name of tl)e CrCnite at UptJ i)i>m no bart.SlCo i)t6 Wu^fiVte ^ l)r lecneD of tye bol^eof il^oe* 2liiCot)isp]tofpcrf)3;rt)atl)ei&al) bv reiielac^o of tije aungeiL^dlCo W antiuetfe to tfte que** fttons of top(Dome/boti) mo?au auD natural topft) moclje ix)otimp \»pCDome contavnetJ in tioumber.CCC.ijcb.ttanflatpD bpl^ugo of Caumpeben/outoffcenc^cintoCngipfl^e* 143. Boccus AND Sydracke. W. Godfray, [c. 1532] 17 jhtVrinters Itanefettftts t0tQtn?age. Chriftian pray, for my fake diddcft diou faft, for my fake diddcft diou perform die great number of good workes in this life, for my Take diddeft thou fuffer fo manie bitter pangs, and for my fakedidftdiou giuc oucr thy pretious life to the death. Let the thinges profite mccwliidi diouhaftgeuen meof thineowne free will, thou (1 faie) whiche hafte giuen thy felfe wholie for mce. Let thy bloud wafh awaic the fpottes of my finnes. Let thy rightcoufneffc hide mine vn- righteoufncflc.Let thy deferuings com- ir»ende me to the foueraigne iudge. As my griefeanddifeaic increafe, foin- creafe thou thy grace . Let not my faithe wauer . Let not my hope ftag- gar. Letnotmy charitie waxe coldc. Let not my humane infirmiticbeccaft downc with the drcadc of death. But euen whendcathc rhallhaue clofcdthe eics of my bodic , let the eies of my mind ir)0-l. BooKK OF CiiKisTiAX Pkaykrs. 1590 18 t BOOKE OF Common Prayer> AND Administration Of The Sacraments. And other parts of divine Service for the ufe of the C HuR C H of Scotland. Edinburgh^ Printed by Robert Tonng^Vtrnttt to the Kings mofl Excellent Majcftic. M.DC.xxxVII. 158-9. Scottish Book of Common Prayer. EnixBUROH, 1637 [Much reduced) 19 ■ii n i n iiii iiH ii ii I I i m w iiijtiii m iii i i ijw i y ii iTi;mn i j 1 1 i M i iM i hy i iwiiw i i i ir j wMniwwTiy > i!j i' *' ^Mlllffii i iwii lP I WI W I ^ ^iMi ^^f^l nmon > 5 S Q* m w 162. Marbeck (Joun). Tue bookk of Cummox fuaier noted. 1550 > Oi X H O H 7, O »-( u > H c :> " js a> o ^^ ^ C w C u u S -C fJ o ^ ^ I O >— -C W QJ W j: -o Cj C «^ ^ k- c *> 4> c ;»- > 3^ ^ *- w ^ 2 s" .U OJ '?3 B O .J2 CU 'b «= • Q D- O lU -S c C 2 Ui , l> fly U J3 op u -g cJJ ^ S '-5 S "H ^ U Ci re -^3 fl> U c x; —- ^ auH^ - Hj u .c c *-> «-• O *-• C3 rr JO -5 •- 1^ ;^: ^ ^ O- c O •g >^ OCX £ o " ^ -^ E.y-S E g: O fc! w- <£ »- *o ^ " j^ -G J-. C. «j u. *^ «3 ^ t; «^ "^ «/> oc Ji cj c 'U ^ ^rt viS t) S-t; 2T:y^ O ♦-' 7^ c9 V- *^ *^ «i 'i: i' ^ CU •S E -5 I S S VI o-T! ?^ *-• 4-> •" o i: ^ B ^ ^:g E "5 "? ^ C o ::x •« til w. CJ *-. Y'. ^ c. jz "^^ B t ^^ ^"^ w — -c u:: -X3 i- E-S S 2 g: — • - - - < rJ u /= /^ A" ^ e i ■>u 'ir> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ NH ^ «^ M '^ ^ "k M ^ — SB 'ii A ^ ^ i > ^ ^ M ^ ^ ^ H4 M ^ oj 4^" 'J NH > /> < •/6 « t^ — /^ ^ > ^S /« 4 crbie/ac maters iliuftclGTimt/ofii noftci lEc- gj6 Ijcncicifepciuit-^Ecte quoo? fi inDuftna iRtcattJi^gatoneiut oern ontnoftcfl^cgis imp?e(ro;tis p^ec^pul aD fignuuncti <:5eo^^ (^} m Qeuftcetc lotiDofi.como;ianct4:)cb.Dte metifis ?f uQuCIt, 20n« rto Dfii miHcfimo qumgcnteRmo fepamo ac lauOc omnipotenttf 176. Breviary of Sarum Use. R. Pyxsox, 1507 [Loicer half nf par/'' only) 20a 23 I $o;ttfo^ta (en seimiarinmaDbfnm ecclede turn, ttiarsmalibii^squotationibuisi aD^^natum^ac nunc p^mumaQ ijeciirimumojtDmaW mm^ plarmfuumo^ttJinema pecitimmt^ hixifi w mctvm* 9ar;S ^pcmaU0 Londini* m ii5S* fV-^" ' - 177. PORTIFORIUM AD I'SUM ECCLKSIK SAKISRUKIENSIi-'. [R CaLv], 15o5 24 THE Life and Death of the merry T>emll of Edmonton. WitVi the plcafant prancks of Smug the Smith, Sir John, and mine Hoft of the George, about the dealing of Vcnifou. 'By T. B. Smug, Smug purfude hy the keep - ersfor ftealing of veniTon, Got vpon the white horfe to cfcape his catching. Printed by 7*. 'T' • fo^^ Tfttnci^ Faulkper dwd lit oucr againft St* Marimtj bill in SoHthinMrk!* }^IU " 181. Bkewk:; (Thomas). The Mkkhv Drvill of Ei^.munton. IG31 CO Ph o o CO < O 27 e,1$m begptinetl) t^c ttatenoet d f ^I) epatDes. 116. Calendah OF Shepherds. J. Notaky, [1518 ? 28 S'^^i ^^. ^THB VOYAg E of the wandering Knight. T)euijedbj lohn Carthenic, a Frenchman : and tnnflated out of French into Englifhjby yriiiUm CfcJ^CAr of iouth-hamptcn Merchant, a xU^e centre gatfce f e ttonne ^Qat Ibitg 610 tt)ifbcw) anb (geuaft)> ilje conquereb affe tge regne of femen^ 2:(J.at Ibgifott) ttae rfepeb (Titgea anb U)f bbf b tge quene ppoKta anb 6roug5f gezgome ii^giecontre IbitlJ moc(Je gfozj^c anb foCennpte anb ebegfz pong fuflre0me[^ a nb tfine Xoitti Bictorp anb me fobp £et 3 tfjie ttoztdp bube to atgi nee rj>be anbafff6t65oo(tji?6arnfj?6f]in)6cfibe anb certesifitnere to Cong to ^eve 263. CiiAucEu (Geoffkey). Canterbury Tales. R. Pynson, ['•. 1490-91] 31 2G;j. CuAUCEu (Geoffrey). Caxtekbuuy Tales. II. Pvxriux, [<■. 1490-91 32 ■_M37. ClIAUCKl; (GKUFI'JiKYj. WoKKS. 15G1 (Much rvdacul) 33 1^ eDlbardetlief^lft l^iUfoAmnUtU l^anfernge c^DtoarDe IjaD maDc Cl^to tdpUramtDaUpsUtecrpfc^lan^ an mm ot ts^e ituacre/^ tafern t^c D£ of ^cotlanDc a$ c^epf lojtie ♦ ^nD f?> ,„^^,,^^ ^ejifta^ns of ^cctlanoe* fCljen ^ugi) of Cceflfpng^am/^ of t^c bata jil o^ came in 3>\}m Baplol toit^ ot^cc ^ put f oiitip?Ke/tD^w XUpUram ttiaicps filai/ Ijpmmco tS^EHpnues met:cp/XD^ic^e fent anD ^pD l^pm* ^^^S^^^^^ tljcni to lonoon/^ tijcre maoe t^ent f U)e; re to be true to Ijpm/p id to fap rp^3!^^ati of Compn/f erleofS)trarto;n/§ irleof Carrpfe/^ aifo four bpCd^ps foz all ^ dec gpe/^ fo t^ bpnge DelpuerD tiftepm fre m to t^ep^ lanD^^no it xuag not longe aftec ttiaroe but t^at t^ep tofe agapnlt ^pm bp caufe tW UneSoe toel ^ fepnge CDMtD;^ f0U(Um0tdftenm <^arcopne/a0befo;eis( fapD^23utfp>3!o^fi23aplolfepngeoffcot lanDe fleoue to ^is o)jDneiai^tJi ^ tljete l^el De ^pm fo^ fere of (SDiS)arDe»^ecfb;ie i^e fcottes ci^of^ t^ tljep^ ^i^nqt ^»pilpam )3oa leps/a rpbauije ano a harlot comen tJpof noug]^t/$^e DpD mod^e ija^me to t^e €n glpQ^mea&pngcCDl^acD t^ug^t ^oto tje mpgi^ttjelpuer W men m dpafcopn-^ m Ijaa Ujent m to flstmmt^ H to luacre on tljefepngeof ifcaucfyXD^ereljeiXjaig ce cepueD ^onourablp/grauntpngebpm all ^isianDcs at W ^?\u M fere VD^ecof ? %pnge of France p?apeD l^pm of t)»o pete of trettje0/?t IjexooioeDelpuer altjis men in c^afcopne /5 \XJljicl)efepngc CDl^arlie ^^. tPt^rri^.n^'*" »*»^*;^"^**;i* ' ^* *'!:"^/'''^ ^'^ grautcDftpntCinDrnt^efametpme? f/v£"?S"^^"'f ^^^l^^^^ |)Cottegfentbptl}ebpfa)opoffapnt3n^ ^l^f^?i^^^^ ^eujegintojftaucetot^efepnge/^tofp; KvSl'.^ CUarles Ms bjoDer/p fp? (Marlesl^olDe |S"^^ to xui ipam)latomer^ to fp? comewjitl) ^g po\t)er% t^ep of ^cotlan S^,?^,^/^^^l"^ ^^« ^^/^^^^^ 1^^^, tictoDlDcomeM^tljep;po\53ec/=tfotbep K?,^!?'?^^^^^ ftoiDegointo CnglonDetDplttopeittjn ^f^T^^/^^^^^i^J? ^^^^"^^^1^^ toSeu^3^nD tDelcottestruaeDmoc^e S?"/J^;f^^^"^^^^« iDpUpamt^a. Dpontljejfrenftmen.ldutoftliattDpng ffifn^/i^/^T^^^T^^^f^A^"^ t^epUaDnomanerofgcaunt.petneuer. K&^^^^'^Wf^'^?^^ t^elestDe ^cottesbegant^tobbe^fepll S^!^S''^^^^^^ inl^ojtljnmberlanDe/anDDpDmoc^eDo Si^^^^.^^^'i^^^il^^^^^^^^ mmmhnxtt. Q2SS>tsS3S^^^TTm ^^^"i^^wwpoapt^emefcrpeDano nmKawifum. uccc/<,cc«;^fWTnTf menaceD/anDbpDDealltljeupfp^tet^at t^tjf mpatit / foo tW ^^ CngipCf^emen 270. Cnaoxici.i-.s. Wvnkvx lu: W'ol'DE, irilS S) tpopngeg came to bpnge (^tDarDe^UpUpamUjaleid baD o^DepneD fuc^e a poliDet; 7^1x1) p all ^otlanbe to l^pm ttjag attenoaut / ei teop f o;i to 34 277-8. Chronicles. J. Notary, 1515 277-S. Chronicles. J. Xotary, 1515 {Slightly reduced) 36 :')0S. ( 'liof'i; (( iiovANNi). .Mrsic A S \ci!.\. 1('.0S 37 THOMAS OF Rcadi in 0%, The fixe worthy yeomen of the Weft. Now the fourth time correiled iind cularged By T, D. Printed at London for T» F^ 1 5ia. 336. Deloney (Thomas). Thomas of Readinv.. 1612 21 38 ^'m. C^ttt inttDt)UC eo^tefo^tolecnc to teDe, to p^^^ nounce, anD to (peaHe f renege trel»Ip,comppleD fo; t^e rps^te ^PS^>ciccelUnt,$mofte t^ectU'* ous laop^t^e laop^rp oC CngUnoe, boug^tec to O(ttmooftegcdctou0 rouerapneIo;De tl^eetgl^t. ^ 340. Devves (G.). An IxTRODUCTORiR FOR TO T,KUNR . . . Frenche. J. Wai.ey. [15451] 05 O a 5!5 o uj s z o < X ^^JJ 5 O O Ph w o o H K P lA CO 21* 41 THE SECOND REPORT of Docflor lohn Fauftus^ contain ning his appearances, and the deedes of fVagner, VVrittcn by an English Gentleman ftudentin Wittenberg an Vmucrfity of Gcr- m lc and p^o^taWc »nto all people, xs^^^esssa^ <«*«« ©)>p one goo onclp, 3no loac ^pm toit^ t^p ^mc pecfptclp iCTd^oDm toapnefwcreaot ttpieuii)^ 0t bp not^pnge t^iat ^e maoe bctdj^ if c^e (bnDap feepe ano l^alotoe ftoi;>ip i^erpngc goDja^ icmpcc on t^em oenoutlp (T jFaocc ano moOer l^onouj: t ^ou iotsiip :$nOint6wmoeftitp^t^emgiamp IL^iertou nomanmaipcpouflp iFloj to W mWonknt )a>ytyni\y jrc^ouncHialtecommptlfci^crp But U)U^ t^p tt)v{e in ujcoiocbeoncu^ CC^p nc)^g^bour0 gooOciE( aeie not faiap< iSo;tnot^pngcrottDftoiDet)ntmciy C Jf aw to^tncto Deri i^ou not ttplp |3lo;falie(rcco>Ocfo;noncenuj> ff ^t^tt mawe0 \X)puc0 tabenot wflpelp i3c ot^cr iDDomm to bnotoc carnail)^ ff otbet tnmmfi gooocU coucpt not ipg^tlp iI^]il)oiDeftomtijcmbnrpgfttfimp 10*J. Flowek OF THE Commandments. AVvnkyn dk Wuude, 1521 45 THE Lamentations of Amyn tas for the death of Phillis, para- phrafl:icaIIytranllatedoutofLatinein» to Englifii Hexameters by Abraham Fraunce, LONDON Printed by loHn Wolfc/or Thomas Newman, and Thomas Gabbin. JnM Dom. 1587. 425. Fhaunck (Abkauam). The Lamentations of Amyntas. 1587 46 THE Famous Hiftorieof Albions Queene. wherein is difcourfcd King Edwards Iclo- fie, Qucenc Kathcrines chartetie, the Duke ofSufFoIkcsloyalticjand the Barron of Buckinghams treachcrie. Imprinted at London by W. White for T. PA V 1 ER, and" are to be fold at his fhop in Corne-hill ncare to the Exchange at the fignc of the Catte and Parrcttcs. 1600. 433. G. (11.). The Famous Histuhie of Albions Queene. 1600 47 y^<;ar^t ^ AHundreth fun- drie Flowres bounde vp in one fmall Poefic. (fathered partely (by tranjU^' urn) m t fte fpne outlanDtlJ cSacDtnie? ofEuripides.Oiiid.PecrarkCjAriofto, ano otJ)f rs : ano partly b^ inucntion, out of our oUine fruttcfuli ^i* cl)arDC0 in Cnglanof ; Yeldingfundric fvvccce fauours of Tra- gical, Comical, and Morall Difcotir- i<:s, botlie pleafaunt and profitable to the well fmellyng nofes of lear- ned Readers. AT LONDON, Imprinted for Richardc Smith. SJSS', 438. Gascoigxe (George). A Hundkktu Sundime Flowres. [1572] 48 THEMOSTE Pleafaunt Hiftorye oi "Blanchardine ^ Sonne to the IQng o/Friz'^ (jr the /aire Lady Eglantine Quecnc otToYmaday ^ {(iirnzmcd) The froud Ladjc m LOVE, LONDON Printed for VVilliam Blacf^wally and arc to be foldc at his Shop, oucr againA Guild- -155. GooDwix (T. P.). The Histokvk of Blancuaudine. 1595 49 INCIPIT EVANGE^TheGofpel LIVM SECVNDVM byS.Liike. LVCAM, Cap. 1. Chap. j. mener m^j*j*c cepn : V C A S B O C D/f S U^S^ o,.rmart,e ntan^e t^atie tahcn j?ALGAN GOD- I W^ Z speLLeRes> Ki ;sa«s F_i I ^.^ ^t l)cttljcficflatat(5of onbam bepiTo&licemanc- tDofetDinge0XDDirt)8tc ra bohron bana bmra nacerccnbe byn&an among to0. be on ur rev:yilet>e rynr. 2. rpa ur bcrxh- tcbtDcmbntob^.tDixd) * 1 '>>* , ' • >c I ^wn *•?« beginning faxo run ba ^e hir ov: mym^c rerapon. -i bxne tijcm ttjcmfeme^ tofti) rpnaecc bcnar pxnon i j. LUc rebuhrc nflict^ of njctco^D: *^' ,J I, '^^j^-f. "'^ ? 3Dcter«irnebalf0 8n rconnlicc eallum o^ cnt)c bynbncrre pni- ibnca^^ ^aD(fcatfij<(D ^ * s^ , , _,•'•',"'' ont)r)n(gcntlraU rtjtagd ran 'oc. bu re rclurca Theophilur. ftomtijcbcgtnning.tbat ' * ' ' ' ' ttTOiJtDoiiltitCiitcbnta *., , V t1)ce,moac;:ccUcn« ir^e-. 4^ ^)>«oncnapeJ,apapopMp%ppnen-e «.w«:^^__^ ^,^_^^^^ oic bam "oc pu relacncb canr > ^noto tue ccmrntfc of rj / O J J -^ tijofe ttjrngc0 tobctcof t^ou l)aa bene info;niet). ONJ^ejiot-erbajuIubcacynrnje]-. 5 r?4^y°„fplt pacr rum raccnb onnaman Zacha- tbchtngof jucrco cct-. Ill ) ) t«rne p^eS nameb Za« puj- op Abian rune, -j hy)- pip rt'«7„„»^'K"'*a« PI" op Aaponer&oh-cpum. t hype nama JJ^S^.'SSTm?*."; pjep eii^aberh ^ tf. So=5licc h. j p^pon f S?«S,-„,t„,„„^., buru pihrpii-e bepopan Gobe. pnjcn&c "X^'^.'Sttt^S on eallum hyj- bebo&um n pihrpipej-pum ii%X"riV/o;>iS D. J. buran *»" 456-57. G0SPEL8 IX Anclo-Saxux. 1571 50 THE Firft part of the Tra- gicall raignc ofSelimnSjfometime Empe- rour of the Turkcs.and grandfather to him that now raignc th. Wherein is fliowne how hee mofi: vnnaturally raifcd warresagainf] his owne father BaiAnet^ and prc- uailijig therein , inthe end caufed him to be poylbned: Alfo with the murthcijng of Ins two brethren, Ccrcutj and Acomat, As it was pbyd by the Quccncs MaicfUcs Players. LONDON Printed by Thomas Crecde , dwelling in Thames ftreete at the fignc of the Kathren wheele, ncare the olde S w^mne. I 5 P 4. 468. Greene (IvuHKKT). Selimu.s. 159 4: |1;[^^>! ^:— :i^:::^V^ wl£ c E- -«! K D o p p § o o Q B 53 5-b; A N ^ T H 1 O pian Hiftorie written in GreeJ^e by Heliodorus: VQty vvircic and pica* fainir , (Bnglittieo bp Thomas yndcr- douue. llBitl) fbclOrguinfiitf ofcucrp 2SBa;hc,ff tf e bi/foie tb« lobole VVoorkc. fmprinted at London ^ hy Hcnrie V Vyl? ftjow; ftg 6p t§c poftct)) ct e^c^? of t^c founc i^tictBc of ^tt/2tnti t^e ?)nK of ^o:Kc to6c f^iTPi^^igc it) tSa^eo anO^ fa^0?O oiut «) to Si^d:>n^ tB^tc ^ Ibae ^c^ tcffegucO/ Igcnnc e^ngc &atr^ Bj^ttgctBit^ §i6 ^or^c it) f§c fcPoc noe CnotS^tigc of t{)ierocvipnc05p:ir(^ti3e ot) t^c tttoinc fonoe none it) t^c f«t^ of t^e ffi^tjc foiCce-fcnte 0116? it) all ^fife mijt) to fofetBc anO ^uxftc^c aft»t to tiaSe ^n)/6u< e§cp mcto? not ^it() 4§cw) ae 5ot> t5oPc>?/ant) t^cnnc t§c S^ng? ^cnb? to ^DEd^c onO ^ifpo^fPet) t^ccar^cC miD tgc toutte/TlnD fcnt ^c ^ucfyff« of ^ft tBit^ 6?r c^iCoren to mp Co^g of (^oK^nc^Oam get fufiJcr/SS&^tc f5« TSao 6epee Mic aftzx / ^(no fb^f^^i^^ d)c ^^ngc otccpne^? id^c l>uc of fomctfcte Capgtu^nc of Cafo^o / 2(nt) t^tcfc o^et £brv5c6 foo OepatG^t) ae a fbcc t e fagO SSctc pa)cCamcC>2 rcfefiPj?^ <^"D? gtc tv (caj>toure/ ^fennctf^c DuSc of ^ome:fcd? to^eto ^^tt) oUc fc^o ^ouO^ouce i^a< vtpat^^? fvo t§c fsCoc/attb matK ^}>yT} te t)g it) a(?c ^ftQ to goo to CaCape anO? 6iKc poffcffiot) of ^le of; fpoj)'2(}nD2 S6c»nnc ^ oatt) fe fon^ t^c (8t£?/ 31 no it fb:^ncO i^at fomtnc of t6o f^v^^io ^^t cam ouc: tBifc^ 5i?t>)/ainic it) to €a^a^^ ^iiet) 6g t^cprfcecSp^e/ jfozfc^^ f5»P»ttet) ou^^t mote fauoute to tfic<8r f« of ^a:%c^ t£)an ^ fc^« ^"^« of ^omcvfcec/ ^v) ^f)icljc fpi^Jce ^ctc to^et) D^uctfc tnet) ♦ as 3cnpt) J^^n6; ^^/3o6ar) ft?Cat6/aap(lPc0 anO pntfcytSOicfe ^cre 6pfecct>? fo^r nc after n) CaPa^e / 5tn^? af ftr ^ie ^^£p cnnt met) ouej ^ec to t^^fe 0Dtoe<5 to CaPapc / 7ln^ ^^^annz to ^c^e fixsn^zz an^ ftcengef 2lno t^eg CowtiSe^ moc^ gooO goot) of t§e f^apfe / ^^ ^ 510. HiGDEN (R.) PoLYCHRONicoN. W. Caxton, [c. 1483] 22 57 511-2. HiGDEN (R.). POLYCHRONICON. P. TrEVERIS, 1527 (^Reduced") 58 ^^^ 548. Jeromk of Brunswick. The Bokk of Distyllacyon. L. Andrew, [c. 1530] 22* e9 ill Hf -H""y' fci |*^^i worth of Wit, m |,^^| 1%?JS a Penny-worth of S^JsiSg i&3f| TZ-f Bermites Tale. fSG^I i'S^^i The third Imprcisjon. ii* ^m1 ^■O^-^i Printed for 7 ^cd, and vindicated from the forfticr Eitours, and now juftly printed according to the' Author's true Copie; witb fundne ihJnges adjoyncd here-vnto agaync, which abfurdlic were omitted in chc Imprcfllons printed herc-tO'forc . . lOB VII. Iililitia tff vita Homing fapcr Terr.T.v;^ Vivct ettam pefi fttmrfl I'lrtui, ABERDENE, ^ imprinted by Edward Raban^ for TXivid UeivtU . « 6 1 8 • 615. LiNDSAT (Sir David). Works. Aberdekn, 1628 o ■-I 63 jTtt^S mt: €u(nmmm&i titc&inmmn notationtbttancta mnitas mm Dm5:mifererettobi5* SS S)antms ronimu£( C fienalesDabtnmi: ilonDoftaput) btbitopoias; anCtmitmoIianctt i^attU : 3itfigtt0l^nctt(rune 611-2. Ly.vdewode (William). Constitutioxes. Paris, W. Hopyl, 1506 (Much reduced) 64 &}o;tf)p fepnge 31rtl)uc,rbe toWcb tioas tbc fpzft of tlie too;jtl)f eja; ^J^tpften, anD aiCo of l)ps nobtf fliiDbAlraunt Unj^gljteg of tt)e counoe ^able. ^etoip imp;pnuo aiiDceicmeo* 648. Malory (Sir Thomas). King Arthur, [c. 1578] 65 ^ ^ere begptmet^ a'^^t^tp i^armaoof a ttm c tt)g Oo ncmt^tanOgof<$eidgrooffl map 676. Mauy of Nemmkgkx. Antweup, J. van Duesbkogu, [1518-19?] ^^^^&^.\^c^a^^^i CO ^^^^^k^^^'.K^^^^^ c Q 'ir. D CD CO w <8 £^ C «! 2 c is ^ lea •^ Po4-» O pk, J- o J5 n o OS H OS 68 JUSTA EDOVARDO KING naufrago, ab Amicis moerentibus, amoris Si re^} calculumfonas, id^ique nwfrAgmm efi. Pet. Arb, CANTASRlGIu£z Apod Thomam Buck^ & Rogerum D4»/>/,celcbcmm« Acadcmia? typographos. 1638* 717. MiLTOx (John). Lycidas, 1638 69 fie ^artlbttctcnfts;. '555- i €^Q i&acerDofrm. ^ancf o^nm quffancta (oltH mtracc facccDoief: ^ot miffale nouum(ft mW cceDis;)cma;8i. 3nueme0 Ulit DigeaajJ o^tDitte milTaje^ Ce(art0 tjt Burgi tcrio? t)fus;!)abet. Cetera font f eoi0 paffim Dcfo?mta mtiMg. I^oc (^lepl^a^ ^lla m fine labe ttbu 751. MiSSALE AD USUM ECCL. SaRISB. KtNGSTON AND SUTTOX, 1555 (Slightly reduced) 70 C^tiTale ab Wm tnftams m<0(qatba0 paOim (catebat) omntDHisetmanupct emenoatmn* ilonDmt 754-5.^ MissALE Ai; usuM ECCLEsiB Sarisburiensis. [Kyngston and Sutton], 1557 (Much reduced) 71 76S. MoRLEV (Thomas), Thf, First Booke op Balletts. 1595 72 LONDONS Mourning garment, or Funcrall Tearcs; wornc andfhedfor the death of her wealthy Cirtizens, and other her inhabitants . To which is added, a zealous and feruenc Prayer, with a true relation how many haue dyed of ali difcafes , in eucry particufer parifh within [x)nJon, the Liberties, and ouc pariflics neere adioyning from the 14 of luly 1^03. to the 17 ofNoucniber. n following. ... «\ At London printed by RaphBlower^ 1605. ('.) 775. Muggins (William). Loxdon's Mourning Garment. 1603 73 ^^ iteta) €nterlutie BoIeCTeUoittferffjcnplcafant, entitulet) nclD CuHotne, Deuifcooflate, ano fo; mucrfe (oufesnolDe retfo;tte> neasrbefio;t CCbe plains nmne^ in t|i^ €nterlut)£beett)efe. The Prologue, Pcruerfc Doarinc an oliJe gopifte pzieff. I|norauncc. an otber,bat tlDcr. Ncwoiflomc. amimlter. Light of the gofpcll. ammtSsr. Hypocrific. anfilDetuoman* Creweltie. a Uufflor. Auarice. a l^ttftler» EdiBcation,^ a ^age^ Artiirauncc. a MtttW* Goddes fclidtic . 8 ^Sge. Cf otoet maf |^!s? tljf,^ Cntetlul)e. -NcwcCuftomcj I -{ Perucrredo^rinc. 3 ^Auarice. ^Aflurancc. ^ Ignorauncc J^'g^^ of tlic Gofp^i z ^Hypocrifie. "^Creweltie. ^ and Edification. ^ CGoddes fclidtic. cThc Prologue 785. New Custom. 1573 74 tJtropoion Delwny OR, The death of Delia: With the Tcarcs of her Funerall. APoeticall Excufiac DifcouTfe of our lace Eliz^ Impnrited at London for W. lohnes acdicfigncofrhe Gunne,oeare Hoiborac Conduit, itfo?. %^j3:^>^ -^ fci ^ .'?- qh o C' CO •< t-H ^ . Pi 'f^ 00 CO 2 o o o 00 as 78 828. P. (J). Fl.OUIDON AND LUCINA. 1663 79 COACH andSEDAR Plcafantly Difputing for Place and Precedence; The SrewrS'Cart being Moderator. SpeHatftm admtjjt yrtfum tcwatU amki? BSOHSSaaBBHBBi L O ND O N: Vtintti by JRobert Raworth , for lohi Crorvch ; and arc to be fold by Edmund Faxtmi dwelling at Pitais cbaync^ncerc Do£lors-Commons. 1636, 841. Peach AM (Henry). Coach and Sedan. 1636 00 o H EH o tf, — , < ' — ' El ^ >< H CO CO 00 •TJ O 00 -3 B-^ 4 f!j C ^ ^' o ^ <6 • s -a >S Ti di •5 -_ «J *2 a *Q w V* 2" ?• w «-> ^ Q s H t* ji «— u* c*2 o < 00 CO 86 THE ARTE OF ENGLI SH P O E S I E. Contriucd into three Bookes : Thefirftof Poets and Pocfie^ the fecond of Proportion, the third of Ornament. AT LONDON Printed hy Richard Field, dwelling In the black- Friers, ncere Ludgate, 897-8. PuTTENUAM (George or Richard). The Arte of English Poksie. 1589 00 00 55 00 ^ 89 THE RETVRNE FROM PERNASSV5: Or The Scourge of 5iniony, Tublitjuely aBed by the Students^ in Saint Johns Collcdgc in CAmbridge^ AT LONDON Printed by G. Eid.^ov loh» H^right^^ni arc to bcc fold at his Oiop at Chrift church Gate. 1606. 916-7. Hetuene From Pebnassus. 160G 90 f oj jiien fcttiauntes^anD djtl&zen^tbi'tlj fetflus P.^VitS ig fetiset1jvnSfj8! to bee btttietdanbc mit nfffflarve. iljfntolracljeanli geufftic tbiit2fninUatninganDgGCOmanf5rjcaitt£f i^igt) f pr Bicf to a:o^it ericre af etl) f atiour^ ie multiplvntj goorie0, aiiD incrcaf£tl)tbygooD nam? at {ncer afn^ pzai.r^ano bi> pzarer grac e,antj ta bfe cbt'lDienitibfrturanbgooD Uatnrnge* d^ecaufirofti^e IDO^ID bring Co euill tnUuitige,a^ iti^^tje^fd^lac&eof bet tuftn voutb.SIii)icbpoutba?fb3ftb tbeDifpofiWof tbt^ic patentei0?oimatl!eraf^bnj)ertol)o«^ftbcvbaue beenego» vtrnen . fox vouti) 10 feifpof eD to taHc f uc^e aief tbf f are acruftomeoiri^sooboi eiitU /font ti)t conaerCaticti of tbegour£nourbeemlI:rire^e£^imt(lt^ecbilDebedctipiK 9laiJtbus(bi> tbMft^lD veftali percet^u? tbeDpfpof^nonoE tbegoupTOOUce, jfo^of fin?U fjcampUj^manp baijngetiSf atiD abljominaiile ftrmf jg foiotof tir. f oube biljicl^e bctbc tbeDtTciplcaiiDtbe matdcr CbaU ruflfrf:>aiaDt}otb Da^l^r; 3ftc0 alfomcfiTati^r fo;ia goufrnourto bfctbtminfaire fpecbe^ar^D f^tto bjtil tbev? laoo|ti£jS ^it\} goob abupfr*; feierlt toitbout ftafnerpgc * anb pf ^p«tte tbcpmto rcb^ltalsap? from row, fee re piitte tbe^m to ab^ftrete tnaiCtrr tbatrantippuDtCCb^ Cbatpel^e hoitb pactennauo not luitf) nqcus:»fo^itDotb oftttmei^ mafee tbrm to rebel j^nbrun atA?au^Wjerat(i^au(ttb^ft tinted tmc^^umt^ 923. Rhodes (Hugh). The Boke of Nurture. T. Colwell, [c. 1565] OS P5 S5 55 Z/2 0> 2^ ♦ 7^ S S 3 s w5^?^B"E:5 "?5 « 5 Cog « s »«. ea 5 ^ "S TT *-► .a- jy *• 5 •** ^2 St wS-" 12 2.2.2 n H J'. o o Pd 93 DIOGENE S LANTHORNE- ]n(tyfthens I fc eke for honeft men, But 1 fhall find them God k now s when . lie fearch the City, where if I can fee One honeft man, he (hall goe with mce, LONDON, f Printed for Roien Bird^ dwelling at the fignc of the Bible in Cheape-fidc . 1631. 934. KowLANDS (Samuel). Diogenes Lanthorne. 1 631 94 ^l;e pzeface of 3lle]t:ant)ec aSarclap pzeeO/ tonto tl^c nsliit \)V^ anD mtgl^tp p;imc^: ^domas Rcucrcdiflimo in CHriflo patri ac dno: dno loanni Vcyfy exonien c^ pifcopo Alexander Barclay prcfby ter debita cum obferuantia. S* IE M I N I mc fnpctforf* Ibas annjs cu adhnc faceU hi tegii pTcfuI clTesrpaftor |vfgilafiti'lfime:tuis fnafio Jonibns incf tata :vtCrifpi ISalufti'i hyftoriafqua lus gnrthyna bella dicSitanc ) e romana tin gua: bpc/anDtnagnifr^ cent prince tmpne I)ublcfctupcc/Duc tntopouc grace » 3(!nDt!)et element affection iS3i)icO bauetnto pout^onoutanD gpetuall fame/impellet^ me often tpmcs to Dcj? upCe/ anD to tcuolue in mpntje: to^at fecupce/ o?pleafute mp fprnpleneCTc 945. Sallustius Crispus. Tk. A. Barclay. R. Pynson, [1521 1] 24 CO W'l"' 00 n > <» « .5 p u v««i 3 «a ^a^ •n O u U O V3 M U ♦"^ r^ Q ^ ^M* v> ^ka« n JU (^ U^ u: ^ z: tf u^ 3 t!^o - 2 - ^- ^SJ ^^ a <^ "Z:^ ri "^ «: Q -• E-i . to o W 5 I <7> 97 964 Sbneca. Octavia. Tr. T. Nuce, [1566] 24^ 98 SIR GYLES GOOSECAPPE Knight. A Comcdic prcfcntcdby^thcChil: of the ChappcU. AT LONDON. Printed by lohn Wtndet for 999. Sir Gyles Goosbcappe. 1606 99 PlHopofitiO cfl d?atio 5^»«nortl?abcatpicduata€jcp;j»onicnoctnonftrat(u6.vt ioljanes, cHmt.yeUl!ct?5cumtj6tnota^term;nu0Dtfcretuecftc^ nom? ;ppiiKm.vtioi?^9/pl3fo/fo.te0.£t rcrmfnus iois eft cmnc nomco appellafiuii quod eft c6munemulro9.vtl?omo/aral/afinuef £lue ca.tf pp quaUo nc.)3raf.t),a tiara ^.iSin. CL^Jcponiuir ftc.^d queftionc feita g qucrcfpodcoduxu c^tJ?e^ 0o:lca vd !7rpotf?cti"ca.'3d queftionefticta g qu.;U'c.refpondcnd6 eft afftrmatuavelncsjkdun.'JQdqueftionefacta y qunntfl.rcfpjn> dcndfi ol vii^ucHViUe/pamcu'.srfS/JndcfimtiVTcinu^ilarltJ, ([iflotaQ^tjmufrraUeaffirmatma^tiiuucrj? faU0 ncsatfua.oc'corJntulibuGfubrcctie pdicotio i co^uKe.i fcr^; ijjfnie I'dfc fupponctib^^ eifdil ptrdrie ft-V in h^tr^.'^ni Hcri«H9 1003, SoPHisTAUUM LiBELLUs AD usuM OxoN. E. Pynson, [1499-1500?] 100 1008-9. Spknsbr (Edmund). Colin Clout. 1595 101 fS U & M Complaints. Containing jundrte (mall npoemej of the Wodds Va- nitie. yyhereofthe next Page maketh menti- on* By Ej>. Sp. ^l.'^ L O M O O N. Imprinted ioiVl^tllUm Pon/bnbicy dwtUing in Paules Churchyard at the figncof the 'Btjhop head. 1010-11. Spenser (Edmui^d). Complaints. 1591 102 nu6 cecosmt^ $ caQf sata itma Eo^ bctti U)^)tttntoni JUc\)tmiaBi(ioitnti(U^ 1020. Stanbridge (J.). Accidentia. W. de Worde, [c. 1520] 103 im^.^11 iftr-.ri V -jSrA- 1021. StANBRIDGE (J.). PaRVULORU.M INSTITUTIO. W. DE WORDE, [1513-14] Q .2 ^ ci: *^ > 4/ ,a> o ^ ;> ^ A o» ^^ #^ °< •^ Co ^> § ^ o rj ui m CQ CU 3 .=1. o O CQ w s ..-I " n c .Q c^ *n ^1 > t B o u 106 Heads of ail Fashions, Being, -^Plainc Defccflion or Definition \ ^ ^ :§ ^ ft I- s; r ^ I ^ .«* V. e S •is S5 El a o o \^ » Q < > 00 o 1094. ViEGIL. BUCOLICA. W. DE WoRDE, 1529 112 8& THE m VV O R K E S| OF ^ EDMOND WALLER § Efquire, ^ ^ Lately a Member of the Ho- ^ nourabic House of Co M M ON S, In this prcfcnt Parliament. 9S ss as LONDON, Printed for Thorns )fAlkltj. 1101. Wallek (Edmund). Wobkes. 1645 113 THE WEAKEST goeth to the VValL Js it hath bene fwidry times pUhle hy the rl^ht ho- nourable Evlc of Oxcu'covd, Lord oy cat Qhamkyhiine oj England htsjeruants. LONDON Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Oliuc^ dwelling in Long Lane. 1600. 1119. Weakest goeth to the Wall. 1600 114 OR, THE ORIGINAL of our Snghfh Saijrer. lohn Wc€uer. Sn VfUnjfrtSat va/aijfe. 4^ t7»'f» c^ LONDON Printed by Valentine Simme?. 1500. U24, Wbkver (John). Faunus and Melliflora. 1600 115 CS)e^eterotUtte nommibus. C®t)itio IRobettr Ibl^ittmtonilic^jfelDi'eit fisdScainmatice niagtftnret pjtotbouatte anglicinflojentiflima ©ronienCi acbabc miaJlauceati/BebetetoclitiBnommtbus etgraDibus compatatonts. CCcttaffici^on eiufccm at) lecto^em* ^?oti^eo!S( bt potTiS tjariojE? tJinofcere bultuja? ^p;iefiefe)cu;0(ambtg;uofa$ fmi^. ibalmacitjotf ne bnui^ cocant i^eteroclita mi;:ta ^c tol^tttintoni tjoluito icctoj opuiS. C©(fttc^on duftiem in jofluitu Co?nua ri^inocerog/Dentcm nt $oilc ponajef ^anguinploitafwcttclal^ecatdjciett?' 1129. Whitinton (R.). De heteroclitis xominibus. Oxfokd, J. Scolar, loll 116 M' C:GRAMMATICESPrim« pattis Liber primus Roberti V V«L«L» nuperriine recognii? tus. Dc nominum gcncribus* CAd florentiffimu inuidififimumq; principem Henricii odauii regc Angliae.&c.Ro^ berti V Vhitintonit fupplicatio, ISanguinc troiugcnum clarodcftcim Snatcprinccps j H^nrice,angelici gloria prima foli, jEccc tua infeltat pub^m fera dira bri^ tannam. Grammaticen vatis dilaccratqj tui. JCofulc diuc pio ftudio /rex magnela^ bori. Edgarus vt fias,ora retundc Lyci. HVMILIABIT CALVMNIA. TOREM. ^fta 1133. W'niTiNTuN (Robert). Dk nomixum (iKXKHiBUs. \\'. dk Wokdk, 1022 117 CRobcrti V Vliitintoni L.Secunda gram; maticf pars de fyllabaru quantitatc* Siccitu,8c varijs metrorugcne^ ribus.nuprimc recefitajli' matiuspoIita,adic:J (^is coplufcu^ lisj&nonul* lis Calco^ gra^ |>horum elimatis etratis^ frJDefyilabi/etciosoiiStUatcCCcpuwa.medra.ivIttma (Vllabacognofcende.'jSconicntottKtcrptamctoifitcrlmiaru uS)cacccntnfmlDlotned?2riiniatiCD. | COcacccnm apud rccitioiee magi? otfcruaio. CiOcJfupe:] diiii§ti9accJfu0.cTtodo.tparentt?en.CJDe metro etf (us accidcnttbue.CJDepcdtbuenjctTozOnmplicibua.bupUcib'.a IjeteropUcibU9.€ vltUactoecozo ciufdem. ( ClI>eUcentupoettca. ci^Dclicftiainnouandarufpllabaru.Oi ction0.iotatlonu.ci©ecomutattonevocebulo9.B oca partes COcoJghemctroifiquovfuacfnpouitiuelrncHa.CJDcnol:! bii9mcrro9ico;:ttiiieto:tb'.C[3tcbPmniaquib*'t>tifcccie: riaTeozQcoporinoncifc.inone.tt^ccoiiiCCdiaatrcsCcdJa.l Dcpoctlecomuie. flZTccomCEdi^'i tragcedlXOiffcrStta. CtDemctrtequtbuecomicntragutfcrtprerCic. ii.JDcn)odoUitionecomcedtar&1Ecrcnii(. 1136. Whitinton (R.). Dr syij.ararum qttantitate W. dk Worde, 1521 118 THE C O B L E R S Prophefie. Written by KobcrtWilfoa Gerx Printcci at London by lohn DantcrforOithbm Burbic : and are to be fold at his (hop ncrc the Royall-Exchangc. If 9^* 1152. Wilson (Uobkrt). Tub Cobleks Pbophesie. 1594 119 THE PEDLERS Propficcic. LONDON Printed by Tho. Creede, and arc to be fold by William Barlcy,at his flic^in Gratious ftrectc. 1153. Wilson (Robert). The Pedlers Prophecir. 1595 120 The pleafant and Stately Morall 5 of the three Lordes and three Ladies of London. «&tt!j t^e great Joi? auD |Dompe,^olempni?ei) at ibcir ^^tU at^cs: CommicallyimerUccd with much Iioi>cit Much, for plcafuie anB rec.'cation.Qmong manp €pojsll cbfet- uatioiiJ and other importanc matters oidMc RogirA byR.VV. [. O tl D O N. Printed by R.lhones^at the Rofe aD(fCrownc nccrcHolbutne Bndgc.1590. 1154. Wilson (Robert). Three Lordes ano three Ladies op London. 1590 U'nf