The Early Oxford Press / A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations

by Falconer Madan

1592.

1. Barlaamus. ΤΟΥ῀ ΣΟΦΩΤΑ´ΤΟΥ ΒΑΡΛΑΑ`Μ ΛΟ´ΓΟΣ ΠΕΡΙ` | ΤΗ῀Σ ΤΟΥ῀ ΠΑ´ΠΑ ἈΡΧΗ῀Σ. | BARLAAMI DE PAPAE PRINCI-|PATV LIBELLVS. | Nunc primùm Græcé & Latiné editus opera Ioannis | Lvidi Procuratoris Academiæ Oxoniensis. | Ad | Illustrissimum Dominum Bucchurstium | eiusdem Academiæ Cancellarium | Amplissimum. | [device.]

Impr. 11: 1592: sm. 4^o: pp. [40], signn. ¶, A-D⁴: sign. B 1^r beg. ἀξιοῦσθαι χειροτονίας: Pica Greek and Roman. Contents:—¶ 1^r, “¶ j”: ¶ 2^r, title: ¶ 2^v, arms of Buckhurst engraved on metal: ¶ 3^r-¶ 4^r, epistle dedicatory to Thomas Sackville lord Buckhurst, afterwards earl of Dorset, 1 Jan. “1592,” i. e. 1591
2: A 1^r-B 3^r, the Greek text: B 4^r-D 3^v, the Latin text.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 739. This is the editio princeps of the work of bp. Barlaamus. A copy presented by the author to John Selden, now in the Bodleian, is without the device on the titlepage.

2. Brasbridge, Thomas. Quæstiones in Officia M. T. Ciceronis, compendiariam totius Opusculi Epitomen continentes. 16^o: (Impr. 5).

From notes of a copy belonging to lord Robartes, seen by me in Dec. 1879. The dedication is dated 1586, of which date there is a copy of the book in Christ Church Library, Oxford: see 1615. B, an edition noticed in Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 526.

3. Breton, Nicholas. THE PILGRIMAGE TO PARA-|DISE, IOYNED WITH THE | Countesse of Pembrookes loue, compiled | in verse by Nicholas Breton | Gentleman. | [motto, then device.]

Impr. 6: 1592: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 102 + [2]: p. 11 beg. But, waking: Primer (Great Primer?) Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4), epistle dedicatory to Mary Countess of Pembroke: (5) “To the Gentlemen studients and Scholers of Oxforde,” 12 Apr. 1592, with a note disclaiming an edition “of late printed in london by one Richarde Ioanes ... entituled Bretons bower of delight,” as unauthorized and to a large extent not his own poems: (6) “To my honest true friende Master Nicholas Breton,” signed “Iohn Case”: (7–8) poems by Will. Gager and Henry Price to Breton: 1–65, the pilgrimage: 66–102, the countess of Pembroke’s love, both poems in 6-line stanzas: (1) 7 “Errata.”

Very rare. See Hazlitt’s Handbook, p. 56.

4. Case, John. SVMMA | VETERVM INTER-|PRETVM IN VNIVER-|SAM DIALECTICAM ARISTO-|TELIS; QVAM VERE FALSO-|ue Ramus in Aristotelem inueha-|tur, ostendens. | Auctore. | IOANNE CASE OXONIENSI, | olim Collegii D. Ioannis Præcurso-|ris socio. | Omnibus Socraticæ Peripateticæque philosophiæ studiosis in | primis vtilis ac necessaria. | Recognita & emendata. | Cum Indice rerum & verborum locupletiss. | [device.]

Impr. 11: 1592: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 201 + [7]: p. 11 beg. Resp. Definitio, 111 Opponens Aliquid: Brevier Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) “Ioannis Readi carmen, in dialecticam Ioannis Casi”: (3–5) Epistola nuncupatoria to Rob. Dudley earl of Leicester: (6–8) “Ad benevolum lectorem,” dated “Idibus August.”: 1–201 the work: (1–6) Index.

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

5. Churchyard, Thomas. A | HANDEFVL OF | GLADSOME VERSES, | giuen to the Queenes Maiesty | at Woodstocke this Prograce. | 1592. | By | Thomas Chvrchyarde. | [device.]

Impr. 2: 1592: sm. 4^o (perhaps [fours] 8^o): pp. [20]. signn. A-B⁴ C²: sign. B 2^r beg. That pleaseth: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title, within border: A 2^r-A 2^v, dedication to the Queen: A 3^r-A 4^v, “A few volu ntary verses to the general readers”: B 1^r-C 2^r, the Handful of Verses: C 2^v “[A V]erse of variety to all those that honors the onely Phœnix of the world” i. e. the Queen.

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

6. Elizabeth, queen. [Speeches delivered | to Her Majesty this last Progress | at the Rt. Hon. the Lady Russels, at | Bissam; the Lord Chandos | at Sudeley; the Lord | Norris, at Ricott.]

[Impr. 7a: 1592]: sm. 4^o: pp. [24], signn. A-C⁴: sign. B 2^r beg. Daphnes mischance: Pica Roman. Contents:—[A 1^r, title?]: A 2^r-C 4^r, the speeches, &c.

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

7. Gager, William. MELEAGER. | Tragœdia noua. | BIS PVBLICE ACTA IN | ÆDE CHRISTI | Oxoniæ. [device.]

Impr. 11: 1592: (eights) 16^o: pp. [96], signn. A-F⁸: sign. B 1^r beg. Non leuior: Pica Italic. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A 2^r-A 3^r, letter dedicatory to Robert earl of Essex, 1 Jan. “1592” (1592
3?), signed “Guilielmus Gagerus”: A 3^v-A 4^r, Complimentary poems to the author, one by Albericus Gentilis: A 4^v-A 5^r, short poetical and prose account of the play by the author: A 5^v “Personae”: A 6^r-E 7^v, the play with prologues, argument and epilogues: E 8^r-F 5^v, “Panniculus Hippolyto Senecæ Tragœdiæ assutus 1591,” a short play: F 6^r “Apollo προλογίζει ad Serenissimam Reginam Elizabetham 1592,” a poem: F 6^v-F 7^r, Prologue and Epilogue to “Bellum Grammaticale.” [F 8 not seen].

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

8. Gager, William. VLYSSES REDVX | Tragoedia Nova. | IN AEDE CHRISTI OXONIAE | PVBLICE ACADEMICIS RE-|CITATA, OCTAVO IDVS | FEBRVARII. 1591. | [device.]

Impr. 11: 1591: (eights) 12^o: pp. [96], signn. A-F⁸: sign. B 1^r beg. Viæque fessum: Pica Italic. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A 2^v, “Prologus ad Academicos” in verse: A 3^r-A 4^r, epistle dedicatory to lord Buckhurst, Ch. Ch., 10 May 1592, signed “Guilielmus Gagerus”: A 4^v-A 7^r, complimentary poems, &c., one by Albericus Gentilis: A 7^v, “Personæ”: A 8^r-F 1^r, the play: F 2^r-F 6^v, five Latin pieces by Gager, including a “Prologus in Rivales, Comœdiam.” [F 8 not seen].

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 89.

9. Lycophron. ΛΥΚΟΦΡΟΝΟΣ ΤΟΥ | ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕΩΣ | Αλεξάνδρα. | LYCOPHRONIS CHAL-|cidensis Alexandra. | In vsum Academiæ Oxoniensis. | [device.]

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

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

10. Sanford, John. APOLLINIS ET MVSARVM | ἘΥΚΤΙΚΑ` ἘΙΔΎΛΛΙΑ, | in serenissimæ reginæ Elizabethae | auspicatissimum Oxoniam aduentum, de-|cimo die Calend. Octobris, An: M . D . LXXXXII. | [device.]

Impr. 11: 1592 : sm. 4^o: pp. [24], signn. A-C⁴: sign. B 1^r beg. Cernis vt: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 1^v, Latin poetical dedication to dr. Nicholas Bond, vice-chancellor and president of Magdalen college, signed “Ioannes Sanfordus”: A 2^r-C 4^r, the Idylls.

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

11. Thorne, William. Dvcente Deo. | WILLELMI THORNI | TVLLIVS, SEV Ρ῾ΉΤΩΡ IN TRIA | STROMATA DIVISVS. | [motto.] | E NOVO BEATÆ MARIÆ | WINTON IN OXON COLLEGIO. | [woodcuts.]

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

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