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

by Falconer Madan

1623.

1. Cotta, John. COTTA | CONTRA | ANTONIVM: | OR | AN ANT-ANTONY: | OR | AN ANT-APOLOGY, | manifesting Doctor Antony his Apo-|logie for Aurum potabile, in true and e-|quall ballance of right Reason, to | be false and counterfait. | By Iohn Cotta Doctor in Physicke. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 48: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 108: p. 11 beg. may be one: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) Advertisement to the reader about the prefaces: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to the resident Doctors in Physic in the University of Oxford: (8) “Errata ...”: (9–12) “To the Reader”: 1–108, the work.

This is a reply by a Cambridge man to Francis Anthony’s supposed discovery of a medicine called Aurum Potabile, in his Apologia veritatis illucescentis, pro auro potabili, Lond. 1616. For the controversy see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 416. This work was sent to press at Oxford in 1616, but recalled before printing.

2. France. ARTICLES | AGREED ON | IN THE | NATIONALL SYNODE | of the Reformed Churches of | France, | Held at Charenton neere Paris, in the Moneth | of September, 1623. | Which the same ordaineth to be inuiolably kept | in all the Chvrches and Vniversi-|TIES of that Realme. | [device.]

Impr. 39: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 34: p. 11 beg. Who teach, That: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–34, the Articles in 4 chapters.

See 1624, F.

3. Godwin, Thomas. ROMANAE | HISTORIAE | ANTHOLOGIA | RECOGNITA ET | AVCTA. | AN | ENGLISH EXPOSITION OF | THE ROMANE ANTIQVITIES, | wherein many Romane and English | offices are paralleld, and divers | obscure Phrases | explained. | For the vse of Abingdon Schoole. | [line] | Revised and enlarged by the Author | [line: then device.]

Impr. 47: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 277 + [17]: p. 11 beg. a malefactor, 111 ther, sometimes: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to dr. John Young dean of Winchester, dated “Abindoniæ 14. Calend. Decemb. ... 1622,” signed “Tho. Godwyn”: (5) “Benevolo lectori” : (7) “A short Table ...” of contents: 1–277, the work: (2–24) “Index Rerum et Verborum ...”

See 1614 G.

4. *†Oxford, Merton College. Merton Colledge Case. | [the text follows.]

No place or date, but probably printed at Oxford in about 1623: folio: pp. [4], sign. ( )²: sign. ( ) 2^r beg. 3 What Baron Althams: Pica Roman. Contents:—pp. (2–3) the Case.

Merton College let the manor of Maldon to the Queen in 21 Eliz. (1578–79), for 5000 years. The lease was disputed by the College in 1621 (“about two yeares since”), and again in this Case, which sets out the reasons for annulling the same.

5. Oxford, University. CAROLVS | REDVX. | [device with AC. on one side and OX. on the other.]

Impr. 42: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [92], signn. ( )² ¶⁴ ¶¶² A-I⁴ K²: sign. B 1^r beg. Pierides nuper: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. ( ) 1^r title; 2^r-2^v, dedications to king James and prince Charles, Latin poems by the vice-chancellor: ¶ 1^r-¶¶ 2^v “ΠΑΝΑΚΑΔΗΜΙΚΟΣ. sive, gratulatio pro Carolo reduce, Oxoniensium nomine recitata, à Iohanne King publico Acad. Oratore”: A 1^r-K 1^r, the poems: K 2^r “Epilogus typographorum ad Principem,” two short Latin poems.

Poems by members of the University of Oxford to congratulate prince Charles on his return from Madrid to England 5 Oct. 1623. Most are in Latin, but 4 in Greek and 2 in Hebrew: there are also 4 chronograms, 1 acrostich and 1 anagram. For King’s speech see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 632.

6. Panke, John. See 1613 P.