1636.

Impr. 151: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. 24 + 23 + [1]: pp. 11 begg. De prædestinatione, and gendis sacris: English Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title: 3–24, the Articles: 24, “Confirmatio Articulorum”: 1, half-title: 2, list of Canons: 3–23, the Canons: (1) “¶ Forma sententiæ excommunicationis.”

Impr. 153: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [14] + 100 + [2]: p. 11 beg. Fregit, & Auroræ: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–6) dedication to prince (afterwards king) Charles, from the 1615 ed.: (7–12) a Latin poem in Charles’s honour, beg. “Fama per attonitas”: 1–33, the poems, bk. 1: 34, “Ad benevolum Lectorem”: 35, a title:—“Ioannis | BARCLAII | POEMATVM | liber II. | [two lines, then woodcut, then two lines]”, with impr. 87a: 37–66, the poems, bk. 2: 67–97 “Tumulus ... Gustavi Adolphi ...” a poem, by C. B.: 98–100, five short Latin poems, signed at end “H. G.”

This appears to be a reprint of the 1615 (London) edition, with the addition of the poem on pp. 64–100. The signatures indicate that pp. 67-end are an addition to the original book, but a catchword on p. 66 shows that the two parts are not independent. Only these two (separate) editions of Barclay’s Poems were published: the author died in 1621.

Impr. 152: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A⁴, B²: sign. B1² beg. And returne: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title, within double lines and woodcuts: A2^r-B2^r, the speeches and songs.

Rare. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 1010, where will be found an interesting account of Bushell’s discovery of a peculiar rock at Enstone near Oxford, and of the ceremonies with which it was presented to the Queen. The speeches and songs, presented by a hermit, the author himself, Echo, &c., were set to music by Simon Ive (see sign. B2^r).

4. Carpenter, Nathanael. PHILOSOPHIA | LIBERA, | [&c., exactly as 1622 C, omitting a comma in ll. 5, 7, and with “nova”, “Carpentario”, “Collegii”, and “| Editio tertia, correctior |”]

Impr. 159: 1636: [&c., precisely as 1622 C, except that the first leaf and the last two leaves have not been seen, p. 111 beg. substantiali. At nullam, and the title is within a line.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 421, and 1622 C, of which this is an almost exact reprint. Some copies bear the date 1637.

Downeham, George. See 1635 D.

5. Felix, Marcus Minucius. M. MINVCII | FELICIS | OCTAVIVS. | [device.]

Impr. 69: 1636: (twelves) 24^o: pp. [8] + 129 + [7]: p. 11 beg. bere, quàm, 111 dicimus, non: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title within two bounding lines, [&c. precisely as 1631 F.]

See 1627 F: this seems to be a reprint of 1631 F.

Impr. 155: 1636: twelves 24^o: pp. [8] + 165 + [19]: p. 11 beg. to heare both, 111 reputed Gods: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) epistle dedicatory to lady Cotton: (7–8) “To the Reader”: 1–165, the work: (2–12) three religious poems, “A Good Friday thought”, “A Christmasse Caroll” (beg. “Since now the jolly season’s by”), “A Hymn on Christs ascension”.

Scarce. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 630.

Extracted for the most part out of the	{ Sacred Scriptures, }	And some moderne
	{ Ancient Fathers, }
	{ Christian Poets. }

Impr. 156: 1636: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 80: p. 11 beg. If he in time: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, (3–5) “To the Devote Author ...” a poem signed “Hen. Beesely A.M. A.A.”: (7) Complimentary poem to the author by Steph. Haxby of Cambridge: 1–47, the Blessed Birthday, a poem: 48 “Votum Authoris ad Iesum ...”: 49–80, the Transportations, 16 poems.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 607. This is a reprint of the first edition, see 1634 F, with some additions and the omission of the poem before the second part. It is this second issue which Dr. Grosart reprinted in 1881 in Fitz-Geffrey’s Poems.

Impr. 161: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [26] + 336: p. 11 beg. wore, being, 301 more luckie: Pica Roman. Contents:—(1–2) not seen: (3) engraved title, inserted: (5–10) Epistle dedicatory to George marquis of Buckingham, signed “Philanactophil”: (11–19), “To the Reader”: (20–24) “The preface of Lucius Florus”: (25–26) not seen: 1–336, the Histories: 336 “The end of the foure Bookes of the Roman Histories ... translated into English by E.M.B. Soli Deo gloria”.

The translator of this work, which first appeared in English at London in 1618, was Edmund (Maria) Bolton. The present edition was printed in London but published at Oxford, and the title is the engraved one of 1618, by Simon Pass, displaying in the upper centre a Roman, in the lower centre the title, an eagle at top, and symbols and letterpress about, and altered in the imprint only. The collation assumes that a sheet of ten leaves could not be printed and that a blank leaf is needed before and after the prefatory matter: the title is on an inserted leaf. This edition was issued after the translator’s death, and seems not to be entered in the London Stationers Company’s Registers.

Impr. 153: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [12] + 256 + [40] + 136: pp. 11 begg Cruciatus, and hæc nostra, 111 Cap. vi, and tur. Paulus: Pica and (2nd part) Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–10) “Veritatis evangelicæ studiosis ...”, dated “Lug. Batav. in Collegio Theolog. Ill. DD. Ord. Holl & Westf. 8. Kal. Sept. An. Chri. CIↃ IↃ cxviı. Ger. Ioannides Vossius, Coll. Regens”: (11–12) “Lectori” by the unnamed editor: 1–219, the Defensio: 220–256 Testimonia veterum: (1–16) an index in order of contents: (17) a bastard title to the second part, with impr. 87 a, and date: (19–35) “Præfatio”, signed “Ger. Ioannides Vossiun ...”: (37–40) “Lectori” by the editor: 1–136, the Responsio.

The two previous editions of Grotius’s work were issued at Leyden in 1617, while Vossius’s Responsio was published at the same place in 1618. Words underlined in the above title are in red ink, as are also “Oxoniæ,” and “MDCXXXVI” in the imprint. N is omitted in the series of signatures.

Impr. 158: 1636: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [20] + 808 + [4]: p. 11 beg. 1. First then, 701 dates, or Vindelici: Pica Roman. Contents:—(precisely as 1633 H, except that the title is within double lines, instead of an arched border, and that every leaf has been seen.)

See 1621 H. This is a reprint, almost line for line, of 1633 H. The copy seen had a folded table of climes as in the 1625 edition, after p. 228.

Impr. 68 d: 1636: (eights) 12^o: pp. [74] + 130 + [36]: p. 11 beg. comprehenderunt, 111 Sic Ovid: Long Primer Roman and English. Contents:—p. (1), title: (2) royal arms, with “C.R.”: (3–8) “¶ To the Reader, &c.”: (9) about letters: (10) two prayers: (11–70) a Latin grammar in English: (71–2) Latin poem by Will. Lily: (73) a title within a line and border:—“Brevissima | institutio, | Seu | Ratio Grammatices | cognoscendæ, ad omni-|um puerorum utilita-|tem præscripta: Quam solam Regia Majestas | in omnibus Scholis do-|cendam præcipit. | [line, woodcut, line]”, with impr. 72 c: (74) arms of the University, &c.: 1–130, a Latin grammar, syntax and prosody, in Latin: (1–30) “Omnium nominum ... ac verborum interpretatio ...”: (31–3) four Latin poems, including graces: (34) woodcut picture of the tree of knowledge, and students gathering the fruit.

This is the first Latin grammar printed at Oxford since 1518, and is issued “Cum Privilegio.” The grammar itself was already, in its Latin form, more than a hundred years old, and many editions of it had been printed. Other Oxford editions were issued at least in 1651, 1672–3, 1675, 1679, 1687, 1692, 1699, 1709, 1714, 1733. For William Lily see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 32. The signatures connect the two parts of the book.

The importance of this issue is considerable. In consequence of disputes between John Lichfield and Turner, archbp. Laud’s attention had been called to the state of printing at Oxford, and the absence of any such printing privileges as were possessed by Cambridge. A charter of privileges was accordingly obtained, dated 12 Nov. 1632, confirmed and amplified by another dated 13 March 1632
3. These allowed the University to print Bibles, Prayerbooks, Grammars, Almanacs, &c., which had till then been the monopolies of the London Stationers’ Company and the University Press at Cambridge. No Bibles or Prayerbooks were issued at Oxford till 1675, but this Grammar and three Almanacs (see 1637 B, C, and W.) raised the standard of revolt against monopoly. On 20 March 1636
7 the Stationers’ Company agreed to pay the University £200 a year, if it would agree not to issue the classes of books in question, and no further difficulties arose till after the Restoration.

Impr. 112a: 1636: (eights) 12^o: pp. [42] + 176 + [2] + 117 + [1] and one folded plate: pp. 11 beg. ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ, and qui Geometriæ: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) engraved title, see below: (5–10) “Iuventuti Academicæ”, signed “Gerardus Langbaine”, the editor: (11–24) complimentary Latin pieces by Gabriel de Petra, the author of the Latin translation and notes, 1610, and others: (24–42) three Latin prefatory pieces, about Longinus: a folded oblong 16mo sheet bearing a Diagramma or synopsis of the subject: 1, extract from Suidas about Longinus: 2–161, the treatise in Greek and (on the verso of each leaf) Latin, with marginal notes: 162–176, (1–2) Συνόψεις, further notes: 1–117, (1) “Notarum auctarium” with a critical preface, and (on p. 20) an engraving: ending with a Latin poem on the death of Thomas “Wethereld” (Wetherell) of Queen’s college Oxford.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 446, and 1638 L. The first part of this volume to the end of the Συνόψεις except Langbaine’s preface, is a reprint of the 1612 (Geneva) edition by Gabriel de Petra: the notes are Langbaine’s first published work. The engraved title by William Marshall is from a metal plate, displaying Hermes, an eagle, Phaethon, &c., round the title: and is an inserted leaf. Signatures O and P are run into one. The date on the title appears to be that of the engraving, but as it was altered in the 2nd edition, though the plate is practically identical, it may be taken as the date of the book also.

Impr. 152: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Tom. Vellow: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within a border of woodcuts between lines: 3, dedication to the queen: 5–30, the masque.

Rare. The introduction explains that the Masque was almost impromptu as concerns the speaking, the dances in which Prince Charles took a share being the important part. They were composed by Simon Hopper and the music by Charles Coleman. Most of the written part is in the Wiltshire dialect “because most of the interlocutors were Wilshire men.”

Impr. 151 a: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [92], signn. a, aa⁴, aaa², aaaa, a-d⁴, e², A-C⁴, D², and a folded leaf: sign. b1^r beg. Diva paris, B1^r From the wombs: English Roman. Contents:—sign. a1^r, title: a2^r-e2^v, Latin poems: A1^r-D1^v, English poems to the queen: D2^r “The Printers vote”, an English poem by Leonard Lichfield.

Poems by members of the University of Oxford on the birth of Princess Elizabeth, 28 Dec. 1635: in number about 142, of which 31 are English, 8 Greek, 2 Hebrew and 1 French. The number of English, and their separation from the rest is a mark of change. Most copies want the folded sheet (about 11 × 6 in.), which contains an engraved picture of a crown on a board supported at the four corners by a prince, two princesses and an infant in a cradle, all upon a large pedestal. Beneath are six Latin verses, beginning “Quam stabilis Quadrata,” and then “Ita augustissimo Domino suo vovet humillima ancilla Acad. Oxon.” Curiously the engraving cannot possibly be correct, since the place of prince James is taken by a female figure! Perhaps for this reason the plate was soon suppressed: it is certainly now very rarely found.

Impr. 151b: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [100], see below: p. (11) beg. Non habeo: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border of woodcuts: (3–100) the poems.

These are poems by members of the University of Oxford to celebrate the birth of the princess Anne, born 17 Mar. 1636
7 (died Dec. 1640). About two-thirds of the verses are to the king, chiefly in Latin (nine in Greek, one in Hebrew), the rest to the queen in English (two in French): there is one chronogram. The make-up of ordinary copies of the volume is extraordinary: there are no pages or signatures, but if A-O represent the sections the collation would be as follows, the figures in brackets indicating the mark affixed to the first page of some sections in the place where the pagination would naturally have been printed:—A¹, B⁴, C⁴ (1), D⁴ (2), E⁴ (3), F⁴ (4), G⁴ (6), H⁴ (66: on 2nd leaf, 8). I⁴ (5), K¹, L⁴ (2), M⁴, N⁴ (1), O⁴ (3)! The last page contains a poem by the printer, Leonard Lichfield. I have seen a copy in which a leaf following the title bore a printed Latin poem beginning “Quæ Te Mascula” referring to an emblem in diamond form displaying three lilies and two small and one large lion; which emblem occurs in a pen-and-ink drawing in the above copy on an inserted leaf preceding the title.

Impr. 154: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 39 + [1]: p. 11 beg. there is a: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to sir Francis Pile, “From Ludgershall. Dec. 17. 1635”: 1–39, the sermon, on Is. lvii. 1–2.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 26. The dedication to the son shows that Parsons had known the father for 20 years.

Impr. 160: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [16] + 54 + 127 + [1] + 62 + [4]: pp. 11 beg. lat. 3. 13, and shrewd grudgings, and vnto you what: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (14) title: 3–11 Epistle dedicatory to lord Digby, dated “Shirburn. Iul. 7. 1630”, by the editor William Lyford: (12–16) “To the reader” by W. Lyford: 1–54, sermon on 1 Cor. xvi. 22: 1–66, 67–127, two sermons on Eph. vi. 24: (1), 1–62, (1), sermon on Luke xiv. 26.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 475, and 1630 P.

18. Prideaux, John. “Twenty Sermons. Oxon 1636 qu.” [Bodl. 4to. P. 50. Th.]

So in Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 268. There may have been a collected edition with some such title issued in 1636: but probably Wood refers to a collection without a general title, as contained in 40^o P. 50 Th. (a reference added however to Wood’s Athenæ by dr. Bliss). For a real titlepage to the collection of twenty sermons and for details of the separate sermons, all of which are dated 1636, see 1637 P.

Impr. 153a: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [24] + 156 + [24]: p. 11 beg. interpositionem, 111 riosos interemit: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–12) dedication to Hieronymus Voeglerus, dated “Ex arce Gottorpiana V. Kal. Augusti CIↃ IↃ CX. T. Ioan. VVouwerus”: (13–23) “... Prolegomena”: 24 “Errata”: 1–124, the work in 28 chapters: 124–154, Dousa’s Declamatio: 154–156, Dousa’s “In eandem rem Carmen”: (1–4) “Index auctorum”: (5–22) “Rerum memorabilium Index.”

This appears to be a reprint of the first (1610) edition omitting the Elenchus Capitum and adding Dousa’s Essay. The work is a fanciful treatment of the subject of shadow.

Impr. 157: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 145 + [7] + 51 + [7] + 60 + [2]: pp. 11 beg. pars secunda, pars secunda, and riæ ex fructibus: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines separated by woodcuts: (3–4) dedication to archbp. Laud, signed “Ric. Zouchæus”: (5–7) “Iuventuti iurisprudentiæ studiosæ”, dated “ex Aulâ Alban. Pridie Calend. Aug. 1636”: (9–12) list of parts and sections of the book: 1–145 the work: (2) a title, within lines:—“DESCRIPTIO | IVRIS & IVDICII | TEMPORALIS | SECVNDVM CON-|SVETUDINES FEV-|DALES ET | Normannicas”. | [line, device, line, and impr. 157]: (4–6) list of parts &c.: 1–51, the work: (2) a title, within lines:—DESCRIPTIO | JVRIS & JVDICII | ECCLESIASTICI | SECVNDVM CANONES | & CONSTITUTIONES | Anglicanas. [line, device, line, and impr. 157]: (4–7) list of parts, &c.: 1–60, the work: (1) note of parts still wanting to the complete treatise, and “Errata”.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 511. This is a reissue and enlargement of 1629 Z and 1634 Z, carrying the scheme further: it was completed in 1640 and 1650, and several parts have been reprinted. The signatures weld the three parts of the present volume into one.

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* The Almanacs by Booker and Wyberd, which bear 1637 on the titlepage, and are treated under that year, may have been issued late in 1636.