1637.

Impr. 119: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 16 + [2]: p. 11 beg. To the sad: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) Τοῦ Παλλαδᾶ εἰς Θάνατον, a four-line Greek epigram, beg. Σῶμα πάθος ψυχῆς: 1–16, English poems, five by T. Barlow, seven by relations and friends.

Rare. Barlow’s second poem describes his dream of his father’s death at the very time of its occurrence, though he did not know of the illness. The impression was strong enough to wake him.

Impr. 98: 1637: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 72: p. 11 beg. quibuscumque: Pica Roman. Contents:—pp. (1–2) not seen: (3) title: (5–8) dedication to the University of Oxford: 1–72, the work.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 624. This is not a formal grammar, but rather a discussion of the resemblances and differences of the languages treated in points of grammar and syntax.

Impr. 171: 1637: (eights) 16^o: pp. (48), signn. A-C⁸: sign. B1^r beg. Saturne doth: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r title, within border: A1^v-A4^r, preliminary notes: A4^v-B8^r, the Almanac: B8^v-C8^v, astrological notes and prognostications, with a chronogram.

John Booker was a prolific Almanac maker: his Almanac and Prognostication was issued from 1631 to 1649: his Celestial Observations from 1651 to 1662, and the Telescopium from 1659 to 1676, but the dates may be capable of extension, and as Booker died in 1667, the Telescopium must have been carried on by a successor under his name. Only this one issue was printed at Oxford, since the Stationers’ Company bought out the University’s right of printing this and certain other kinds of book in March 1636
7, see 1636 L, and Booker, Wyberd below. The underlined words in the title are printed in red, as well as much of the woodcut border (which bears the signs of the zodiac, the royal arms, and an open book), the words “Oxford,” “to the famous Universitie. 1637.” in the imprint, and many words in the text. The same astrological woodcut occurs as in the Wyberd, but in a more injured state, showing that Wyberd had precedence in point of date. Booker’s Almanac for 1636 was printed at Cambridge.

Impr. 162: 1637: (eights) 12^o: pp. [32] + folded sheet + 431 + [5] + 105 + [3] + 26: pp. 11 begg. Sol. Prædicabilia, and Sect. 11. In qua and 2. In quo devehuntur: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—[exactly as 1631 B to p. 431, except “ê” for “e”, “Cal.” for “Calend.”: then:—] p. (2) a title:—“TRACTATVS DVO, | Quorum primus est | DE METEORIS. | Secundus, DE OCVLO. | Quos scripsit olim eximius ille philosophus | Edvardus BrerewooduS: | Restituit tandem, ab erroribus mendisque | vindicavit, & publici juris fecit | T.S. | Art. Mag. & Colleg. Ænea=Nasensis | Socius | [woodcut] |” with impr. 109, but no name of place: (4) dedication as 1631 B: 1–83, De Meteoris: 84–105, De Mari: (1–2) woodcut diagrams of the eye: (3) Index: 1–26, De Oculo.

See 1628 B, 1631 B (of which this is a reprint), Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 140. The signatures connect the two divisions of this work.

Impr. 121: 1637: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [4] + 332 + [6] + 101 + [1]: pp. 11 beg. strictiore quâdam and 2. Natura est, 211 rem quærunt: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Index Capitum & titulorum ...” to the Idea Phil. Mor.: 1–332, the Idea Philosophiae Moralis: (1) title:—“Franconis BuRGERSDICI | IDEA | PHILOSOPHIÆ | NATVRALIS: | Sive | Methodus definitionum & con/|troversiarum Physicarum. | Editio postrema.” [woodcut, then Impr. 121]: (3–4) “Philosophiæ Studiosis”, signed “Franco Burgersdicius”: (5–6) “Tituli et Ordo disputationum”: 1–101, the Idea Philosophiae Naturalis.

See 1631 B, of which this is almost a reprint, the order of the two parts being reversed.

Impr. 168: 1637: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 889 + [1]: p. 13 beg. ad ea quæ, 701 alii prodesse: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–11) “Index quæstionum”: (12) “Typographus ad Lectores” and “Errata”: 1–889, the work in four books: 889, impr. 151.

This is perhaps the last separate edition of this work. Buridan, who lived in the fourteenth century, was a disciple of the English philosopher Occam.

Impr. 98a: 1637: la. 4^o, see below: pp. [6], see below: col. 1 beg. 1 Verba vel Nomina: English Roman. Contents, see below.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 675. These are three rare sheets printed on the recto only and intended to be pasted together, the two lower about 14 in. high by 18½ in. wide, the upper one about 7 × 18½ in. The two lower ones contain in five columns a Hebrew grammar in nine divisions, the upper one “Chaldaismi & Syriacismi,” between which is the title, and below them the preface “Lectori benevolo.” The colophon is at the end of the last column. The underlined words in the above title are in red, as well as a few other words, including a chronogram.

8. Carpenter, Nathanael. PHILOSOPHIA | LIBERA, | [&c.]: see 1636 C.

Clement of Rome. References to a supposed edition of Clemens Romanus in 1637, a reprint of the edition of 1633, are due to a confusion: the 1633 edition alone exists.

9. Comenius, Johannes Amos (Komensky). CONATVVM | COMENIANORVM | PRAELVDIA | EX BIBLIOTHECA S. H. | [device.]

Impr. 72: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 52 + [6]: p. 11 beg. Tertiò, portento: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Ad lectorem”, signed “Samuel Hartlibius”: (5) title:—“PORTA SAPIENTIAE | RESERATA: | Sive | PANSOPHIÆ CHRISTIANÆ | SEMINARIVM. | Hoc est, | Nova, compendiosa, & solida omnes Sci-|entias & Artes, & quicquid manifesti vel occulti | est, quod ingenio humano penetrare, solertiæ imitari, | linguae eloqui datur, breviùs, veriùs, meliùs, quàm | hactenus, addiscendi Methodus. | [line] | Auctore | Reverendo Clarissimóque Viro | Domino Iohanne Amoso Comenio. | [line, 2 mottos, woodcut.]”, with impr. 72d: (6) a motto: 1–52, the work: (1–6) “Præcipua Capita Didacticæ Magnæ, à Domino Comenio elaboratæ ...”

This is a kind of prospectus of the encyclopædic work on education which Comenius was at the time contemplating, and although issued by Hartlib without the permission of the author, partly in order to gather the opinions of scholars on the scheme, it was not displeasing to Comenius, especially since some of his critics suggested a Collegium Pansophicum to work out the details. This we learn from an appendix by Comenius to the reprint of this Oxford edition in vol. i. of his Opera didactica omnia (Amst. 1657), vol i. col. 403, cf. 454.

Impr. 68d: 12^o: Pica Roman: title within a border of lines and woodcuts.

Very rare. Only known from a titlepage in Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5937, no. 140. See note under Booker above. The underlined words in the title above are printed in red ink, as well as “Oxford,” and “the famous Universitie. 1637” in the imprint, and some words in the “Vulgar Notes” on the back of the title.

Impr. 166: 1637: 12^o: [16] + 247 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Tale tamen, 201 De Virgilio: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–8) dedication to dr. Will. Haywood, the editor’s tutor: (9–11) “Lectori”: (13–15) “Catalogus Auctorum”: 1–247, the epigrams: 247, Errata.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iv. 276. Wright took his M.A. degree on April 22, 1637. Unfortunately there is no indication of the source of each epigram, and almost all the authors are continental poets.

Impr. 160 a: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 50 + [10]: p. 11 beg. heaven, but: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication to John Cause mayor of Plymouth, &c.: (7–12) “To the compassionate, that is, to the truly Christian Reader”: 1–19, 21–35, 37–50, the three sermons: (1–4) the Cyprian: (5–7) the Ambrose.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 607.

Impr. 156 a: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 297 + [3]: p. 11 beg. may see, 201 speaks, were: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line: (3–12) Epistle dedicatory to archbp. Laud: (13–18) “To the Reader”: (19–23) “The severall Chapters with their Contents”: 1–297, the work, in 31 chapters: (2) Note and “Errata.”

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 939. The note before the Errata shows that the author saw no proofs of his book for “the Authors coppy being not so legible as we could have wished, we were forc’d to transcribe it in his absence, and by this means these grosser escapes hapned.”

Impr. 152: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 51 + [3] + 70 + [2] + 96 (but 29–34 are numbered 1–6) + [2]: pp. 11 begg. as no souldier, and whatsoever afflictions, and of his owne: English Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title, within double lines: (5–6) dedication to prince Charles: (7–8) “Errata”, with sub-titles: 1–25, 27–51, 2 sermons on 2 Chron. vi. 39–40: (2) a title:—“THREE | SERMONS | PREACHED | BEFORE THE | KING, | Vpon Ier. 26. 19 | ... [4 lines, then device and impr. 152]”: 1–70, the sermons: (1) a title:—“A | TREATISE | CONCERNING | THE SIGNES OF | THE TIME, OR GODS | FOREWARNINGS. | CONTAINING | The summe of some few Sermons delive-|red partly before the Kings Majesty partly | in the Towne of New-Castle | upon Tine. | [woodcut, then impr. 152]”: 1–70, three discourses: 71, a title:—“A | SERMON | OR | POSTILL | PREACHED IN NEWE/ | CASTLE VPON TINE | The second Sunday in | Advent 1630. | [woodcut, then impr. 152]”: 73–93, the sermon, on Luke xxi. 25: 94–96, “A briefe Appendix ...”

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 668. The signatures connect all the parts of this volume together. Every printed page is surrounded by double lines on the upper and outer margin, and a single line elsewhere.

Impr. 169: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. deny, but he: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to Sir William Doddington “from the Rectory of Ludgershall, in the county of Wiltes, June 7, 1637.”: 1–31, the sermon, on Deut. xxxiii. 11.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 26. In the copy seen the title is an inserted leaf, the first leaf having been torn out: perhaps this is accounted for by the title given by Wood “History of Tithes: or Tithes vindicated ...”, and the running head line, which is still “The history of Tithes.” Early copies may have this older title.

16. ——. “Sermon on Ephes. 6. 12, 13. Oxon. 1637. qu.”

So in Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 26: but I have not met with a copy.

Impr. 152: 1637: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [632], see below, signn. ( )¹A-X⁸, Y¹, Z, Aa-Rr⁸, Ss²: pp. 11 begg. as below: English Roman. Contents:—sign. ( ) 1^r, title: i. p. 1, a title, within double lines, as are all the succeeding titles:—“CHRISTS | COVNSELL FOR | ENDING LAVV | CASES. | AS IT HATH BEENE DELI-|VERED IN TWO SERMONS | vpon the fiue and twentieth verse of | the fifth of Matthew. | By Iohn Prideavx, Doctor of | Divinity, Regius Professor, and Rector | of Exeter Colledge. | [motto, woodcut, and impr. 152 b, dated 1636]”: 3–4, dedication to Edmund Prideaux and his wife, dated “From Exeter Colledge in Oxford. October 12.”: 5–31, 33–65, the sermons: then a blank page: p. 11 beg. Fall not: ii. (pp. [6] + 39 + [1], p. 11 beg. it is reserued) p. (1) a title “Ephesus backsliding: considered and applied to these times ...”, with impr. 152 b, 1636, an Act sermon at St. Mary’s, July 10, on Rev. ii. 4: (3–6) dedication to dr. Laurence Bodley, Aug. 5: 1–39, the sermon: iii. (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. in this point) p. (1) a title “A Christians free-will offering ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636, a Christmas sermon at Christ Church, on Ps. cx. 3: 1–27, the sermon: iv. (pp. [2] + 31 + [1], p. 11 beg. with Pilate) p. (1) a title “The first fruits of the Resurrection ...” with impr. 152b, 1636, an Easter sermon at St. Peter’s in the East, Oxford, on 1 Cor. xv. 20: 1–31, the sermon: v. (pp. [2] + 26, p. 11 beg. abiects came) p. (1) a title “Gowries Conspiracie ...” with impr. 152b, a sermon at St. Mary’s, Aug. 5: 1–26, the sermon, of some slight value for the history of the Gowrie plot, A. D. 1600: vi. (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. Saint Augustine), p. (1) a title “Higgaion & Selah: for the discovery of the powder-plot ...” with impr. 152b, 1636, a sermon at St. Mary’s on Nov. 5, on Ps. ix. 16: 1–27, the sermon: vii. (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. murmured) p. (1) a title “Hezekiah’s sicknesse and recovery ...,” with impr. 152b, 1636, a sermon before the King at Woodstock, on 2 Chron. xxxii. 24: 1–27, the sermon: viii. (pp. [4]+ 24 + [8], p. 11 beg. springs, Schismatickes) p. (1) a title “Perez-Vzzah, or The Breach of Vzzah ...,” with impr. 152b, 1636, a sermon before the King at Woodstock, 24 Aug. 1624, on 2 Sam. vi. 6–7: (3–4) dedication to James earl of Arran, dated 22 Oct. 1624: 1–24 (1), the sermon: (3–8) “Alloquium serenissimo regi Iacobo Woodstochiæ habitum 24. Augusti. Anno 1624”: ix. (pp. [8] + 29 + [1], p. 11 beg. acknowledge) p. (1) a title “A sermon preached on the fift of October 1624. at the consecration of S^t Iames Chappell in Exceter Colledge ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: (3–7) epistle dedicatory to dr. George Hakewill, dated Nov. 15: 1–29, the sermon on Luke xix. 46: x. (pp. 28, p. 11 beg. which Iesus) 1–28, a sermon on John vi. 14, without title, see below, but head line “The great Prophet’s Advent”: xi. (pp. [2] + 29+ [1], p. 11 beg. Elenches) p. (1) a title “Reverence to Rulers. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–29, the sermon, on Acts xxiii. 5: xii. (pp. [2] + 22, p. 11 beg. third a comfort) p. (1) a title “The draught of the brooke. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–22, the sermon, on Ps. cx. 7: xiii. (pp. [2] + 32, p. 11 beg. a bit is) p. (1) a title “Davids rejoycing for Christs Resurrection ...”, an Easter sermon at St. Peter’s in the East, on Ps. xvi. 10–11, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–32, the sermon: xiv. (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. ther. There) p. (1) a title “The Christians Expectation. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–27, the sermon, on 2 Pet. iii. 13: xv. (pp. [2] + 26, p. 11 beg. beyond wisdome), p. (1) a title “Wisedomes Iustification. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–26, the sermon, on Luke vii. 35: xvi. (pp. [2] + 24, p. 11 beg. Gods appoyntment) p. (1) a title “Heresies progresse. A sermon preached before the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–24, the sermon, on 1 Cor. xi. 19: xvii. (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. the world) p. (1), a title “A Plot for preferment. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–27, the sermon, on 1 Pet. v. 6: xviii. (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. den lost) p. (1) a title “The patronage of Angels. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–27, the sermon, on Matth. xviii. 10: xix. (pp. [2] + 27 + [1], p. 11 beg. Iohns conclusion) p. (1) a title “Idolatrous Feasting. A sermon preached at the Court ...”, with impr. 152b, 1636: 1–27, the sermon, on 1 Cor. x. 7.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 265 for the author, and 1636 P. This is a collection of twenty sermons by dr. Prideaux from 1614, several preached before the king or court, and several preached at Oxford: those delivered at the consecration of Exeter College Chapel and about Gowrie’s conspiracy being of considerable interest. All, except the second (which is grouped with the first) and the eleventh, have separate titlepages, and are often cited as separate editions, but the signatures run throughout the volume. Sign. Y consists of one leaf only, the other three having been obviously intended for a one-leaf title and two-leaf dedication of the sermon following (no. x in the above divisions, really the eleventh sermon), but apparently they were accidentally omitted. Some were already printed, those before printed at Oxford being nos. i (see 1615 P), ii (see 1614 P), and ix (see 1625 P): and nos. i-vii at least, were printed separately at London in 1621. Collections of these sermons are often found without the general title and in a confused order.

Impr. 160a: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 149 + [3]: p. 11 beg. in height, 101 which standing: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title within a line: (3–6) Epistle dedicatory to Sir Nathaniel Brent, warden of Merton College, Oxford, dated “From my study in Merton College, Iun. 9. 1637”: (7) “To the Reader”: (8) “Errata & inserenda”: 1–149, the work in 3 bks.: (2–3) not seen.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 104. This book, which passed through several editions at Oxford (1649, 1654, 1651, 1662, 1670, and 1675) and London (2nd ed. 1645, 9th ed. 1685), became a companion volume for school use to Godwin’s Roman Antiquities (see 1614 G) and Moses and Aaron (Lond. 1625, &c.).

Impr. 167: 1637: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 21 + [3] + 472 + [48] + 456 + [34] + 186 + [2]: pp. 11 begg. absolutè, and Pererius, and voco. Æquivocum, and linquatur: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title within double lines: (3–6) Epistola dedicatoria to Ludwig, landgrave of Hesse, by Scheibler, dated Dec. 1616: (7–11) “Lectori Philo-Metaphysico ...”, signed “Thomas Barlow ...”, the editor: (12–13) “Summaria Methodus ...”: (14–24) “Index ad Librum primum ...”, in order of the chapters: 1–21 “Prooenium”: (2) a titlepage to book one: 1–472, bk. 1: (1–30) “Index rerum alphabeticus”: (31) a titlepage to book two: (33–36) Epistola dedicatoria to Philip, landgrave of Hesse, by Scheibler, dated March “1617”: (37–48) “Index ...”, in order of the chapters: 1–456, book two: (1–26) “Index rerum alphabeticus ...”: (27) a titlepage “Exercitationes aliquot metaphysicæ, de Deo ... per Thomam Barlow ...” with impr. 69: (29–31) “Lectori”: (33–34) “Exercitationum ... Syllabus”: 1–186, six exercises: (1) errata.

Scheibler’s Metaphysica was first issued in 1617, and reissued at Oxford in 1665, as well as often elsewhere. Bp. Barlow edited it, and added the Exercitationes de Deo (see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iv. 336), which were reissued in 1658. The edition of 1638 is simply a reissue of the sheets of the 1637 edition, with different imprint and date on the first titlepage, and “Meta-” on the first titlepage altered to “Meta-.” Some woodcut diagrams occur in the Exercitationes: in which also the sections change from eights to fours.

20. ——. “157. Scheibleri (Chr.) Liber Commentariorum Topicorum—Oxon. 1637.”

So in “Catalogi ... librorum Richardi Davis bibliopolæ pars secunda” (1686), p. 75 among octavos. Bagford (Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 9501, fol 76^v) also describes a copy: and it is probably not really rare, but has escaped the nets of the larger libraries.

Impr. 170: 1637: (eights) 16^o: pp. 35 + [2]: p. 11 beg. this consideration: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within a border of woodcuts: 3, dedication to Worcester: 4, the text, 1 Kings viii. 37–39: 1–35, the sermon.

See Wood’s Fasti Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 406.

Impr. 163: 1637: [4] + 151 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Caligula. Nascitur: 101 *Illius Panis: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3) Latin poem by George Herbert on Francis Bacon lord Verulam: (4) Latin epitaph on Gustavus Adolphus by Dan. Heinsius, with a chronogram: 1–38, the Cæsares: 39–151, “Ejusdem Carmina.”

The first edition of this work by Emanuele Tesauro (b. 1581) was published in 1619 at Milan, and a third at the same place in 1643. Backer mentions doubts whether the author of this work is identical with the Jesuit who bore the same names. The book contains Latin epigrams on the Cæsars, and miscellaneous poems. The occurrence of Herbert’s poem in the volume is singular. I have seen a copy in which the first line of the title contained “R. P.” only, which probably indicates an early issue.

Impr. 119: 1637: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [156], signn. A-F¹² G⁶: sign. B1^r beg. Ruth. Cap. 4: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title: A2^r-3^v “To the courteous and judicoius Reader,” unsigned: A4^r-G5^r, the work; G⁶, not seen.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 222. The second edition of this work was issued, doubled in size, in 1642. The author was under-librarian at the Bodleian, and had compiled this list for private use: nearly all the books referred to in the work have their Bodleian references affixed, the arrangement being in the order of the books of the Bible, the Apocrypha being excluded. The fact that some of the books were not in the library “stirred up some well-wishers ... who deprived themselves to furnish this Place with some bookes that were wanting” (Preface of 2nd edition), among whom was Robert Burton.

Impr. 164: 1637: (eights) 12^o: pp. [32] + 285 + [5]: p. 11 beg. dignos pronunciaret, 201 tiam minus: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line: (3–10) dedication to the Vice-chancellor and Heads of Houses in the University of Oxford, dated “Ab aula Glocestrensi Kal. Iul. 1637”, and signed “Degoreus Whear”: (11–32) “Relectionum Conspectus”: 1–20 “Antelogium,” delivered 17 Oct. 1635: 21–285, the work, in three parts (45 + 5 + 7 sections).

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 217 and 1625 W. This is really the 3rd edition. Some copies have impr. 165, instead of 164, omitting Forest’s name.

Impr. 68 d: 1637: (eights) 16^o: pp. [48], signn. A-C⁸: sign. B1^r beg. The Moone hath: Long Primer Roman and English. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title, within a line and a border of woodcuts: A2^r-4^r prefatory notes, chronological and astrological: A4^v-B8^r, the Calendar: B8^v-C8^r, “A Prognostication” for each month.

Rare. This appears to be the first and last Almanac issued by Wyberd. See the note under Booker, above in this year. Besides the words underlined in the above title, the words “Oxford,” and “famous Universitie. 1637.” in the imprint, are printed in red: as well as other words in the text of the book. There is an astrological woodcut of a man on sign. A4^r.