A LIST OF EDITIONS OF THOMAS STANLEY’S POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS
[Note.—The present ‘List’ may be looked upon as an apology for a Stanley Bibliography, which, on the present occasion, is an impossibility to the compiler, who has, to some extent, had to satisfy himself with the sparse details of the ordinary bibliographical works; in addition, he has been aided by the Editor of the present edition of Stanley’s Poems.—J. R. Tutin.]
1. [Anonymous lines[*] to Sir John Suckling occurring beneath Marshall’s portrait of him in edd. 1646-1696 of Suckling’s Works.
[*] Commencing: ‘Suckling, whose numbers could invite.’]
2. Poems and Translation. By Thomas Stanley, Esquire. Quæ mea culpa tamen, nisi si lusisse vocari Culpa potest: nisi culpa potest & amasse, vocari? Tout vient a poinct qui peut attendre. Printed for the Author, and his friends, 1647. Collation—[13 pp.] 49 pp. [+8 pp.]
In a copy of this edition in the Bodleian Library, Oxford [Mason cc. 297], is the following Note:—
‘Privately printed for presents only; afterwards reprinted in 1649 and 1650 for sale. The only other copy of this first edition I can trace was in Isaac Reed’s Sale.’
This 1647 edition has half-titles for Europa, Cupid Crucified, and Venus Vigils; but for Oronta and for Aurora, etc., a title: Oronta, The Cyprian Virgin, by Sigr Girolamo Preti. London. Printed by F. B. for Humphrey Moseley at the Signe of the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1637.
Aurora, Ismenia. By Don Juan Perez de Montalvan, 1648.
3. Europa, Cupid Crucified, Venus Vigils. With Annotations by Tho: Stanley, Esq. Printed by W. W. for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Signe of the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Churchyard. 1649 [2], 61 pp.
4. Aurora, Ismenia, and the Prince, by Don Juan Perez de Montalvan. Oronta the Cyprian Virgin, by Signr Girolamo Preti. Tout vient a poinet qui peut attendre. Translated by Thomas Stanley, Esq.; The Second Edition, with additions. London. Printed by W. Wilson for Humphrey Moseley at the Signe of Princes Armes in St. Pauls Churchyard. 1650 [8 pp.], 87 p.
Considered by bibliographers part of succeeding (i.e. Poems of 1651), though the pagination begins anew and the date is 1650.
5. Poems, By Thomas Stanley, Esquire. Quæ mea culpa tamen, nisi si lusisse vocari Culpa potest: nisi culpa potest & amasse, vocari? Printed in the Year 1651. 86 pp.
6. Anacreon, Bion, Moschus: Kisses by Secundus: Cupid Crucified by Ausonius: Venus Vigils. Incerto authore. [Translated by Thomas Stanley.] Printed in the year 1651. 164 pp.
7. Sylvias Park by Theophile, Acanthus Complaint by Tristran, Oronto by Preti, Echo by Marino, Loves Embassy by Boscan, The Solitude by Gongora. [Translated by Thomas Stanley.] Printed in the year 1651. Pp. 167-212. (Paged continuously with Anacreon, Bion, etc.)
8. A Platonick Discourse upon Love. Written in Italian by John Picus Mirandula, in Explication of Sonnet by Hieronimo Benvieni. [Translated by Thomas Stanley.] Printed in the year 1651. Pp. 215-260. (Paged continuously with Sylvias Park, etc.)
9. Poems by Thomas Stanley, Esquire. Quæ mea culpa tamen, nisi si lusisse vocari Culpa potest: nisi culpa potest et amasse, vocari. London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Signe of the Princes Armes in S. Pauls Church Yard, 1652.
10. Ayres and Dialogues (To be Sung to the Theorbo-Lute or Bass-Violl). By John Gamble. Horat. Od. 2. 10.—Quondam cithara tacentem Suscitat Musam, neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo. London. Printed by William Godbid for the Author. 1656. [10 pp.] 83 pp. Fo.
Containing a full-page portrait of Gamble engraved by T. Cross. The Prefaces precede the complimentary Poems.
11. Ayres and Dialogues (To be Sung to the Theorbo-Lute or Bass-Violl). By John Gamble. Horat. Ode II., 10.—Quondam cithara tacentem Suscitat Musam, neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo. London: Printed by W. Godbid for Humphry Moseley at the Princes-Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1657. [10 pp.] 78 pp. [+1]. Fo.
Followed by twenty very complimentary lines by Alexander Broome [Brome] addressed ‘To His Friend Thomas Stanley, Esq., On his Odes set and Published by Mr. John Gamble’; by twenty-two lines ‘On my Friend Mr. John Gamble his Excellent Composition of the Songs and Dialogues of Thomas Stanley, Esq.,’ signed Jo: Tatham; and a Preface of Gamble’s own, reproduced herewith. Then another Preface, To the Noble Few Lovers of Musick (Gamble’s); and poems, in order, by Richard Lovelace, Jo: Redmayne, Dudley Lovelace, and Eldred Revet.
To the Worthy of all Honour, Thomas Stanley, Esq.
Sir,—You have been a merciful Creditor in the trust of these inestimable Poems so long with me, a person inconsiderable. But, I beseech you, think I have been sensible of the great obligation, and alwayes thought it a lesse trespass to break with all the world, then, by the least forgetfulness, make an unhappy forfeit of myself to your displeasure. Sir, I have brought home your Principal; and though it be a thing beneath your generous expectation to look at profit, yet I thought it became my justice to tender you a small interest, the endevours of my poor Art, to wait upon it: I acknowledge it a bold Undertaking to compose your Words, (which are so pure Harmonie in themselves,) into any other Musick. But it was not in my ambition or hope to mend the least Accent or Emphasis wch they received from your own numerous Soul, but to essay how neer a whole life spent in the study of Musical Compositions could imitate the flowing and naturall Graces which you have created by your Fancie. I have onely to say, if my zeal have not stained what you have excellently made, I will not despair of your pardon; and if any thing herein, (the wel-meant tender of my service,) may obtain your smile and permission, I shalbe confirmed in my thoughts that I may stil write myself,—Sir, The most humble and faithful of your Servants,
John Gamble.
In this collection of Stanley’s verse, 1656, 1657, the lyrics have no titles of any sort, but are numbered.
12. Psalterium Carolinum: the Devotions of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings rendred in Verse [from the Eikon Basilike by T. Stanley]. Set to Musick for 3 Voices and an Organ or Theorbo by John Wilson, Dr. and Music Professor of Oxford, London. Printed for John Martin and James Allestrey, and are to be sold at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard. 1657. Folio.
13. Psalterium Carolinum: the Devotions of His Sacred Majesty Charles the First in his Solitudes and Sufferings. Rendred in Verse. London. Printed for John Martin, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas, and are to be sold at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1660.
The Dedication, to King Charles the Second, is signed Tho: Stanley. The twenty-seven paraphrases here are without the music. Fo.
14. Poems, by Thomas Stanley, Esq. Quæ mea culpa tamen, nisi si lucisse [sic] vocari Culpa potest: nisi culpa potest et amasse, vocans [sic]. Reprinted from the Edition of 1651. London: From the Private Press of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars. 1814. Pp. xxiv. 107. crown 8vo.
Edited, with Preface, etc., by Sir Egerton Brydges.
The edition contained about 100 copies.
15. Anacreon, Bion, and Moschus, with Other Translations. By Thomas Stanley, Esq. First Printed 1651. A New Edition, with a Preface, Critical and Biographical. London: From the Private Press of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars. 1815. Pp. xxvii. 276. crown 8vo.
Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges; about 100 copies only.
Pp. 133-276 comprise a large number of “excitations,” by Stanley, upon the authors dealt with in these translations.
16. The Elegies of Propertius, &c. London: H. G. Bohn. 1854. cr. 8vo [Bohn’s Classical Library].
Contains The Kisses of Secundus, translated into English verse by T. Stanley.
17. The Poems of Catullus, &c. London: H. G. Bohn. 1854. cr. 8vo [Bohn’s Classical Library].
Contains The Vigil of Venus, translated into English Verse by T. Stanley.
18. Anacreon: with Thomas Stanley’s Translation. Edited by A. H. Bullen. Illustrated by J. R. Weguelin. London: Lawrence & Bullen, 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. MDCCCXCIII. 4to. Collation: Pp. xxix. 224. Contains twelve photogravures. 1000 copies only were printed for England and America.
[It may be here noted that many of Stanley’s Verse-Translations appeared in his History of Philosophy, of which there are many editions, dating from 1655 to 1743, the best edition of which is said to be the latter.]
19. Anacreon, Translated by Thomas Stanley. With a Preface and Notes by A. H. Bullen, and Illustrations by J. R. Weguelin. London: A. H. Bullen, 47, Great Russell Street, W.C. 1906. Pp. xxiv+92.
20. Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, in their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendix of Translations, and a Portrait. Edited by L. I. Guiney, J. R. Tutin, Hull, 1907.
Collation. Titles, Dedication, Contents, and Prefatory Note, pp. i-xxi; Original Lyrics, pp. 1-69; Appendix of Translations, pp. 71-83; Textual Notes, pp. 85-100; List of Editions, pp. 101-105; Index to First Lines, pp. 107-110.
The present edition.