EDITIONS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK PRIOR TO 1662.
(Vol. vi., pp. 435. 564.)
As Mr. Sparrow Simpson invites additions to his list from all quarters, I send him my contribution: and as I see that he has included translations of our Liturgy into other languages, I do the same:
1552. Worcester. Jo. Oswen. Folio.
1560. London. Jugge and Cawood. 4to.
1565. London. Jugge and Cawood. 8vo.
1607. London. Folio.
1629. London. Folio.
1629. Cambridge. Folio.
1632. London. 4to.
1633. London. 4to.
1634. London. Folio.
1635. London. 4to.
1638. Cambridge. 4to.
1639. London. Folio.
1641. London. 4to.
1660. Cambridge. Folio.
1644. The Scotch, by Laud and the Scotch bishops. Printed by John Jones. 8vo.
1551. Latine versa, per Alex. Absium. Lipsiæ. 4to.
1594. ""London. 8vo.
S. A."by Reginald Wolfe. London. 4to.
1638. In Greek. London. 8vo.
1616. In French. London. 4to.
1608. In Irish. Dublin. Folio.
1612. In Spanish. London. 4to.
1621. In Welsh. London. 4to.
All the foregoing editions are in the Bodleian Library. I may add to them the following three:
1.—1551. Dublin, by Humfrey Powell. Folio
2.—1617(?). Dublin. Company of Stationers. 4to
3.—1637. Dublin.
The first of these, which is the first book printed in Ireland, is extremely rare. I believe only two copies are certainly known to exist; one of which is in the library of Trinity College, Dublin; and the other in that of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Both are in very fine condition.
The second is in my possession. The book is quite perfect; but some wiseacre has carefully erased the date. The Almanac for xxvi Yeares tells nothing, being for the years 1603 to 1628. But the book contains a prayer for "Frederick, the Prince Elector Palatine, and the Lady Elizabeth, his wife, with their hopeful issue." He married the princess in 1613; and in 1619 he was elected King of Bohemia, and thenceforward would be prayed for under his higher title. If the Sunday letter in the calendar is to be trusted, the book was printed (according to De Morgan's Book of Almanacs) in 1617. The Dublin Society of Stationers was established in that year; and it is not unlikely that they commenced their issues with a Prayer-Book. I have never seen nor heard of another copy, with which I might compare mine, and thus ascertain its date.
The third, of 1637, is reported; but I have never met with it.
H. Cotton.
Thurles.