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

by Falconer Madan

Impr. 66: 1626: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 55 + [1]: p. 11 beg. not mount as: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5) dedication to lady Eliz. Berkley: (7–13) Epistle dedicatory to the same: 1–55, the sermon, on 1 Pet. v. 6.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 734.

11. Wower, Jan. “Joan. Wouveri ... pietas erga Benefactores—Oxon. 1626.”

So in the sale catalogue of the Bibliotheca Gulstoniana (bp. William Gulston’s books), Lond. 1688, 4^o, p. 35, no. 290. But see 1628 W.

1627.

1. Felix, Marcus Minucius. M. MINVCII | FELICIS | OCTAVIVS. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 74: 1627: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [6] + 129 + [9]: p. 11 beg. bere, quàm in, 111 dicimus; non: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) “Typographus lectori”: (6) quotation from Lactantius about Minucius Felix: 1–129, the work: (2) “Errata”.

See 1631 F, 1636 F, 1662, 1678. The printer says that he has cleared this edition from the errors of Froben’s. I have seen a copy in which the type of pages 12 and 13 has changed places. The work is an apology for Christianity.

2. Fell, dr. Samuel. PRIMITIÆ, | SIVE | ORATIO | H^ABI^TA OXON^IAE | IN SCHOLA THEOLOGICA | NONO NOVEMBRIS. | ET | CONCIO LATINA AD | BACCALAVREOS DIE | CINERVM. | Per Samvelem Fell Præbendarium Ecclesiæ | Christi, & Publicum Professorem in Theo-|logiâ, pro Dominâ Margareta | Comitissâ Richmondiæ. | [device.]

Impr. 53: 1627: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 17 + [1] + 18 + [2]: p. 11 beg. quantulùm theologicæ: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–17, the oration: (1) half title to the Concio: 1–18, the sermon on Col. ii. 8.