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

by Falconer Madan

6. James, dr. Thomas. INDEX | GENERALIS | LIBRORVM PROHI-|BITORVM à PONTIFI-|ciis, unà cum Editionibus | expurgatis vel expur-|gandis juxta seriem Li-|terarum & tripli-|cem classem. | In usum Bibliothecæ Bodleia-|anæ, & Curatoribus eiusdem | specialiter designatus | PER | Tho. Iames S. Theol. | D. Coll. B. Mariæ Winton | in Oxon. Vulgò Novi dicti | quondam Socium. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 69: 1627: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [144], signn. *, A-L¹²: sign. B 1^r beg. In Biblia: Pica Roman. Contents:—* 1^r, “[*]”: 2^r, title: 3^r, Latin dedication to the Curators of the Bodleian, followed (4^r-6^v) by an Epistola dedicatoria to them: 7^r-10^v, Ad Lectorem: 11^r, Errata: A1-K5^v, the work: K6^r-L10^v, “Tabula”, an index of authors: L11^r “Cautio”.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 467. The intention of the book is the reverse of the aim of the Indices Expurgatorii, namely to give a select list of recommended books. Those which were in the Bodleian are marked with a star.

7. Pasor, Matthias. ORATIO | PRO | LINGVÆ ARABICÆ | PROFESSIONE, PVBLICE | ad Academicos habita in | schola Theologica Vni-|versitatis Oxoniensis | xxv. Octob. | 1626. | à | Matthia Pasore, Artium Magi-|stro & non ita pridem Mathematum Pro-|fessore in Vniversitate Haidelbergensi. | [two mottos, one Hebrew.]

Impr. 60: 1627: (eights) 16^o: pp. [34], signn. A-B⁸C²: sign. B 1^r beg. mentariorum Rabbinnicorum: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 1^v, “decretum Concilii Viennensis”, see below, then device: 2^r-2^v, dedication to the University of Oxford, in Latin, dated 5 Dec. 1626: A 3^r-C 2^v, the oration.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 445. The oration is of considerable interest for the history of Oriental studies at Oxford. It claims to be the first on the subject at Oxford, quotes the decree of the Council of Vienne 1311–12 that there ought to be instruction in Hebrew, Arabic and Chaldee at Oxford, and urges the fitness of the study in Oxford. Pasor was lecturer on Arabic only from 1626 to 1629. Some Arabic MSS. in the Bodleian are mentioned on sign. B7^r and B7^v.

8. Prideaux, dr. John. In the Catalogus ... librorum ... Richardi Davis bibliopolæ, pars quarta (Lond. 1692, 4^o) p. 10, no. 183 is “Joan. Prideaux Lectiones novem, Oxon. 1627.” See 1626 P.

9. Richardson, Gabriel. [woodcut] | OF | THE STATE | OF EVROPE. | XIIII. Bookes. | CONTAINING THE HISTO-|RIE, AND RELATION OF THE | MANY PROVINCES | HEREOF. | Continued out of approved Authours. | By | GABRIEL RICHARDSON BATCHELOVR | in Divinitie, and Fellow of Brasen-|Nose College in Oxford. | [device.]

Impr. 70: 1627: (fours) fol.: pp. [4] + 18 + 67 + 37 + [1] + 14 + 13 + [1] + 50 + 23 + [1] + 11 + [1] + 74 + 26 + [2] + 11 + [1] + 68 + 29 + [1] + 64 + [2]: pp. 11 [bk. 1] beg. Di ocesse with, (bk. 6) Arcobriga, (bk. 10) Berry. Bounded, (bk. 11) Vindomana: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title; (3–4) dedication to the bp. of Lincoln: 1– ... 64, the treatise in 14 books separately paged.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 38. The first four books contain Great Britain. The signatures begin again with the 10th and with the 11th book, but every book is separately paged. The matter is a mixture of history and geography.