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

Impr. 112: 1631: (twelves) 24mo: pp. [12] + 274 + [2]: p. 11 beg. nat. Quid si: 201 tibus quamlibet: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “A”: (5) title: (7–11) “Lectori ...”, a preface: 1–150, Vincentius’s work: 151–269, Augustinus’s work: 270–274, “Appendix trium hæresium”, i. e. of Papists, Mohammedans, Anabaptists: (1) “Errata ...”.

Underlined words in the title above are printed in red, and also “Oxoniæ”, and “1631.” in the imprint.

Impr. 114: 1631: (twelves) 16mo: pp. [16] + 559 + [1]: p. 11 beg. vel probatur, 401 Hoc est, somnum: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–10) dedication to Beniaminus Auberius Maurerius Fontidangaeus, dated “Lugduni Bat. ∞ IↃ c xxi. xII Kal. vii.^bris”: (11–15) “Series Capitum”: (16) Complimentary Latin poem by Daniel Heinsius: 1–559, the work.

The first edition was presumably in 1621, but the ordinary bibliographies do not give the date, except one which gives 1606. Other Oxford editions were issued in 1655 and 1672, and several others in London and abroad.

Impr. 87 a: 1631: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 680: p. 11 beg. illius de chao, 501 Nec meliorem: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, (3–4) “Typographus Lectori ...”: (5–6) “Syllabus & Ordo Disputationum”: (8) a Latin 6-line complimentary poem signed “Philalethes”: 1–680, the forty dissertations.

See 1628 V: the printer confesses that this is an unauthorized reprint of the original edition, in consequence of the daily complaint of the rarity of the book: and says “Nactus itaque tandem amicorum ope istarum Thesium fasciculum (integrum vti spero,) ... sumpsi mihi fiduciam eum iterùm typis meis exprimendi”. There is nothing in this to indicate that this is a reissue of the sheets of 1628 V, without even correction of the misprints: on the contrary the list of errata given in 1628 is omitted. The first eight pages only are printing of 1631. This edition appears to be quite rare, but perhaps only accidentally so, because copies have not found their way into public libraries; or possibly Vossius may have succeeded in stopping a pirated issue.