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

by Falconer Madan

This is a general undated form of Articles of Visitation apparently for a Bishop’s or Archdeacon’s use. The occurrence of a particular woodcut shows that this is the earliest year to which the printing can be assigned.

3. Bacon, sir Francis, Lord Verulam. THE TWO | BOOKES OF | S^r FRANCIS BACON, | OF | THE PROFICIENCE | and Advancement of Learning, | Divine and Hvmane. | [line.] | To the KING. | [line, then woodcut.] |

Impr. 138: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 335 + [1]: p. 11 beg. he spoiled, 201 tage in the race: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–335, the work.

This is the 3rd edition, the previous ones being Lond. 1605, Lond. 1629 (from which latter the present edition is an almost lineatim reprint); no separate one in English was subsequently issued till this century: see 1640 B.

4. Bartholinus, Caspar. CASP. BARTHOLINI | ENCHIRIDION | ETHICVM: | Seu | EPITOME | PHILOSOPHIÆ | Moralis. | Præcepta breviter & dilucidè me-|thodóque novâ & facili expli-|cata exhibens | Pro angustâ tyronum me-|moriâ | [woodcut.] |

Impr. 137: 1633: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [72], signn. A-C¹²: sign. B1^r beg. tudinis; ut: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title: A1^v, dedication to prince Hulderic: A2^r-C10^v, the work: C11^r-C11^v, “Index capitum ...”.

This was reprinted at Oxford in 1665 with Casa’s Galateus.

5. ——. CASPARI BARTHOLINI | Philosophi & Medici | ANATOMICÆ | INSTITVTIONES | CORPORIS HVMANI | Vtriusque sexùs | Historiam & Declaratio-|nem exhibentes, | Cum plurimis novis observationibus | & opinionibus, | Nec non | Illustriorum, quæ in ANTHROPO-|LOGIA occurrunt controver-|siarum decisionibus. | Cum indice Capitum & Rerum locupletissimo. | [woodcut.] |

Impr. 69: 1633: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [24] + 417 + [51]: p. 11 beg. nisi in, 301 ramos intercostales: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) contents of the work: (3–7) dedication to Oligerus Rosaecranzius, dated 18 Dec. 1610, in Latin: (8–17) “Ad Benevolum Lectorem meum ...”, dated as above: (18–24) “Index capitum ...”: 1–417, the work consisting of a Proœmium, 4 libri and 4 libelli: (1–44) the index: (45–47) “Admonitio Autoris ad Lectorem qui benignus” about a charge of plagiarism, dated “Hafniæ”, 1 Sept. 1622.

The first edition was issued in 1611: this new one appears to be reprinted from the edition Goslariæ et Rostochii 1632.