Impr. 129: 1633: twelves (16o): pp. [2] + 238 + [4]: p. 11 beg. tis ex templo, 201 hoc interpretare: Long Primer English. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: 1–238 (“235”), the Meditations: (2–3) “Index”, a list of the 51 meditations.
The first edition was apparently in 1606 with 50 Meditations, and editions were issued in Latin in 1621, 1627, 1629, Lond. 1672, and later, and English translations in 1629 (by R. Winterton, printed at Cambridge), and later, even in 1840 (at Oxford).
18. Godwyn, Thomas. ROMANÆ | HISTORIAE | ANTHOLOGIA | RECOGNITA ET | AVCTA. | AN | ENGLISH EXPOSITION | OF THE ROMAN ANTI-|quities, wherein many Roman and | English offices are paralleld | and divers obscure phra-|ses explained. | For the vse of Abingdon Schoole. | [line] | Newly revised and inlarged by the | Author | [line.]
Impr. 141: 1633: (fours) sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 277 + [23]: p. 11 beg. malefactor, but, 111 gainst another: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within an arched border: (3–4) Latin dedication to dr. John Young, signed “Tho. Godwyn”, dated “Abindoniæ 14 Calend. Decemb. ... 1622”: (5) “Benevolo Lectori ...”: (7) “A short table shewing the Argument of every Booke and Section”: 1–277, the work, in four books: (1–23) “Index rerum et verborum ...”.
See 1614 G.
19. †Grave, Jean de. [line] | THE | PATH_WAY TO | THE GATE OF | TONGVES: | Being, | THE FIRST INSTRV-|CTION FOR LITTLE | Children. | With | A short manner to conjugue | the French Verbes. | Ordered and made Latine, French and | English by Iean de GrauE, | Professour of the French Tongue | in the City of | London. | [line.]
Impr. 136: 1633: pp. [48], signn. A-C8: sign. B1r beg. discas oportet: Long Primer Roman and English. Contents:—sign. A1r title, within line: A2r-A2v. introduction in Latin, English and French: A3r-C6v, the work.
Very rare. The book consists of the names of the numbers, the Church Catechism, and the conjugation of French verbs, all in parallel Latin, English and French columns: and serves as an introduction to the English editions by John Anchoran (1631, 1633, 1637, 1639 or 1640, &c.) of J. A. Comenius’s celebrated Janua linguarum. See 1634 S. The book is interesting as showing a connexion between William Turner the Oxford printer (1624–40) and the London printer of the same name (1623–35). The Stationers’ Register (ed. Arber, iv. 334) records the transfer of all the London Turner’s rights in this book and the Clavis ad portam (which was certainly printed by the Oxford Turner in 1634, see 1634 S) to Michael Sparke on 17 Mar. 1634
5. Neither of these books was registered at Stationers’ Hall, and so probably this book as well as the Clavis was printed at Oxford, though the imprint, type and woodcuts are not by themselves decisive. Probably the two Turners are in fact identical, and the Oxford printing establishment, though founded a year later than the other (but as a bookseller’s business not later than 1616
7), was the chief one. It is curious that under these circumstances Turner was allowed to be a member of the Stationers’ Company, which was particularly jealous of provincial presses.
20. Gregorius, monk. A | LETTER, | RELATING THE | Martyrdome of KetabAn, Mother | of Teimvrases Prince of the | GEORGIANS, & withall | A notable Imposture of the Iesuites | vpon that occasion: | SENT | From GREGORIVS Monke and | Priest, Agent for the Patriarke of | Antioch vnto the most | holy and learned Abbot | SOPHRONIVS. | [line] | Written first in Greeke, and now | done in English | [line.]
Impr. 82: 1633: sm. 4o: pp. [6] + 23 + [3]: p. 11 beg. Iberia: and: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) “To the Reader”, about the Georgians, probably by the translator: 1–23, the letter, dated “Trapezunt May 16. Ann. 1626”.