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

Impr. 112a: 1636: (eights) 12^o: pp. [42] + 176 + [2] + 117 + [1] and one folded plate: pp. 11 beg. ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ, and qui Geometriæ: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) engraved title, see below: (5–10) “Iuventuti Academicæ”, signed “Gerardus Langbaine”, the editor: (11–24) complimentary Latin pieces by Gabriel de Petra, the author of the Latin translation and notes, 1610, and others: (24–42) three Latin prefatory pieces, about Longinus: a folded oblong 16mo sheet bearing a Diagramma or synopsis of the subject: 1, extract from Suidas about Longinus: 2–161, the treatise in Greek and (on the verso of each leaf) Latin, with marginal notes: 162–176, (1–2) Συνόψεις, further notes: 1–117, (1) “Notarum auctarium” with a critical preface, and (on p. 20) an engraving: ending with a Latin poem on the death of Thomas “Wethereld” (Wetherell) of Queen’s college Oxford.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 446, and 1638 L. The first part of this volume to the end of the Συνόψεις except Langbaine’s preface, is a reprint of the 1612 (Geneva) edition by Gabriel de Petra: the notes are Langbaine’s first published work. The engraved title by William Marshall is from a metal plate, displaying Hermes, an eagle, Phaethon, &c., round the title: and is an inserted leaf. Signatures O and P are run into one. The date on the title appears to be that of the engraving, but as it was altered in the 2nd edition, though the plate is practically identical, it may be taken as the date of the book also.

Impr. 152: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Tom. Vellow: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within a border of woodcuts between lines: 3, dedication to the queen: 5–30, the masque.

Rare. The introduction explains that the Masque was almost impromptu as concerns the speaking, the dances in which Prince Charles took a share being the important part. They were composed by Simon Hopper and the music by Charles Coleman. Most of the written part is in the Wiltshire dialect “because most of the interlocutors were Wilshire men.”

Impr. 151 a: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [92], signn. a, aa⁴, aaa², aaaa, a-d⁴, e², A-C⁴, D², and a folded leaf: sign. b1^r beg. Diva paris, B1^r From the wombs: English Roman. Contents:—sign. a1^r, title: a2^r-e2^v, Latin poems: A1^r-D1^v, English poems to the queen: D2^r “The Printers vote”, an English poem by Leonard Lichfield.

Poems by members of the University of Oxford on the birth of Princess Elizabeth, 28 Dec. 1635: in number about 142, of which 31 are English, 8 Greek, 2 Hebrew and 1 French. The number of English, and their separation from the rest is a mark of change. Most copies want the folded sheet (about 11 × 6 in.), which contains an engraved picture of a crown on a board supported at the four corners by a prince, two princesses and an infant in a cradle, all upon a large pedestal. Beneath are six Latin verses, beginning “Quam stabilis Quadrata,” and then “Ita augustissimo Domino suo vovet humillima ancilla Acad. Oxon.” Curiously the engraving cannot possibly be correct, since the place of prince James is taken by a female figure! Perhaps for this reason the plate was soon suppressed: it is certainly now very rarely found.