Rare. See Wood’s Fasti Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 424. Sir Patricius Curwen’s son had been sent for tuition to the Rector of Amersham, dr. Croke, in whose house he died. The monument still exists at Amersham, and is described in Lipscomb’s Buckinghamshire, iii. 169: the burial was on 23 Aug. 1636. The preface explains that “these papers have lien two years in Cumberland in a Manuscript, which privacie not satisfying the great affection of Noble Parents towards their deceased Son, they are now come to ... view”. The ten copies of verses are in Latin and English, the most considerable being “a Dialogue” in verse by Paul Solomeaux a Frenchman.
8. Florus, Lucius Julius. L. JULII FLORI | rerum à | ROMANIS | GESTARVM | LIBRI IV, | A Johanne Stadio emendati. | Editio nova singulis Neotericis purgatior | & emendatior. | SEORSUM EXCUSUS | IN EOS CommentariuS | Johan: Stadii, Historiæ & Ma-|theseos Lovanii Professoris primi, | elaboratissimus: | Cui accesserunt Chronologicæ Doctiss: | Claud: Salmasii excerptiones. | Unà cum variis lectionibus ex notis Gruteri, | Salmasii, Vineti, & editionibus, colle-|ctis; & cum hâc nostrâ collatis: | Sub calce prodit L. Ampelii Liber Memorialis ex | Clariss: Salmasii bibliotheca petitus. | Cum Indice Rerum & Verborum | uberrimo. | [two lines.]
Impr. 121: 1638: (twelves) 16o: pp. [4] + 137 + [1] + 319 + [123] + 31 + [1]: pp. 11 begg. immortalium, rum pleb., quem Carthaginienses: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Typographus Lectori”: 1, a title precisely as 1631 F, except that all V’s are now U’s, I’s consonantal are J’s, and ij’s are ii’s, and in ll. 7–8 “purgatior | & emendatior”, with impr. 72 a: 3–137, (1), 1–319, (1–35) are also precisely as in 1631 F, the titlepage on p. 2 differing slightly in minute points: (36–67) the Excerptiones, with Epilogus: (68–115) “Ad Florum variarum lectionum libellus”: (116–123), 1–31 “Lucius Ampelius ex bibliotheca Cl. Salmasii”, with preface.
This is a reprint of 1631 F, with additions shown on the titlepage. The underlined words are in red, as well as “Oxoniæ,” in the imprint.
9. Gardyner, dr. Richard. A | SERMON | PREACH’D IN | THE CATHEDRALL | CHVRCH OF CHRIST | IN OXFORD, | On Christmas Day: | Wherein is defended the Catholique | Doctrine that Christ is True | God Truely Incarnate. | AGAINST THE OLDE DE-|cay’d Heresies newely Reviu’d in | these later Dayes. | [line] | BY | Richard Gardyner, D.D. And | Canon of the same Church. | [line.]
Impr. 175: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. pable to save: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title, within a line: (5–8) dedication to dr. Duppa dean of Ch. Ch.: 1–31, the sermon, on John i. 14.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 921.
10. ——. A SERMON | PREACH’D | ON EASTER-DAY | AT OXFORD, IN SAINT | PETERS CHVRCH IN THE | East, the Accustomed place for the | Rehearsall Sermon on | THAT DAY: | Wherein is prov’d the Sonne’s | Equality with the Father, the | Deity of the Holy Ghost, | AND | The Resurrection of the same Numericall Body, | Against the old, and Recent Oppugners of | these Sacred Verities. | [line] | BY | Richard Gardyner, D.D. and Canon of | the Cathedrall Church of Christ in Oxford. | [line.]
Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. the vertue: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to dr. Richard Baylie: 1–31, the sermon, on Rom. viii. 11.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 921.