See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 648. The first (unpointed) Hebrew type used at Oxford appears in the poem alluded to above, a Pica fount. Some (probably early) copies omit the preface, the ‘Liber ad Lectorem’ occurring on sign. ¶ 2r, the page preceding and following being blank.
1597.
1. Agatharchides. AGATHAR-|CHIDIS ET MEM-|NONIS HISTORI-|corum, quæ supersunt, | omnia, è Græco iam recèns in | Latinum traducta: | per | Rich. Brettvm, Oxonien-|sem, è Collegio Lincoln. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 5: 1597: (eights) 16o: pp. [16] + 128 + “140” (really 142) + [2]: p. 11 beg. ἐπιβουλευθῆναι, 111 ρίευσεν. ἐκεῖθεν, also 11 bus coctum, 111 actarum: Pica Greek and Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “*j” only: (3) title: (5–13) Epistola dedicatoria to sir Thomas Egerton, dated 20 Aug. 1597: 1–62, Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Ἀγαθαρχίδου περὶ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης : 63–128, Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Μέμνονος: 1–71, “Excerpta quaedam ex Agatharchide de rubro mari”: 72–140, “Ex Memnone excerpta quædam” de statu Heraclææ Ponticæ.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 611. The excerpts of both authors are from Photius’s Bibliotheca.
2. Case, John. THESAVRVS OECONO-|MIÆ, SEV COMMENTA-|RIVS IN OECONOMICA A-|ristotelis; in quo veræ divitiæ fami-|liarum, earumque leges, partes, & | officia describuntur: | Johanne Caso Authore. | [device, then motto.]
Impr. 20: 1597: (eights) sm. 4o: pp. [12] + folded sheet + 277 + [13]: p. 11 beg. prætoriam, 111 admittantur: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) epistola dedicatoria to lord Buckhurst: (9–11) epistola ad lectorem: (12) two complimentary poems: then a small folio sheet containing an analysis of the work: 1–245, the work, in two books: 246–277, “Appendix Thesauri Oeconomici”: (1) “Peroratio operis ad Lectorem”: (2–12), “Index rerum ...”.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 687: also 1578, 1587. C, 1598. C. In the Epistola Case gives some account of his works, printed and manuscript. A reference in the Bowman Catalogue (Oxf. 1687) p. (14) to Case’s Cursus Philosophicus in 3 volumes (Oxf. 1597) can only refer to a set of Case’s books of various years.
3. Demosthenes. ΔΗΜΟΣΘΕΝΟΥΣ | ΛΟΓΟΙ ΙΕ. | [woodcuts] | Ολυνθιακοὶ. γ. | κατὰ Φίλιππον. δ. | Περὶ εἰρήνης. | Περὶ τῶν ἐν Χεῤῥονήσῳ. | Επιστολὴ Φιλίππου. | Πρὸς τὴν Φίλιππου ἐπιστολὴν. | Περί συνταξέων. | Περὶ συμμοριῶν. | Περὶ Ροδίων ἐλευθερίας. | Υπὲρ Μεγαλοπολιτῶν. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 20: 1597: sm. 4o: pp. [96]: p. 11 beg. νὴς καὶ πολλῶν: Pica Greek. Contents:—p. 1, title, within border: 3–96, the orations &c. some with ὑποθέσεις.