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

by Falconer Madan

Impr. 18: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [48], signn. A-F⁴: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-F 4^r, the poems.

Christ Church poems to commemorate the visit of the King, Queen, and Prince Henry to Oxford and Christ Church, 27–30 Aug. 1605. All but one (Greek) are in Latin.

8. Oxford, New College. ENCOMION | RODOLPHI VVARCOP-|PI ORNATISSIMI, QVEM | habuit Anglia, Armigeri, qui commu-|ni totius patriæ luctu extinctus est | Die Iovis Kalend. Aug. 1605. | [motto: then device.]

Impr. 18: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [32], signn. A-E⁴: sign. B 1^r beg. Magne Deus: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A 2^v, dedication to Will. lord Knollys de Grays, unsigned: A 3^r-E 3^v, poems to the memory of Warcop, the first signed “W. Kingesmillus,” the editor of the volume, “Oxonij e Coll. Novo die 25. Octob.”

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon. i. 754, Fasti Oxon. i. 366. The poems, which are all except one (Greek) in Latin, are by New College men and edited by William Kingsmill of New College, a nephew of Warcop, who was himself at Ch. Ch. The device on the titlepage bears the arms of New College, between W. W. (William of Wykeham).

9. Sanford, John. A | BRIEFE EX-|TRACT OF THE FOR-|MER LATIN GRAMMER, | DONE INTO ENGLISH, FOR | the easier instruction of | the Learner. | [motto, then woodcuts.]

Impr. 25: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [16], signn. A-B⁴: sign. B 1^r beg. L in the middest: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A 3^v, dedication to William Grey son of Arthur lord Grey of Wilton, signed “John Sanford”: A 4^r-B 4^v, the extracts.

Rare. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon. ii. 472. The word “Latin” on the title seems to be a mistake for “French,” see 1604. S, to which this is a sort of appendix.

10. Sanford, John. A | GRAMMER | OR INTRODVCTION | TO THE ITALIAN | TONGVE. | §§§ | [motto, then woodcuts.]

Impr. 25: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp [8] + 44 + [4?]: p. 11 beg. as i Soldati: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) motto from Dante: (3–6) dedication to Magdalen college, Oxford, signed “Joannes Sanford”: (7) “To the reader”: (8) poem “Sur l’Autheur” in French, by Jean More: 1–44, the grammar: perhaps two blank leaves follow.