Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge

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¦Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of maister Skelton, Poete Laureate. Nowe collected and newly published. Anno 1568. Imprinted at London in Fletestreate, neare vnto saint Dunstones churche by Thomas Marshe.¦

B. L. 8^o. (5¹⁄₂ × 3⁵⁄₈). *. 3.

Collation: four leaves unsigned (except the third, signed A 4 on verso), A-Z⁸ 2A⁴, unpaged. Wanting all before C 7, D 3 and 6, F 1, 2, 7, K 1-3, L 2, M 1 and 8, N 1-3 and 6, Y 1-5, Z 2-8. (In Dr Sinker's catalogue the defect in sig. Y is erroneously given as 1-4 and 7.) Latin verses on verso of title. Commendatory verses by Churchyard. Table of contents. Three collections under the title of 'certayne bokes cōpyled by Mayster Skelton' had already appeared without date.

Sinker 315. BM 1409.

SKINNER, Stephen.

Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ, Seu Explicatio vocum Anglicarum Etymologica ex propriis fontibus, scil. ex Linguis duodecim; Anglo-Saxonica seu Anglica prisca, notata AS. Runica, Gothica, Cimbrica, seu Danica antiqua, notata Run. Dan. Franco-Theotisca, seu Teutonica vetere, notata Fr. Th. Danica recentiori, notata Dan. rec. Belgica, notata Belg. Teutonica recentiori, notata Teut. Cambro-Britanica, notata C. Br. Franco-Gallica, notata Fr. Italica, notata It. Hispanica, notata Hisp. Latina, notata Lat. Græca, notata Gr.... Accedit Etymologicon Botanicum, ... Accedit & tertio vocum Forensium.... Etymologica expositio, ... Quarto adjectæ sunt Originationes omnium vocum antiquarum Anglicarum, ... Tandem ultimo Etymologicon Onomasticon, ... Omnia Alphabetico ordine in quinque distinctas Classes digesta.... Authore Stephano Skinner, M.D. Londini, Typis T. Roycroft, & prostant venales apud H. Brome sub signo Bombardæ ad occidentale Sancti Pauli latus, R. Clavel, B. Tooke sub signo Navis Cæmeterio Divi Pauli, & T. Sawbridge sub signo trium Iridum in Parva Britannia. M DC LXXI.

F^o. (12 × 8). C. 3.

Collation: A²a²B-D⁴E-V²2A-5V⁴5X², unpaged. License on verso of leaf before titlepage, signed Jo. Cooke and dated Sept. 7, 1668. Address to the reader. Præfatio. Prolegomena Etymologica. Each part begins with a head-title.

SMITH, Sir Thomas.

De recta & emendata Linguæ Anglicæ Scriptione, Dialogus, Thoma Smitho Equestris ordinis Anglo authore. Lutetiæ, Ex officina Roberti Stephani Typographi Regij. M. D. LX VIII. Cum Priuilegio Regis. [Colophon] Exeudebat Robertus Stephanus Typographus Regius, Lutetiæ Parisiorum Idib. Nouembris, Ann. M. D. LXVII.