Collation: ¶6A-6V67D-7O67P-7Q4, unpaged. Double columns. Wanting ¶ 1 (? blank), also 7P 3, 4 and 7Q 3. To supply this deficiency the last six leaves of Bynneman's edition of 1584 including colophon, have been bound in after 7P 2. Latin epistle dedicatory to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, from Thomas Cooper. Address to the reader in Latin and another in English. Commendatory verses in Latin from Alexander Nowellus, Thomas Wykus (2 copies), Thomas Valens (2 copies), Ia. Calfhillus, and in Greek by Richardus Stephanus (3 copies). The 'Dictionarium Historicum & Poeticum' begins with head-title on 7D 1. On the titlepage is the cut of the Dudley crest as in James Sandford's 'Garden of Pleasure' (q.v.). Based on Sir T. Elyot's 'Dictionary,' the first edition of which appeared in 1538.

Sinker 829. BM 406.

COPLEY, Anthony.

Wits, Fits, and Fancies: Or, A generall and serious Collection, of the Sententious Speeches, Answers, Iests, and Behauiours, of all sortes of Estates, From the Throane to the Cottage. Being properly reduced to their seuerall heads, for the more ease of the Reader. Newly Corrected and augmented, with many late, true, and wittie accidents. Musica mentis, medecina Mæstus. London Printed by Edw: Allde, dwelling in little Saint Bartholmewes, neer Christ-Church. 1614.

B. L. 4o. (7 × 51⁄4). T. 2.

Collation: A2B-2B42C2, paged. Address to the reader. The original edition appeared in 1595 and bore on the title the initials of the author, Anthony Copley.

BM 1620.

CORYATE, Thomas.

Coryats Crambe, or his Colwort Twise Sodden, And Now serued in with other Macaronicke dishes, as the second course to his Crudities. London Printed by William Stansby 1611.

4o. (8 × 6). P. 2. 1.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: a-b4, 1 leaf unsigned, A-D4, D 3, 4, 1 leaf unsigned, D 1, 2, 1 leaf unsigned, a-b4c-g8h4 H 1-3 i-l4, unpaged. The book consists entirely of dedicatory epistles, orations, commendatory verses and the like. On sig. a 4 (second l. c. alphabet) occurs a large woodcut of the Prince of Wales' badge with the initials H. P. (i.e. Prince Henry). The present copy differs from the three preserved in the BM, which have collation a-b4, 1 leaf unsigned (necessitated by the catchword, but only preserved in one copy), A-D4, D 3, 4, 2 leaves unsigned, E-G4 (G 4 blank, only preserved in one copy), H 1-3.

BM 411.

COTGRAVE, John.