GEOFFREY of Monmouth.
Britannię vtriusqȝ Regũ Et Principium Origo & gesta insignia ab Galfrido Monemutensi ex antiquissimis Britannici sermonis monumentis in latinum traducta: & ab Ascensio rursus maiore accuratione impressa. Vęnundantur in eiusdem œdibus. [Colophon] Ex œdibus nostris iterũ Ad Idus Septẽb. Anni .MDXVII.
4o. (71⁄2 × 55⁄8). Q. 5. 1.
Collation: 2A4A-M8N6; folios numbered. N 6 (? blank). Epistle dedicatory from the editor Ivo Cavellatus to Hervius Kaerquiffinennus dated, 'Ex collegio nostro Corisopitensi ad Idus Iulias anni salutiferi. M.D.VIII.' Commendatory verses, etc. Armorial woodcut on 2A 4v. A note to the reader at the end is headed 'Io. Badius Ascensius Lectori Sa.' Ruled in red throughout. The first edition appeared in 1508.
GEORGE, Saint.
The Life and Death of the Famous Champion of England, St. George. [Woodcut.] Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke.
B. L. 8o. (53⁄8 × 33⁄8). Y. 3. 2.
Collation: A8B4, unpaged. Half-title 'St. George', with woodcut of St. George and the Dragon as on title. 'The Life and Death' in prose. 'The Worthy Deeds of St. George of England, and how he married the Kings Daughter of Ægypt, whom he delivered from death. The Tune is, Queen Dido,' in verse, with woodcut of the princess and the dragon and also the woodcut of the titlepage repeated. The recto and verso of the last leaf are also occupied by woodcuts, which however do not belong to the story. Hazlitt dates the volume circa 1670 (H. 225).
GILPIN, George.