“ The account of 'The Third Vniversitie of England' again has a separate titlepage on 4O 1, with a similar imprint, dated 1631. Then follow: Latin verses on London; Epistle dedicatory to Sir Edward Coke signed George Buc, and dated 'his Maiesties Office of the Reuels, vpon Saint Peters hill', Aug. 24, 1612; and a catalogue of all the subjects taught at the University of London. At the end is a passage from Drayton's 'Poly-olbion', a letter to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London signed Edmond Howes, and an alphabetical Table. This appears to be the fifth and last edition. ”

“ Epistle dedicatory to Anthoinette de Turaine, Contesse de Clinchamp, signed and dated, Paris, July 25, 1570. Commendatory verses by Justus Ludovicus a Tornone in Latin. Italian verses headed 'De gli Spiriti Francesi à la Francia' and 'Il libro, de se stesso.' Commendatory verses by Jaques Moysson, and A. du Verdier. Table at end. The volume contains eight histories. The first edition of vol. v. appeared at Paris in 1570. The final edition of the 'Histoires Tragiques' is that published at Rouen in 1603-4, in 7 vols. ”

“ Epistle dedicatory to Henry Lassels, signed. Verses to the same, also signed. Commendatory verses from John Keper (English and Latin) , and the author's brother William Howell. Several poems by J. Keeper occur in the course of the work. The present is the only known copy. It was licensed to Colwell in 1567/8, but of what is presumably the original issue (c. 1568) three leaves only are extant, in the Huth collection. The present reprint must date between the years 1568 and 1575 when Colwell ceased printing. ”

“ Wanting ¶ 1, containing engraved titlepage signed Coxonus (i.e. T. Cockson) in some copies (Sayle 2228) but by W. Rogers in others (Haz. H. 11) and table of contents on verso. Last leaf containing colophon misplaced at the beginning. Epistle dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth signed by the translator. 'A preface, or rather a briefe apologie of poetrie.' Address to the reader signed Io. Har. At the end, 'Allegory of the Orlando Furioso,' Life of Ariosto by John Harington, alphabetical table of contents, table of principal tales and list of errata. ”

“ Epistle to the reader. Commendatory verses from Ben: Jonson, I. C., Ra: Wym:, Io: Calue: Ex inter: Temp:, A: H: Ex Temp: Med:, Philomus: Ex Graij: Hospi:, Robertus Vescius (Lat) , R. V. (Lat.) , M: Freeman. Verses from 'The Author to his præfix'd Approuers'. Argument in prose. The only other copy that can be traced was in Bibl. Anglo Poet, and Heber sale. The volume was reprinted in 1710. The author is not known. Two years later John Davies of Hereford published a similar work entitled 'A select second Husband for Sir Thomas Overburies Wife, now a matchless Widow.'
JAMES VI of Scotland. ”

“ Collation: A-H8, unpaged. Ornament at head and foot of each page. Part ii. has a separate titlepage with the word 'Epithalamion' and printer's device but no imprint, at sig. G 3. Certain copies have a half-sheet (4 leaves) with sig. ¶ inserted between A 1 and 2, but it is possible that some were issued without this addition. The half-sheet contains an epistle dedicatory to Sir Robert Needham Knight, signed with the stationer's initials and commendatory verses from G. W. senior and G. W. I [unior] . ”

“ A Dictionarie in Spanish and English, first published into the English tongue by Ric. Perciuale Gent. Now enlarged and amplified With many thousand words, ... All done by Iohn Minsheu Professor of Languages in London. Hereunto for the further profile and pleasure of the learner or delighted in this tongue, is annexed an ample English Dictionarie, Alphabetically set downe with the Spanish words thereunto adioyned, ... ”

“ Printer's epistle to Rossetti, dated May 10, 1603. Table of contents. This is the only edition having the verses at the end of each novel. There are woodcuts to each novel (often repeated) and also to each 'Giornata'. The first edition of this collection appeared in 1561.
Del Secretario di M. Francesco Sansouino libri quattro. Ne quali con bell' ordine s' insegna altrui a scriuer lettere messiue & responsiue in tutti i generi, come nella Tauola contrascritta si comprende. Con gli essempi delle lettere formate et poste a lor luoghi in diuerse materie con le parti segnate. ”

“ The Garden of Pleasure: Contayninge most pleasante Tales, worthy deedes and witty sayings of noble Princes & learned Philosophers, Moralized. No lesse delectable, than profitable. Done out of Italian into English, by Iames Sanford, Gent. Wherein are also set forth diuers Verses and Sentences in Italian, with the Englishe to the same, for the benefit of students in both tongs. Imprinted at London, by Henry Bynneman. Anno. 1573. [Colophon] Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman, dwelling in Knight riders streate, at the signe of the Mermayde. ”

“ Qui genus humanum ingenio superavit, et omneis
Præstinxit, stellas exortus uti æthereus Sol.
Lucr. Lib. 3. l. 1056.
London: Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson in the strand.
10 vols. 8o. (7 × 41⁄2) . S. 40-49.
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Epistle dedicatory to the Duke of Grafton, signed Edward Capell, and dated, Essex Court in the Temple. Nov. 9, 1767. The ten volumes appeared in 1767 and 1768. The additional volumes containing critical matter were not published till 1779-80, after the collection had been given to the College. In this copy the metre is marked throughout in the editor's hand. ”

“ The worke of Pomponius Mela, The Cosmographer, concerninge the Situation of the world, wherein euery parte, is deuided by it selfe in most perfect manner, as appeareth in the Table at the ende of the booke. A booke right plesant and profitable for all sortes of men: but speciallie for Gentlemen, Marchants, Mariners, and Trauellers, translated out of Latine By Arthur Golding Gentleman. At London, Printed for Thomas Hacket, and are to be sold at his shop in Lumbert streete, vn- [sic] the signe of the Popes head. ”

“ The Mirour for Magistrates, wherin may bee seene, by examples passed in this Realme, with how greeuous plagues vices are punished in great Princes and Magistrates, and how fraile and vnstable worldly prosperity is found, where Fortune seemeth most highly to fauour: Newly imprinted, and with the addition of diuers Tragedies enlarged. ”

“ The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues. London Printed for William Ponsonbie. 1596.
4o. (73⁄8 × 51⁄4) . R. 6.
Collation: A-2O8, paged. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth on verso of titlepage. At the end of the volume are verses signed W. R. (i.e. Walter Raleigh) and Hobynoll (i.e. Gabriel Harvey) . Large woodcut of St George and the dragon on M 5v at beginning of Book II, as in the former edition. The printer was Richard Field, whose device appears on the titlepage. ”

“ Diuided into two seuerall parts: Whereof the first containeth the personall trauels, &c. of the English, through and within the Streight of Gibraltar, to Alger, Tunis, and Tripolis in Barbary, to Alexandria and Cairo in AEgypt, to the Isles of Sicilia, Zante, Candia, Rhodus, Cyprus, and Chio, to the Citie of Constantinople, to diuers parts of Asia minor, to Syria and Armenia, to Ierusalem, and other places in Iudæa ”

“ No printer's address to the reader and preliminary matter reset. The first edition with Lowndes' eighth titlepage. This was printed from an entirely new setting of the type. It may be distinguished from the seventh by the commas after 'Helder' and 'Brittain' and by having 'Angel' in italic in place of roman type; also by having a reversed 'p' for the 'd' in 'Paradise'. On an inserted leaf at the beginning is the inscription: 'Mr. Hollis desires the favor of Mr. Payne to present this Copy, unless it should prove a duplicate, to Mr. Capel. Pall Mall mar. 18. 1761.'
Paradise Lost. ”

“ With portraits of Richard and his Queen engraved by Grignion after Vertue.
WARNER, William.
Albions England. A Continued Historie of the same Kingdome, from the Originals of the first Inhabitants thereof: With most the chiefe Alterations and Accidents theare hapning, vnto, and in the happie Raigne of our now most gracious Soueraigne, Queene Elizabeth: Not barren in varietie of inuentiue and historicall Intermixtures: First penned and published by William Warner: and now reuised, and newly inlarged by the same Author: Whereunto is also newly added an Epitome of the whole Historie of England. ”

“ The auncient Historie and onely trewe and syncere Cronicle of the warres betwixte the Grecians and the Troyans, and subsequently of the fyrst euercyon of the auncient and famouse Cytye of Troye vnder Lamedon the king, and of the laste and fynall destruction of the same vnder Pryam, wrytten by Daretus a Troyan and Dictus a Grecian both souldiours and present in all the sayde warres and digested in Latyn by the lerned Guydo de Columpnis and sythes translated in to englyshe verse by Iohn Lydgate Moncke of Burye. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Ornament at head and foot of each page. Commendatory verses signed: I. F., D. T., C. R., W: Stra:, I. C., X. Z. 'The Authors Epitaph on the finishing of this his wife.' This is the first edition, and is anonymous.
A Wife. Now the Widdow of Sir Tho: Overburye. Being A most exquisite and singular Poem of the choise of a Wife. Whereunto are added many witty Characters, and conceited Newes, written by himselfe and other learned Gentlemen his friends:
Dignum laude virum musa vetat mori,
Cœlo musa beat. Hor: car: lib. 3. ”

“ Another edition, 1579, is in the Bodleian, and a third (1580?) in the British Museum.
Sinker 539.
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GARLAND.
The Golden Garland of Princely Delight; Wherein is contained the History of many of the Kings, Queens, Princes, Lords, Ladies, Knights, and Gentlewomen of this Kingdom. Being most pleasant Songs and Sonnets, to sundry New Tunes much in request. In Two Parts. The Thirteenth Edition, with Additions, Corrected and Amended. Licensed according to Order. Printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Giltspur-street without Newgate, 1690.
B. L. 8o. (61⁄4 × 33⁄4) . Y. 3. 1. ”

“ A-Q4, unpaged. Wanting Q 4 (? blank) . Commendatory verses signed 'Parthenius' (A 2) , 'Sr W. Alexander' (K1v) , 'D. Murray' (M 3) . No earlier edition is known, but there is another issue of this one with a different titlepage (same imprint) on which only the author's initials appear.
BM 500.
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The most elegant, and elabourate Poems Of that Great Court-wit, Mr William Drummond. Whose Labours, both in Verse and Prose, being heretofore so precious to Prince Henry, and to K. Charles, Shall live and flourish in all Ages whiles there are men to read them, or Art & Judgment to approve them. ”