A Letter to George Hardinge, Esq. on the Subject of a Passage in Mr.
Stevens's Preface to his Impression of Shakespeare.... _London: Printed
by B. Sibthorp, for G. Kearsly in Fleet-Street,_ M, DCC, LXXVII.
4^o. (9-1/2 × 7-3/8). 1. 3. 2.
MS. note on titlepage: 'Seen through the Press by Mr. H--go: Note
on p. 18. added, and the Post-Script new-molded by him. E. C.' The
postscript is preceded by a 'Sonnet To Mr. Capell'. Attributed in
the BM catalogue and doubtfully by Lowndes to the Rev. John Collins
of Hertfordshire.
COMMINES, PHILIPPE DE, _Seigneur d Argenton_.
The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton. _Imprinted
at London by Ar. Hatfield, for I. Norton._ 1596
F^o. (11-1/2 × 8). E. 4.
Title within ornamental border bearing the initials H D (_i.e._ H.
Denham). Collation: A^6a^2B-X^6Y^4Z^{8}2A-2L^6, one leaf unsigned,
paged. Sig. 2K 5 appears in duplicate; the first is presumably
intended as a cancel though no alteration is apparent. Epistle
dedicatory to Lord Burley, signed by the translator, Thomas Danett.
Life of Philip de Commines with a reply to the accusations of
Jacobus Meyerus. Table of contents. The history, preceded by the
author's preface to the Archbishop of Vienne. After Bk vi there
follow eight chapters headed 'A Supply of the Historie of Philip de
Commines from the death of King Lewis the II. till the beginning of
the wars of Naples, to wit, from 1483. till 1493. of all the which
time Commines writeth nothing'. Bks vii and viii follow, after
which there are a number of genealogical tables. The single leaf
inserted at the end contains errata. This is the earliest known
edition, though a translation was entered to Thomas Marsh as early
as 1565-6.
Sinker 663.