The praise of Folie. Moriæ Encomium a booke made in latyne by that great
clerke Erasmus Roterodame. Englisshed by sir Thomas Chaloner knight.
_Anno_ .M.D.XLIX. [Colophon] _Imprinted at London in Fletestrete in the
House of Thomas Berthelet. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
Anno_ .M. D. LXIX.
=B. L.= 4^o. (7-1/4 × 5-1/4). R. 16.
Title within ornamental border, at the foot of which are printed
the initials 'T. P.' (misprint for T. B. _i.e._ Thomas Berthelet,
see 'A necessary doctrine' etc. by T. Berthelet, 1543, T. C. C.
v1^d. 3. 7.). The date in the colophon is likewise a misprint for
1549 as in title. Collation: A^4; A-T^4, unpaged. Translator's
address to the reader. At the beginning is inserted a leaf of MS.
in a 17th century hand containing biographical notes concerning Sir
Thomas Chaloner. There is also some writing in an early hand on the
verso of A 4 (preliminary sheet), but it has been pasted over and
one blank leaf inserted before the next sheet.
Sinker 69. BM 596.
Prouerbes or Adagies, gathered oute of the Chiliades of Erasmus by
Rycharde Tauerner. With newe addicions as well of La-of ue rbes [_sic_]
as Englyshe. _An._ M. D. LII. _Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum._
[Colophon] _Imprinted at London by Rycharde Kele, dwellynge in Lombarde
strete nere vnto the stockes market at the sygne of the Egle. Anno._ M.
D. LII.
=B. L.= 8^o. (5-1/4 × 3-3/8). *. 5.
Title within woodcut border with the initials N. H. printed in a
compartment at the foot. Collation: A-K^8, folios numbered. 'The
Prologue of the Author'. A collection of Latin quotations with
translations and explanations in English. At the end an
alphabetical table. The first edition appeared in 1539, the present
is the second.
Sinker 110. BM 593.
¦Seuen Dialogues both pithie and profitable.
{ 1 Is of the right vse of things indifferent.
{ 2 Sheweth what comfort Poperie affordeth in time of daunger.
The { 3 Is betweene a good Woman and a Shrew.
{ 4 Is of the conversion of a Harlot.
{ 5 Is of putting forth Children to Nurse.
{ 6 Is of a Popish Pilgrimage.
{ 7 Is of a Popish Funerall.
By W. B. _London. Printed for Nicholas Ling, and are to bee sold at his
shop in Saint Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-streete._ 1606.¦
=B. L.= 4^o. (6-7/8 × 5-1/8). T. 4. 2.
Collation. A^4a^2B-V^4, unpaged. Wanting A1 (title) and V 4 (?
blank). Epistle dedicatory to the 'Maior, Sheriffes and Aldermen'
of Norwich, signed by the translator, William Burton, and dated
'Reading, in Barkeshire, 1606.' Address to the reader, signed by
the same. Printer's note to the reader. The seven dialogues
translated from the Latin 'Colloquia' of Erasmus.