The Fearefull Fansies of the Florentine Cooper. Written in Tuscane, By
Iohn Baptista Gelli, one of the free Studie of Florence. And for
recreation translated into English by W. Barker. Pensoso d' altrui.
Seene & allowed according to the order appointed. _At London Printed by
Tho. Purfoot, for the Companie of Stacioners._ 1599.
=B. L.= 8^o. (5-1/4 × 3-5/8). *. 8. 1.
Collation: A-R^8, folios numbered. Address to the reader. The
head-title runs 'The Reasoning of Iust the Florentine Cooper and
his Soule. Gathered by his Nephew Sir Byndo.' The first edition
appeared in 1568, the present appears to be the second.
Sinker 375. BM 683.
GEOFFREY _of Monmouth_.
Britanni[e] vtriusq[gh] Reg[~u] Et Principium Origo & gesta
insignia ab Galfrido Monemutensi ex antiquissimis Britannici sermonis
monumentis in latinum traducta: _& ab Ascensio rursus maiore accuratione
impressa. V[e]nundantur in eiusdem oedibus._ [Colophon]
_Ex oedibus nostris iter[~u] Ad Idus Sept[~e]b. Anni_ .MDXVII.
4^o. (7-1/2 × 5-5/8). Q. 5. 1.
Collation: 2A^4A-M^8N^6; 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 4^v. 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, S^t. George.
[Woodcut.] _Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke._
=B. L.= 8^o. (5-3/8 × 3-3/8). Y. 3. 2.
Collation: A^8B^4, unpaged. Half-title 'S^t. 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).