Euphues. The Anatomy of Wyt. Very pleasant for all Gentlemen to reade,
and most necessary to remember: wherin are contained the delights that
Wyt followeth in his youth by the pleasauntnesse of Loue, and the
happynesse he reapeth in age, by the perfectnesse of Wisedome. By Iohn
Lylly Master of Arte. Oxon. _Imprinted at London for Gabriell Cawood,
dwelling in Paules Church-yarde._
=B. L.= 4^o. (7-1/8 × 4-7/8). R. 17. 1.
Collation: A^4B-E^8F-T^4, folios numbered. Epistle dedicatory to
William West, Lord Delaware, signed I. Lyly. Address to the
readers. At the end is a device of a sable horse (as crest) charged
with a crescent of difference encircled by the motto 'Mieulx vault
mourir [~e] vertu que vivre en honcte'. This is the device of Th.
East. The text of this edition presents peculiarities, which, as
Dr Sinker has shown, prove it to be the first. Having been entered
to Cawood in the S. R. Dec. 2, 1578, it probably appeared about the
close of the year. Two further editions appeared in 1579, _viz._
the second (undated) the only known copy of which is also in the
library (v1^a. 4. 14 (2) imperfect) and that (dated) represented by
the Malone and Morley copies. For particulars see Bond's 'Lyly'
(Oxford, 1902) vol. i. p. 85 etc.
Sinker 547. BM 953.
MALORY, _Sir_ THOMAS.
The most ancient and famous History of the renowned Prince Arthur King
of Britaine, Wherein is declared his Life and Death, with all his
glorious Battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and Pagans, which (for
the honour of his Country) he most worthily atchieued. As also, all the
Noble Acts, and Heroicke Deeds of his Valiant Knights of the Round
Table. Newly refined, and published for the delight, and profit of the
Reader. _London, Printed by William Stansby, for Iacob Bloome,_ 1634.
=B. L.= 4^o. (7 × 5-3/8). S. 1.
Three Parts, each with separate titlepage and signatures distinct.
Collation: Part I, ¶^4§^4A-2I^4; Pt. II, 2 leaves unsigned,
¶^4A-2Q^{4}2R^2; Pt. III, ¶^{4}[2]¶^4A-2P^4; unpaged. Wanting 2R2
in Pt. II (? blank). Each part has the same woodcut of the Round
Table and list of knights facing the titlepage, and a Table of
contents. Part I has also a Preface, and a Prologue, besides
Caxton's address to the reader. The first edition was printed by
Caxton in 1485.