(Vol. vi., pp. 435. 564.)
As MR. SPARROW SIMPSON invites additions to his list from all quarters, I
send him my contribution: and as I see that he has included _translations_
of our Liturgy into other languages, I do the same:
1552. Worcester. Jo. Oswen. Folio.
1560. London. Jugge and Cawood. 4to.
1565. London. Jugge and Cawood. 8vo.
1607. London. Folio.
1629. London. Folio.
1629. Cambridge. Folio.
1632. London. 4to.
1633. London. 4to.
1634. London. Folio.
1635. London. 4to.
1638. Cambridge. 4to.
1639. London. Folio.
1641. London. 4to.
1660. Cambridge. Folio.
1644. The Scotch, by Laud and the Scotch bishops. Printed by John Jones.
8vo.
1551. Latine versa, per Alex. Absium. Lipsiæ. 4to.
1594. " " London. 8vo.
S. A. " by Reginald Wolfe. London. 4to.
1638. In Greek. London. 8vo.
1616. In French. London. 4to.
1608. In Irish. Dublin. Folio.
1612. In Spanish. London. 4to.
1621. In Welsh. London. 4to.
All the foregoing editions are in the Bodleian Library. I may add to them
the following three:
1.--1551. Dublin, by Humfrey Powell. Folio
2.--1617(?). Dublin. Company of Stationers. 4to
3.--1637. Dublin.
The _first_ of these, which is the first book printed in Ireland, is
extremely rare. I believe only two copies are certainly known to exist; one
of which is in the library of Trinity College, Dublin; and the other in
that of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Both are in very fine condition.
The _second_ is in my possession. The book is quite perfect; but some
wiseacre has carefully erased the date. The _Almanac for xxvi Yeares_ tells
nothing, being for the years 1603 to 1628. But the book contains a prayer
for "Frederick, the Prince Elector Palatine, and the Lady Elizabeth, his
wife, with their hopeful issue." He married the princess in 1613; and in
1619 he was elected King of Bohemia, and thenceforward would be prayed for
under his higher title. If the Sunday letter in the calendar is to be
trusted, the book was printed (according to De Morgan's _Book of Almanacs_)
in 1617. The Dublin Society of Stationers was established in that year; and
it is not unlikely that they commenced their issues with a Prayer-Book. I
have never seen nor heard of another copy, with which I might compare mine,
and thus ascertain its date.
The _third_, of 1637, is reported; but I have never met with it.