1599.
1. ¬Case¬, John. ANCILLA | PHILOSOPHIÆ, SEV | EPITOME IN OCTO LI=|BROS
PHYSICORUM | ARISTOTELIS, | _Authore_, | Jo. Caso Oxon. | [_device._]
Impr. 11: 1599: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 73 + [7]: p. 11 beg. _De genere_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to the young John
Egerton “ab ȩdibus meis Oxon.”, 26 Oct. 1599: 1–4, “Ad lectorem
benignum”: 5–73, the work: (2–7) Index: (7) “Corrigenda.”
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 687. Connected with the ©Lapis
philosophicus©, see below: but issued (apparently) slightly later. In
the preface Case alludes to his approaching end, and his unpublished
work on Philosophy.
2. ¬Case¬, John. _LAPIS_ | PHILOSOPHICVS SEV | commentarius in 8^o lib:
| _phys: Aristot: in quo_ | _arcana_ | _Physiologiæ exa_⸗|minantur |
AVCTORE IO: CASO | _in Medicina Doctore_ | Oxoniensi |
Impr. 11_a_: (1599): (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [32] + 871 [“869,” for
109–112 are omitted and 274–279 doubled, in the pagination] + [17]: p.
11 beg. _magnum pondus_, 113 _si materia_, 501 _tatur si ergo_: Pica
Italic and Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, engraved, see below: (3–8)
dedication to sir Thomas Egerton: (9–17) “Epistola ad lectorem,” 31
Oct. 1599: (18) “In primæ paginæ decem Imagines Decastichon”: (19–25)
complimentary verses, in Latin and Greek: (26–32) “Quæstiones & dubia
quæ in octo libris Physicorum continentur”: 1–30, “Prolegomena”:
31-“869,” the work: (1) “Lectori benevolo,” 31 Oct. 1599: (2–15)
Index: (16) “Lectori ingenuo et philosopho” (errata).
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 687. The titlepage is an elaborate
engraving on metal, the title within 10 squares arranged
4. 5. 6
3 7
2 8
1. 10. 9,
representing Chaos, Nature, Fortune, the Fates, Time, Phaethon and
Arctos, Sky, Space, Infinity and Terminus, Effigy of Case. The last
compartment represents the author in effigy on a tomb with the words
“Casus in occasum vergit vivitque sepultus.” The whole tone of the
prefaces is pathetic, Case feeling that he was close to his end, which
actually came on 23 Jan. 1599/1600. At p. (7) is a reference to the
new Bodleian: at (p. 11) it is stated that some German friends with
those at Oxford offered to pay the expense of printing the book rather
than that it should not be printed at all, and that the author
carefully revised and pruned it five times before publication. In an
epilogue to the first book (p. 170), dated 25 June 1597, Case
apologises to a friend for not giving the _text_ of each book and for
not printing his discourse on Philosophy in general. See the ©Ancilla
philosophiae©, above.
3. ¬Holland¬, Thomas. ORATIO | SA-|RISBVRIÆ HABITA | _viii. Id. Iun._ |
CVM REVERENDVS IN CHRIS-|to Pater HENRICVS permissione divinâ |
Episcopus Sarisburiensis gradum | Docto-|ratus in Theologiâ susciperet,
ex de-|_creto Convocationis Oxoniensis_. | _Authore_ T. HOLLAND _Theol.
Doct._ | _& Profess. Regio._ | [_woodcuts._]
Impr. 11: 1599: sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A^4, B^2: sign. B 1^r beg.
_tutis, eruditionis_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–12) the
Oration.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 111: ©Reg. Univ. Oxon.©, vol. 2 (ed.
Clark), pt. i, p. 145. The Commission to confer the degree on bp.
Henry Cotton (of Magdalen) is dated 2 June 1599. The oration gives an
interesting account of the ceremony of conferment (6 June) and its
symbolism.
4. James, Thomas. (Bagford’s statement that James’s “Catalogue of the
Oxford and Cambridge Manuscripts” appeared in this year (Brit. Mus. MS.
Harl. 5901, fol. 65), is due to the title of the Appendix of Richard de
Bury’s ©Philobiblon©, see below. The Catalogue came out in 1600.)
5. ¬Kinge¬, John, bp. of London. ARTICLES MINISTRED | IN THE VISITATION
OF | THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL | Maister JOHN KING Arch-deacon | _of
Nottingham, in the yeare of our_ | _Lord God_. 1599. | [_device._]
Impr. 4: (1599): sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A^4, B^2: sign. B 1^r beg.
29. _Whether they_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–10) the
43 questions: (11) “The oath of the Church-wardens and side-men.”
6. ¬King¬, John. LECTVRES | VPON IONAS, | DELIVERED AT | YORKE | In the
yeare of our Lorde 1594. | By JOHN KINGE: | _Newlie corrected and
amended_. | [_device._]
Impr. 19_a_: 1599: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 706 + [2], not
counting two extra title-leaves, see below: p. 11 beg. _Who hath
instructed_, 111 _their former_, 671 _& these in_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—precisely as 1597, K, except LATE not “late,” _No-_|_vem._,
not _No-_|_vemb._, 1494 (by error) not 1594, and 1599 on both extra
titles, not 1597: there is no list of Errata. The first and last
leaves have not been seen.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 295. A reprint of 1597. K.
7. ¬Lomazzo¬, Giovanni Paolo (Lomatius). [_engraved title_:—] A | TRACTE
CONTAI=|NING THE ARTES | of curious Paintinge Caruinge & | Buildinge |
written first in Italian by Jo: | Paul Lomatius painter of Milan | AND
ENGLISHED BY | R. H. student in Physik | [_motto._]
Impr. 21, as colophon: 1598: (sixes) la. 8^o: pp. [24] + 119 + [1] +
218 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _hardly bee able_, 111 _wise a master_: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) engraved title, see below: (3–4) dedication to
sir Thomas Bodley, signed “Richard Haydocke,” New coll., Oxford, 24
Aug. 1598: (5–12) (the Translator) to the ingenuous Reader: (13–14)
“Iohn Case D. of Physicke to his friende _R. H._ of New Colledge”:
(15) “The titles of the bookes,” five in all: (17–23) “A table of the
Chapters ...”: 1–7, “The preface to the worke” by Lomazzo: 9–11, “The
division of the worke”: 13–119, and 1–218, the work: (1) Device and
colophon.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 678. Lomazzo’s ©Trattato dell’ arte de la
pittura© was published at Milan in 1584, and Haydocke’s Preface gives
an account of its rarity in England. Only five out of the seven books
of the original are here published. In the dedication the translator
alludes to Bodley’s design of “erecting and restoring of this worthie
Panbiblion or Temple of all the Muses,” the Bodleian.
The title is an elaborate engraving on metal, the words on an oval in
the centre: at top “IO: PAOLO LOMAZZO:” surrounding his bust: on
either side Juno and Apollo (?): on either side the oval, the arms of
the University and of New College: below, in the centre a bust of the
translator surmounted by his arms, between figures derived from
classical mythology. In the book are thirteen full-page engravings
marked A-I, K-N, and a profusion of woodcut ornaments. On the last
page but one occurs the large device of the University arms, within a
border: then the colophon: then a woodcut of the arms of New College
between two Ws (William of Wykeham). By some confusion this book is
dated 1605 by Bagford (Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5901, fol. 66).
8. ¬Richard¬ de Bury, bp. of Durham, _d._ 1345. PHILOBIBLON | RICHARDI |
DUNELMENSIS | _sive_ | DE AMORE LIBRORVM, ET INSTI-|_TVTIONE
BIBLIOTHECÆ_, | _tractatus pulcherrimus_. | Ex collatione cum varijs
manuscriptis edi-|_tio jam secunda_; | cui | _Accessit appendix de
manuscriptis Oxoniensibus_. | Omnia hæc, | _Opera & studio T. I. Novi
Coll. in alma Academia_ | _Oxoniensi Socij_. [_motto_, preceded by “B.
P. N.,” then _woodcuts_.]
Impr. 11: 1599: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 62 + [10]: p. 11 beg. _tiqui pro_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) Epistola dedicatoria to sir
Thomas Bodley, “ex Musæo meo in Collegio Novo. Iulij. 6. 1599,” signed
“Thomas James”: (7) “Vita ex Balæo”: 1–4, “Præfatio auctoris ad
lectorem”: 5, “Capitula libri sequentis”: 7–62, the work in 20
chapters: (3–10) “Appendix de manuscriptis Oxoniensibus.”
Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 466. This is the first English
edition of the first book on the love of books. The _editio princeps_
is that of 1473 printed at Cologne: the next Spires, 1483 and Paris
1500. An account of these editions and of the known MSS. of the
©Philobiblon© will be found in E. C. Thomas’s edition (Lond., 1888).
The mysterious “_B. P. N._” on the titlepage (followed by “Non quæro
quod mihi vtile est, sed quod multis”) is explained by him as perhaps
“Bibliothecae Praefectus Novae” or “Nostrae” or rather “Bono Publico
Natus:” it has been suggested that they may stand for “Beati Pauli
Norma,” alluding to 1 Cor. x. 33. The Editor explains that it was
intended that the work should be followed by an Appendix containing a
catalogue of all MSS. at Oxford, a purpose which seriously delayed the
issue of the book. In fact the whole of the text of the ©Philobiblon©
was printed off in 1598, as is proved by a single copy still preserved
in the Bodleian dated in that year but containing only the titlepage,
(identical in type with the published one, except in one figure of the
date) and pp. 1 to 62 + [2 blank]. As it is, the Appendix only
contains an alphabetical list, without references, of the authors of
which manuscripts were preserved at Oxford: the intended catalogue
appears in the ©Ecloga Oxonio-Cantabrigiensis©, Lond., 1600. The
preface alludes to the founding of the Bodleian, but dr. James had not
yet been appointed Librarian. There is no sufficient ground for
supposing with mr. Thomas (_ut supra_, p. lv) and mr. Macray (©Annals
of the Bodleian©, 2nd ed., p. 25) that the single advance copy of 1598
implies an issue or edition of that year.
9. ¬Roche¬, Robert. EVSTATHIA | _or the_ | CONSTANCIE OF SVSANNA |
CONTAINING THE PRESER-|vation of the Godly, subversion of the wic-|ked,
precepts for the aged, instructi-|_ons for youth, pleasure_ | _with
profitte_. | Penned by R. R. G. [_motto_, then _woodcuts_.]
Impr. 19_a_: 1599: (eights) 12^o: pp. [128], signn. A-H^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Then clims_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A
2^v, dedication to “Mistris M.B. wife to ... D.B. Esquier,” signed
Robert Roche: A 3^r-A 4^r “To the Reader,” a poem: A 4^v-A 5^v,
“Coricæus to the Author,” a poem signed “C. A. R.”: A 5^v-B 1^v, “An
induction to the story”: B 2^r-H 7^r, the poem: H 7^r, “Faultes
escaped.”
The Bodleian copy, which belonged to Robert Burton, is perhaps unique.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 682, where extracts are given from this
poem, which is chiefly in a peculiar 7-line stanza, ABABBCC. G. on the
titlepage is no doubt _Gentleman_.
10. Ubaldini, Petruccio. (The edition of “La Vita di Carlo Magno
Imperadore. Di nuevo corretta” by P. Ubaldini, doubtfully ascribed in
the Catalogue of the Printed Books in the British Museum to the Oxford
Press, was certainly not printed there.)
1600.
1. ¬Butler¬, Charles. “‘Rhetoricæ libri duo, quorum Prior de Tropis &
Figuris, Posterior de Voce & Gestu, Præcipiti [_sic_] in vsum scholarum
accuratiûs editi. Oxoniæ, Excudebat—1600. ... Viro virtutis & honoris
nomine nobilissimo, Thomæ Egertono, Equiti, Domino Custodi magni sigilli
Angliæ, Carolus Butler Magdalenensis, S. D.—Basingstochiæ, 5 Jdus
Martii. 1600.’ ... Some commendatory verses; Lat. & Gr. ... Ad
lectorem.’ I3, in eights, besides the prefixes. W. H. Sixteens.”
So in Herbert’s Ames, iii. 1409. For the author, see Wood’s ©Ath.
Oxon.©, iii. 209, Bloxam’s ©Magd. Reg.©, i. 20. See 1618. B, 1629. B.
2. ¬Holland¬, Robert. “‘Darmerth, neu Arlwy Gweddi, a ddychymygwyd er
mawr dderchafiad Duwioldeb, ac i chwanegu Gwybodaeth ac Awydd yr
annysgedig ewyllysgar i iawn wasanaethu’r gwir Dduw. Gan Robert Holland,
gweinidog gair Duw, a Pherson Llan Ddeferowg, yn sir Gaerfyrddin’
[Rhydychain, 4plyg.”]
So in W. Rowland’s ©Cambrian Bibliography©, ed. by D. S. Evans,
(Llanidloes, 1869) p. 72. It is ascribed also to Oxford in M.
Williams’s ©Cofrestr© (Lond. 1717): but the evidence is at present not
sufficient to establish a connexion with Barnes’s press: nor is the
present place of any copy known to the editor of Rowlands.