Clement of Rome. References to a supposed edition of Clemens Romanus in
1637, a reprint of the edition of 1633, are due to a confusion: the 1633
edition alone exists.
9. ¬Comenius¬, Johannes Amos (Komensky). CONATVVM | COMENIANORVM |
PRAELVDIA | EX BIBLIOTHECA _S. H._ | [_device._]
Impr. 72: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 52 + [6]: p. 11 beg. _Tertiò,
portento_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Ad lectorem”,
signed “Samuel Hartlibius”: (5) title:—“PORTA SAPIENTIAE | RESERATA_:_
| SIVE | PANSOPHIÆ CHRISTIANÆ | SEMINARIVM. | Hoc est, | Nova,
compendiosa, & solida omnes Sci-|entias & Artes, & quicquid manifesti
vel occulti | est, quod ingenio humano penetrare, solertiæ imitari, |
linguae eloqui datur, breviùs, veriùs, meliùs, quàm | hactenus,
addiscendi Methodus. | [_line_] | _Auctore_ | Reverendo Clarissimóque
Viro | Domino _Iohanne Amoso Comenio_. | [_line_, 2 _mottos_,
_woodcut._]”, with impr. 72_d_: (6) a motto: 1–52, the work: (1–6)
“Præcipua Capita Didacticæ Magnæ, à Domino Comenio elaboratæ ...”
This is a kind of prospectus of the encyclopædic work on education
which Comenius was at the time contemplating, and although issued by
Hartlib without the permission of the author, partly in order to
gather the opinions of scholars on the scheme, it was not displeasing
to Comenius, especially since some of his critics suggested a
_Collegium Pansophicum_ to work out the details. This we learn from an
appendix by Comenius to the reprint of this Oxford edition in vol. i.
of his ©Opera didactica omnia© (Amst. 1657), vol i. col. 403, cf. 454.
10. ¬Cowper¬, Thomas. ¤COWPER¤ 1637. | AN | ¤ALMANACK¤ | for the yeare
of our | ¤Lord 1637¤. | [_line_] | ¤Being the first after leap-yeare.¤ |
[_line_] | ¤Together with some astrologicall rules¤ | for the prediction
of weather for each | day in the yeare: with the principall High-wayes
in _England_ and | _Wales_. | [_line_] | ¤Referred to the famous
Universitie and¤ | ¤Citie of Oxford;¤ but may indiffe-|rently serve for
any other place within | this Kingdome. | [_line_] | ¤_By_ THOMAS
COWPER.¤ | [_line, motto, line._]
Impr. 68_d_: 12^o: Pica Roman: title within a border of lines and
woodcuts.
Very rare. Only known from a titlepage in Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5937,
no. 140. See note under _Booker_ above. The underlined words in the
title above are printed in red ink, as well as “Oxford,” and “the
famous Universitie. 1637” in the imprint, and some words in the
“Vulgar Notes” on the back of the title.
11. ¬Deliciae deliciarum.¬ DELITIÆ | DELITIARVM | SIVE | EPIGRAMMATVM |
optimis quibusq; hujus & no-|vissimi seculi poetis in amplissimâ | illâ
Bibliothecâ | BODLEIANA, | Et penè omninò alibi extantibus | ἀνθολογία,
in unam corollam connexa | [_line_] | Operâ AB. WRIGHT Art. Bac. | _& S.
Ioan. Bapt. Coll. Socii_. | [_line_, then _motto_.]
Impr. 166: 1637: 12^o: [16] + 247 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _Tale tamen_, 201
_De Virgilio_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–8)
dedication to dr. Will. Haywood, the editor’s tutor: (9–11) “Lectori”:
(13–15) “Catalogus Auctorum”: 1–247, the epigrams: 247, Errata.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iv. 276. Wright took his M.A.
degree on April 22, 1637. Unfortunately there is no indication of the
source of each epigram, and almost all the authors are continental
poets.
12. ¬Fitz-Geffry¬, Charles. COMPASSION | TOWARDS CAPTIVES, | CHIEFLY |
Toward our Brethren and Country-men | who are in miserable bondage | in
BARBARIE. | _Vrged and pressed in three Sermons_ | On HEB. 13. 3. |
[_line_] | Preached in PLYMOVTH, in _October_ 1636. | _By_ CHARLES
FITZ-GEFFRY. | [_line_] | _Whereunto are anexed_ | An Epistle of S^t
CYPRIAN concerning the Redemption | of the Bretheren from the bondage of
_Barbarians_; | AND | _A passage concerning the benefits of Compassion,
extracted_ | out of S^t AMBROSE _his second booke of_ Offices, Cap. 28.
| [_motto._]
Impr. 160 _a_: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 50 + [10]: p. 11 beg.
_heaven, but_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication to
John Cause mayor of Plymouth, &c.: (7–12) “To the compassionate, that
is, to the truly Christian Reader”: 1–19, 21–35, 37–50, the three
sermons: (1–4) the Cyprian: (5–7) the Ambrose.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 607.
13. ¬Ironside¬, dr. Gilbert. SEVEN | QVESTIONS | OF THE | SABBATH |
BRIEFLY DISPVTED, | after the m®a®nner of the | SCHOOLES. | Wherein such
cases, and scruples, as are | _incident to this subject, are cleared,
and resolved_, | [_line_] | By GILBERT IRONSIDE B.D. | [_line_, two
_mottos_, _woodcuts_.]
Impr. 156 _a_: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 297 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _may
see_, 201 _speaks, were_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title,
within a line: (3–12) Epistle dedicatory to archbp. Laud: (13–18) “To
the Reader”: (19–23) “The severall Chapters with their Contents”:
1–297, the work, in 31 chapters: (2) Note and “Errata.”
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 939. The note before the
Errata shows that the author saw no proofs of his book for “the
Authors coppy being not so legible as we could have wished, we were
forc’d to transcribe it in his absence, and by this means these
grosser escapes hapned.”
14. ¬Jackson¬, Thomas. DIVERSE | SERMONS, | WITH A SHORT | TREATISE |
BEFITTING THESE | _PRESENT TIMES_, | Now first published | BY | Thomas
Iackson, D^r _in Divinity_, | _Chaplaine in ordinary_ to his Majestie, |
and President of _Corpus Christi Col-_|_ledge_ in Oxford. | [_note_,
then _woodcuts_.]
Impr. 152: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 51 + [3] + 70 + [2] + 96 (but
29–34 are numbered 1–6) + [2]: pp. 11 begg. _as no souldier_, and
_whatsoever afflictions_, and _of his owne_: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (3) title, within double lines: (5–6) dedication to
prince Charles: (7–8) “Errata”, with sub-titles: 1–25, 27–51, 2
sermons on 2 Chron. vi. 39–40: (2) a title:—“THREE | SERMONS |
PREACHED | BEFORE THE | KING, | Vpon IER. 26. 19 | ... [4 lines, then
device and impr. 152]”: 1–70, the sermons: (1) a title:—“A | TREATISE
| CONCERNING | THE SIGNES OF | THE TIME, OR GODS | FOREWARNINGS. |
CONTAINING | The summe of some few Sermons delive-|red partly before
the Kings Majesty partly | in the Towne of _New-Castle_ | upon _Tine_.
| [_woodcut_, then impr. 152]”: 1–70, three discourses: 71, a
title:—“A | SERMON | OR | POSTILL | PREACHED IN _NEWE[/]_ | _CASTLE_
VPON _TINE_ | The second _S_unday in | _Advent_ 1630. | [woodcut, then
impr. 152]”: 73–93, the sermon, on Luke xxi. 25: 94–96, “A briefe
Appendix ...”
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 668. The signatures connect
all the parts of this volume together. Every printed page is
surrounded by double lines on the upper and outer margin, and a single
line elsewhere.
15. ¬Parsons¬, Bartholomew. HONOS | & ONVS Levitarum. | OR, | Tithes
vindicated to the | Presbyters of the Gospel: | In a Sermon preached at
an Archidiaco[/]|nall Visitation at _Marlebrough_, in the Diocese | of
_Sarum_, on the 10. of October. 1636. | [_line_] | By _B. P._ | [_line,_
3 _mottos, line, device, line_].
Impr. 169: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _deny, but
he_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to
Sir William Doddington “from the Rectory of _Ludgershall_, in the
county of _Wiltes_, June 7, 1637.”: 1–31, the sermon, on Deut. xxxiii.
11.
See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 26. In the copy seen the
title is an inserted leaf, the first leaf having been torn out:
perhaps this is accounted for by the title given by Wood “History of
Tithes: or Tithes vindicated ...”, and the running head line, which is
still “The history of Tithes.” Early copies may have this older title.