On 25 May 1591 a patent was issued to Richard Wright of Oxford and his
assigns to print Tacitus’s ©History© in English, during his lifetime
(Patent Rolls, 33 Eliz. pt. 17, mentioned in Arber’s ©Transcript of
the Stationers’ Registers© II (1875), p. 16). The metal engraving of a
Roman Camp reappears in R. Grenewey’s translation of the ©Annals© of
Tacitus (Lond. 1598, 1604, 1622).
1592.
P. 32. ¬Barlaamus¬, last line but one.
_For_ author _read_ editor. Another presentation copy has been seen,
also without device.