4. The state of the office is shown by 1595, no. 4 (small stock of
type); 1601, no. 2 (Hebrew words sometimes transliterated, sometimes
in Hebrew type: yet in 1603, no. 2, there is a complaint of the want
of Hebrew type!); 1625, no. 16 (one sheet in different type); 1628,
no. 16 (carelessness).
5. Red ink is found in 1479/80, 1628, 1631, 1633 and thereafter; and
gold-printing in 1633.
6. Curiosities of workmanship will be found in 1629, no. 14; 1631,
nos. 10, 17; 1633, nos. 26, 33; 1634, no. 9; 1635, no. 3; 1636, no. 15
(signatures); 1638, nos. 3, 17 (do.); 1640, no. 24: and eccentricity
on the author’s part in 1631, no. 29; 1633, no. 9 (phonetic spelling);
1635, no. 10. In 1613 no. 29 (Rainolds) on the first two pages of each
section the headline is “prophecy”, but on every other page it is
“prophecie”. 1634 no. 17 (Statuta) is a true folio, in every sense in
which the word is used.
7. The number of books or editions issued at Oxford is roughly as
follows:—15th cent., 15: early 16th cent., 7: 1585–1600, 125:
1601–1620, 230: 1621–1640, 370: total, about 750. In the 17th cent.
about 2700 were issued: in the 18th, about 2100: in the first three
quarters of the 19th, about 6500. The number from “1468” to 1900 may
be estimated as likely to be about 16000.
8. Of the Oxford books issued from “1468” to 1640, the British Museum
contains less than 70 per cent., and the Bodleian about 80 per cent.
The following calculation is not far from the truth:—
Oxford books in Brit. Mus. and Bodl. about 450
Oxford books in Brit. Mus. only " 50
Oxford books in Bodl. only " 150
Oxford books in neither library " 100
———
Total 750
APPENDIX F.
IMPRINTS.
LISTS AND TABLES OF OXFORD IMPRINTS, 1585–1640.
The following tables and lists explain themselves. They give a detailed
picture of the mutual relations of Oxford and London printers and
publishers, and the development of the Oxford book trade. It will be
noticed how the archaisms (_Imprinted at Oxford by_, or _At Oxford,
printed by_, &c.) are gradually worn off, with the rhetorical
descriptions (such as _celeberrimæ Academiæ typographus_), and the use
of colophons.
In some cases we find fictitious imprints, as in 1602, nos. 5, 11, 1611
(see impr. 7_a_), 1612 (impr. 7), 1613 (impr. 32), 1616 (impr. 35), 1626
(impr. 67). The number of books with no printer’s or publisher’s name is
small (see impr. 107, and Appendix, p. 151 (Stanley)), and of _books_
with no imprint at all there are very few instances, see 1586, 12; 1602,
8 and 9; 1603, 5; 1606, 5; 1622, 6; 1625, 9; 1635, 13.
In the list which follows the spelling is modernized, the form alone is
exact.
1585.
(_Joseph Barnes_, 1585–1617.)
¬1.¬ Oxoniæ, ex officina typographica Josephi Barnesii celeberrimæ
Academiæ Oxoniensis typographi.
1585 (also as a colophon).
1 _a_. (Omitting _typographica_ and _Oxoniensis_).
1589, 1591.
¬2.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, printer to the University.
1585–6, 1592–4, 1598, 1603, 1606–9, 1615–16.
2 _a_. ... printer to that famous University.
1585, 1594.
2 _b_. ... printer to the famous University.
1586.
2 _c_. Omitting “at.”
1603.
¬3.¬ Oxoniæ, ex ædibus Josephi Barnes.
1585.
¬4.¬ Imprinted [or Printed] at Oxford [or Oxenford] by Joseph Barnes,
printer to the University.
1585 (also as colophon), 1586, 1591, 1599, 1615.
4 _a_. Adding “famous” before “University”.
1585.
1586.
¬5.¬ Oxoniæ (or -ii), ex officina typographica Josephi Barnesii.
1586–7, 1590, 1592, 1597, 1608.
5 _a_. Omitting _typographica_.
1596, 1598.
5 _b_. With _typographica_ the last word.
1598.
¬6.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paul’s
Churchyard at the sign of the Tiger’s head.
1586–9, 1591–2, 1595.
6 _a_. ... at the Tiger’s head.
1587.
6 _b_. Imprinted at Oxford by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in
Paul’s Churchyard at the sign of the Tiger’s head.
1588–9.
¬7.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes.
1586, 1594, 1603–4, 1607–9, 1610–12 [once as a fictitious
imprint], 1613–15.
7 _a_. Printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes.
1588, 1592, 1597, 1599, 1605, 1608–10, 1611 (a false
imprint), 1613–15.
7 _b_. Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes.
1608.
¬8.¬ Excudebat Josephus Barnesius typographus Oxoniensis.
[1586].
¬9.¬ Oxoniæ, ex officina Josephi Barnesii, et veneunt in cœmeterio
Paulino sub signo capitis Tigerini.
1586.
¬9*.¬ Impressas en Oxford por Ioseph Barnes, en el año de salud
M.D.L.XXXVI.
1586.
1587.
¬10.¬ Oxoniæ, typis Iosephi Barnesii.
1587.
¬11.¬ Oxonii (or -iæ), excudebat Iosephus Barnesius.
1587–88, 1590, 1592–96, 1598–99, 1601–17.
11 _a_. With _Oxoniæ_ last.
1599.
1589.
¬12.¬ Printed by Joseph Barnes, printer ... are to be sold at the
Tiger’s head i...
1589.
1590.
¬13.¬ Oxonii, excudebat Josephus Barnesius celeberrimæ Academiæ
Typographus.
1590.
13 _a_. Omitting Oxonii, and adding _Oxoniensis_ after _Academiæ_.
1592.
13 _b_. With “Oxoniæ”, and “almæ” for “celeberrimæ.”
1602–3.
13 _c_. With “Oxoniæ,” and omitting “celeberrimæ.”
1615, 1617.
1591.
(_Richard Wright_, of London, 1591.)
¬14.¬ Printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, for Richard Wright. Cum
Privilegio.
1591.
¬15.¬ Oxoniæ. In officinâ Josephi Barnesii.
1591.
1592.
¬16.¬ Oxoniæ, excudebat Josephus Barnesius, væneunt cum Oxoniæ, tum ad
caput Tigridis ad Divi Pauli Londinensium.
1592.
1595.
¬17.¬ Joseph Barnes ai printiodd yn Rhydychen.
1595.
1596.
¬18.¬ Oxoniæ, apud Josephum Barnesium.
1596, 1605.
¬19.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paul’s
Churchyard at the sign of the Bible.
1596, 1600–1.
19 _a_. Printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in
Paul’s Churchyard at the sign of the Bible.
1597, 1599, 1600.
¬20.¬ Oxoniæ, ex officina typographica Iosephi Barnesii, et veneunt
Londini in Cœmeterio D. Pauli, ad insigne Bibliæ (or _Bibl._).
1596–7.
1598.
¬21.¬ Printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, for R. H. [i.e. Richard
Haydocke].
1598.
1602.
(_John Barnes_, of London, 1602–16.)
¬22.¬ Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold by John
Barnes at the Turk’s Head in Fleet Street [London].
1602.
¬23.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Fleet
Street [London] at the sign of the Turk’s Head, by John Barnes.
1602 (Powel: _fictitious imprint_): 1602–3.
¬24.¬ At Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, printer to the University.
1602 (Higins: _fictitious imprint_): 1602.
1603.
(_Simon Waterson_, of London, 1603–6.)
¬25.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paul’s
Churchyard [London] at the signe of the Crown, by Simon Waterson.
1603–5.
25 _a_. Printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes ... [&c. as above.]
1604–6.
1605.
¬26.¬ Oxoniæ, excudebat Jos. Barnesius, prostant Londini apud Simonem
Waterson in Cæmeterio Ædis Paulinæ.
1605.
¬27.¬ At Oxford ¶ Printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold by John
Barnes, dwelling without Newgate [London] by S. Sepulchre’s Church,
at the signe of Paris.
1605.
1606.
¬28.¬ Oxoniæ, excudebat Josephus Barnesius, & veneunt Londini apud
Simonem Watersonum in cœmeterio Paulino ad signum Coronæ.
1606.
1612.
¬29.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold by John
Barnes, dwelling near Holborn Conduit [London].
1612–13 (also _fictitious_).
29 _a_. Printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold by
John Barnes, dwelling near Holborn Conduit.
1613 (also _fictitious_).
¬30.¬ Printed at Oxford, for John Barnes, dwelling near Holborn
Conduit.
1612.
1613.
¬31.¬ Oxoniæ, excudebat Josephus Barnesius, & Londini væneunt apud
Johannem Barnesium propè aquȩductum Holborniensem.
1613.
¬32.¬ At Oxford, printed for John Barnes, and are to be sold near
Holborn Conduit.
1613 (_fictitious_).
1614.
¬33.¬ At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold by John
Barnes, over against St. Pulcher’s Church.
1614.
1616.
¬34.¬ Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, for John Barnes.
1616 (_perh. fictitious_).
¬35.¬ Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, for John Barnes, dwelling in
Hosier Lane, near Smithfield.
1616 (_fictitious_).
1617.
(_John Lichfield_, 1617–35. _William Wrench_, 1617.)
¬36.¬ At Oxford, printed by John Lichfield and William Wrench, printers
to the famous University.
1617.
¬37.¬ Oxoniæ, excudebant Johannes Lichfield et Gulielmus Wrench.
1617 (_excudebat_ once, in _Jacobi Ara_).
¬38.¬ At Oxford, printed by John Lichfield and William Wrench.
1617.
1618.
(_James Short_, 1618–24.)
¬39.¬ At Oxford, printed by John Lichfield and James Short, printers to
the famous University.
1618–19: (without “At”) 1620: (with “At”) 1621–24.
¬40.¬ Oxoniæ (or -ii), excudebant Johannes Lichfield et Jacobus Short.
1618–22, 1624.
(_Simon Jackson_, 1618.)
¬41.¬ Oxoniæ, excudebant Johannes Lichfield et Jacobus Short, propter
Simonem Jackson.
1618.
1619.
¬42.¬ Oxoniæ, excudebant Johannes Lichfield et Jacobus Short, Academiæ
typographi.
1619–20, 1623–24.
42 _a_. Adding _Oxoniensis_ after _Academiæ_.
1622.
(_William Spier_, 1619.)
¬43.¬ At Oxford, printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for William
Spier.
1619.
¬44.¬ Printed at Oxford, by John Lichfield and James Short, printers to
the University.
1619.