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Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield, for I. Iaggard and M.

Lownes. 1600

Collation: A4 B-2K6 2L4, paged.
Elizabeth signed by the translator.

Fo. (10×61). H. 4. Dedicatory verses to Queen

'The Allegorie of the Poem'.

A cancel slip is inserted on BI, containing a different rendering of the first stanza. First edition of the translation by Fairfax. The second edition, 1624, follows the original, not the cancel, in the rendering of the first stanza. A translation of cantos i-v by Richard Carew had appeared in 1594. At the end of the 'Allegory' in the present copy are six lines of blank verse in Capell's handwriting

and subscribed with his initials. They are a translation of the second stanza of the first book.

Sinker 666. BM 700.

TAVERNER, RICHARD.

Prouerbes or Adagies, gathered oute of the Chiliades of Erasmus.... 1552. See ERASMUS, Desiderius.

Taylor's Motto.

TAYLOR, JOHN.

Et habeo, Et Careo, Et Curo. London Printed for IT & H G, 1621. 8°. (6 × 41). X. 4. 3.

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Titlepage engraved. Collation: As with titlepage inserted after A 2, B-D8E4, unpaged. A blank. Explanation of titlepage in verse, signed Iohn Taylor on A 2. Verses 'To Euery Body', signed. According to Mr Hazlitt at least three editions appeared during the year.

on 4

verse

BM 1484.

THOMAS, WILLIAM.

"The Historye of Italye. A booke exceding profitable to
d: because it intreateth of the astate of many and dyuers
Georgon weales, how they haue bene, and now be gouerned.
Saint ited at London in Fletestrete nere to Saicnt [sic]
taught as Church by Thomas Marshe. [Colophon adds] Anno
Drayton's
B. L. 4°. (7 × 51). S. 7. I.
London s
Collation: A4C4A-314, folios
appears to within woodcut border.
d, except in sheet T which contains Table of Popes and of
e last leaf is blank. Wanting A4 of preliminary sheet
Table of contents. Epistle dedicatory to Iohn Erle of
e, signed by the author Wylliam Thomas and dated

561.

A Suruay
Increase, Mode

Turberville]

155

London Sept. 20, 1549. Alphabetical table. 'Conclusion' at the end. Thomas was clerk of the Council to Edward VI. Second edition, the first having appeared in 1549.

Sinker 308. BM 1494.

TOFTE, ROBERT.

Ariostos seuen Planets Governing Italie... 1611. See ARIOSTO, Lodovico.

TOM TYLER.

Tom Tyler and His Wife. An excellent old play, as It was Printed and Acted about a hundred Years ago. The second Impression London, Printed in the Year, 1661.

4°. (715). R. 23. I.

Collation: A-C4D2; A-B3, paged. Personae. Prologue. A Catalogue of Plays with fresh pagination occupies last two sheets. No earlier edition is known.

TURBERVILLE, GEORGE.

The Heroycall Epistles of...Publius Ouidius Naso... 1567. See OVIDIUS NASO, Publius.

[Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets, with a Discourse of the Friendly affections of Tymetes to Pyndara his Ladie. Newly corrected with additions, and set out by George Turberuile Gentleman. Imprinted at London by Henrie Denham, dwelling in Pater Noster Row at the signe of the Starre.] [Colophon adds] Anno Domini. 1570. Cum Priuilegio. 8°. B. L. (5 × 3). Z. 10.

Collation: A-V8, folios numbered. Wanting sig. A, containing titlepage; epistle dedicatory to Anne, Countess of Warwick, signed; address to the reader, signed; and verses 'To the Rayling Route of Sycophants.' Table of contents beginning on B 1. Dudley crest within garter of the order (for Ambrose, Earl of Warwick) with date 1570; below a lion passant charged with a crescent for difference. Verses subscribed. Verses on Anne Countess of Warwick. Argument in verse. At end, 'The Authours Epilogue'. Of the first edition, before 1567, only a fragment is known; of the second, 1567, an imperfect copy is preserved in the Bodleian; the present is the third.

Sinker 335.

TWYNE, THOMAS.

The .xiii. Bookes of Æneidos.... 1584. See VERGILIUS MARO, Publius.

VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS.

The . xiii. Bukes of Eneados of the famose Poete Virgill Translatet out of Latyne verses into Scottish metir, bi the Reuerend Father in God, Mayster Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkel & vnkil to the Erle of Angus. Euery buke hauing hys perticular Prologe. Imprinted at Londo 1553.

B. L. 4°. (8 x 6). 0. 2.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: A2B-Z8a-z82a-2b8; with one unsigned leaf inserted after X 3. A1 and 2b8 wanting (blank). Printed by William Copeland.

Sinker 198. BM 1544.

The .xiii. Bookes of Æneidos. The first twelue beeinge the woorke of the diuine Poet Virgil Maro, and the thirtenth the supplement of Maphæus Vegius. Translated into English verse to the fyrst thirdpart of the tenth Booke, by Thomas Phaër Esquire: and the residue finished, and now the second time newly set forth for the delite of such as are studious in Poetrie: By Thomas Twyne, Doctor in Physicke. Imprinted at London by William How, for Abraham Veale, dwelling in Paules Church yeard, at the signe of the Lambe. 1584.

B. L. 4°. (7 × 51). S. 26.

Collation four leaves unsigned, A-V8 X4, unpaged. Wanting X 4 (? blank). Epistle dedicatory to Robert Sackevill son of Lord Buckhurst, signed Thomas Twyne, and dated Lewis, Jan. 1, 1584. Address to the readers, signed. Life of Vergil translated from Aelius Donatus. Arguments to the thirteen books in verse. General summary. At the end of Book xii is Phaer's prose conclusion. Each book is signed and dated by the translator, the work being concluded on July 6, 1573. The 'seuen first bookes' appeared in 1558, the 'nyne fyrst Bookes' in 1562, the whole xii. Bookes' in 1573, the thirteenth book was first added in the edition of 1583, having been finished by Twyne on Oct. 26 of that year. The present is the second edition of the completed work.

Sinker 438. BM 1545.

Urquart]

157

UGUBIO, ANDREA ZENOPHONTE DA.

Formulario nuouo da dittar Lettere amorose messiue & responsiue. Composto per Andrea Zenophonte da Vgubio. Opera nuoua intitolata Flos Amoris. MDXLIIII. [Colophon] In Vinegia per Francesco Bindoni & Mapheo Pasini compagni. 1544. 8°. (5×3). Z. 7. 3.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: A-C, unpaged. There was a previous edition in 1531.

UNDERDOWNE, THOMAS.

An Ethiopian Historie.... 1587. See HELIODORUS.

UPTON, JOHN.

Critical Observations on Shakespeare. By John Upton Prebendary of Rochester.... London: Printed for G. Hawkins, in Fleet-street. M, DCC, XLVI. 8°. (81 × 4). P. 16.

Dedicated to the Earl of Granville. Reprinted with cmission of the 'Reverie' (pp. 139-48) in 1748.

URQUART, Sir THOMAS.

Epigrams, Divine and Morall. By Sir Thomas Vrchard, Knight. London, Printed for William Leake, and are to be sold at his Shop in Chancery Lane neere the Roules. 1646.

4°. (751). S. 32. I.

Collation: A-14, paged. Wanting A 1 (Portrait by Glover) and 14 (? blank). Epistle dedicatory to Iames, Marques of Hamilton, signed by the author. Text in three books. Doxology. Errata. Printer's address to the reader. Imprimatur signed Johannes Hansley, March 15, 1646. At the end of the text is the note 'Here end the first three Bookes of Sir Thomas Vrchards Epigrams'. No more however appeared. This is said to be a re-issue of an edition of 1641, but if so the last leaf as well as the titlepage must be a cancel.

WALPOLE, HORACE.

Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. By Mr. Horace Walpole.... London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. M.DCC. LXVIII.

4o. (9 × 78). I. 3. I.

With portraits of Richard and his Queen engraved by Grignion after Vertue.

WARNER, WILLIAM.

Albions England. A Continued Historie of the same Kingdome, from the Originals of the first Inhabitants thereof: With most the chiefe Alterations and Accidents theare hapning, vnto, and in the happie Raigne of our now most gracious Soueraigne, Queene Elizabeth: Not barren in varietie of inuentiue and historicall Intermixtures: First penned and published by William Warner: and now reuised, and newly inlarged by the same Author: Whereunto is also newly added an Epitome of the whole Historie of England. London, Printed by Edm. Bollifant for George Potter, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Bible. 1602. 4°. (74×54). R. 9. Collation: A-2C, paged. Wanting 2C8 (? blank). Epistle dedicatory to Henry Carey, Baron of Hunsdon, signed. Address to the reader signed W. W. Table of contents. Text in thirteen books. 'A Breuiate of the true Historie of Æneas' in prose as an addition to Bk. ii. Epitome of the history of England with address to the reader. The first part originally appeared in 1586. In the second edition, 1589, a second part was added. The third edition with continuation appeared in 1592. In 1596 appeared a fourth, revised and enlarged, which was re-issued with a new titlepage the following year. The present edition of 1602 was the fifth and was the first one containing all thirteen books. A 'Continuance' appeared in 1606 and was incorporated in the final edition of 1612, making sixteen books in all.

BM 1570.

WATSON, THOMAS.

An Ould facioned Loue. Or a loue of the Ould facion. By I. T. gent. At London Printed by P. S. for William

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