PHILIP OF MACEDON. 3945b Oratio, Continens narrationem de vita et rebus gestis Philippi Macedonum REGIS EX DIVERSIS AUTORIBUS COLLECTAM, pronunciata in illustri Schola Neostadiana à SIMONE STENIO LOMACENSI. Item Liber Odyss. Quintus ab Eodem Latinis versibus post explicationem redditus & publicé recitatus. Impressum Neapoli. Anno 1579. Small 4to, sewn. WILSON (THOMAS). £1 1s 3946 The Rvle of Reason, conteinyng the Art of Logike, sette forthe in Englishe, and newlie corrected by THOMAS WILSON, Anno Domini 1567. Imprinted at London by Jhon Kyngston, 1580. THE ARTE OF RHETORIKE, for the Use of all sutche as are Studious of Eloquence, sette foorth in Englishe by THOMAS WILSON, 1553, and now newly set foorthe again, with a Prologue to the Reader, 1567. Imprinted at London by Jhon Kyngston, 1580. Black Letter, engraved borders to each title, 2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to, very large copies in the original vellum. 3947 STAFFORD (WILLIAM). A COMPENDI ous or briefe examina tion of certayne ordinary complaints, of divers of our country men in these our dayes: which although they are in some part, unjust & frivolous, yet are they all by way of dialogues throughly debated & discussed. By W. S. IMPRINTED at London in Fleetstreate £16 16s Border around title-page. Sm. 4to, Black Letter, morocco extra, gilt edges, RARE. Dedication to Queen Elizabeth, Table (6 pp.). £28 From internal evidence it is evident that this work was written in 1549, and it gives an invaluable account of enclosures; debasement of the coinage, and other causes of social distress during the reign of Edward II. The original work is attributed with considerable probability, to John Hales. The work was not published until 1581, when Stafford brought it up to date. There is one added passage, attributing the rise in prices to the influx of precious metals from the Indies, which is notable as the first indication of the perception of this truth in England. Apparently on the strength of his initials, and of an allusion in the dedication to STAFFORD (WILLIAM). Queen Elizabeth to "his late undutiful behaviour, Wood assigned to Stafford the authorship. It was reprinted in 1751, when the publisher attributed the authorship to SHAKESPEARE. This ridiculous assumption was easily confuted by Farmer in his Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare, 1821. The book, which has been also attributed to Sir Thomas Smith, and his nephew William Smith, was republished in the Harleian Miscellany (1800, Vol IX.) and in the Pamphletier (1813, Vol V.) and a German translation by E. Leser, appeared in 1895. UDALL (NICHOLAS) and HIGGINS (JOHN). 3948 Flowers, or Eloquent Phrases of the Latine Speach GATHERED OUT OF AL THE SIXE COMEDIES OF TERENCE. Whereof those of the first thre were selected by NICHOLAS UDALL, and those of the latter three now to them annexed by L. HIGGINS. Thomas Marshe, 1581. (See Reproduction of title-page.) 12mo, Black Letter, original calf, some pages wormed in blank margin but no text affected, RARE. £30 This book was used by SHAKESPEARE as he quotes a passage from it in his Taming of the Shrew. John Higgins was the part author of The Mirrour for Magistrates. 3948a -- Another Copy. Ib. 1581. GEORGE CHALMERS copy with his bookplate, and afterwards the Heber copy. 12mo, old calf, GOOD COPY. NORTH (SIR THOMAS). £35 3949 The Dial of Princes. COMPILED BY THE REVERED FATHER IN GOD DON ANTONY OF GUEVARA, Byshop of Guadir. Englished out of the French by THOMAS NORTH. Newly Imprinted by Richarde Tottill, 1582. Engraved title. (See Reproduction.) Black Letter. Sm. 4to, old half calf. S. W. H. IRELAND'S copy, with his autograph signature on title, afterwards the Heber copy. £16 16s Dedication to Princesse Mary (2 pp.). North's literary work consisted of translations; but he exerted a powerful influence on Elizabethan writers and has been described as the first great master of English prose. The sixteenth century knew no more popular book, no more potent in influence than The Diall of Princes, in it may be detected the first seeds of euphuism. BRIGHT (TIMOTHY, M.D.). 3950 A Treatise of Melancholie. CONTAINING THE CAVSES THEREOF, & REASONS OF THE STRANGE EFFECTS IT WORKETH IN OUR MINDS AND BODIES with the phisicke cure, and spirituall consolation for such as haue thereto adioyned an afflicted conscience. The difference betwixt it, and melancholie with diuerse philosophical discourses touching actions, and affections of soule, spirit, and body: the particulars whereof are to be seene before the booke. By T. BRIGHT, Doctor of Phisicke. Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautrollier, 1586. FIRST EDITION, 12mo, calf extra, gilt edges by Bedford, RARE. £32 10s On this quaint book Burton is said to have founded his more famous treatise on the same subject. ကြသည် FLOVVERS OR ELO QVENT ont of al the fixe Coma- VVherof those of the first thre were felected by Ni. And thofe of the latter three knowledge of the La. IMPRINTED. AT 1581 Cum Priuilegio. UDALL (NICHOLAS). FLOWERS OR ELOQUENT PHRASES. 1581. (See No. 3948.) |