Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge
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Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library -- Catalogs
Collation: A-E⁴, unpaged. Prologue. Epilogue at end. The play is
ascribed to Peele in Nash’s preface to R. Green’s ‘Menaphon’ of
1589.
BM 1194. Sinker 677.
Merrie Conceited Iests, of George Peel Gentleman, sometimes student in
Oxford. Wherein is shewed the course of his life, how he lived: a man
very well known in the City of London, and elsewhere.
Buy, read, and judge,
The price do not grudge:
It will do thee more pleasure,
Then twice so much treasnre [_sic_].
_London, Printed for Wiliiam_ [sic] _Gilbertson, at the Bible in
Giltspur-street without New-gate._ 1657.
=B. L.= 4^o. (7⅛ × 5⅛). S. 29. 2.
Collation: A-C⁴, paged. The first edition of these probably
apocryphal jests appeared in 1607: the present appears to be the
fourth.
PERCYVALL, RICHARD.
A Dictionarie in Spanish and English, first published into the English
tongue by Ric. Perciuale Gent. Now enlarged and amplified With many
thousand words, ... All done by Iohn Minsheu Professor of Languages in
London. Hereunto for the further profile and pleasure of the learner or
delighted in this tongue, is annexed an ample English Dictionarie,
Alphabetically set downe with the Spanish words thereunto adioyned, ...
_Imprinted at London, by Edm. Bollifant._ 1599.
F^o. (11 × 7¼). F. 10. 1.
Collation: A⁶, with one sheet signed on first leaf A 2 inserted
after A 1, B-2K⁶, paged. (This, and not A²A⁶, is the correct
description of the preliminary matter.) Three columns on a page.
Title on A1. The inserted sheet contains, epistle dedicatory to Sir
John Scot, Sir Henry Bromley, Sir Edward Grevel, and Master William
Fortescue, signed Iohn Minsheu, and an address to the reader,
signed by the same. On the original A 2 begins ‘Directions for the
understanding the vse of this Dictionary’, signed Iohn Minshew. The
Spanish-English part begins on A 3, the English-Spanish on Y 1 each
with head-title. Percyvall’s original work ‘Bibliotheca Hispanica.
Containing a Grammar with a Dictionarie in Spanish, English and
Latine’ appeared in 1591. The present work and the grammar that
follows no doubt formed one publication, though they are
bibliographically distinct. They are the first edition of Minsheu’s
revision.
Sinker 691. BM 1216.
A Spanish Grammar, first collected and published by Richard Perciuale
Gent. Now augmented and increased with the declining of all the
Irregular and hard verbes in that toong.... Done by Iohn Minsheu
Professor of Languages in London. Hereunto for the yoong beginners
learning and ease, are annexed Speeches, Phrases, and Prouerbes,
expounded out of diuers Authors, ... Virescit vulnere Virtus. _Imprinted
at London, by Edm. Bollifant._ 1599.
F^o. (11 × 7¼). F. 10. 2.
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