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Photo-Facsimiles of STC Books: A
Cautionary Check List
by
Franklin B. Williams, Jr.
The 1966 centennial of the first photo-facsimile of an early English printed book is a convenient occasion for a survey of these aids to the study of English literature and culture in the period before 1641. The probability that the next few years will produce a flood of them makes 1966 a convenient cut-off — though in fact the present Check List includes a few from 1967 programs. The usefulness of facsimiles is generally conceded, and the danger of naive reliance on them is often mentioned. Everyone is grateful that they make minor texts available. They also enable students to realize the general appearance — the "feel" — of early books and to do elementary bibliographical study without wear and tear on the scarce originals.[1] Wear on fragile originals is indeed a valid concern: as far back as the 1930's the Huntington Library prepared an extensive series of photostats of its chief rarities so that scholars can use them for casual or incidental reference — of course the originals are produced when needed. Preliminary textual study can be done with good facsimiles, though no one questions the principle that an editor must work finally with the originals.[2] Since this survey views a facsimile as a careful reprint of an individual original copy, there is no reason to argue why facsimiles cannot replace critical editions. Fredson Bowers has lucidly shown the problem — chiefly arising from
The purpose of photo-facsimiles, then, varies considerably. At one extreme is a simple desire to make a scarce text available without the labor of editing and without the expense — increasingly burdensome — of type composition. Such enterprise is commendable, and one would be boorish to insinuate vanity in collectors and libraries making their treasures thus available to the public. The inexorable laws of Tudor book survival and printing costs coincide to favor reproduction of small pieces (thin pamphlets or broadsides), but there are splendid exceptions, such as Chaucer and Shakespeare folios, Cotgrave's Dictionary, Hakluyt's Navigations, and the King James Bible (Geneva version is in planning stage). At the far end of the motivational spectrum is the idea of making material available for serious textual criticism, like Harris Fletcher's Milton or numerous Shakespeare titles (a model example is Folger Library's collotype of its unique and previously unused first quarto of Titus Andronicus).
Numerous in trade names and technical details, the processes of photo-facsimile reproduction fall into two practical groups.[4] On one hand is the expensive method — collotype and rival systems — giving the full tone of the original, including damp-stains, dirt, scribbling, paper-texture, etc., though seldom showing watermarks. Cheaper are the black-and-white systems like photolithography which, for readability, usually eliminate all features of the page except the type impression. There is nothing in either sort of reproduction to force or to prevent retouching of negatives or plates, but the sin of "cleaning up" — with resultant loss of stray letters or punctuation — is in fact commoner in black-and-white reprints (accounting, among other things, for the notorious errata list in the Yale facsimile of the First Folio).[5] One doffs one's cap to the new Scolar Press, which not only abjures any tampering with the type area, but claims to use a Hinman collator to check each reprint page against the original for complete fidelity! The logic is incontestable; its implementation will be scrutinized.
Varieties of facsimiles earlier than the photographic deserve a brief review, especially since vague listing in booksellers' catalogues may confuse the inexperienced.[6] The type facsimile is the most common and, by general consent, legitimate and useful. Here the appearance of an original is approximated in a new setting that may even use the same type font and on occasion may recast special ornaments. The fastidious reproduction of George Herbert's The Temple, published in 1876 by A. B. Grosart, is a superior example. The vogue for such reprints, though not actually the earliest examples, arose from antiquarian interest early in the nineteenth century. The London printer I. Smeeton created the most notorious, for when cheats deleted the minute added imprint, they fraudulently sold them as originals. Of the Smeeton reprints, Thomas Kyd's Solimon and Perseda has a fantastic history: it was mistakenly used instead of the original for the collation in the standard edition of Kyd by F. S. Boas and for John Farmer's collotype facsimile! This Kyd is a careful reprint, and since Greg's Bibliography neglects to give any distinguishing points, nonspecialists may appreciate one: true STC 22895 has a swash N in the terminal FINIS, while Smeeton uses a plain N. Type facsimiles have been a boon to scholarship in the present century. The Malone Society reprints are invaluable, and one can cite Hyder E. Rollins' Elizabethan miscellanies among lesser series.
The decades before 1860 produced a few plausible reprints by careful hand-blocking; these are of rarities before 1550, like STC 14435. The method of lithography from hand-tracing was perfected by Edmund Wilson Ashbee. Sponsored by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Ashbee executed A Collection of the Early Quarto Editions of Shakespeare in 48 volumes, 1861-1871: "Every single letter has been traced from the originals by hand." Halliwell-Phillipps signed the certificate in each volume that of the fifty copies nineteen had been deliberately destroyed.[7] Ashbee's later facsimiles include about a score of STC books. Since most are clearly traced, one must assume all are, and they are excluded from the Check List. This eliminates the serviceable facsimile of the unique Chatsworth Kynge Appolyn of Thyre — not in STC but now at last safe in the British Museum. Similarly Francis Fry's useful Bible facsimiles, including his 1862 reprint of Tyndale's New Testament, are hand-traced. Indeed, the period 1860-1885 is a
Meanwhile Victorian enterprise had inaugurated the age of true photo-facsimiles. Halliwell-Phillips was a forerunner, for in the late 1850's he experimented with simple photography; for instance, in 1857 he did STC 13073 in ten copies on photographic paper (surviving examples are too faded for use). Valid photo-facsimiles were a by-product of cartographic experiments at the official Ordnance Survey, and the chosen book was suitably the Shakespeare First Folio. In 1861 the noted chess-player and Shakespeare editor Howard Staunton induced the Survey to use its Southampton plant to reproduce the folio from Staunton's negatives of the "Dryden" copy, with understanding that no expense accrue to the Crown. After the Southampton office had photo-zincographed the preliminaries and the first 162 pages of text, the project was dropped. In 1862 the thirty copies were privately distributed.[9] With this background Staunton induced the London firm of Day and Son to do a complete Folio in the rival process of lithography. Published in 1866, this massive volume is a creditable product even by modern standards. The titlepage, the only editorial apparatus, credits R. W. Preston as the photo-lithographer and claims that the Bridgewater and Museum copies are being used rather than the "Dryden" — a curious and unconfirmed change. The volume is relatively common; apart from weight and fragile paper, it is as usable as the Yale facsimile. But since Lee's collotype is superior, Staunton's Folio is subordinated in the Check List. The honored pioneer is Stephen Ayling's 1869 photolith of a thin pamphlet of prayers (20195). The first substantial item is the 1870 facsimile of an annotated 1636 Book of Common Prayer. Like the 1862 Shakespeare, it was produced by the Ordnance Survey. This project, however, was sponsored officially on behalf of a royal commission on the perennial subject of Prayer Book revision (the book was not available to the public).
The next notable advance was the familiar Griggs-Praetorius series of Shakespeare quartos, 43 volumes, 1880-1891. The ambitious project was encouraged by the New Shakspere Society and was provided with introductions by Furnivall, Dowden, Daniel, and other scholars of repute. The photolithography was undertaken by William Griggs,
Far and away the most extensive series before 1967 was launched in July 1907 by John S. Farmer, whose achievement and sins deserve a monograph. Biographical facts about Farmer are few (fruitless appeals appeared in volumes 173, 182, and 198 of Notes and Queries.) Bibliographical facts are innumerable but have not been systematically surveyed. Farmer planned two series, or rather, rival formats. "Tudor Facsimile Texts" for the luxury trade are large in size, interleaved, and provided with brief letter-press prelims, including boastful certificates on the quality and accuracy that are ironic in the light of facts noted below. For ordinary use, "Old English Drama Students' Facsimile Edition" have reduced margins and contain, besides the collotype, only printed labels for both sides of the front board. The labels are occasionally lost and some seem to have been wrong to start with. No one seems to know how many titles were issued as "Tudor," but it is assumed that all appear in the cheaper series. Farmer throws no light on this point in his prospectuses. His final brochure, A Hand List to the Tudor Facsimile Texts (August 1914), is the best point of departure.[11] Here Farmer claims to have issued 184 volumes to a total of nearly 10,000 copies, though his count appears faulty and one listing seems a ghost from confused notes. More than two dozen of the titles claimed were never actually published. The verifiable count of volumes issued is 153, of which eighteen are not STC material (manuscript or post-1640). After rejections for cause, the Check List uses Farmer for 132 STC titles.
Generations of students have been justly grateful for the texts Farmer provides; relatively few have been aware of the danger of relying on them as rigorous evidence. When he died during World War I (does anyone know the year?), he departed not to Arthur's bosom but to Bibliographical Purgatory. Souls in Purgatory welcome the fire, and Farmer will not resent a spot-check of his failures, which concern slipshod choice of originals rather than flaws in reproduction.
Readers will forgive a digression to dispose of a ghost variant of the first edition of Richard III (22314) that Sir Walter Greg doubtless solved to his personal satisfaction but neglected to mention in his Bibliography (# 142a). Ashbee and Griggs independently, and Farmer by transfer, all produce facsimiles of this 1597 Richard showing no ¶ initiating the imprint, although one should be there and naturally appears in Greg's collotype. But Greg was using the Museum's Huth copy, while his predecessors used the Huntington (Devonshire) copy, where the badly worn titlepage retains such a faint trace of the ¶ that Ashbee and Griggs apparently overlooked it.[14]
Since his attitude toward originals was lax, it is not surprising that Farmer shows little concern for the authenticity of individual leaves. John Rastell's interlude Of Gentylnes and Nobylyte (20723) will serve as a warning. Farmer's collotype gives no hint of imperfection in the Museum original, though his Hand List notes a facsimile first leaf. It is in fact no great secret that four leaves are supplied in type-facsimile on paper watermarked 1800.[15] The collotype of Skelton's Magnyfycence (22607) makes no mention of imperfection in the Museum
During the present century several libraries and collectors have made rarities available to scholars in facsimile. Outstanding are the reproductions, usually collotype, from Cambridge, Folger, Huntington and John Rylands. More extensive are the various series sponsored by societies and subscription groups. Easiest to describe are the fifteen volumes in black-and-white published 1931-1938 by the Shakespeare Association. The general editor, G. B. Harrison, took an interest in technical problems, and his individual editors, though chiefly interested in intellectual background, usually provide bibliographical data. The Facsimile Text Society of New York, publishing through the Columbia University Press 1927-1942, produced a number of STC books, including useful literary titles absorbed from the London series of the 1920's known as Noel Douglas or English Replicas.
The most extensive recent program is Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, inaugurated in 1936 and still happily active. It has issued many STC items in economic, if not always handsome, reproduction. The original editor, Louis Friedland, did not have bibliography as a strong point, and some of his lapses are mentioned later. After 1948 greater rigor is shown by Prof. Harry R. Warfel, whose management of the series from Gainesville, Fla., deserves greater support from the scholarly world than it receives. The chief lapse of late is a fault of labeling. An overloaded 1957 titlepage begins Sir Thomas Overbury's Vision (1616), but the facsimile is of an 1808 reprint! The book should have used its spine inscription as title, English Sources of "The Scarlet Letter," for it is a collection of material consulted by Hawthorne — in brief, a parallel to C. W. Hodell's facsimile of The Old Yellow Book.
The year 1939 finally produced a conjunction of the ideal editor and the facsimile concept: Sir Walter Greg issued the first of the
With photo-offset increasingly used for economy in reprinting trade books, scholarly facsimiles will doubtless multiply. While Shakespeare Quartos and Scholars' Facsimiles continue on their way, two major series were launched in 1966. The lesser seems aimed at the collector market rather than at Academia, and has probably priced itself beyond viability (the assurance that "only 3000" copies will be printed is curious for items selling at $45 and $60). This enterprise is the Bibliotheca Americana of World Publishing Company of Cleveland. The first three issues (incorporating five titles) appeared in 1966 as samples; the prospectus promises many more. These initial issues were handsomely reproduced in Italy on simulated aged paper, in elegant boxed bindings. The set promises to be usable, if arty. A. L. Rowse writes an essay for each title, and Robert O. Dougan provides bibliographical notes that incredibly neglect to identify the source copies.
Operating on a much larger scale and with more rigor if less art, the Scolar Press of Leeds initiated the first of several Renaissance series under direction of Dr. R. C. Alston of the University of Leeds. These economic reprints promise to be reliable, though the fastidious may resent the amount of show-through resulting from a declared policy of no retouching. The 1966 program of eleven issues in the "General" series was actually completed early in 1967. The first of an Elizabethan music series under the expert F. W. Sternfeld was scheduled for fall 1967. A staggering "English Linguistics" series was to begin in March 1967. Since subscriptions have closed, it is permissible to mention that institutions paying $6930 over a seven-year span are to receive 365 titles of the period 1500-1800 (of which the even century of STC titles pleasantly include several not in old STC). In sheer numbers, Farmer has at long last been out-Farmered! While this survey was in proof, Scolar Press moved to Menston, Yorks.
This survey of the field may conclude with a summary of desiderata in facsimiles and the rules for exclusion from the present Check List. Apart from integrity and legibility in reproduction, the standards of editing proper to photo-facsimiles are simple and rational, but rarely observed before Greg showed the way and often violated since. Readers should be alert to detect failure to comply with these standards:
- a. The edition must be clearly identified, and the copy used must
exemplify it. If variants exist, attention should be called to them.117
- b. The source copy must be identified by location and, if multiple copies exist, by shelf-mark. This insurance of reliability was often neglected in early reprints and even in some Shakespeare Association issues. It is no less than a scandal that in 1966 Huntington's librarian is silent on this point in the Bibliotheca Americana.[16]
- c. The editor must insure the integrity of his base copy, noting any imperfections and supplying full details on substitute leaves. Substitution is necessary to fill lacunae and in theory permissible to remedy smeared or faint impression; substitutions should be of the same proof state of the forme if possible. Violations were liberally illustrated from Farmer, and more recent examples may be cited. Among early issues of Scholars' Facsimiles, Palladis Tamia (17834) draws on three copies and nevertheless reproduces a crude pen-facsimile titlepage! The Beggers Ape (18516) submitted the titlepage from a shaved Museum copy and thus — without editorial notice — appears without date! Good copies were available at Folger and elsewhere.[17] Clarity surmises that the nominal editors had no control over the actual reproduction. On the other hand, the editor of Cotgrave (5380) has no qualms in admitting that he supplies his last five leaves from a later edition.
- d. A facsimile reprint should be bibliographically complete, with notice of blank leaves regardless of their presence in the base copy. If it is not complete, clear statement must be made of the omissions. Criminal in this respect is the handsome reprint of Tusser's Good Husbandry. To save precious library time in Britain, the present writer relied on this reprint instead of the unique Museum original. It was years before he accidentally discovered that the reprint silently suppresses the dedication leaf! One may resent the economy omission of sigs. Pp8-Xxi from the reprint of DuBartas (21649), but at least the fact is clearly stated.
- e. Besides stating the type of reproduction used, an editor may helpfully clear up blurred readings.
- f. The presumption is that a facsimile is the same size as the original. Marked enlargement or reduction should be noted, with scale or original measurements. Serious reduction may make a reprint almost useless.
The present Check List is limited to photo-facsimiles produced on some variety of printing press. Normally they were for general sale, although a minority were privately issued. Some editions were all too limited, so that copies seem as rare as originals. Without impeaching the value of such material, the Check List ignores the following:
- a. Photographs and photostats. These include invaluable material, such as the corpus available in bound form from Huntington Library, or Americana series published years ago by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
- b. Microfilm.
- c. Xerox codices. Normally made to order, these in some instances now approximate books-in-print. Nevertheless they are individually made from microfilm.
This census of the output of the British press before 1641 deliberately excludes certain categories, including two failing to qualify for STC under its rules:
- 1. Books printed abroad in Latin, such as More's Utopia (facsimiled 1966 at Leeds) and Harvey's De Motu Cordis, 1628 (several tercentennary reprints).
- 2. Single-sheet engraved maps and prints (see A.M.Hind, etc., Engraving in England, I-III, 1952-1964).
- 3. Indulgences. A fairly complete collection of 45 is crudely but usably reproduced by K. W. Cameron in The Pardoner and his Pardons (Hartford, c.1965).
- 4. Proclamations. Stray examples are facsimiled in many places. The chief collection was edited by Richard Garnett as Tudor Proclamations, unhappily restricted to 24 copies (Oxford, 1897).
- 5. A few other documents and blank forms, such as the herald's summons reproduced by Charlton Hinman in The Printing of the First Folio (1963), I, 25.
- 6. Bookplates (see Egerton Castle, English Book-plates, 1892).
- 7. A few non-literary fragments, as of almanacks or a leaf of grammar (STC 7018).
After these various exclusions, the Check List comes to just over 500 items. Each was personally inspected by the writer during 1966-1967
When more than one satisfactory facsimile exists, the best is given primary listing. Others are cited more briefly on the next line. Such duplication is uncommon except for Shakespeare. Listing is by STC number — that is, alphabetical. Information is abbreviated to the facts essential for precise identification of the original edition and for tracing the facsimile. The following sigla are appended to STC numbers:
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
16 | A., R. | Valiant Welshman, 1615 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
* 18† | ABC | [Sarum ABC], 1535? | W.H. Allnutt, Oxford, priv., 1891 |
19 | ___ | The BAC, n.d. | E. Shuckburgh, London, Stock, 1889 |
Short Account Stationers, 1903 | |||
20† | ___ | The A B C [frag. 1584?] | H. Anders, Library, 4 se., XVI, 1935 |
387 | Almanack | Almanacke for xii, 1508? | "H.T.P.", Ann Arbor, Edwards, 1935 |
* 400† | ___ | Calendier historiael, 1570 | E. Beloe, King's Lynn Museum, 1915 |
424 | ___ | Buckminster for 1598 | E. F. Bosanquet, Shakes.Assoc, 1935 |
464 | ___ | Huring broadside, 1551 | Bosanquet, English Almanacks, 1917 |
471 | ___ | Laet broadside, 1530 | Bosanquet, Eng. Almanacks, 1917 |
* 489† | ___ | Neve broadside, 1615 | J. Lewis, Printed Ephemera, 1962 |
733 | Arden, T. | Arden of Feuersham, 1592 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
773 | Armin, R. | Maids of More-clacke, 1609 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
786 | Ars | Ars moriendi, n.d. | E. Nicholson, Quaritch, 1891 |
789 | Art | Art to dye, n.d. | ___, London, Lumley, 1875 |
* 789† | ___ | Arte of angling, 1577 | G.E. Bentley, Princeton U.P., 1956 |
832 | Ascham, R. | Scholemaster, 1570 | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1967 |
968 | Austin, H. | Scourge of Venus, 1613 | P. W. Miller, Scholars' Facs., 1967 |
991 | Awdely, J. | Epitaph of Benison, 1570 | Collmann, Ballads ω Broad., 1912 |
1059 | B., R. | Apius and Virginia, 1575 | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
1137 | Bacon, F. | Essayes, 1597 | ___, N.Y., Dodd Mead, 1904 |
1177 | ___ | Memoriae de Verul., 1628 | W. Gundry, London, priv., 1950 |
1267 | Baldwin, W. | Morall philosophie, 1620? | R.H. Bowers, Scholars' Facs., 1967 |
1279 | Bale, J. | Temptacyon of lorde, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
1287 | ___ | Thre lawes, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
1305 | ___ | Chefe promyses, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
1428 | Barksted, W. | Hiren, 1611 | P.W. Miller, Scholars' Facs., 1967 |
1429 | ___ | Mirrha, 1607 | With preceding |
1456 | Barlow, W. | Summe a.Substance, 1604 | Costello & K, Scholars' F., 1965 |
1466 | Barnes, B. | Diuils charter | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
1502a | Barrey, D. | Ram-Alley, 1611 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
1546 | Basse, W. | Brit.sunnes-set, 1613 | W.H. Allnutt, Oxford, priv., 1872 |
1850 | Bellot, J. | Booke of thrift, 1589 | F.H. Cripps-Day, Manor Farm, 1931 |
1978 | Betson, T. | Profytable treatyse, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1905 |
1998 | Bèze, T. | Ad ser. Elizabetham, 1588 | E.M. Tenison, Eliz. England, VII, 1940 |
2216 | Bible | Holy Bible [K.Ja.], 1611 | A.W. Pollard, Oxford U.P., 1911 |
2738 | ___ | [Bay Psalm book], 1640 | Z. Haraszti, U.Chicago P., 1956 |
W. Eames, New Eng. Soc., 1903 | |||
2742 | ___ | Psalmau Dafydd, 1588 | T. Powel, London, 1896 |
2823 | ___ | [Tyndale Testament], n.d. | A.W. Pollard, Oxford U.P., 1926 |
3132 | Blenerhasset | Reuelation Minerua, 1582 | J.W. Bennett, Scholars' F., 1941 |
3303 | Book | Book of curtesye, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Camb.U.P., 1907 |
3307 | ___ | [De reg. principum], n.d. | W. Beattie, Edinburgh Bib.Soc., 1950 |
3308 | ___ | Bokys of haukyng, [1486] | W. Blades, London, Stock, 1881 |
3309 | pt. ___ | Treat. of fyshynge, 1496 | J.D. McDonald, Origins Angling, 1963 |
M.G. Watkins, London, Stock, 1880 | |||
*3363† | ___ | Newe booke copies, 1574 | B. Wolpe, Oxford U.P., 1962 |
3544 | Brandon, S. | Vertuous Octauia, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
3610 | Brereton, J. | Briefe relation, 1602 | L.S. Livingston, Bibliographer, I, 1902 |
3631 | Breton, N. | Arbor of deuises, 1597 | H.E. Rollins, Huntington Lib., 1936 |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
3633 | ___ | Brittons bowre, 1591 | H.E. Rollins, Huntington Lib., 1933 |
3747 | Bright, T. | Treatise melancholie, 1586 | H. Craig. Facs.Text Soc., 1940 |
3767 | Brinsley, J. | Consolation schooles, 1622 | T.C. Pollock, Scholars' F., 1943 |
3794 | Bristol | Faire maide of B, 1605 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
*3830† | Brooke, C. | Late massacre Va., 1622 | R.C. Johnson, Virg.Magazine, 1964 |
3835 | Brooke, T. | Certayne versis, 1570 | E. Beloe, with *400†, q.v. |
4082 | Bullock, H. | Oratio, 1521 | H. Bradshaw, Cambridge, Clay, 1886 |
*4087† | Bullokar, W. | Short introd. Inglish, 1580 | B. Danielsson, Leeds Univ., 1966 |
*4087† | ___ | [Same], 1581 | With preceding (more titles forthcoming) |
4246 | Byrd, W. | Gratification, 1589 | M.C. Boyd, Elizab.Music, 1940 |
4252 | var. ___ | Parthenia, n.d. | O.E. Deutsch, Harrow Replicas, 1942 |
4268 | C., E. | Emaricdulfe, 1595 | C. Edmunds, Roxburghe Club, 1881 |
4275 | pt. Page, S. | Amos and Laura, 1613 | P.W. Miller, Scholars' F., 1967 |
4281 | C., I. | Two milke-maids, 1620 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
4340 | Caesar | Caesar & Pompey, 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
4343 | Caius, J. | Boke against sweate, 1552 | A. Malloch, Scholars' F., 1937 |
*4371† | Calvert, C. | Baltemores plantat, 1633? | L.C. Wroth, Baltimore, 1929 |
4589 | Canutus | Boke pestilence, n.d. | G. Vine, J.Rylands Lib., 1910 |
4720 | Cary, W. | Herball, 1525 | S.V. Larkey, Scholars' F., 1937 |
4850 | Cato, D. | Paruus Catho, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1906 |
4884 | Cawdrey, R. | Table alphabeticall, 1604 | R.A., Peters, Scholars' F., 1966 |
4890 | Caxton, W. | [Advertisement], n.d. | E.G. Duff, William Caxton, 1905 |
Garnett & Gosse, I, 259; etc. | |||
4902 | Cecil, W. | Execution iustice, 1583 | ___, Scholars' Facs., 1936? |
4973 | Chapman, G. | Eastward Hoe, 1605 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
4991 | ___ | Two wise men, 1619 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
5068 | Chaucer, G. | Workes, 1532 | W.W. Skeat, Oxford U.P., 1905 |
5090 | ___ | [Anelida & Arcite], n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1905 |
5099 | ___ | Maying of Chaucer, 1508 | W. Beattie, Edinb.Bib.Soc., 1950 |
5125 | Chettle, H. | Hoffman, 1631 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
5204† | Christmas | Christmas carolles, n.d. | E.B. Reed, Huntington Lib., 1932 |
Fragmentary 5204 and 5205 included with above | |||
*5206† | ___ | [Old Christmas, frag.,n.d.] | Greg, Malone Soc. Collect.IV, 1956 |
*5225† | Churchyard,T. | Dauy Dycars dreame, n.d. | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
5380 | Cotgrave, R. | Dictionarie, 1611 | W.S. Woods, U.South Car. P., 1950 |
5393 | Cleland, J. | Institution noble, 1607 | M. Molyneux, Scholars' F., 1948 |
5400 | Clement, F. | Petie schole, 1587 | R.D. Pepper, Scholars' F., 1966 |
5442 | Clowes, W. | Booke obseruations, 1596 | Starnes & L., Scholars' F., 1945 |
5450a | Clyomon | Clyomon a. Clamydes, 1599 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
5452 | Cobbe | Cobbes prophecies, 1614 A.H. | Bullen, London, 1890 |
5457 | Cockaine, T. | Treatise of hunting, 1591 | W.R. Halliday, Shake.Assoc., 1932 |
G.E. Cokayne, Roxburghe Cl., 1897 | |||
5593 | Comedy | Liberalitie a. prod., 1602 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
5594 | ___ | How chuse a wife, 1602 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
5673 | Cooke, J. | Greenes tu quoque, 1614 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
5681 | Cooper, M. | Woman possessed, 1584? | E.E. Baker, Weston-sup-M, 1886 |
5745 | etc. Coranto | Corrant, 18 iss., 1620-21 | van Stockum, The Hague, 1914 |
5748 | ___ | Corant, 11 oct. 1621 | N.Y.Times, 17 aug. 1913, mag.sec. |
5774 | Cornwallis, W. | Discourses Seneca, 1601 | R.H. Bowers, Scholars' F., 1952 |
*6089† | Crowley, R. | Philargyrie, n.d. | W.A. Marsden, London, Walker, 1931 |
6150 | Custom | New custome, 1573 | J.S. Farmer, [1914] |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
6160 | Cyrus | Warres of Cyrus, 1594 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
6178 | D., R. | Epitaph vpon Price, n.d. | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
6181 | D., T. | Bloodie banquet, 1639 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
6202 | Dallington, R. | View of Fraunce, 1604 | W.P. Barrett, Shakes.Assoc., 1936 |
6218 | See Milton | ||
6277 | Darius | Kyng Daryus, 1565 | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
6278 | ___ | King Daryus, 1577 | J.S. Farmer, [1914?] |
6289 | Datus, A. | Super Tull. elog., n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1905 |
6350 | pt. Davies, J. | Epigrammes, n.d. | C. Howard, Facs.Text Soc., 1941 |
also Poems of Sir J.D., Columbia, 1941 | |||
6351 | ___ | Hymnes of Astraea, 1599 | C. Howard, Poems of Sir J.D., 1941 |
6355 | ___ | Nosce teipsum, 1599 | C. Howard, with preceding |
6360 | ___ | Orchestra, 1596 | C. Howard with preceding |
6363 | Davies, J. (anr) | Sir Mart.Marpeople, 1590 | P.M. Barnard, Tunbridge Wells, 1923 |
*6389† | Dawes, T. | [Knights Garter], 1576 | A.M. Hind, Engraving in Eng., I, 1952 |
6404 | Day, A. | English Secretary, 1599 | R. Evans, Scholars' Facs., 1967 |
6413 | Day, J. | Ile of guls, 1606 | G.B. Harrison, Shake.Assoc., 1936 |
6442 | Death | [Death-bed prayers], n.d. | Rylands Lib. Eng. Incunabula, 1930 |
6518 | Dekker, T. | Patient Grissill, 1603 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
6537 | Dekker & W. | Sir T. Wyat, 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
6539 | ___ | North-ward Hoe, 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
6540 | ___ | West-ward Hoe, 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
6557 | Deloney, T. | Ioyful new ballad, 1588 | E.M. Tenison, Eliz.England, VII, 1940 |
*6558† | ___ | Acts of Arthur, n.d. | W.A. Jackson, Harv.Lib.Bul., X, 1956 |
6767 | Description | Woman-hill, 1580 | A.K., Aberdeen, 1884 |
*6784† | DesPeriers, B. | Mirrour of mirth, 1583 | J.W. Hassell, Univ.N.C.P., 1959 |
6791† | Devereux, R. | Death of Essex, n.d. | J.W. Draper, Broadside Elegies, 1928 |
6792 | ___ | Lamentable ditty, n.d. | E.M. Tenison, Eliz.England, XI, 1956 |
6793 | ___ | Essex his death, n.d. | With preceding |
6826 | Dictes | Dyctes & sayengis, 1477 | W. Blades, London, Stock, 1877 |
*6902† | Direction | Direction . . . plague, n.d. | F.P. Wilson, Plague . . . London, 1963 |
6991 | Dodypoll | Wisdome of Dodypoll, 1600 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
7022 | Donne, J. | Anatomy of world, 1611 | G. Keynes, Roxburghe Club, 1951 |
7023 | ___ | First anniuersarie, 1621 | ___, Facs. Text Soc., 1927 |
7027 | ___ | Ignatius conclaue, 1611 | C.M. Coffin, Facs.Text Soc., 1941 |
7043 | ___ | Iuuenilia, 1633 | R.E. Bennett, Facs.Text Soc., 1936 |
7161 | Drake, F. | World encompassed, 1628 | R.O. Dougan, Cleveland, World, 1966 |
7243 | Drum, J. | Iacke Drums enter., 1601 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
7268 | Dubravius, J. | Book of husbandry, 1599 | J.M. French, Scholars' F., 1962 |
7304 | DuLaurens, A. | Discourse of sight, 1599 | S.V. Larkey, Shake.Assoc., 1938 |
7347 | Dunbar, W. | Ballade of Barnard, n.d. | W. Beattie, Edinb.Bib.Soc., 1950 |
7348 | ___ | [Flyting], n.d. | With preceding, i.e., Chepman & |
7349 | ___ | Golden targe, n.d. | Myllar Prints |
7350 | ___ | [Twa marrit wemen], n.d. | With preceding |
7493 | Edmonton | Merry devill, 1608 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
7501 | Edward III | Edward the third, 1596 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
7508 | Edward VI | Prayer in sicknes, 1553 | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
7514 | Edwards, R. | Damon and Pithias, 1571 | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
7542 | Eglamoure | [Syr Eglamoure], n.d. | W. Beattie, with 7347, q.v. |
7588 | Elizabeth | Loe here pearle, n.d. | Brit.Mus.Huth Beq. Catalogue, 1912 |
7591 | ___ | Quenes passage, 1558 | J.M. Osborn, Yale Eliz. Club, 1960 |
7631 | Elyot, T. | Bankette of sapience, 1542 | L. Gottesman, Scholars' F., 1967 |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
7645 | ___ | Castel of helth, 1541 | ___, Scholars' Facs., 1936? |
7664 | ___ | Image of Gouernance, 1541 | L. Gottesman, with 7631, q.v. |
7672 | ___ | Pasquil the playne, 1533 | With preceding |
7676 | Em | Faire Em, 1631 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
8463 | England | Declaration Bountie, 1610 | J.W. Gordon, Monopolies, 1897 |
9199 | ___ | Orders . . . plague, 1592 | With 20868, q.v. |
10441 | Erasmus, D. | Adagies, 1569 | D.T. Starnes, Scholars' F., 1956 |
10466 | ___ | Complaint of peace, 1559 | W.J. Hirten, Scholars' F., 1946 |
10603 | Everyman | [Everyman, impf.], n.d. | With next |
10605 | ___ | How the hye fader, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
10766 | Fenner, D. | Artes of logike, 1584 | R.D. Pepper, Scholars' F., 1966 |
11024 | Fitzjames, R. | Sermo die lune, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1907 |
11029 | Flanders | Newes from Flanders, 1600 | With 17671, q.v. |
11056 | Fletcher, G. | Russe common wealth, 1591 | R.E. Pipes, Harvard U.P., 1966 |
11075 | Fletcher & S. | Two noble kinsmen, 1634 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
11097 | Florio, J. | Second frutes, 1591 | R.C. Simonini, Scholars' F., 1953 |
*11214† | Fowler, W. | Epitaphe vpon Seton, 1594 | J.W. Draper, Broadside Elegies, 1928 |
11474 | Fulwell, U. | Like will to like, 1587 | J.S. Farmer, [1914?] |
11488 | Furio, F. | Of counselers, 1570? | K. Selig, Scholars' Facs., 1963 |
11496 | var. G., H. | Mirrour of maiestie, 1618 | H. Green & C., Holbein Soc., 1870 |
11527 | Gale, D. | Pyramus a. Thisbe, 1617 | P.W. Miller, Scholars' F., 1967 |
11536 | Galen, C. | De temperamentis, 1521 | J.F. Payne, Cambridge, Clay, 1881 |
11543 | Galvão, A. | Discoueries of world, 1601 | R.O. Dougan, Cleveland, World, 1966 |
11585 | Gardiner, S. | De vera obedientia, 1553 | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1966 |
11643 | Gascoyne, G. | Glasse gouernement, 1575 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
11695 | Gedde, W. | Booke of draughtes, 1615 | ___, London, Leadenhall, 1898 |
11716 | Gemini, T. | Anatomie delineatio, 1553 | C.D. O'Malley, London, 1959 |
*11718† | ___ | Morysse a. damashin, 1548 | A.M. Hind, Engraving in Eng., I, 1952 |
11719 | Geminus, P. | Hermathena, 1522 | ___, Cambridge, Clay, 1886 |
11850 | Gifford, G. | Dialogue witches, 1593 | B. White, Shakes.Assoc., 1931 |
*11926† | God | God speede plough, 1601 | J.C. Bay, Cedar Rapids, 1953 |
11984 | Golagros | Golagros a. gawane, 1508 | W. Beattie, Edinb.Bib.Soc., 1950 |
12020 | Goodman, C. | How superior powers, 1558 | C.G. McIlwain, Facs.Text Soc., 1931 |
12050 | Goosecappe | Sir Gyles G., 1606 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
*12059† | Gordon, J. | In effigiem Mariae, n.d. | A.M. Hind, Engraving in Eng., II, 1955 |
12174 | Grange, J. | Golden Aphroditis, 1577 | H.E. Rollins, Scholars' F., 1939 |
12204 | Gray, R. | A good speed, 1609 | W.F. Craven, Scholars' F., 1937 |
12212 | Green, G. | George a Greene, 1599 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
12214 | Greene, J. | Refutation of apology, 1615 | R.H. Perkinson, Scholars' F., 1941 |
12224 | Greene, R. | Ciceronis amor, 1589 | E.H., Miller, Scholars' F., 1954 |
12267 | ___ | Frier Bacon, 1594 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
12300 | ___ | Quip for courtier, 1592 | E.H. Miller, Scholars' F., 1954 |
12343 | Greepe, T. | Newes of Drake, [1587] | D.W. Waters, Hartford, Conn., 1955 |
12381 | Gringore, P. | Castell of laboure, 1506 | A.W. Pollard, Roxburghe Club, 1905 |
12504 | Guilpin, E. | Skialetheia, 1598 | G.B. Harrison, Shake.Assoc., 1931 |
12571 | H., J. | Work for chimny-sweep., 1602 | S.H. Atkins, Shake.Assoc., 1936 |
12625 | Hakluyt, R. | Principall nauigat., 1589 | D.B. Quinn, Hakluyt Soc., 1965 |
12785 | Hariot, T. | Report of Virginia, 1588 | R.G. Adams, Clements Lib., 1951 |
___, Bibliographer, I, 1902 | |||
12786 | ___ | Briefe report of Va., 1590 | W.R. Rylands, Holbein Soc., 1888 |
J. Sabin, New York, 1872 | |||
12931 | Haughton, W. | English-men for money, 1616 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
13056 | Helwys, T. | Mistery of iniquity, 1612 | H.W. Robinson, Baptist Hist.Soc., 1935 |
13072 | Henry V. | Famous Victories, 1598 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
Praetorius, London, 1887 |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
13149 | Henry | [Wallace], 1570 | W.A. Craigie, Scholars' F., 1939 |
Jointly with Scottish Text Soc. | |||
13166 | Henryson, R. | Traitie of Orpheus, n.d. | W. Beattie, Edinb.Bib.Soc., 1950 |
13298 | Heywood, J. | Johan Johan, 1533 | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
13299 | ___ | Pardoner and frere, 1533 | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
13300 | ___ | Foure PP, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
13303 | ___ | Play of loue, 1534 | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
13305 | ___ | Play of wether, 1533 | J.S. Farmer, 1908 & -9 |
13307 | ___ | Playe of weather, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1909? |
13309 | Heywood, T. | Apology for actors, 1612 | R.H. Perkinson, Scholars' F., 1941 |
13341 | ___ | Edward the Fourth, 1599 | S. d.Ricci, Rosenbach Co., 1922 |
13529 | Histrio-M. | Histrio-Mastix, 1610 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
13567a | Hole, R. | Parthenia in-viol., n.d. | R.J. Wolfe, N.Y.Public Lib., 1961 |
13581 | Holland H. | Baziliologia, 1618 see | H.C. Levis, Baziliologia, 1913 |
13594 | Holland, R. | [Buke of howlat], n.d. | W. Beattie, Edinb.Bib.Soc., N.S. II. |
13609 | Holy Ghost | Abbaye of H. Ghost, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1907 |
13617 | Holyday, B. | Technogamia, 1618 | Sr.M.J. Carmel, Catholic U.P., 1942 |
13689† | Hood, R. | Gest of R. Hode, n.d. | W. Beattie, Edinb.Bib.Soc., 1950 |
13691 | ___ | Mery geste, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
*13805† | Horatius | Poesyes of Horace, 1565 | W.A. Jackson, Harv.Lib.Bul., I, 1947 |
13813 | Hornbooks | [Hornbook, n.d.] | A. Tuer, History of Horn-book, 1896 |
13860 | Howard, H. | Songes a. sonettes, 1557 | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1966 |
13890 | Huarte, J. | Examen de ingenios, 1594 | C. Rogers, Scholars' F., 1959 |
13921 | Hughes, T. | Certaine deuises, 1587 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
14039 | Hyckescorn. | Hyckescorner, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
14072 | Image | [Image of pity, n.d.] | E.G. Duff, William Caxton, 1905 |
14072a† | ___ | Other versions: PMLA, LXXX; | Stonehill Cat. 145 (1940) |
14081 | Information | Inform. f. pylgrymes, n.d. | E.G. Duff, London, 1893 |
14085 | Ingelend, T. | Disobedient child, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
14096 | Innocent VIII | Our holy fadre, [1486] | R. Garnet, Tudor Proclamations, 1897 |
14110 | Interlude | Welth and Helth, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1907; also in |
Farmer, Lost Tudor Plays, 1907 | |||
14111 | ___ | Youth, n.d., frag. | With next; also Materialen, 1905 |
14111a | ___ | Youth, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
14112 | ___ | Youth, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
14114 | ___ | Impacyente pouerte, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1907; see 14110 note |
14277 | Isocrates | Doctrinal of princes, n.d. | L. Gottesman, Scholars' F., 1967 |
14327 | Jacob | Iacob and Esau, 1568 | J.S. Farmer, [1914] |
*14423† | James I | Funeral elegie, [1625] | J.W. Draper, Broadside Elegies, 1928 |
*14426† | ___ | New song . . . Iames, [1603] | W.A. Jackson, Library, 5 ser. XIII, 1958 |
14522 | Jest | Frere and boye, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1907 |
14643 | John | Johan the euangelyst, n.d. | Farmer, 1907; see 14110 note |
14644 | John | Troublesome raigne, 1591 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
Praetorius, London, 1888 | |||
14645 | ___ | Second part of Iohn, 1591 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
Praetorius, London, 1888 | |||
14657 | Johnson, E. | Hymnus comitialis, n.d. | Elkin Wilson, Eng's Eliza, 1939 |
14696 | Johnson, R. | Essaies, 1607 | R.H. Bowers, Scholars' F., 1955 |
14751/4 | Jonson, B. | [Parts of] Workes, 1616/40 | H.H. Hudson, Facs.Text Soc., 1936 |
14755 | ___ | Alchemist, 1612 | ___, Facs. Text Soc., 1927 |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
*14782† | ___ | Time vindicated, n.d. | Pforzheimer Catalogue, II, 1940 |
14816 | Jourdan, S. | Discouery of Barmudas, 1610 | J.Q. Adams, Scholars' F., 1940 |
14843 | Julius III | Bulla indulgentiae, [1554] | R. Garnett, Tudor Proclamations, 1897 |
14926 | Kempe, W. | Education children, 1588 | R.D. Pepper, Scholars' F., 1966 |
14964 | King, E. | Justa Naufrago, 1638 | E.C. Mossner, Facs.Text Soc., 1939 |
15027 | Knack | Knacke knowe knaue, 1594 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
15028 | ___ | Know honest man, 1596 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
15086 | Kyd, T. | Spanish tragedie, [1592] | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1966 |
15123 | Laet, G. | Prenostica, [1518] | Bosanquet, Eng. Almanacks, 1917 |
15224 | Lant, T. | [Sidney funeral], 1587 | A.M. Hind, Engraving in Eng., I, 1952 |
15246 | LaRamée, P. | The logike, 1574 | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1966 |
15316 | Laudonnière | Notable historie, 1587 | T.R. Adams, Farnham, Surrey, 1964 |
15343 | Lear | King Leir, 1605 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
15599 | Lilburne, J. | Worke of Beast, 1638 | W. Haller, Tracts on Liberty, I, 1933 |
15614† | Lily, W. | Shorte introduction, 1567 | V.J. Flynn, Scholars' F., 1945 |
16267 | Liturgies | Common prayer, 1549 | G. Moreton, 1896 |
16403 | ___ | Common prayer, 1636 | A.P. Stanley, Ordnance Sur., 1870 |
16441 | ___ | Common . . . noted, 1550 | E. Hunt, S.P.C.K., 1939 |
16610 | Livingston, H. | Confession conuersion, 1629 | G.P. Johnston, Edinb.Bib.Soc., 1924 |
16680 | Lodge & Gr. | Looking glasse, 1598 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
16739ff | London | [Plague bills], v.d. | F.P. Wilson, Plague . . . London, 1963 |
16754 | ___ | Larum for London, 1602 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
16772 | ___ | Pharmacopoea, 1618 | G. Urdang, Wisconsin Hist.S., 1944 |
16778 | ___ | Den burgemeysteren, 1526 | M.E. Kronenberg, Oxford Bib.Soc., |
N.S., I, 1949; does not belong in STC. | |||
16799 | Look | Looke about you, 1600 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
16907 | Lopez, F. | Conquest of India, 1578 | H.I. Priestley, Scholars' F., 1940 |
16949 | Lupton, T. | All for money, 1578 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
17006 | Lydgate, J. | [Assemble goddes], n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1906 |
17008 | ___ | [Chorle a. birde], n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1906 |
17017 | ___ | Gouernaunce Kynges, 1511 | D.T. Starnes, Scholars' F., 1957 |
17020 | ___ | Horse, sheep, ghoos, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1906 |
17032 | ___ | Temple of glas, n.d. | F. Jenkinson, Cambridge U.P., 1905 |
17091 | Lynche, R. | Diego and Gineura, 1596 | P.W. Miller, Scholars' F., 1967 |
17140 | M., I. | Health to seruingmen, 1598 | A.V. Judges, Shake.Assoc., 1931 |
*17174† | Mackgueir, P. | Teares for Richmond, 1624 | J.W. Draper, Broadside Elegies, 1928 |
17188 | Maid | Maydes metamorphosis, 1600 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
17294 | Map | Map of mortalitie, n.d. | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
17356 | pt. Markham, G. | Pleasures of princes, 1614 | J.M. French, Scholars' F., 1962 |
17429 | Marlowe, C. | D. Faustus, 1604 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
17411 | ___ & Nash | Dido, 1594 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
17453 | Marprelate | Oh read Bridges, [1588] | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1967 |
17454-9 | inc. ___ | [Marprelate tracts] | Included with preceding |
17466 | Mariage | Mariage of witte, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
17495 | Martialis | Martial to himselfe, 1571 | E.J. Jones, U.Wales Celtic Stud., III, 1926-7 |
17534 | Mary | Commemoracon, n.d. | E.G. Duff, Bib.Soc.Lancashire, 1901 |
17534† | ___ | Compassio Marie, n.d. | E.P. Johnston, Pap.Edinb.Bib.S., 1930 |
17543 | ___ | Psalterium [frag], n.d. | E.G. Duff, Pap.Edinb.B.S., I, 1896 |
17550 | ___ | Universis. . ., 1521 | Quaritch Cat. 436, 1930 |
17557 | Mary of N. | Lyttell story of, 1518? | H.M. Ayres & B, Huntington Lib., 1932 |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
*17566† | Mary of S. | [Marriage, frag.], 1558 | D. Hamer, Library, 4 se., XII, 1931-2 |
17669 | Maunsell, A. | Catalogue of bookes, 1595 | D.F. Foxon, London, Gregg, 1965 |
17671 | Maurice | Battaile fought, 1600 | D.C. Collins, Shake.Assoc., 1935 |
17679 | ___ | True relation, [1600] | With preceding |
17778 | Medwell, H. | Fulgens . . . Lucres, n.d. | S. d.Ricci, Huntington Lib., 1920 |
17779 | ___ | Nature, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
17834 | Meres, F. | Palladis tamia, 1598 | D.C. Allen, Scholars' F., 1938 |
*17885† | Middleton, T. | Ghost of Lucrece, 1600 | J.Q. Adams, Folger Lib., 1937 |
17908 | ___ & D. | Roaring girle, 1611 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
6218 | Milton | Epitaphium Damonis, n.d. | H.F. Fletcher, Poet.Works, I, 1943 |
17937 | ___ | A Maske, 1637 | H.F. Fletcher, same as above |
Livingston, Bibliographer, I, 1902 | |||
18076 | pt. More, T. | Workes, 1557 thru p.288 | Campbell etc., Eyre & Spott., 1927,31 |
18118 | Morley, T. | First . . . Canzonets, 1595 | J.E. Uhler, Louisiana State UP, 1944 |
18133 | ___ | Plaine introduction, 1597 | E.H. Fellowes, Shake.Assoc., 1937 |
18230 | Mucedorus | Mucedorus, 1910 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
18255 | Mun, T. | Discourse trade, 1621 | ___, Facs. Text Soc., 1930 |
18267 | var. Munday, A. | Chruso-thriambos, 1611 | J. Pafford, Univ. London, 1962 |
18269 | ___ | Death . . . Huntington, 1601 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
18271 | ___ | Downefall Huntington, 1601 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
*18324† | N. | Christiani epistola, 1521 | J.F. Payne, Cambridge, Clay, 1886 |
18491 | Newbery, T. | Diues pragmaticus, 1563 | P.E. Newbery, J.Rylands Lib., 1910 |
18516 | Niccols, R. | Beggers ape, 1627 | B.Harris, Scholars' F., 1936? |
18597 | Nobody | No-Body a. some-body, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
18599 | ___ | Welspoken Nobody, n.d. | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
18602 | Noot, J. | Theatre worldlings, 1569 | ___, Scholars' F., 1939? |
18642 | Norden, J. | Vicissitudo rerum, 1600 | D.C. Collins, Shake.Assoc., 1931 |
18656 | Norris, R. | Warning to London, n.d. | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
18662 | North, G. | Description Swedland, 1561 | M. Swan, Scholars' F., 1946 |
18685 | Norton & S. | Ferrex & Porrex, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
18795 | Oldcastle, J. | Sir J. Old-castle, 1600 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
19151 | Palingenius | Zodiake of life, 1576 | R. Tuve, Scholars' F., 1947 |
*19229† | Parker, M. | Englands honour revived, [1628] | J.S. Cox, Beaminister, Toucan, 1964 |
19310 | Parnassus | Returne from P., 1606 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
19408 | Parsons, R. | Iudgment of Catholicke, 1608 | W.T. Costello, Scholars' F., 1957 |
*19460† | Pater | [Pater, Filius, n.d., Greg 19] | Greg, Malone Soc. Collect. I, 1907 |
19497 | Peacham, H. | Garden eloquence, 1577 | W.G. Crane, Scholars' F., 1954 |
19511 | Peacham jr. | Minerua Britanna, 1612 | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1966 |
19517 | ___ | Truth of times, 1638 | R.R. Cawley, Facs.Text Soc., 1942 |
19876 | Phillips, J. | Commem. Hatton, 1591 | C. Edmonds, Roxburghe Cl., 1881 |
19886 | Philos | Philos & Licia, 1624 | P.W. Miller, Scholars' F., 1967 |
19917 | Pikeryng, J. | Horestes, 1567 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
19936 | Pimlico | Pimlyco, 1609 | A.H. Bullen, Oxford U.P., 1891 |
*19975† | "Plato" 2 pts. | Axiochus, 1592 | F.M. Padelford, J.Hopkins P., 1934 |
Part ii. | Speech at tryumph | Pforzheimer Catalogue, III, 1940 | |
20057 | Plutarch | Education children, n.d. | R.D. Pepper, Scholars' F., 1966 |
*20059† | ___ | Quyete of mynde, n.d. | C.R. Baskervill, Huntington L., 1931 |
20120 | Porteous | Porteous noblenes, 1508 | W. Beattie, Edinb.Bib.Soc., 1950 |
20122 | Porter, H. | Two angry women, 1599 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
20169 | Powell, T. | Vertues due, 1603 | C. Edmonds, Roxburghe Cl., 1881 |
20178 | Poynet, J. | Shorte treatise, 1556 | W.S. Hudson, U. Chicago P., 1942 |
20195 | Prayers | [15 Oes], n.d. | S. Ayling, London, 1869 |
20288 | Preston, T. | Cambises, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
20573 | R., I. | Elegie . . . Gustavus, [1632] | J. Draper, Broadside Elegies, 1928 |
20578 | ___ | Taming of Shrew, n.d. | Maggs Cat. 574, 1932 [post-STC] |
20604 | Rainolde, R. | Foundacion rhetorike, 1563 | F.R. Johnson, Scholars' F., 1945 |
20634 | Raleigh, W. | Discouerie Guiana, 1596 | R.O. Dougan, Cleveland, World, 1966 |
20651 | ___ | Fight . . . Açores, 1591 | R.C. Alston, Leeds, Scolar, 1966 |
20655 | ___ | R. his lamentation, n.d. | C.H. Firth, Raleigh tercentenary, 1918 |
20721 | Rastell, J. | Bewte of women, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
20722 | ___ | Nature iiij elements, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
20723 | ___ | Gentylnes a. nobylyte, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
20753 | Ratsey, G. | [Life a. death, 1605] | S.H. Atkins, Shake.Assoc., 1935 |
20753a | ___ | Ratseis ghost, [1605] | H.B. Charlton, J.Rylands Lib., 1932 |
Also in 20753, q.v. | |||
*20867† | Remedies | Sundrie remedies, n.d. | FP. Wilson, Plague . . . London, 1963 |
20868 | ___ | Remedies ag. plague, 1603 | W.P. Barrett, Shake.Assoc., 1933 |
20970 | Ribaut, J. | Discouerye Florida, 1563 | Biggar & C., Florida Hist.S., 1927 |
20983 | Rich, B. | Faultes, faults, 1606 | M.H. Wolf, Scholars' F., 1965 |
20996 | ___ | R. his farewell, 1581 | T.M. Cranfill, U.Texas P., 1959 |
21005 | Rich, R. | Newes fr. Virginia, 1610 | W.F. Craven, Scholars' F., 1937 |
21006 | Richard | True tragedie, 1595 | W.W. Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1958 |
Praetorius, London, 1891 | |||
21006a | ___ | True tragedie, 1600 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
21124 | Robinson, T. | Anatomie of nunnery, 1623 | E. Beloe, King's Lynn Museum, 1916? |
21225 | Rogers, T. | Celestiall elegies, 1598 | C. Edmonds, Roxburghe Cl., 1881 |
21416 | Rowley, S. | Noble souldier, 1634 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
21418 | ___ | When you see me, 1613 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
21458 | Russell, J. | Propositio oratoris, n.d. | H. Guppy, J.Rylands Lib., 1909 |
21519 | S., S. | Honest lawyer, 1616 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
21521 | S., T. | Psalme thanksgiuing, 1610 | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
21528 | S., W. | Locrine, 1595 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
21531 | ___ | The puritaine, 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
21532 | ___ | T. Lord Cromwell, 1602 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
21649 | Saluste du B. | Deuine weekes, 1605 | F.C. Haber, Scholars' F., 1965 |
Suppresses Pp8-Xxi. | |||
21741 | San Pedro, D. | Castell of loue, n.d. | W.G. Crane, Scholars' F., 1950 |
*21805† | Saxton, C. | [English atlas, n.d.] | E. Lynam, Brit.Museum, 1936 |
21828 | Schouten, C. | Relation of voiage, 1619 | R.O. Dougan, Cleveland, World, 1966 |
22195 | Sempill, R. | Hailsome admounit, 1570 | H. Murdock, Life of Kirkaldy, 1906 |
22273 | Shakespeare | [First Folio], 1623 | S. Lee, Oxford U.P., 1902 |
Also: Staunton 1866; Methuen 1910; Yale 1954; single plays | |||
22274 | ___ | [Second Folio], 1632 | ___, London, Methuen, 1909 |
22275 | ___ | Hamlet, 1603 [from HN.] | ___, Huntington Lib., 1931 |
Greg [fr. L.] 1951; Griggs [fr.HN.] 1880. | |||
22276 | ___ | Hamlet, 1604 [from HN.] | O.J. Campbell, Huntington L., 1938 |
Griggs [fr. HN.] | |||
22276a | ___ | Hamlet, 1605 [Gorhambury] | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1940 |
22279a | ___ | [I Hen. IV frag., n.d.] | With next |
22280 | ___ | Henrie the fourth, 1598 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1966 [C2] |
Griggs [HN.] |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
22288a | ___ | Second part of Henrie, 1600 | H.A. Evans, Griggs, n.d. [HN.] |
22289 | ___ | Henry the fift, 1600 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1957 |
Praetorius, 1886 | |||
22291 | ___ | Henry the fift, 1608 | A. Symons, Praetorius, 1886 |
22292 | ___ | King Lear, 1608 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1939 |
Praetorius, 1885 | |||
22293 | ___ | King Lear, "1608" | P.A. Daniel, Praetorius, 1885 |
22294 | ___ | Loues labors lost, 1598 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1957 [L.] |
Griggs [HN.] | |||
22296 | ___ | Merchant of Venice, 1600 | Greg,Shake.Quartos, 1939 [L.] |
Praetorius [HN.] | |||
22297 | ___ | Merchant of Venice, 1600 | Furnivall, Griggs, n.d. |
22299 | ___ | Merrie wiues, 1602 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1939 [L.] |
Griggs [HN.] | |||
22302 | ___ | Midsommer dreame, 1600 | J.W. Ebsworth, Griggs, n.d. |
22303 | ___ | Midsommer dreame, 1600 | J.W. Ebsworth, Griggs, n.d. |
22304 | ___ | Much adoe, 1600 | P.A. Daniel, Praetorius, 1886 |
22305 | ___ | Othello, 1622 | H.A. Evans, Praetorius, 1885 |
22306 | ___ | Othello, 1630 | H.A. Evans, Praetorius, 1885 |
22307 | ___ | Richard the second, 1597 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1966 [C2] |
Praetorius [Huth] 1888; Griggs [HN.] 1890 | |||
22309 | ___ | Richard the second, 1598 | A.W. Pollard, Quaritch, 1916 |
22310 | ___ | Richard the second, 1608 | W.A. Harrison, Praetorius, 1888 |
22313 | ___ | Richard the second, 1634 | P.A. Daniel, Praetorius, 1887 |
22314 | ___ | Richard the third, 1597 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1959 [L.] |
Griggs [HN.] n.d. | |||
22316 | ___ | Richard the third, 1602 | P.A. Daniel, Praetorius, 1888 |
22319 | ___ | Richard the third, 1622 | P.A. Daniel, Praetorius, 1889 |
22322 | ___ | Romeo and Iuliet, 1597 | H.A. Evans, Praetorius, 1886 |
22323 | ___ | Romeo and Iuliet, 1599 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1949 [E2] |
H.A. Evans, Praetorius, 1886 [L.] | |||
22325 | ___ | Romeo and Iuliet, n.d. | H.A. Evans, Praetorius, 1887 |
22328 | ___ | Titus Andronicus, 1594 | J.Q. Adams, Folger Lib., 1936 |
22329 | ___ | Titus Andronicus, 1600 | A. Symons, Griggs, n.d. |
22332 | ___ | Troylus a. Cresseid, 1609 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1952 [L.] |
H.P. Stokes, Griggs, n.d. [C2] | |||
22333 | ___ | London Prodigall, 1605 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
22334 | ___ | Pericles, 1609 | Greg, Shake.Quartos, 1940 |
S.Lee 1905; Praetorius 1886 | |||
22335 | ___ | Pericles, 1609 | P.Z. Round, Praetorius, 1886 |
22340 | ___ | Yorkshire tragedy, 1608 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
22342† | ___ | [Passionate pilgrime, frag.] | J.Q. Adams, Folger Lib., 1939 |
Yale Eliz. Club, 1964 | |||
22342 | ___ | Passionate pilgrime, 1599 | S. Lee, Oxford U.P., 1905 [HN.] |
Yale E.Club [HN.] 1964; Griggs [C2], n.d. | |||
22343 | ___ | Passionate pilgrime, 1612 | H.E. Rollins, Folger Lib., 1940 |
22345 | ___ | Lucrece, 1594 | S. Lee, Oxford U.P., 1905 [O.] |
Yale Eliz. Club 1964; Praetorius [L.] n.d. | |||
22353 | ___ | Sonnets, 1609 | S. Lee, Oxford U.P., 1905 [O.] |
22353a | ___ | Sonnets, 1609 | J.M. Osborn, Yale Eliz. C., 1964 [Y.] |
Facs.Text Soc. [L.]; Praetorius [L.] n.d. | |||
22354 | ___ | Venus a. Adonis, 1593 | S. Lee, Oxford U.P., 1905 |
Yale Eliz. Cl. 1964; Griggs n.d. |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
22367 | "Shape" | Noble lyfe of man, n.d. | N. Hudson, Quaritch, 1954 |
22407 | Shepherds | Kalendayr of shyppars, 1503 | H.O. Sommer, London, 1892 |
22428 | Sherry, R. | Treatise of schemes, n.d. | H.W. Hildebrandt, Scholars', 1961 |
22464 | Shute, J. | Grounds of architect., 1563 | L. Weaver, Country Life, 1912 |
___, London, Gregg, 1964 | |||
22535 | Sidney, P. | Defence of poesie, 1595 | ___, Facs. Text Soc., n.d. |
22539a | ___ | Arcadia, 1590 | H.O. Sommer, London, 1891 |
22554 | Silver, G. | Paradoxes of defence, 1599 | J.D. Wilson, Shake.Assoc., 1933 |
22588 | Sixtus IV | Sex epistole, n.d. | G. Bullen, London, 1892 |
22593 | Skelton, J. | Ballade of kynge, n.d. | J. Ashton, London, Stock, 1882 |
22607 | ___ | Magnyfycence, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
22789 | Smith, J. | [Prospectus for next, n.d.] | L.S. Livingston, Camb.Mass., 1914 |
22790 | ___ | Historie of Virginia, 1624 | R.O. Dougan, Cleveland, World, 1966 |
22896 | Solinus | Excellent worke, 1587 | G. Kish, Scholars' F., 1955 |
22905 | Solomon | S. a. Marcolphus, n.d. | E.G. Duff, London, 1892 |
*22913† | Somebody | [Somebody, frag., n.d.] | Greg, Malone Soc. Collect. II, 1931 |
22928 | Soowthern, J. | Pandora, 1584 | G.B. Parks, Facs.Text Soc., 1938 |
22990 | Spagnuoli, B. | Eglogs, 1567 | D. Bush, Scholars' F., 1937 |
23041 pt. | Speed, J. | Theatre Gt. Britain, 1611 | J. Arlott, London, Phoenix, 1953-4 |
23076 | Spenser, E. | Amoretti, 1595 | ___, Facs. Text Soc., n.d. |
23089 | ___ | Shepheardes Calend., 1579 | H.O. Sommer, London, 1890 |
*23224† | Stanhope, E. | Epitaph vpon S., [1607] | J.W. Draper, Broadside Elegies, 1928 |
23263 | Stevenson, W. | Gammer Gurtons nedle, 1575 | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
23356 | Straw, J. | Life a. death of I.S., 1593 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
23405 | Stukeley, T. | Famous historye of, 1605 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
23544 | Swetnam, J. | S. the woman-hater, 1620 | J.S. Farmer, 1914 |
23627 | T., T. | Gloues for Newyeres, n.d. | Collmann, Ballads & Broad., 1912 |
23644 | Tales | C. mery talys, 1526 | W.C. Hazlitt, London, 1887 |
23667 | Taming | Taming of shrew, 1594 | Furnivall, Praetorius, 1886 |
23668 | ___ | Taming of shrew, 1596 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
23790 | Taylor, J. | Sad elegy . . . Wyan, [1638] | J. Draper, Broadside Elegies, 1928 |
*23868† | Temperance | [Temperance, frag., n.d.] | Malone Soc. Collect., I, 1909 |
24063 | Tiberius | Tragedie of T., 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
24104 | Tomkis, T. | Lingua, 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
24271 | Trial | Triall of treasure, 1567 | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
24336 | Turler, H. | The traueiler, 1575 | D.E. Baughan, Scholars' F., 1951 |
24360 | Turner, W. | Boke of wines, 1568 | S.V. Larkey & W., Scholars', 1941 |
24372 | Tusser, T. | Hundreth good pointes, 1557 | D. Hartley, Country Life, 1931 |
Silently suppresses dedication. | |||
24481a | Ubaldini, P. | Expeditionis descrip., 1590 | H.Y. Thompson, Roxburghe C., 1919 |
*24636† | Vennar, R. | Plot of Eng.'s joy, [1602] | W.J. Lawrence, Eliz.Playhouse, II, 1913 |
24798† | Virgilius | Fourth boke of V., n.d. | H. Hartman, C.H.Pforzheimer, 1933 |
*24836† | Virginia | Good newes from V., [1623] | Robinson, Cat. 77, 1948 |
24842a | ___ | Note of shipping, [1620] | With preceding |
24865 | Vocabulary | Doctrine lerne Frenssh, n.d. | J. Oates & H., Camb. U.P., 1964 |
24873 pt. | Voragine | Legenda aurea, [1483] | A. Aspland, Holbein Soc., 1878 |
24932a | Wager, L. | Marie Magdalene, 1567 | J.S. Farmer, 1908 |
24935a | Wager, W. | Tryall of cheualry, 1605 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
24933 | ___ | Inough good as feast, n.d. | S. d.Ricci, Huntington Lib., 1920 |
24938 | ___ | Longer thou liuest, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
25007 | Walter of H. | Boke of husbandry, n.d. | F.H. Cripps-Day, Manor Farm, 1931 |
Original Edition | Facsimile Reprint | ||
STC | Author | Title | Editor Publisher |
25016 | Wanton | Nice wanton, 1560 | J.S. Farmer, [1914] |
25017 | ___ | Nice wanton, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, [1914] |
25018 | Wapull, G. | Tyde taryeth no man, 1576 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
25043 | Ward, S. | 1588-1605, 1621 | A.M. Hind, Engraving in Eng., II, 1955 |
25067a pt. | Ware, J. | Historie of Ireland, 1633 | R.B. Gottfried, Scholars' F., 1940 |
Only Campion's pt. of book | |||
25089 | Warning | Warning for women, 1599 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
25106 | Wateson, G. | Cures of diseased, 1598 | C. Singer, Oxford U.P., 1915 |
25118a | Watson, T. | Hekatompathia, [1582] | S.K. Heninger, Scholars' F., 1964 |
25144 | Weakest | Weakest goeth to wall, 1600 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
25149 | Weaver, R. | Lusty Juuentus, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1914? |
25330 | Wheeler, J. | Treatise of commerce, 1601 | G.B. Hotchkiss, N.Y.U.Press, 1931 |
25331 | ___ | [London ed. of same], 1601 | Hotchkiss, Facs.Text Soc., 1931 |
25347 | Whetstone, G. | Promos a. Cassandra, 1578 | J.S. Farmer, 1910 |
25354 | Whitaker, A. | Good newes, 1613 | ___, Scholars' Facs., 1936? |
25399 | White, J. | Planters plea, 1630 | M.H. Savile, Rockport, Mass. 1930 |
25438 | Whitney, G. | Choice of emblemmes, 1586 | H. Green, Manchester, 1866 |
N.Y. reprint, B.Blom, 1967 | |||
25635 | Wilkins, G. | Miseries inforst mar., 1607 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
25764a | Wilmot, R. | Tancred a. Gismund, 1592 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
25781 | Wilson, R. | Coblers prophesie, 1594 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
25782 | ___ | Pedlers prophecie, 1595 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
25783 | ___ | Three lordes, 1590 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
25784 | ___ | Three ladies of London, 1584 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
25799 | Wilson, T. | Arte of rhetorique, 1553 | R.H. Bowers, Scholars' F., 1962 |
25818 | Wily | Wily beguilde, 1606 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
25868 | Wit | Wit of a woman, 1604 | J.S. Farmer, 1912 |
25900d | Wither, G. | Emblemes, 1635 | J.M. Wells, Ren.Eng.Text S., 1967 |
25948 | Woman | Euerie w. in humor, 1609 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
25966 | Woodes, N. | Conflict conscience, 1581 | J.S. Farmer, 1911 |
25982 | World | Worlde a. chylde, n.d. | J.S. Farmer, 1909 |
26076 | Yarington, R. | Two tragedies, 1601 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
26099 | York | First part contention, 1594 | J.S. Farmer, 1913 |
Furnivall, Praetorius, 1889 | |||
26101 | ___ | Whole contention, n.d. | Furnivall, Praetorius, 1886 |
7483 | pt.ii Edguardus | De indiciis, 1532 | C.D. O'Malley, Stanford UP, 1961 |
11966 | Goes, D. a | Legacye prester John, 1533 | E.B. Blackburn, Moreana #14, 1967 |
16743† | London | [Plague bill 13 oc 1603] | W.H. Bond, Houghton Library, 1967 |
22353a | Shakespeare | Sonnets, 1609 | R.L. Eagle, London, Mitre, 1965 |
24358 | Turner, W. | De re herbaria, 1538 | B.D. Jackson, London, 1877 |
Also in next | |||
24359 | ___ | Names of herbes, 1548 | W.T. Stearn, London, Ray Soc., 1965 |
Notes
A teacher develops chicken-and-egg doubts whether students can use facsimiles before studying originals. Thus it seems impossible to convince M.A. students that the imposition in facsimiles rarely matches the originals. Alan Burns deserves credit for stressing this point in the foreword (p. vi) to the recent Hakluyt (STC 12625).
Though elementary, the handiest summary is Laurence A. Cummings, "Pitfalls of Photocopy Research," Bulletin of the New York Public Library, LXV (1961), 97-101. He is more concerned with film and photostat than printed facsimiles, and with good reason: the slapdash "editing" of early reels in University Microfilms makes the faults noted in this study fade into insignificance.
"The Problem of Variant Forme in a Facsimile Edition," The Library, 5th ser., VII (1952), 262-272.
Not widely available because privately distributed, the most useful survey of techniques, complete with sample pages, is G. B. Harrison's Facsimile Reprints (London, ?1931), a paper read at the 1931 Anglo-American Conference of Historians. One supposes this a by-product of Harrison's work with the Shakespeare Association series.
The earliest facsimile errata list I have noticed is a disturbing yet reassuring feature of the Griggs-Praetorius quartos.
See A. W. Pollard, Redgrave, Chapman and Greg, "'Facsimile' Reprints of Old Books," The Library, 4th ser., VI (1925-26), 305-328; also, Allen Hazen, "Type-Facsimiles," Modern Philology, XLIV (1946-47), 209-217.
Pollard, op.cit., p. 312, notes that more copies were lost by fire in 1874 so that surviving sets are indeed scarce. Ashbee does not identify his originals, but some were obviously Devonshire-Chatsworth-Huntington.
To my astonished delight, some major problems are solved in George Bullen's Catalogue of the Loan Collection for the 1877 Caxton celebration, pp. 218-219. Thus we learn that Rae's fine 9348 and Tupper's 5057 are tracing-lith, while Blades's elegant 6826 is photo-lith. Check List policy is to omit items that are in doubt.
Giles E. Dawson points out to me that the Folger copy belonged to Gilbert R. Redgrave and contains letters he solicited in 1925 to document the Pollard-Redgrave article previously cited (note 6).
Of some, if not all, a few copies were printed on vellum. Stray quartos on vellum without identifying prelims will prove of this origin.
I had the advantage of using a Folger copy annotated by James G. McManaway, but naturally he is not responsible for any errors in my figures.
Farmer artlessly cites the complete unreliability of his own earlier letter-press edition of STC 25982 as reason for buying his collotype (Hand List, p. 47).
Farmer apparently used stray leaves by Ashbee in some other issues (e.g., 12212). He seems not to have worried about copyright.
Miss Elizabeth Fry of the Huntington staff kindly verified for me the existence of the vestigial ¶ in the HN. copy.
I recall examining these substitute leaves as long ago as 1934 at the suggestion of Prof. B. J. Whiting.
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