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II. Some Octavos Printed by Samuel Aris 1727-32

Attributions have been made on the basis of imprints, two score ornaments and printing-types.

• 1. 1727. BURNET (Thomas). De fide & officiis Christianorum liber posthumus. Typis S. A., impensis J. Hooke. Bodley (Vet. A4 e.357). Figure 3 on most sheets or formes.
• 2. 1728. ___ Editio secunda. Typis S. Aris, impensis J. Hooke. Bodley (8° B 454 Linc.). Figure 3 used once on I4v.
• 3. ___ Archaeologiae philosophicae. Editio secunda. Typis S. Aris, impensis J. Hooke. University of Otago. Figure 1 only in $ 2H-K and 2M.
• 4. 1730. ___ A treatise concerning the state of departed souls. Trans. J. Dennis. Printed for John Hooke. Bodley (Vet. A4 e. 976). No figures.

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• 5. ___ WATERLAND (Daniel). Advice to a young student. Printed for John Crownfield. Bodley (G. P. 213). No figures.
• 6. ___ Remarks upon Doctor Clarke's Exposition of the Church-Catechism. [Device 25 x 38 mm, IMPRIM SAM ARIS] Printed for John Crownfield. Bodley (G. P. 858). No figures.
• 7. ___ The nature, obligation, and efficacy, of the Christian Sacraments, considered . . . . By the author of the Remarks. Printed by Sam. Aris for John Crownfield. Bodley (G. P. 858). No figures.
• 8. ___ Supplement to the treatise, intitled, The nature, obligation, and efficacy, of the Christian Sacraments, considered. Printed by Sam. Aris for John Crownfield. Bodley (G.P.46). A1 B-K4. Press-letters: C4v-J, D4v-C, E1v-J, F4v-g(?), H3v-T, 14v-c.
• 9. 1731. BUDGELL (Eustace). A letter to Cleomenes King of Sparta. Printed for A. Moore. University of Otago no date, Bodley (Vet. A4 e. 1671 dated 1731, and 22863 e. 130 no date); 'second' edition not seen; 'third' edition Bodley (8° A.3.2. Jur.). Frontispiece, A-K8 L4 M2; [B]-[S]8 a-e8 f2. The first set of signatures ending at M were printed by Samuel Richardson — see no. 95 in Wm. M. Sale's Samuel Richardson: Master Printer (1950). The title-page addition of the date constitutes a press-variant. In the tables below only disagreements with the copy in the left hand columns are noted.

                         

[$]

Otago

Bodl.

'1731'

'3rd'

[$]

Otago

Bodl.

'1731'

'3rd'

(i)

(o)

(i)

(o)

(i)

(o)

(i)

(o)

(i)

(o)

(i)

(o)

B

C

J

N

R

C

J

C

C

W

O

w

C

D

R

w

P

C

R

w

R

E

R

J

C

Q

C

R

J

F

--

C

R

J

W

C

G

C

C

J

J

S

--

R

H

C

C

J

J

a

w

J

--

C

I

C

R

J

b

R

C

K

C

C

c

R

--

w

L

C

R

J

w

d

R

J

M

C

R

e

C

R

W

R

Comments. Another copy (Bodley 22863 e.130, n.d.) has C in sheet a (outer forme), w in c (i), W in e (o), but otherwise agrees with the Otago copy.

All copies appear to be from the same setting of type, though this has not been checked from forme to forme. There may have been basically only the one impression, though the term becomes blurred in meaning with such use. Differing press-letters in twelve sheets may point to reimpression in these cases for reasons possibly unanswerable, or they may be termed, following W. B. Todd, 'variants of uncertain order' within the impression (Bibliography of Edmund Burke, 1964, p. 148). The 'third' edition seems to be in the main a reissue with cancel title of sheets of the first printing. Will other copies of the first edition turn up with the press letters as in sheets H I N Q R a and e? The slight and ambiguous evidence suggests that the term 'third edition' constitutes a puff for a poor seller; on the other hand it might indicate reimpression to cope with a continuing demand. Indecision is embarrassing.

• 10. 1731. BUDGELL (Eustace). A letter to His Excellency Mr. Ulrick D'Ypres, Chief Minister to the King of Sparta. Printed for S. West. Bodley (G.P. 796). No figures.
• 11. 1732. ___ Liberty and property: a pamphlet highly necessary to be read by every Englishman. Printed for W. Mears. Huntington. A 2 B-Y4 Z1. Press-letters: B3-c, C3-J, D4-c, E3-J, F3-j, G2-j, H4-c, I4-j, K3-j, L4v-j, M3v-j, N3-j, O4-j, P4-j, Q4-j, R3-j, S3v-w, T4v-c, U3v-c, X3-w, Y4-w.
• 12. ___ Liberty and property. Fourth edition. Printed for W. Mears. Bodley (G.P. 360). A 4 (-A1?) B-2A4. Press-letters: A3-l, B4-l, C4-l, D3-j, F3-l, G3v-l, H3-j, I3-l, K1v-l, L3-j, M3v-j, N3-c, O4-j, P3-j, Q3-w, S1-j, T3v-j, U3-w, X2v-c, 2A1v-j; unsigned E R Y Z.
• 13. ___ The second part of Liberty and property. Printed for W. Mears. Bodley (G.P. 360). A 2 B-G8 x 2; x 2 are advertisements. Press-letters: C3v-l, D7-j, F6-l (?); A B E G unsigned.
• 14. 1732. BUDGELL (Eustace). Memoirs of the life and character of the late Earl of Orrery, and of the family of the Boyles. Printed for W. Mears. BM (614 g.27 and 614 g.28); 'second' edition Bodley (Vet. A4 e.2273) and BM (G.4352 and 10856 de. 1) — BM copies kindly reported by John Ross. Frontispiece, A4 (a)-(c)4 B-2K4 L2.

                                 

$	BM	BM	Bodl.	BM	$	BM	BM	Bodl.	BM
	g.27	g.28	2273	4352		g.27	g.28	2273	4352
B	R	R	J	R	R	T	T	w	w
C	T	w	T	w	S	T	W	T	W
D	J	J	R	J	T	W
E	J	R	R	J	U	W
F	T	w	T	w	X	--	W	T	W
G	T	W	T	W	Y	W	T	T	T
H	R	J	--	R	Z	J	J	J	C
I	J	J	J	C	2A	T	W	T	W
K	w	T	w	w	2B	w
L	T	T	T	w	2C	J
M	W	T	W	T	2D	T	w	w	w
N	I	C	I	C	2E	W	W	W	T
O	I				2F	J	C	C	J
P	F	J	F	J	2G	J
Q	w	w	w	w	2H	--	T	T	W

2I-J, 2K-W (none in BM 4352), 2L none, A-w (w in Bodley), (a)-w (w in Bodley), (b) none, (c)-C, (d)-T.

Comments. The letters are placed chiefly on 1v and 4v, less often on 3 and 4, with fewer on 3v, very few on 2v, and only once on 2. Another copy of the 'second' edition (BM 10856 de.1) agrees with BM G.4352 except in sheet M, which has W. All copies appear to be substantially if not entirely from the same setting, though this has not been checked for every forme. Alternation between two letters in twenty-three sheets suggests that for these sheets at least there were two impressions. Those sheets with no change in letter would represent either overprinting (of the last sheets of text and the preliminaries) or reimpression at the same press. Copies of the first and 'second' editions have evidently been

made up indiscriminately from sheets in these varying states, so that priority of impression is impossible to tell from this evidence alone. Perhaps the publisher increased his original order of copies and puffed dropping sales with a 'second' edition.

15. ___ KING (William). Remains of the late learned and ingenious Dr. William King, some time, advocate of Doctors Commons, Vicar-General to the Archbishop of Armagh, and Record-Keeper of Ireland. Printed for W. Mears. University of Otago. A 4 B-Y4; 2B-2Y4. Press-letters (in first series of signatures only): B3-p, C4-J, D3-p, E3-W, F2v-W, G3v-J, H3-W, K4-p, L3-p, N3v-p, O4v-J, P3v-w, Q3-p, R3-P, T4v-p, U4v-w, X2v-w, none in I, M, S, Y. The second set of signatures, obviously from a different press, has no press-letters or figures. The first section has no ornaments and cannot certainly be attributed to Aris.