599 EPICURUS'S Morals, collected partly out of his owne Greek Text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the Rhapsodies of Marcus Antoninus, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca. And faithfully Englished. With portrait. Small 4to, full calf. London, 1656. £1 5s 600 ERASMUS. L'Estrange (Sir Roger). Twenty Two Select Colloquies out of Erasmus Roterodamus; pleasantly representing several superstitious Levities that were crept into the Church of Rome in his days. With engraved portrait. Svo, old calf (rebacked). London, 1699. 6s 601 The Paraphrase of Erasmus upon the Newe Testament. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., small folio, handsomely bound by Riviere in full crushed morocco extra, full gilt backs, gilt borders on sides, with corner and centre pieces, g. e. London, E. Whitchurche, 1548-9. £26 *** This commentary was appointed by public authority to be placed in all our churches. The first volume was edited by Nicholas Udall, and the second by Coverdale, John Olde, and Leonard Coxe. The Paraphrase upon the Revelation was written by Leo Jude, and translated by Edmonde Allen. Vol. I. has prefixed to the whole, a preface "Unto the Kynges Maiestee "; another "To the Jentill christian reader and an epistle dedicatory "To the moste vertuous Ladie Quene Katherine dowager. Each of them by Nicholas Udall. Before S. Mark, S. Luke, S. John, and the Acts of the Apostles, are other dedications to the Queen Dowager, the first by Thos. Key, the others by Nich. Udall. The leaves of each of these books are numbered separately. Vol. II. begins with a dedication to the King, by Myles Couerdall," an address to the Christian by John Olde. The Catholic epistles are dedicated to Lady Anne Dutchess of Somerset. The leaves of the epistles, etc., are numbered separately. 602 ETON. Bentham (Dr. Edward). Elogium Famae Inserviens Jacci Etonensis, sive Gigantis; or, the Praises of Jack of Eton, commonly called Jack the Giant, collected into Latin and English Metre after the Manner of Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, John Burton, and others, etc., by a Master of Arts. 603 8vo, half calf, uncut, t. e. g. Oxford, S. Parker, 1750. £1 4s Perse (William). A Sermon Preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Eton-Scholars, At St. Mary le Bow, on Decemb. the 6. 1681. 38 pp., small 4to, new boards. London, 1682. 18s 604 ETON VERSES (Manuscript). Way (L.). Poemata Juvenilia Manuscripta in quatuor tomos distributa Studio atq opera Ludovici Way, Etonæ. A Collection of upwards of 60 productions of various contributors, in the autograph of Lewis Way. Small 4to, original calf neat. 188 pp., with index. 605 ESQUEMELING (John). Bucaniers of America: or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of THE WEST INDIES, By the BUCANIERS of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both ENGLISH AND FRENCH. Wherein are contained more especially, The unparallel'd Exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican Hero, who sack'd Puerto Velo, burnt Panama, &c. Written originally in Dutch, by John Esquemeling, one of the Bucaniers, who was present at those Tragedies. The Second Edition, Corrected, and Inlarged with two Additional Relations, viz. the one of Captain Cook, and the other of Captain Sharp. Now faithfully rendred into English. The Four Parts Complete. Illustrated with maps, portraits of the Buccaneers, and Scenes of their Exploits. 4to, original calf. London, 1684-5. £68 *** The first three parts were written in Dutch by the Buccaneer Esquemeling. The translator's name is not known. The fourth part was written by the English Buccaneer Basil Ringrose. The publisher, William Crook, was sued for Libel by Sir Henry Morgan, on account of the description of him as a pirate-in the London Gazette, June 8, 1685, the Publisher made his public Apology. "Westminster, June 1. There have been lately Printed and Published two Books, one by Will. Crook, the other by Tho. Malthus, both Intitled The History of the Bucaniers both which Books contained many False, Scandalous and Malitious Reflections on the Life and Actions of Sir Henry Morgan of Jamaica Kt. The said Sir Henry Morgan hath by Judgment had in the Kingsbench-Court, recovered against the said Libel 200L. Damages. And on the humble Solicitation and Request of William Crook, hath been pleased to withdraw his Action against the said Crook, and accept of his Submission and Acknowledgement in Print. 14TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF EUCLID WRITTEN IN ENGLAND. 606 EUCLID. The Fifteen Books of Euclid's Elements. Written in Latin on 152 leaves of vellum (9 by 5 inches) by an English scribe in the fourteenth century in small gothic letters, initials painted in blue with red pen flourishes. With numerous geometrical designs to Euclid's Propositions very neatly drawn in red in the margins. At the end is another Mathematical treatise in Manuscript, viz.:— Campanus, Tetragonismus, id est circuli quadratura, in Latin, with numerous geometrical designs very neatly drawn in red. 8vo, vellum. (England, 14th Century.) (SEE ILLUSTRATION, PLATE No. VIII.). £175 In 1487 the manuscript was in the possession of Richard Brynkley, who has written his name and the date in Greek characters at the end of the volume. This Richard Brynkley was an important official of the Franciscan Order in England. 607 EUSEBIUS. The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned Historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius, whereunto is annexed Dorotheus' Lives and Endes of the Prophets, Apostles and 70 Disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greek tongue and now perused and corrected by Meredith Hanmer. Last of all herein is contained a briefe chronographie collected by the said Translator, with a copious Index of the Principall matters throughout all the Histories. Folio, calf. London, 1585. 608 £5 5s The Ancient Ecclesiastical Histories. Another Edition. Folio. Fine copy in its contemporary old English calf binding, with heavy gilt corner pieces and centre. London, 1607. £7 10s Blank margins of a few leaves slightly wormed. 609 The Ancient Ecclesiasticall Histories. Another Edition. £1 5s 610 EVELYN (John). A Character of England as it was lately presented in a letter to a Noble Man of France. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original calf. London, 1659. £7 15s |