BOUGHT WITH THE INCOMB FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OP 1S9X 27J^ l/y./.m.. Cornell University Library Z 232.W97P72 Robert Wyer, printer and bookseller.A pa 3 1924 006 061 885 Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924006061885 ROBERT WYER, PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, JANUARY 2 1ST, 1895. BY HENRY R.^LOMER LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, BY BLADES, EAST & BLADES, NOVEMBER, 1897- ROBERT WYER, PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER. ROBERT WYER, PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, JANUARY 2IST, 1895. BY HENRY R. PLOMER. LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, BY BLADES, EAST & BLADES, NOVEMBER, 1897. CONTENTS. PAGE Robert Wyer, Printer and Bookseller i List of Types 13 Initial Letters 14 Devices 15 Woodcuts 16 List of Wyer's Books — 1. Books with "Norwich" Colophon or with dates earlier than 1536 18 2. Books with " Suffolk " Colophon - - - - - 24 3. Books unclassified 30 Books Printed for Sale at the Sign of S. John the Evangelist, AT Charing Cross 54 Index of Authors and Titles - - ■ - - - 55 Facsimiles of Types .--- .... — Facsimiles of Devices .... ... — ROBERT WYER, PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER. By henry R. PLOMER. Read January gist, iSgj. OBERT WYER carried on the business of a printer and bookseller, at the sign of " St. John the Evangelist, at Charing Cross," in premises that formed part of the rentals of Norwich House, and were probably not far from where Villiers Street is now situated. Amongst the books printed by Pynson was an edition of the popular tract of Solomon &• Marcolphus, for sale at this house. As Pynson's death took place in 1529, Wyer was probably established there at that time, but his biography is wrapped in the greatest obscurity. Some Wyers, members undoubtedly of this family, are found at Wendover in Bucks.* John Wyer, who died in 1552, held a house called the Maidenhead and half an acre of land there, but his will makes no men- tion of Robert. Edward Wyer of Wendover, grandson of this John, bought the Three Cranes in the Vintry, of Richard Tottel, as we learn from certain proceedings in Chancery.t But of Robert we hear nothing. Nor is there anything certain known of Robert Wyer's early career as a printer. Herbert made a note in his memorandum books that Wyer was servant to Richard Fawkes, who hved in Durham rents, close by Durham House in the Strand (see Dibdin, vol. iii, p. 356) ; in another place, J the same author * Pat. Roll. 33 H. 8, 7th part. t Chancery Proceedings, 21st Eliz., No. 49. X Herbert, vol. i, p. 368. 2 ROBERT WYER. suggests that he was apprentice to John Butler, a printer, found with the sign of " St. John the Evangelist in Fleet Street, in St. Bride's Churchyard, over against the Conduit." It has been suggested* that the two houses were one and the same ; but the idea is hardly feasible. In the first place, the two locaUties were sufficiently wide apart to make it unlikely that any confusion could have arisen between them. The one was at the extreme east end of Fleet Street, at the bottom of Shoe Lane ; the other at the extreme west end of the Strand. Besides, the men who lived in them were surely capable of describing accurately the position of their respective houses, and Wyer is as minute as Butler in many of his colophons, which declare that he lived "in St. Martin's Parish, beside Charing Crosse,'' and fre- quently give more precise particulars, as "in the Bishoppe of Norwytches Rentes." No doubt, Wyer had an interest in the Fleet Street premises. It was, I believe, this house in which John Wyer printed for some time about the year 1550, and I have no doubt in my own mind that it was this same house to which Thos. Colwell, Robert Wyer's successor, removed in the year 1565 ; but precisely how he came by it is not clear. To return from conjecture to history. In the year 1536, the Bishop of Norwich's town house, of which Wyer's premises formed part of the rentals, was surrendered to King Henry VIII in exchange for certain lands in Norfolk, and a few months afterwards the King gave it to Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk, who held it until his death in 1545. This transfer marks a period in the printing of Robert Wyer. Until then, he had lived in "the Bishop of Norwich's rents." Henceforward the great house close by was known as " the Duke of Suffolk's Place," and Wyer's colophons notify the change by substituting this address, a custom which he kept up long after the house had ceased to belong to any Duke of Suffolk. In the locality successively known by these two names, we can trace Wyer at work from the year 1530 to 1556. In that year he was succeeded by a namesake, Nicholas Wyer, who printed from the same address, and in * Mr. E. Gordon DufFmade this suggestion when I read my paper on Robert Wyer, before the Library Association, ROBERT WYER. 3 1560 by Thos. Colwell, one of William Powell's apprentices, who subse- quently removed to Fleet Street, and was there in turn succeeded by Hugh Jackson. I have been able to make a list of nearly one hundred books printed by Robert Wyer. Copies of no less than fifty of these are in the British Museum; the Bodleian contains four or five not to be found elsewhere, while the University Library at Cambridge, and the Lambeth Library have valuable specimens of this printer's work. The remainder are described from Herbert and Dibdin's editions of Ames' Typographical Antiquities. I have not the least doubt that there are many more books of this printer's still in existence, and that year by year fresh accessions will be made to the list. But, as it stands, it affords a fair basis for judging his work. The main difficulty that confronts us, in the study of Robert Wyer, is his undated books. Out of the one hundred above mentioned, only eleven bear any sort of date, and not all of these are dates of printing ; while out of this small number, only five or six are within the student's reach, so that the work of attempting to classify the undated books by reference to the dated copies, or by any method at all, is no light task. In attempting it, I have followed as carefully as possible the methods so successfully adopted by the late William Blades in his study of the works of Caxton. But at the outset I found that the application of those methods to Robert Wyer's productions was by no means so easy as from a careful perusal of the Life of Caxton I was led to expect. It is difficult, indeed, for anyone to follow clearly in Mr. Blades' footsteps who labours under the dis- advantage of not being either a printer or typefounder by trade. The distinction between different founts of the same type, between types re-cast or cut down, are so minute that only a practical printer can tell the difference, and I must confess that to this hour the mysteries of "spacing" have baffled all my attempts to apply them to the books of Robert Wyer. Nevertheless, I think I have achieved something, enough, I hope, at least to form a basis for future work. B 2 4 ROBERT WYER. To begin with, we may at once divide the books that were printed by Robert Wyer into three broad classes. 1. Those books having the " Norwich " colophon, all of which were manifestly printed before 1537. 2. Those having the "Suffolk" colophon, which were printed after 1536- 3. Those printed for other printers, or which hanng cnilya vague colophon, stating that they were "printed by me Robert Wyer," cannot be apportioned among the two preceding classes. Of the dated books coming into die first cfsss (leaving out of account the Expositiones Terminorum mentioned liy Herbat, which may have been the work of either Butler or Wyer), tie 'RntMt Museum has three : — Tie Golden Pystk of Richard Whylfec. ^piirnsd in 1531 ; Garrard's Interpre- tation of the Mass in 1532 ; and W^ssol jIsrshalTs translation of The Defence of Peace, printed in r535. The Golden Pystle is printed in ocizvl. h &e tjrje called "Secretary," from its resemblance to the manuscript vrmg if t£e timp, with Black Letter used for the first few lines of the title p^s ind colophon. There are twenty-eight lines to a full page of the test, tie tjpe is deir, and the lower-case ze; is a larger letter, with a loop or tail cankd acrcss the top, while the lower-case v and d have a similar tail, and strokes are used for punctuation. The colophon is set up in type, and the printer's name is spelt " W Y R E," instead of " W Y E R." The second of these three books, The Interpretation of the Mass (also an octavo) is identical in the character of the type and the number of lines to page with the above, but differs in this respect, that the printer's name is spelt "WYER" in the colophon. The third book, the Defence of Peace, has not the "Norwich" colophon, though it was printed before the transfer of the house. It is a folio, and the best specimen of Robert Wyer's work that is to be found, ROBERT WYER. S probably the best he ever turned out. It is printed on fine paper with wide margins ; the type is " Secretar)-," with Black Letter for the title, colophon, and headings of paragraphs. But in this work, the lower-case w, V, and d of the " Secretary " type are shorn of the loops seen in the two preceding books. It is interesting to note that in one of the recently pubUshed volumes of the Sfate Papers of Henry the Eighth (vol. ii, pp. 325, etc.), are letters written by the translator of this book, William Marshall, to Thomas Cromwell, from which we learn that it cost the sum of ;^34 to print. This would, I suppose, be equal to about ;£'3oo of our present money. These three books then, all printed before 1536, were each of them printed in "Secretary" type, and Herbert tells us that the copy of the Book of Hours, which he says had an almanac dated 1533, was also printed in "Secretary." Now, taking up the undated books with the " Norwich " colophon, I find, with only one exception, exactly the same character of type prevailing in them. The earhest of these is probably the First Dyaloge in Englysshe, a. book of law translated from a Latin work of still earlier date. Peter Treveris printed the Second Dialogue in English, in the earlier part of 1531, so that Wyer may have printed his in 1530 or thereabouts. It was printed in octavo, the text in "Secretary," twenty-seven lines to the page, but with running titles, foliation, quotations, etc., in Black Letter, In the text the large lower-case w and v are seen, strokes are used in place of commas, and in addition to the printer's full page device there is a woodcut of the Royal Arms, supported by a greyhound and griffin. The Diurnal for Devout Souls is identical in size and type with the foregoing, while the earlier of the two editions of the Compost of Ptolomeus has not only the " Norwich " colophon and all the peculiarities of setting noticed in the Golden Fystle, printed in 1531, but as in that book the printer's name is spelt "WYRE" and not "WYER," in his device. We may therefore conclude that the date of printing must be about 1531. 6 ROBERT WYER. In the same way many other undated books can be placed in this period, notably the Medled Life by William Hylton, the earlier editions of the Antidotharius and the Prognostication of Erra Pater. In contrast with these books in "Secretary" type we have in Erasmus's Exhortation to the Study of the Scriptures, an octavo, with the " Norwich " colophon, but printed throughout in Black Letter, twenty-one lines to the page. This book is by far the best specimen of Wyer's Black Letter printing that I have seen. I should imagine that the type was quite new, as the edges of the letters are sharp, every letter appears perfect, and the ink is as black as the day it was printed. No other octavo book of Wyer's printed in Black Letter that I have ever seen has twenty-one lines to the page. Altogether, I cannot iix any date for the printing of this book, but unless others turn up, to join company with it, I do not think it weakens the probability that the bulk of the books of this period were printed in "Secretary.'' When we turn to the second class — the books with the "Suffolk" colophon — we find that these cover a very wide space of time, from the year 1536 down to the very year in which we lose sight of Robert Wyer altogether, the year 1556, and yet there is not a single dated book bearing this colophon. But there are books with dates subsequent to 1536, notably the Questionary of Cyrurgeons, printed for Richard Banckes and Henry Dabb in 1542, and several others, the date of which can be fixed by internal evidence, and all these serve as finger-posts to lead the investigator. There is the Assize of Bread, a quarto, in which mention is made of a statute that was to take effect from the Feast of the Purification, in the year, "a thousande, five hundred, forty and three " ; there is the Ordinal or Statute concerning artificers, printed for Richard Bankes, a statute enacted in 1543 ; more important still, there is the Civil JVosgay, by John Goodale, in which there are allusions to public events ; " the capture of Boulogne, and the overthrow of the Scots," the latter taking place in 1547, and so ROBERT WYER. 7 giving us at least 1548 as the date of its printing, if not later. Then there is William SaUsbury's Description of the World, with an author's preface dated 1550, and last of all, a Prognostication, with an Almanac for 1556. I have made a close study of all these books, have compared one with another, and the results I have arrived at are as follows : — The " Secretary " type continued in use for the text of all books printed down to 1542, but they have only twenty-seven Hnes to the full octavo page, and ordinary punctuation is used, and I would suggest that it was the old type recast. But in 1542, and from that time onwards, the order was reversed, the text of all books being printed in Black Letter, and the supplementary matter in "Secretary." This is the arrangement found in the Questionary of Cyrurgeons, and other quartos, but I have based my tests mainly on the octavo books, they being by far the most numerous ; and these group themselves into two periods. Those printed between 1542 and 1550 are uniform in size, measuring in every case, after due allowance for binders' shears, 5J x 3^. They have twenty-four lines to the page without running titles or pagination, and rarely have the printer's device. The later books, from 1550 to 1556, have only twenty-three lines to the page, but are frequently found with running titles and marginalia. I also find that the lower-case fount in all these books is smaller than that used in printing the Exhortation of Erasmus which I referred to just now ; indeed, the number of lines to the page prove this, but whether it was the same type cut down or recast, I have not sufiScient knowledge of type- founding to be able to say. There are, of course, one or two books that will not fit in with this arrangement, as for instance, the Ordinal or Statute, printed for Richard Banckes, which has only twenty-two lines to the octavo page. It is just as well that it is so, because other books may come to light that tally with these exceptions, and so we shall be able in time to contract these two periods into smaller ones. I have put the year 1542 as the earliest year in 8 ROBERT WYER. the first period, because I find the Questionary of Cyrurgeons printed in Black Letter. But that work was a quarto, and there is no octavo that can be assigned to that year. It is quite possible, and even probable, that the octavo books were printed with 22 lines to the page, up to and including the year of the production of the Ordinal, that is about 1543 or 1544, but it hardly seems right to state so as a fact until other books turn xsp that are printed in the same way. Another exception, which in no way aflfects the above dassificatioii was a book caUed The 24 Stones which was printed in a Bkck Letter unlike any other fount in the possession of this printer (type Xo. j)l It was a smaller and finer letter, making 27 lines to the (xSsxz p^^ aM was no doubt borrowed from some other printer for the occaBiEi. Us practice was very common among the early printers, and anoflasr if "Sjerj books is a remarkable instance of it. His nearest neighbom^ ^reaE S:jiard. Fawkes, who lived in Durham Rents, close to Durham Hor^, -fmrf! -mrnirggj- the books printed by that printer was one entitled De Cxramslns^. It has Fawkes' colophon and device, but beneath them the words, -^^aS fee for to sell at the sign of St. John the Evangelist beside OdT^g Crn^" which would of themselves be proof that it was printed for Robert Wjct. Not only is this put beyond doubt, but the fact is established that Wyex lent Fawkes the fount and the blocks to print it with, for when Wyer reprinted the book, with the " Suffolk " colophon, under the title of lie Mature of the Seven Days of the Week, the type and blocks are identical with those used by Fawkes. It does not seem, on the other hand, that Wyer ever printed anything for Fawkes. But he printed several books for Richard Banckes, at least one notable work for Richard Kele, who succeeded Bankes at the Long Shop in the Poultry, and one also for John Gough, who lived at the Mermaid, in Lombard Street. Robert Wyer appears to have had a good stock of founts. In "Secretary" he had two at least, and they are generally found in combination. This type very closely resembles Caxton's type No. 4. ROBERT WYBR. 9 Of Black Letter types he had five or six founts, if not more, ranging from the Great Primer, a very beautiful letter seen at its best in Marshall's Defence of Peace, down to a very small lower-case letter, used for marginalia. He also had a fount of Roman capitals, a very poor one, chiefly used for initials. He was in the habit, especially in his later works, of using these types generously, and in the same title-page there will sometimes be found no less than five founts, four of them being Black Letter and one Secretary. In the matter of initial letters also Wyer was especially rich, for he had a large and striking assortment. The most noticeable was a set of woodcut letters, adorned with grotesque faces. These so closely resemble some used by Wynkyn de Worde, that they may have belonged to the same set. Wyer does not appear to have had a complete alphabet of them, as he never used more than one or two in a single book. Another very fine set of capitals was an eight-line Roman, measuring i^ inches square, adorned with figures, animals and flowers. One of these, the letter " L," with the figure of a man dancing, is especially good; the pose of the figure is free and most artistic, and every detail of his dress is well shewn. This alphabet was also used by Wynkyn de Worde. A third set of initial letters used by Robert Wyer was a text-hand, letter of German character. It occurs in Salisbury's Description of the Worlde (1550), and also in the Dietary of Helthe. The most profusely illustrated of any of Robert Wyer's books was the C. Hystoryes of Troy, a translation made no doubt by Wyer himself, from Christine de Pisan's book with the same title, printed in Paris in 1490, by Philippe Pigouchet. In Wyer's book the woodcuts are copies from the pictures in the French edition. The first half-dozen or so are reversed, that is, the figures on the left of the original illustration, appear on the right in Wyer's reproduction, which would not have happened had the blocks been cut from the originals. As the P'rench work is full of illustrations, many of them repeated, Wyer, in order to save the time and trouble of cutting duplicate blocks, used up any blocks he had by him, and I recognize several used 10 ROBERT WYER. in his other books, while some I have no doubt belong to books of which no copy is now to be found. For example, one of them represents the half- length of a woman in a pointed headgear and surrounded with stars, holding in her left hand a box or cradle, while on the left hand side of the block are the words "Lady Fortune." This was used in The boke of the Fayre Gentylwoman, Lady Fortune, of which the only copy known is in the Lambeth Palace Library. It figures again, with the title of " Lady Prudence, in The Dispute between the Heralds of England and France" a book with Richard Wyer's colophon, though printed throughout with Robert's types and blocks. The best example of engraving to be met with in Wyer's books is the printer's large device or book-plate. It represents the Evangelist seated on the ground writing, and on his right hand an eagle holding in his beak an ink-well. In the background is the view of a city. Beneath this was frequently put another block having the printer's name and mark. In addition to this, Wyer used a smaller block of the Evangelist, sometimes with the top portion cut away, sometimes with a border piece added to it ; and almost invariably without the eagle. This was generally placed on the title-page or somewhere near it, while the large device is generally on the last page or below the colophon. I mentioned just now "Richard" Wyer. There were three other printers or booksellers in London of the name of Wyer in the sixteenth century. Richard had a shop in St. Paul's Churchyard ; John Wyer held what I believe to have been Butler's old shop in Fleet Street ; and the third, Nicholas, is found at Charing Cross, at the same time as Thomas Colwell, that is, between 1562-1566. There is at present no evidence as to what relation these men bore to Robert Wyer. I am inclined to think that the two first were mere booksellers, because the few books which are found with their names prove to have been printed with Robert Wyer's types and blocks. The third member of the group, Nicholas, stands on a different footing, and I hope we may be able to find out something more about ROBERT WYER. ll him. It is evident that he was Hving at Charing Cross in 1556, and we must not be astonished at not finding any books printed by him before 1560. Queen Mary was then on the throne, and her reign, as we know, was disastrous to the printing trade, except to the firms which printed Roman Catholic books. Several of the printers, notably Richard Grafton, ceased to print and went abroad during her reign, and it may have been the same with Nicholas Wyer. It certainly looks as though he succeeded to the Charing Cross business, and afterwards took into partnership William Powell's apprentice, Thomas Colwell. It now only remains for me to notice the character of the books that issued from the press of Robert Wyer. The bulk of them were small octavos dealing with subjects of a popular nature, and therefore readily saleable. These remind us very forcibly that the people for whom they were intended, were grossly superstitious. Nearly every one of these little tracts deals with the influence of the weather, of the moon, of the planets, of precious stones, and of herbs, upon the health and destinies of mankind. No old wife's tale was too simple to be believed, and the wildest fables were repeated with all sincerity. Religious feeling coloured the literature of the time very deeply, and we see the traces of it in the mass-books, diurnals, exhortations, and so forth, that form so large a part of Wyer's productions. Medicine, again, was always in request ; hence the popularity of such works as the Aniidotarius, and the translations from Arnaldus de Nova Villa and loannes de Vigo. In an age when physicians were few and costly, and the plague a frequent and dreaded visitor to all our great cities, books treating of the simplest and readiest cures were certain of a large sale. Another popular book was The Assize of Bread, or " The Law of the Loaf," as it might be termed. Human nature was much the same then as it is now. Our County Council enforces the law that the poor shall not be cheated of their weight in coal, and four hundred years ago the State found it necessary to protect the poor against rascally bakers. 12 ROBERT WYER. We are reminded again of this in the Ordinal or Statutes which regulated the employment of men and the wages they were to receive, and learn that such things as "sweating " and "strikes," long hours and short wages, were grievances then as now. But all Wyer's publications were not for the cheap book stall. I have already referred to the C. Hystoryes of Troy. That book must have involved a considerable outlay and must have taken some considerable time to print, and it could only have been undertaken in the belief that the work when finished would attract the notice of wealthy buyers. The Defence of Peace we now know cost ;^34 to print. William Marshall, the translator of it, wrote several books of a religious character. This one, however, was not a success. Though produced in the best possible way, it did not sell, and probably the printer as well as the author lost money over it. Another book of importance was the Questionary of Cyrurgeons, printed at the costs of Robert Copland and Henry Dabb. This was a book not likely to have been sold for a few pence. It is a noticeable thing that Wyer reprinted several parts of books that had previously issued from the press of Wynkyn de Worde. TTie Medled Lyfe was a series of extracts from The Floure of the Commande- ments. The Properties of a Good Horse, which he printed with the dialogue between Boccus and Sydrac, had previously appeared in the Book of Hunting and Hawking. I do not wish to attach undue importance to this. By itself it proves nothing, but it is worth bearing in mind, in connection with other things, as pointing to a possible business relationship between the two men. I have now told you what I know about Robert Wyer and I believe you will agree with me that he was a printer of no mean order. It is evident that his brother craftsmen were of this opinion from the amount of work they gave him. ROBERT WYER. 13 If he had done no more than print the Defence of Peace and the Hystoryes of Troy, he would well deserve a place amongst the first printers of his day. But much of his other work will bear comparison with what was done by others, while the number of books already traced to his press proves him to have been one of the busiest men in the trade. ROBERT WYER'S TYPES. No. I. — Secretary, with lower-case letters w, d and v with a loop from left to right, making twenty-seven and twenty-eight lines to octavo page. Examples: The Golden Pystle ; Dyurnal of Devoute Soules ; Interpre- tation of the Mass. In one instance, i.e.. The Compost of Ptkolomeus, with the "Norwich" colophon, a larger w, having a double loop, is used with this type. No. 2. — Secretary. Very much the same in character as above, but the lower-case letters w, v and d are not looped. Example : The Defence of Peace (1535). This type, I believe, continued to be used by Wyer during the whole of the time he printed, and the books found printed in " Secretary," with the " Suffolk " colophon, are in this type. No. 3. — Black Letter (great primer). A fine and well-cut letter, used only for titles, colophons, and headings to subjects, etc. Seen at its best in The Defence of Peace (1535). No. 4. — Black Letter. A large lower-case, four and a-half lines to inch, nineteen lines to page. The only two books I have seen, printed entirely in this type, are Ths iiii Tokens, by Jan van Doesborg, and The Treaty se answerynge theBoke of Berdes. It was generally used in combination with No. 5. No. $.— Black Letter. A smaller lower-case letter than the preceding, but well cut and regular. 14 ROBERT WYER. First used in printing Erasmus's Exhortation to the Study of the Scriptures found with the " Norwich " colophon. It there makes twenty-on& lines to octavo page. This type was afterwards very much cut down. No. 6. — A very small Black Letter, used only for -marginalia and supple- mentary matter. No. 7. — Black Letter. A small, well-cut, and finer letter than either Nos. 4 or 5, making twenty-seven lines to octavo page. I have found it in the Boke of the XXIIII Stones, and imagine it was borrowed by Wyer for that purpose, perhaps of Berthelet. No. 8. — Roman. Capitals only. INITIAL LETTERS. r. — A set of woodcut initials, -^ of an inch to an inch square, showing grotesque faces, sometimes used with a double rule and sometimes without. This may have been the same alphabet as that used by Wynkyn de Worde ; but Wyer does not seem to have had a complete alphabet. 2. — A smaller set letters of the same character. 3. — A decorated roman, white on a black ground, ornamented with flowers, birds, animals and human beings. Size x% inch square. Letters found in this — F, I, L, O, S. A letter L of this alphabet is to be found in the New Herbal of Macer, and is a very good example of this fine initial. 4. — A roman, i -^^ inch square, with animals and human beings. Part of an alphabet only. Initial letters of this character were used by several other printers of that time, and came, it is believed, from Germany. 5. — A roman, white on a black ground, with floriated decoration. 6. — A roman, i inch square, ornamented, white on a stencilled background, sometimes showing flowers. Letters usually found— .ff, Tj W. ROBERT WYER. 15 7.— A roman, |^ inch square, white on a black ground, with interlaced pattern. 8. — A roman, white on a black ground. Example : Letter G with a squirrel sitting upright. 9- — A text-hand initial, | of an inch square, found in books of a late date only, such as the Description of the Sphere and Frame of the Worlde (1550). Part of an alphabet only— (?, /, O, T, W. 10. — A three-line Black Letter (great primer capital), -^ of an inch square. II. — ^A set of roman capitals, very badly cut. Used sometimes for first line of title-page, as in Macer's Herbal. These are some of the principal initials and capitals used by Wyer, but it is possible there are some others I have not seen. DEVICES. Robert Wyer's device consisted of a representation of St. John the Evangelist, bare-headed, and dressed in a long robe, seated under a tree, presumably in the Island of Patmos, writing on a scroll spread out on his knee. On the right hand side of him an eagle, with outstretched wings, holds in its beak an ink-well. Water appears to surround the spot on which the Evangelist is seated, and in the background is a view of a city with many towers and spires. Beneath this block is generally a smaller one, wedge-shaped, and having the printer's name and merchant's mark upon it. There were three forms of this device, i. In the Compost of Ptholopieus, printed with the "Norwich" colophon, it appears on the verso of the last leaf in a much more crude state than in any other book. The name of the printer is cut on the same block as the device, and is spelt " Wyre," and the letters are straight, whereas in every other instance the name was cut in slanting letters. In the top left-hand corner of the block found in the Compost, the treatment of the upper part of the tree is altogether different from that found in any other example. It is also noticeable in this that the wavy lines representing water are not nearly so close in this as in i6 ROBERT WYER. the Other form, and I believe it to be the earlier of the two. 2. The same device, but more clearly cut, and with the name-block separate. This is the one generally found in this printer's books, usually at the end. Some- times, but that rarely, the name-block only is inserted. 3. A smaller and mutilated form of No. 2, from which the eagle was omitted, and a geo- metrical side-piece introduced. This is most usually found either on the title-page, or in the first part of a book. WOODCUTS. Next in importance to his devices are a set of small woodcuts, used singly, either on the title-page, or the verso of the title-page, and described by Herbert and others as " the figure with stars," " a three-quarter portrait," etc. These are met with over and over again in Wyer's works. They were copied from a set of blocks used by Antoine Verard, the French printer, in his edition of the Horae, printed in 1490. From whom Robert Wyer obtained them is, however, unknown, though several of his contemporaries had others of the same set. As it may be interesting to some of my readers to identify these, I have made the following list : — I. — Three-quarter figure with four stars. (Jlorce, b' verso ) 2. — Three-quarter figure with hat and feather. {Hora, b' recto.) 3. — Lady with pointed head-gear. {Horce, a ij recto.) 4. — Three-quarter figure of a man looking to the left, through a window. {Horce, a / verso.) 5. — Lady with candle in right hand. {ITorce, a/ verso second leaf.) 6. — Lady with rose. {ITorce, a/ recto of second leaf.) 7. — Crucifixion, {fforce, 1 ij recto.) The next most important series of blocks were those which Wyer cut himself for his edition of the C. Hystoryes of Troy, probably printed ROBERT WYER. 17 about 1543 or 1545. Some of the blocks cut for this book he used in others; amongst them the Castell of Love, and the Questions of King Boccus, which are thereby proved to have been printed at a later date. Another woodcut often met with in Wyer's books is that representing Ptolemy and female figures, the philosopher having a mathematical instru- ment in his left hand. This measures 2^^ x 2|f inch, and appears in most of the geographical and astronomical tracts. The title-page of the Assize of Bread is adorned with four blocks illustrating the trade of a baker. The Ferfyte Prognostication has a series of woodcuts which might have been conceived and executed by a small boy with a blunt pen-knife. i8 ROBERT WYER. LIST OF WYER'S BOOKS. DIVISION I. BOOKS WITH "NORWICH" COLOPHON, OR WITH DATES EARLIER THAN 1536. 1. — St. Bernard. The Golden Fystle, 1531- 8vo. Collation: a-b, in fours; 8 ff.; 28 11. Types i, 3 and 5. Description: \_Title'\ Here begynneth || a goodly treatyfe/ and it is called || a notable leffon/ otherwyfe it || is called the golden pyftle || Imprynted in the yere || of oure lorde god M||CCCCC.xxxi. || [Device No. j.] ColoJ>hon : QI Imprynted by me Robert Wyre, dwellynge at the sygne of seynt lohan euangelyft in seynt Martyns paryffhe in the felde befyde Charynge croffe in the byffhop of Norwytche rentys. {^Device No. 2.] Copy: British Museum (C. 40, a. 25). 2. — Gararde. Interpretacyon of the Majfe, 1^2)'^. 8vo. Collation : ^ 4 leaves; a-z, in fours; & 4 leaves; A-E, in fours; 120 ff., 28 11. Types I, 3 and 5. Description : \Title'\ The interpreta||cyon/ and syg-||nyfycacyon of || the Mafle, II QI Here begynneth a good deuoute || Boke to the honoure of god/ of our lady || his mother/ and of all fayntes/ and ryght || profytable to all good Catholyke per-||fones/ to knowe howe they ftiall de-||uoutly here Maffe . And how falu||taryly they flial confeffe them . || And how reuerently and honourably they || fliall go to the holy facrament or table II of our fauyour Ihefu chryfte/ With dy-||uerfe other profytable ROBERT WYER. 19 documents and || orayfons or prayers here conteyned/ || Compofed and ordeyned by frere || Gararde/ frere mynoure/ of the || ordre of the Obfervauntes . || Colophon: Q| Imprynted by me Robert Wyer/ dwel-l|lynge at the fygne of faynt lohn Eua-||gelyfte/ in faynt Martyns paryffhe || in the felde/ in the Byflhop of || Norwytche rentes befyl|de Charynge croffe . || Ql In the yere of our Lorde God a M . || CCCCC . xxxii . The viii daye || of the moneth of Octobre || Ql Cum Priuilegio RegaU : pro fpatio feptem annorum . \^Device No. 2.] Copy: British Museum (C. 25, c. 21). 2a. — Haemmerlein, Thomas A Kempis. Folowyng of Chryfte. n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-h, in fours. Description : [^Title] Here after foloweth the fourth boke, of the folowyng of Chryfte, which treateth moste specyally of the Sacrament of the aulter. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer dwellynge at the sygne of saynte lohan Euangelyste, in saynt Martyns parysshe, in the bysshop of Norwytche rentes besyde Charynge crosse . [1535 ?] 8vo. Copy : Private Library. 3.^ — LarkEj loHN. Soke of wysdopie, ie,^2, lamo. Collation : 68 ff. Type i or 3. Description : \^Title] Ql The boke of wysdome, folowynge the auctoryties of auncyent Phylosophers/ Dyuydynge/ and spekyng of vyces and vertues/ wherby a man may be praysed/ or dysprayfed/ with the maner to speke alwayes well and wysely to all folkes . / of what eftate so euer they be. [ Cut.'] Colophon : Here endith the boke of wysdom after the sayenges of auncyent Phylosophers/ and other noble wyse men/ lately translated out of French into Englyffhe . CI Imprynted by in Saynt Martyns paryfflie befyde Charynge Croffe . The yere of our Lorde god . M . CCCCC and XXXII . the xx day of lanuarie Ql Cum priuilegio Regali pro fpatio septem annorum. Notes: The above description is taken from Herbert's edition of Avies' Typo^aphical Antiquities, Vol. i, p. 369. The work was a translation from the French of an Italian book, called the Fior di Virtii, first printed about 1470. C 2 20 ROBERT WYER. 4. — Marshall, W. The Defence of Peace, 1535. Folio. Collation: a-c, in sixes; d 5 leaves; e-z, in sixes; & 4 leaves; 141 ff., 50 11. Types 2, 3 and 5. Description: \Titk'\ The Defence of Peace: late-||ly tranflated out of la-||ten in to englyffhe . || \Coat of Arms.\ Ql with the kynges mofte || gracyous priuilege. Colophon: Prynted by me Robert wyer/ || for wyllyam marlhall/ and II fynyffhed in the moneth of || luly in the yere of our Lorde god a M . II CCCCC . II XXXV . II And in the xxvii . yere of the Reygne of our mofte II gracyous foueraygne lorde Henry the eyght, || by the grace of god, of Englande, and of || Fraunce, kynge, defender of the || fayth, and lorde of Irelande/ || and fupreme hed vnder || god of the churche || of Englande . || With the priuilege of our || mofte gracious foue-||raygne Lorde/ 1| for fixe yeres. {Device No. 2.], Fo. 141^ Fo. 141'' {Coat of Arms. 2 Copies : British Museum (475, c. 2) ; Lambeth Library. Remarks : Robert Wyer's Great Primer type is seen at its best in this book. Altogether, it may be classed as the best specimen of his work. 5. — BuSTARDE, A. Cessyons of Parly ment. n.d. 4to. Collation : a-g, in fours; 28 lif. Description : \Title\ The Cessyos or Parlyamet of the imperyall Realme of Englande . And the assemblaunce of the same. [Verso, Device No. j.] Colophon : Tranflated out of latyn in to Englyffhe by one Antony Bustarde, felowe of Lyons Inne . Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge in saynte Martyns parysshe, in the bysshope of Norwythche rentes . Cum priu., etc. [Device No. 2.] Reference : Dibdin, Vol. 3, p. 212. 6. — Complaint of a dolorous lover. ?z.^. [c. 1536]. 4to. Collation : A, four leaves. Type 5. Description : {Titlel QI Here begynneth a complaynt of a dolorous Lover, upon sugred wordes || and fayned coiintenaiince . || Ql I say in ryght is ROBERT WYER. 21 reason || in trust is treason . The love of a woman || doth laste but a season . || Robert || Wyer the || Prynter. [The last four words surrounded by four border pieces.] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert Wyer dwellynge at the sygne of saynt lohn Evangelyft || in saynt Martyns paryffhe, befyde charyng crofle, in norwytch rents . || Ql Cum priuilegio regali. \_Devke No. 2.] Copy : Huth Library. 7. — Compost of Ptholomeus. n.d. [c. 1532]. 8vo. Collation : a-r, in fours; 68 ff. ; 28 11. Types i, 3 and 5. Description : \TiUe\ Here begynneth i| The Compoft of Ptholomeus/ 1| Prynce of Aftronomye : Tran||flated oute of Frenche in to || Englyffhe/ for them that II wolde haue knowlege || of the Compoft. {Woodcut^ Fo. i'' \Coat of Arms as in the First Dyaloge.\ Colophon: Ql Imprynted by me Robert Wyer/ Dwel-/lynge at the fygne of feynt lohii Euan^|gelyfte/ in feynt Martyns Paryffhe in jj the felde/ in the byffhop of Norwyt||che rentes/ besyde Charyng croffe. \Device No. i.\ Copy: British Museum (717, a. 5). 8. — Diurnal, n.d. [c. 1532]. 8vo. Collation : a-b, in fours ; c two leaves ; 10 ff. ; 27 11. Types i, 3 and 5. Description : \Title\ Ql A dyurnall : || for deuoute fou||Ies : to ordre || them felfe || therafter. {Device No. j.] Colophon: Imprynted by me Robert wyer/ dweHllynge at the Sygne of faynt lohan || Euangelyft/ in faynt Martyns || paryffhe in the byffhop of II Norwytche rentes || befyde charyn-||ge Croffe. [Verso of C. 2. Cum priuilegio Regali : pro || fpatio feptem annorum . || . • . || Q| And be for to fell at the fygne || of faynt lohii Euangelyfte. Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (C. 25, d. 9). 22 ROBEJiT WYER. 9. — Erasmus. Exhortation, n.d. 8vo. Collation: a-i, in eights; 72 ff.; 21 11. Types i, 3 and 5. Description : \Title\ An exhorta-||cyon to the dy||lygent study || of scripture : || made by Erafmus of Roterodamus, || And lately tranflated into || Englyffhe . [Verso of d ij, Device j.] d iij recto, Ql An exhorta-||cyon to the || study of || the II Gofpell/ 1| Made by Erafmus of || Roterodame, & lately |i tranflated in to II EnglyiThe. Colophon : Iinprynted || by me Robert wyer, dwel-|ilyng in Saynt Martyns || paryflThe, in the byf-||fhoppe of Nor-||wytche ren-||tes. Recto of j viii . l^Coat of Arms] similar to those in the Fyrft Dyaloge and the Compost of Ptholomeus. ^Device No. 2.] Copy: British Museum (C. 27, a. 31, i). Remarks : This is the best specimen of Wyer's Black Letter. 10.— fordans medytacyons . n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-g, in fours. Description : \Title\ Jordans medytacyons, with other dyuers matters in Englyffhe : as apyeryth by a short Table in the ende/ after the ordre of the A , B . C. \Cut:\ Coloplion : Imprynted by me ^ in the byffhop of Norwytches rentes . — Cum priuilegio Regali pro fpatio feptem annorum. Reference : Herbert, Vol. i, p. 383. Note : This was a translation oi Jordanus de Quedlinhirg. 11. — Notable Chapters, n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-c, in eights. Description : \Title'\ Qj Here ben coteyned fine notable Chapytres : moche profytable for euery man, dylygently to recorde . And after do folowe thyrtene degrees of Morty fycacyon. [C«/.] Colophon : Imprynted by me in the byffhop of Norwytches rentes. {Device No. 2.] Reference: Herbert, Vol. i, p. 382. ROBERT WYER. 23 12. — Ordinances of Charles V. n.d. [c. 1532]. 8vo. Collation : A-C, in fours ; D, eight leaves with double signatures ; E-L, in fours; 48 ff; 25 11. Types i, 3 and 5. Description : \Title'\ Thefe ben || the ordynauces that || the Emperour hath caufed || to be red and declared in his prefence/ to || theftates of his countrees of thofe par-||tyes at theyr affemblynge to his ma-||geftye the vii day of Octobre/ the || yere of our Lorde . M V . C . xxxi . || The whiche haue be publyf-||flied through all the fayd || countrees the xv day || of Novembre folowynge/ as well to the || auoydynge of the Lutheran fecte/ II and other reproued fectes, as for || pourucyaunce of the dyfor-||dre of his Coyne/ & ordres || to be fette in the fayde || Countrees . || QI Cum priuilegio Regali. Colophon : QI Imprynted by me Robert || wyer, dwellynge at the fy-||gne of faynt lohn Eva-||ngelyft/ i faynt Mar-||tyns paryfThe in || the byffhop of Norwytche || rentes befyde Cha-||rynge CroITe. [Verso of last leaf, Device No. 2.] Copy : Bodleian Library. 13. — St. Germain. FyrJiedyalogeinEnglyJfhe. «.^. [c. 1531]. Svo. Collation : a-u, in fours ; 80 ff. ; 27 11. Types i, 3 and 5. Description : \Title'\ The fyrfte dya-||loge in Englyf-||flie/ with newe addycyons. \Coat of Arms as in No. 10.] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer || dwellynge at the fygne of faynt || lohn Euangelyfte, in faynt || Martyns paryffhe/ befyde || Charyngcroffe/ in the Byf ||ftiop of norwych rentes. [Device No. 2.] Copies : British Museum (506, a. 2) ; U. L. C. 14. — Sylvester, Bernard. Cure and Gouernance of a Houfehold. n.d. Svo. Collation : A-B, in fours ; 8 ff. Description : [Title'] Here begynneth a Ihort monycyon, or counfayle of the cure and gouernaunce of a houfholde/ accordynge vnto policy : taken out of a pyftle of a great learned man/ called Bernarde sylvestre. [Device No. j.] Colophon : Here endeth the boke Intituled the gouernaunce of a houfholde . Imprynted by me Robert Wyer in the byflhop of Norwytche rentes befyde charynge CroiTe. [Device No. 2.] Reference: Herbert's edition oi Ames, Vol. i, p. 384. 24 ROBERT WYER. DIVISION II. BOOKS WITH "SUFFOLK" COLOPHON. 15. — Aristotle. Nature of the Days of the Week. n.d. 8vo. Collation: A-B, in eights; i6 ff. ; 27 11. Types 2 and 3 Description : [Title'] Here begyn-||neth the Nature, and Dyfpofy-||cyen of the dayes of the weke, and || iheweth what the Thondre in || euery- Moneth in the yere, I| chaunfynge, doth pro-||tende and fygnyfye/ i| with the courfe and dyfpofycyon, || of the dayes of the Moone : whi-||che be good, and whiche be || badde : after the influ-||entes of the Moone/ || drawen out of a || laten Boke of || Ariftotiles de || Aftronomis. [Ck/.] Colophon: (0 Imprinted by me Robert wyer/ dwel:||lynge at the fygne of faynt lohn eua||gelyft, in faynt Martyns paryffhe || in the Duke of Suffolkes ren-||tes/ befyde charynge || CrolTe. [Name block only.] Copy : British Museum (C. 20, a. 34). Remarks : This was a reprint of the boolc entitled De Ctirsione Lune, printed by R. Fawkes for Robert Wyer. 16. — [Another edition.] Collation : A-B, in eights. Description : Here Begynneth the Nature and Dysposycion of the vij dayes in the Weke, and sheweth what the Thondre in euery Month in the yere, chaunsynge, doth protende and Sygnyfye . With the course and Dysposycion of the dayes of the Moone, whiche ben good, and which ben bad after the Influentes of the Moone . Drawen oute of a laten Booke of Aristotiles de Astronimis. Colophon : Imprinted by me Robert Wyer . Dwellynge at the sygne of S. lohn Euangelyft in S. Martyns Parysshe, in the Duke of Suffolkes rentes besyde Charynge Crosse. Copy : Private Lilwary. ROBERT WYER. 25 17. — Assize of Bread. «.^. [c. 1545]. 410. Collation : A-D, in fours ; 16 ff. ; 32 and 33 U. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description : \Title\ (II Here begynneth the Boke || named the Aflyfe of Breade/ what it ought to weye || after the Pryce of a quarter of Wheete . And aI-||fo the Aflyfe of Ale, with all maner of woode || & Cole/ Lath/ Bowrde/ and tymbre, and || and the weyght of Buttre/ and Chafe . || Imprinted by me Robert Wyer. \Cut^ Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer : dwellynge || in faynct martyns paryflie, befyde Cha-||rynge Crofle, at the fygne of sanycte || lohn Euangelyft befyde the || Duke of Suffolkes || place. \^JVame block only.] Copy : British Museum (C. 38, d. 2). Remarks : Reference is made in this to a statute that was to take effect from 1543. 18. — Boke of Demaundes. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours ; 16 ff. Description : [Title^ The Boke of Demaundes, of the scyence of Phylosophye and Astronomye, Betwene kynge Boctus, and the Phylosopher Sydracke. Ctilophon : Imprinted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge in the Duke of Suffolkes Rentes besyde charyhge Crosse. Copy : Private Library. Remarks : The title and colophon as given by Dibdin do not agree with this and may refer to another edition. 19. — Boke of the fayre Gentylwoman. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-B, in fours ; 8 ff. Types 2, 3 and 4. Description : \^ritle'\ Ql The Boke of the fayre Gentyl||woman, that no man fliulde II put his truste, or confy||dence in : that is to fay, || Lady Fortune ; || flaterynge euery man || that coueyteth to || haue all, and specyally || them that truste in || her, she decey||ueth them || at laste. [C«/.] 26 ROBERT WYER. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer dwellinge in Saynt Martyns paryfle, {sic) in the Duke of Suffolkes rentes, besyde Charynge Croffe . Ad imprimendum solum. Copy : Lambeth Library, Maitland's Early Printed Books in the Lambeth Library, p. 439, et seq. 20. — Boke of Knowledge, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A, in fours ; B, two ; 6 ff. ; 27 11. Types 2, 3 and 4. Description : \Title\ Ql The Boke of || Knowledge/ || whether a fycke perfon || beynge in perylle/ 1| fliall lyue, or || dye . etc . || ►J^ \_CutI\ Colophon : Imprynted by || me Robert wyer : dwellyn-||ge at the fygne of faynte || lohn Euangelyfte in || faynt Martyns Pa-||ryirhe,/ in the Duke || of Suffolkes ren-||tes befyde || Charynge Crosse . || ^ [Uevice No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (C. 40, a. 29). 2L — BoRDE, Andrew. Boke for to lerne a man to be wyfe. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours ; 16 ff. ; 25 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 6. Description : \Title\ The boke for to || Lerne a man to be wyfe in || buyldyng of his howfe for || the helth of body & to hol-||de quyetnes for the helth || of his foule, and body . || Ql The boke for a good || hufbande to learne. \Cut, round which is the following]: "we Maysters of Astronomye, And doctoures in Phefycke, cofyrmeth this fayenge to be good & trewe both for the body, and alfo for the foule." Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || wyer, dwellynge at the sygne of S . || lohii Euangelyft, in s . Martyns || paryffhe in the felde befyde the || Duke of Suffolkes pla-||ce at Charynge || Croffe . || Cum priuilegio, Ad || imprimendum || solum. Copy : British Museum (C. 40, a. 24). 22. — Benese, Richard. Measuring of Land. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-G, in eights ; 56 ff. ; 23 and 25 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. ROBERT WYER. 27 Description : \Title\ This Boke || Newely Imprynted, || sheweth the maner of II meafuryng of all maner of || Lande, as well of woodlande, || as of Plowelande, and Paf-||tour in the Felde, & comp-||tynge the true nombre |i of Acres of the || fame . 1| Ql Newely inuented and || compyled by Syr Richar-||de Benefe . Chanon of || Marton Abbay be||fyde London. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || Wyer dwellynge in the Duke of II Suffolkes rentes, befyde || Charynge Croffe. Copy : British Museum (530, a. 14). Note : This was merely an abridgement of the Measuring of Land, which was first printed by Nicholson in Southwark, without date, but about 1537. 23. — Mafpa Mundi. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-C, in fours ; 12 ff. ; 23 11. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description : \Title\ Mappa Mundi, || Otherwyfe called the Com-||paffe/ and Cyrcuet of the || worlde, and alfo the Com-Hpaffe of euery Ilande, || comprehendyd in || the same. [Ck/.] Colophon : Ql Imprinted by me |D || Robert wyer, dwellynge in s. Mar-||tyns paryffhe, at the fygne of || S . lohn Euangelyft, befyde || the Duke of Suffolkes || places, at charynge || Croffe . || Cum priuilegio, ad impri||mendum folum. [Verso of C, 4, Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (717, a. 49.) 24. — PiSAN (Christine de). One Hundred Histories of Troye. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-U, in eights ; 20 and 24 11. to pages. Types : Title — Nos. 3 and 2 ; Text — Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \Title\ Ql Here foloweth || the C . Hyftoryes || of Troye . || \Cut\ Lepiftre de Othea deeffe de Prudence/ || enuoyee a lefperit cheualereux Hector || de Troye/ auec cent Hiftoires . || Nouuellement imprimee. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || wyer, dwelling in S . Mar||tyns paryffhe, at charynge Croffe . || at the fygne of s . lohn Euan-||gelift befyde the Duke of || Suffolkes place. [JVame block only.] Copy: British Museum (C. 31, a. 24). Remarks : The most copiously illustrated of all Wyer's books. Most of the blocks were copies from the illustrations in the French edition. 28 ROBfiRT WYER. 25. — Prognostication of Erra Pater, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-B, in eights; i6 ff. ; 24 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \Title\ The || Pronoftycacion || For euer of Erra Pater : || A lewe borne in lewery, a || Doctour in Aftronomye, || and Phyfycke . Profyta||ble to kepe the bodye || in helth . And alfo || Ptholomeus fayth || the fame . || Erra Pater . || \Cui\ This Pronoftycacion fer-||ueth for all the world ouer. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || Wyer, dwellynge at the fygne of II S . lohn Euangelyfte, in S . Mar-||tyns paryffhe, in the Duke of Suf-||folkes rentes, befyde charynge || Croffe. \Name block only.] Copy : British Museum (C. 40, a. 32). 25a. — Prognostycacion of two Shepherdes. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-B, in fours ; 8 if. Description: \_Tttle'\ Prognostycacion & Almanacke of two Shepherdes necessarye for all Housholders . \_Cut.'] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge in Seynt Martyns paryffhe in the Duke of Suffolkes rentes, befyde Charynge Crosse. Reference : Dibdin, Typ. Antiq., Vol. 3, p. 197. Remarks : On the last page is an Almanacke for Anno M . d . 1 vi. I fancy this colophon must have been reprinted from an earlier edition as the house had long since passed out of the possession of the Dukes of Suffolk. 26. — Ptolemy. Compost of Ptholomeus. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-S, in fours ; 72 ff.; 27 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : [^Title] The Compost of || Ptholomeus/ Prince of || Aftronomye, Tranflated out || of Frenche in to Englyffhe For || euery Perfon/ that wolde II haue knowledge of || the'Com-||poft. ROBERT WYER. 29 Coloplion: Ql Imprinted by me Robert || Wyer Dwellynge at the fygne of || feynt lohn Euangelyft, in feynt || Martyns paryffhe, in the Duke II of SuflFolkes Rentes be-||fyde Charynge || Croffe . || Qj Cum priuilegio, ad || imprimendum "folum. Copy: British Museum (717, a. 44). Remarks : This was a reprint of the edition of 1531. with the addition of a " Rutter of the dyftaunces from one Porte or Coun-||tree to another," which occupies from the Verso of S, ii to Verso of S, 4. There is no clue to the translator of this Compost, 27. — Vigo (I. de). Lytell Pradyce. n.d, 8vo. Collation : A-B, in eights ; 16 ff. ; 24 11. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description : \Title\ This lytell Prac-IJtyce of lohanes || de Vigo in Medycyne/ is II tranflated out of Laten || in to Englyffhe/ for || the health of the || body of man. \_Device No. 3, and round it] : " These Medycynes were || proued by Thortone." Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || wyer : dwellynge befyde || Suffolkes place/ at || charynge Croffe. Copy : British Museum (C. 31, a. 35). 30 ROBERT WYER. DIVISION III. BOOKS UNCLASSIFIED. 28. — Antidotharius. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-E, in fours ; 20 fif. ; 27 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : [^Tttle] The Antido-||tharius, in the whiche thou mayst ler-||ne howe thou ftialt make many and dyvers || noble playfters, falues, oyntementes pow-||ders, bawmes, oyles, and wounde dryn-||kes, the whiche be verye necessarye || and behouefull, utyle and prof-|iytable for evefye Sur-||gyan therin to be || exepert, and redy at all || tymes of nede. [^Device No. 3. With a border piece.] Colophon : Imprymted (sic) by me Robert Wyer/ 1| dwellyng at the sygne of saynt lohn || Evangelyft in saynt Martyns || parysshe besyde Cha-||rynge Crosse. [Verso of E, 4, Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (C. 31, a. 16). 29. — Antidotharius. n.d. Svo. Collation : A-E, in fours ; 20 ff. ; 27 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : \Title\ The Antido-||tharius, in the which thou mayft ler-||ne howe thou ftialte make many, and dyuers || noble playfters, falues, oyntementes, pow-||ders, bawmes, oyles, and wounde dryn-||kes, the whiche be verye neceflarye, || and behouefull, vtyle and pro-l|fytable for euerye Sur-||gyan, therin to be || experte, and redy all || tymes of nede. \Pevice No. 3. With a border piece.] Colophon: Imprynted by me Robert || Wyer : Dwellynge at the fygne of || S. lohn Euangelyft, in faynt || Martyns paryffhe : befyde || Charynge Croffe. [Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (C. 31, a. 37). ROBERT WYER. 31 30. — Antidotharius. n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-e, in fours; 20 ff. j 27 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : \Titk'\ The Antido-||tharius, in the whiche thou mayft || lerne howe thou ftialte make many, || and dyuers noble plafters, falues, || oyntemet, powders, bawmes, || oyles . Sr wounde drynkff/ the || whiche be very neceflary, || and behouefull || vtyle/ & profytable, || for euery Surgyan, therin || to be expert/ and redy at || all tymes of nede. {Device No. j.] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer/ dwel-||lynge at y« fygne of faynt lohii euan||gelyfte/ in faynt Martyns paryf-||fhe/ befyde Charynge croffe. [Device No. 2.] Copy: British Museum (C. 31, a. 31). 31. — Arnaldus de Villa Nova. Defence of Age. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-B, in fours j 8 ff. ; 24 11. Type 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : {TitWl Ql Here is a newe || Boke, called the defence of age/ 1| and recouery of youth/ tranfla||ted out of the famous Clarke || and ryght experte medy-||cyne Arnold de Nona || Villa/ very profyta-||ble for all men || to knowe. \_Device No. 3.] Verso of title page ; Dedication by Jonas Drumunde to " Lady Margaret Douglas," daughter of the Earl of Angus, niece of Henry 8th and sister to lames " kynge of Scottes ". Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || wyer/ dwellynge in faynt || Martyns paryffhe/ at || the fygne of faynt || lohn Euangelyft/ || befyde Charyn-||ge Croffe . || ►Jh [Name block only.'] Copy: British Museum (1165, b. 24). Remarks : K. James of Scotland died in 1542. 32. — Arnaldus de Villa Nova. Defence of Age. n.d. 8vo. Collation : Two sheets. Description : {THW] Here is a newe boke called the defence of age, and re- covery of youth translated by the famous clarke, and ryght expert doctor of medycyne Arnold de Noua Villa, very profytable for all men to know. Reference : Herbert, Vol. I, p. 381. Remarks : This may be the same as the preceding. 32 ROBERT WYER. 33. — Ars Moriendi. n.d. i2mo. Description : \Title'\ Ars Moriendi . Here begynneth a lytell treatyse shortlye compyled and called Ars Moriendi, that is to saye the crafte to dye, For the helth of mannes soule. Colophon : Imprinted by Robert Wyer. [ Woodcut?^ Copy : Private Library. 34. — Assize of Bread, n.d. 4to. Collation : A-D, in fours ; i6 ff. ; 33 11. Types 2, 3 and 5. Description : \_Title\ Q| Here begynneth the boke |1 named the Aflyfe of Breade/ what it ought to || weye/ after the Pryce of a quarter of wheete . || And alfo the Aflyfe of Ale, with all maner || of woode and cole/ lath/ bowrde/ tymbre/ and the weyght of Butyre/ and Chefe . || Imprynted by me Robert wyer. [C«/.] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer, || Dwellynge in feynt Martyns || paryfllie at Charynge crofl'e . || at the Sygne of feynt || lohii Euangelyft. [Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (C. 38, d. 3). 35. — Beaulte of Women, n.d. 8vo. Collation : Six leaves only. Description : \_Tttle'] This Boke is named the beaulte of women translated out of frenche into Englyfllie. \_Cut.'] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge in Saynt Martyns paryflTie at the fygne of faynt lohii Euangelyft befyde Charynge Crofl'e. {Device No. 2.] Reference: Dibdin, Vol. 3, pp. zio, 211. 36. — Bacon, Roger. Boie of Waters, n.d. 8vo. Collation: A-B, in fours; C, six leaves; 14 ff.; 24 11. Types 3, 4, 5 and 6. ROBERT WYER. 33 Description : \Tith'\ CI This Boke doth || treate all of the beste waters Artyfycialles/ || and the ver||tues and properties of the || same moche profytable || for the poor sycke, set || forth by Sir Roger || Becon Freere. \Device No. j.] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer. Copy : British Museum (C. 31, a. 30). 37. — ^Becon, Thomas. Antithesis. n.d. 8vo. Description: \Title\ Antithesis, wherein the word of God and mans inuentions are compared. Reference : Herbert, Vol. i, p. 379. 38. — Becon, Thos. Shield of Salvation. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-H, in eights ; 64 ff. Description: {Tiilel The Shelde of Saluacion . Newely fette forthe in Englyffhe, to the greate comfort of all faythfuU penytent fynners . Psal 61 . God onely is my ftrength, my faluation and defence, fo that I fliall not fall . In God is my health, my glorye, my myghte, yea in God is all my trufte. Colophon : Imprynted by me dwellynge befyde Charynge Croffe . Ad imprimendum folum. [^Device No. 2.] Reference: Herbert, Vol. i, p. 378. 39. — Boccus and Sydrac. n.d. Bvo. Collation : A-C, in fours; 12 flf. ; 23 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \Title'\ 01 Here be Cer-||tayne Queftyons of Kyn-||ge Bocthus of the maners/ || tokyns and condycions || of man/ with the an-||fweres made to || the fame by || the Phylo-||fopher || Sydrac. \Cut.'\ Colophon : Imprynted by me Ro-||bert Wyer : Dwellynge at the || Sygne of S . lohii Euangelyft || in S . Martyns Paryffhe befyde || Charynge Croffe. [Name block only.] Copy : British Museum (C. 38, a. 8). Remarks : This was printed subsequently to the " Troy " book, as it has one of the blocks specially cut for that work. The second tract is a reprint of a part of 7'Ae Treatyse perteynynge to Huntynge, printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496. 34 ROBEBT WYER. 40. — Boke of Purgatory, n.d. 4to. Description: \Tiile\ Here begynneth a lytell boke, that fpeaketh of purgatorye : and what purgatory is, and of the pains that be therein, and whiche fouls do abyde therein tyll they be purged of synne, and whiche abide not there . And for what fynnes a foul goth to hell, and of the helpe that foules in purgatorie may haue of their friends that be on lyue : and what pardon aueyleth to mannes foule. [/« verse.^ Reference : Herbert, Vol, i, p. 384. 41. — Boke of the xxiiU Stones, n.d. 8vo. Collation: A-B, in eights; 16 ff.; 27 11. Type, No. 7. Description : \_Title'] Here begynneth a lytell bo-||ke of the xxiiii ftones pryncipalles/ 1| that profyteth moft to mans body/ as || ye day & the nyght hath xxiiii houres/ 1| fo be there xxiiii ftones pryncipall. [^Cut.J Colophon : Here endeth the boke of the xxiiii pre-||cyous ftones pryncipalles . And be for || to fell at the Sygne of feynt lohii || Euangelyft/ in feynt Martyns || pariiHie befyde charynge || Croffe. {Device 2.] Copy: British Museum (C. 31, a. 19). Remarks : The absence of Wyer's name from the colophon, and the fact that the type in which this was printed is not found in any other of his books, point to this having been printed for him. The type is not unlike some used by Berthelet. 42. — BoRDE, Andrewe. Dietary of Health, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-Q, in fours ; 64 ff. ; 24 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : {Title'\ Here Folo-||weth a Compedyous Re-||gyment or a Dyetary of || helth, made in Moiit || pyllor : Compyled || by Andrewe || Boorde, of || Phyficke || Doctor. {Cut.l Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || Wyer : Dwellynge at the || fygne of feynt lohn E-||uangelyft, in S. Mar-||tyns Paryffhe, befy-||de Charynge || CroiTe. Cofies: British Museum (1038, f. 40); Bodleian; U. L. C. ROBERT WYER. 35 43.— BouRCHiER, John, Lord JBerners. Castle of Love. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-0, in eights; 112 ff.; 24 11. Types 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \Title'\ Ql The Caftell of || loue, tranflated out of Spanyflie into II Englyflbe, by lohn Bowrchier || knyght, lorde Bernes, at the in-||ftaunce of the Lady Elyzabeth || Carewe, late wyfe to Syr || Nicholas Carewe || knyght . The whiche boke || treateth of the loue be-||twene Leriano and || Laureola || doughter to the kynge of || Mafedonia. [Ck/.] Colophon : Imprynted by || me Robert ^vyer, || for Richarde || Kele. \I>evice No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (G. 10332). Remarks : The date of printing of this book can be approximated by two circumstances. Sir Nicholas Carew was beheaded in March, IStoj and it was probably a year or two after that event. The wood-cut on the title page was one of those used in the One Hundred Histories of Troy, so that it was subsequent to the printing of that book. 44. — Chronicle of the kings of England, n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-e^in fours; 20 if, ; 28 11. Types 2, 3 and 5. Description : Qj Thus endeth the Cronycle and reygne of al the Kyngs that have ben in Englande & howe longe they reygned/ & howe many saints & martyrs have ben in this land : & ftieweth the hole fQme/ from the makyng of the worlde/ tyll the commynge of Brute/ the which is iiii M Ixxvii yeres : & from the comyng of of («V.) Brute to the Incamacio of Crifte is a M . C . xxii yeres/ & fro the Incarnacio of Crifte to our Soueraynge lorde kynge, Henry the viii is M v . C . ix yeres . And fheweth the compafTe/ lengthe/ and bredthe of the worlde . : : R . • . w . • . [d I.] Here begynneth || the compafle, and cyrcuet of the || worlde/ and the compafle of euery || Ilande coprehendyd in the fame, and begynneth at the length/ || bredeth/ and compalTe of || Englande : with the nombre || of the paryffhe Churches/ Tow-||nes/ ByfThopryckes/ and Shyres in || the fame/ befyde Cyties and Captelles. \_Cut.'\ The prynter || Robert wyer. D 2 36 ROBERT WYER. Colophon: QI Imprynted by me Robert wyer/ dwel-||lynge at the fygne of feynt lohn EuanHgelyfte/ in feynt Martyns paryffhe || befyde charynge croffe. {Device 2.] Copy : Lambeth Library (imperfect, wanting all before d). Remarks : Under the heading of William Marshall, Herbert (p. 500) mentions " An Abridgement of Sebastian Munster's Chronicle, 1542. 8vo.," but without stating the printer, and the author of the article on Marshall in the Dictionary of National Biography, states that this was printed by Robert Wyer, without giving his authority. The earliest edition of Munster's " Cosmography," which seems to be the work referred to, does not appear to have been printed before ISSO- 45. — Declaration of the Chryjien Fayth. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-B, in fours ; C, six leaves ; 14 ff. ; 24 11. Types 2, 4 and 5. Description : \Title'\ QI The declaracyon and power || of the Chryften fayth . [C«/.] QI He that beleueth on me hath, || euerlaftynge lyfe . lohn VI. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer. Copy : British Museum (4404, aaa. 26). 46. — Seven Dialogues, n.d. 8vo. Collation: A-C, in fours; D, two leaves; 14 ff.; 24 11. Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : [TiV/e] Here be . vii, Dia-||logues . The fyrft is of the fone || and of the Moone . The fe-||conde of Saturne, and of || the Clowde . The . iii . of the II Sterre named Tranf-||montana, and o-||ther fterres . || The . iiii . of the euyn Sterre || and the morowe sterre. The . v . || of the Raynebowe. and the || fygne Cancer . The . vi, || of Heauen, and of || Earth . The . vii || of the Eyre, || and of the || wynde . || QI By thefe dialogues, a man || maye take to hym felfe || good Counfayle. Colophon: Imprynted by me Robert wyer, dwel-||lynge in feynt Martyns paryffhe . || Ad imprimendum solum. Copy : British Museum (C. 40, a. 23) ; U. L. C. ROBERT WYER. 37 47. — Difference of Astronomy, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-E, in fours ] zo ff. ; 24 11. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description : [75"//e] Ql Here begyn-||neth the dyfference of a-||ftronomye with the gouer-l|nayle to kepe mans body || in helth, all the foure || seasons of the II yeare. [C«A] Colophon : Imprynted by || me Robert wyer || Dwellynge at the Sygne || of Seynt lohn Euan-||gelyft in Seynt Mar-||tyns ParylThe befyde || Charynge || CroiTe. [^Device No. 2.] Copies : British Museum (C. 40, a. 21) ; Another copy (7383, aa. 2). 48. — Diurnal, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-C°, in fours. Description : [7]:V/c] A dyurnall for deuoute soules : to ordre theym selfe therafter. [ Woodcut^ Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer dwellynge at the sygne of saynt lohan Euangelyst, in saynt Martyns parysshe besyde charynge crosse. Cum priuilegio Regali : pro spatio septem annorura. [Verso of last leaf, Device 2, and the words, " These be for to sell, at the synge of seynt lohn Euangelyste."] Copy : Private Library. 49. — Dreams of Daniel. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-F, in fours ; 24 ff. Description : \Title'\ Here begynneth the Dreames of Daniell . With the Exposycions of the xii . Sygnes, deuyded by the . xii . monthes of the yeare . And also the Destenys both of man and woman borne in eche monthe of the yere . Very necessarye to be knowen. \Cut.'\ Reference : Dibdin, Vol. 3, p. 202. Note : The Interpretation of Dreams occupies 3 11. ; the Expositions, S 11. ; the Destenys, IS 11. 38 ROBERT WYER. 50. — Erasmus (Desiderius). Epistle on the Sacrament, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours ; i6 if. ; 23 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \Title'\ Ql An Epiftle of || the famous clerke Erafmus || of Roterodame, concemynge the || veryte of the Sacrament of Chriftes || body and bloude, whiche Epiftle is || fet before the excellent boke, inti-||tuled D. Algeri De veritate cor-||poris et fanguinis dominici in || Euchariftia. which boke was || made by the fayd Algerus || aboute fyue hondred || yeares paffed . || And nowe of late yeares, hath agayne || ben ouerfeen and reuyfyted, by the || fayde famous clerke Erafmus |I of Roterodame, and de-||dycated by hym, || vnto the Reuerende father || Balthafar byffhop H of Hyldefyn . || QI Thys prefent Epistle of Erafmus makynge || is to be founde oute, in the great volume of |1 all his Epiftles, pagina 1577, Hauynge || this lytell wrytynge ouer it, || In Algerum. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer. Copy : British Museum (3925, b. 17). 51. — Erasmus, D. Governance of good helthe. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours ; 16 ff. j 27 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : [Title'] 01 The gouernau-||ce of good helthe, by the mofte || excellent phylofopher Plutarche, || the mofte eloquent Erafmus || beynge interpretoure . \_Cut.'] Thou wylte repent that this || came not fooner to thy hand. Colophon : QI Imprynted by me Robert Wyer. Copies : British Museum (1039, a. 6) ; Huth Library. 52. — Erasmus, D. Governance of good helthe. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours ; 16 ff. j 27 11. Description : [7)V/«] Ql The gouernau-||ce of good helthe, by the mofte || excellent phylofopher Plutarche, || the mofte eloquent Erafmus || beynge interpretoure . || [C«^.] 01 Thou wylte repent that this || came not fooner to thy hande . ROBERT WYER. 39 Colophon : Ql Impiynted by me Robert || Wyer . || Ql Cum priuilegio regali ad im-||primendum folum . || Copy : University Library, Cambridge. 53. — Estate of the Comonalty. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-K, in fours. Description : [7lV/e] Here begynneth a lytell neceflary Treatyfe/ the whiche fpeketh of the eftate of Comonalte/ and of the people/ and howe they ought to gouern them in good maners. \_Device No. j.J Colophon: Imprinted by me in feynt Martyns paryffhe befyde Charynge CrolTe. {Device No. 2.] Copy : Spencer Collection. Reference : Herbert, Vol. i, p. 383. 54. — Examples howe mortall synne. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-I, in fours ; 36 if. Description : [Title'] Examples || howe mortall synne maketh || the synners inobedyentes || to have many paynes and || doloures within the || fyre of Hell . II And fyrft Example of a Fa-||ther of an houfeholde the || whiche saw two pon-||des and the tourmen-||tes of Hell. [C«/.] Colophon: Imprynted by me Robert Wyer in Seynt Martyns ParyflTie, befyde Charynge Crofle. Copy : Bodleian (Douce H. 47). 55. — Foundement of contemplacyon. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A, eight leaves ; B, four leaves. Description: [TiV/e] Ql The Foundement of contemplacyon . How a man shall contemple/ and fe God in creatures . The Fyrfte chapytre. \Device TVo. j.] Colophon : Imprynted by me in faynt Martyns paryffhe . Cum priuilegio regali. Reference : Herbert, Vol. i, p. 382. Remarks : A reprint of the Shorte treatise of contemplatyon, printed by Wynkyn de Worde. 40 ROBERT WYER. hZ.—The Four Tokens, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-B, in fours ; 8 ff. ; 19 11. Types 3 and 4. Description : \Title\ QI As Iheroni-||mus, Iheweth . In this || begynnynge, so wyll II I wryte of the iiii || Tokens, the || whiche || ftiall be fliewed afore || the dredeful-daye || of Dome, of || our lorde || Ihefu Chrifte . For || there fliall we II Ihewe ourfelf || yonge and || olde, etc . || >^ Colophon : QI This tranflated out of || Duche into Englyffhe || by lohii Doufbrugh . || Imprinted by me || Robert Wyer. ^Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (4856, a.) 57. — GoDFRiDUS. Book of Aflronomye. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-K, in fours ; 40 ff. ; 23 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8. Description : \Title\ Here begyn-||neth the Boke of know-||ledge of thynges unknowen ap-||perteyninge to Astronomye {| with certayne neceffarye || Rules, and certayne spe-||res contaynyng herein . Compyled by Godfri-||dus super Palla-||dium de Agricul-||tura Angli-||catum. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert Wyer Dwellynge at the fygne of S . lohii Euangelyft, in S . Martyns Paryffhe befyde Charynge Crofle. Copies : British Museum (C. 27, a. 38) ; Bodleian. 58. — ^Goodale, Iohn. A Ciuile Nofgay. n.d. [c. 1550]. 8vo. Collation : A-E^ in eights ; 36 ff. ; 25 and 22 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : [Tiilel QI A ciuile Nof-||gay wherein is contayned || not onelye the office and || dewty of all mageftrates || and ludges but alfo of || of all fubjectes with a || preface concernynge || the lyberty of Iu-||flice in this our || tyme newly || collec-||ted and gethered out of |1 Latyn and fo tranfla-||ted in to the Ing-||lylhe tonge by || I . G . [F. i''. Preface; 6% Contents; 6^, Device No. j.J Colophon : [35''] QI Imprynted || by me Robart wyer || for Ihon || goodale . || [F. 36, wanting.'] Copies : British Museum (3905, a. 34) ; Lambeth. Remarks : The following events noted in this book, fix the date of its printing :— The destruction of Papal authority (1534) ; Capture of Boulogne (1544) ; Sundry overthrow of Scots (1547). Its probable date was about 1550. ROBERT WYER. 41 59.— GooDALE, loHN. Lyberttes of the Clcurgy. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours ; 16 ff. ; 24 11. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description : [^Tiile] Ql TheLyberties || of theCleargy Collected out || of the Lawes of this Realme || both necessary for Vycars || and Curates . Com-||pyled by lohn Goodale. \£>evice No. j.] Colophon : [Verso of D^] Imprynted by me Robert Wyer. Copies: British Museum (C. 12, c. 25); Lambeth Library. 60. — GooDWYN, Christopher. Maydens dreme. «.if. [c. 1542]. 410. Collation : A-B, in fours ; 8 ff. Description : \TUle'\ The Maydens Dreme/ Compyled and made by Christofer Goodwyn . In the yere of our Lorde M CCCCC xlij. \Cut^ Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer for Richard Bankes. Cum priuilegio Regali. [Device No. 2.] References : Dibdin, Vol. 3, pp. 208, 209 ; Collier's £idi. Account of Rare Books, Vol. I, pp. 317, 318. 61. — GuiDO DE Cauliaco. Questionary of Surgeons [1542], 4to. Collation : A-Y, in fours ; A-H, in fours ; 30 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \Title\ QI The queflyonary of || Cyrurgyens, with the formulary of II lytell Guydo in Cyrurgie, with || the fpectacles of Cyrurgyens t| newly added, with the || fourth Boke of the || Terapentyke [«V], or Method? curatyfe of || Claude Galyen prynce of Phyfyciens, || with a Synguler treaty of the cure || of vlceres, newely Enprynted at || London, by me Robert wyer, || And be for to fell in Poules || Churcheyarde, at the || fygne of ludyth . || Cum priuilegio ad impri-||mendum folum . || ludyth. \Cut and two border pieces.'\ Colophon : Ql Imprynted by me Robert wyer/ for Henry Dabbe/ & Rycharde Banckes . Cum pri||uilegio regali ad imprimendii folum || per feptiennium \sic\ annum. Copies : British Museum (549, b. 24, i) ; Huth Library ; Trinity College, Cambridge. Remarks : There seems to be some error about the date assigned to this book. On A, 1 it is stated that Robert Copland finished the translation of the Fourth boke on the iiij day of February M . CCCCC xlij. As the years began and ended in March at that time, this book was more probably printed in 1543. 42 ROBERT WYER. 62. — Heywood, Iohn. Play of the wether, n.d. 4to. Reference : Dibdin, Vol. 3, p. 189. 63. — Hilton, Walter. The Medled Lyfe. «.^. [c. 1531], 8vo. Collation : a-f, in fours ; 24 ff. ; 28 11. Types 2 and 3. Description: {Titlel Here begyneth the Medled lyfe || Compyled by mayfter watre Hylton/ to a || devoute man in temperall Eftate/ howe || he fliulde rule hym/ whiche is right ex-||pedyent for euery man/ and mofte in II efpecyall for them that lyue in the || Medled lyfe/ And it flieweth what Medled lyfe is. [C«/j.J [F, 24''] Ql Thus endeth this lytell treatyfe intytuled || the Medled lyfe compyled by Walter Hyl||ton/ at the inftaiice of a deuoute man of || temporall eftate. Colophon ; Imprynted by me || Robert wyre/ dwellynge at the || Sygne of Saynt lohii Euage-||Iyft : in faynt Martyns paryf-||ftie/ befyde Charynge croffe. Copy : Bodleian (Mason, C. C. 52*). Remarks: The spelling of the printer's name in the colophon is the same as in No. i, dated 1 53 1. 64. — HoGARDE, Myles (?). Treatyfe in three Parts, n.d. 4to. Collation : A-I, in fours ; 36 fF. ; 32 11. \In verse.'] Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : [^Title] Ql Here begyneth a newe || Treatyfe deuyded in thre parties, || the fyrst parte is to know, and haue i mynde || the wretchednes, of all mankynde . || The feconde is of the codycion and manere || Of the unftedfaftnes, of this world here . || The thyrde parte i this boke you may rede || Of bytter death, and why it is to drede . ^Cuts.'] The myght of the Father almyghty, || The wyt of the Sone all wytty || And the goodnes of the holy Ghofte || God and Lorde of mightes mofte || Be our helpe/ and our fpede || Nowe and euer in all our nede || and fpecyally at this begynnynge || And brynge vs all to good endynge . || Amen. Colophon : Ql Imprynted by me || Robert wyer/ dwel-||Iynge in faynt Martyns pa-HryiThe/ at the fygne of faynt || lohii Euangelyft/ be|lfyde Charynge || Crofle . || Ad imprimendum folum. [Device No. 2.] Copy: British Museum (C. 40, c. 11). Robert wyer. 43 65. — HOGARDE, MvLES. — A New Treatise in manner of a Dialogue, n.d. [c. 1550]. 4to. Collation : A-D, in fours; 16 flf.; [/« verse'l. Types 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \THle\ A new treatyfe in ma-||ner of a Dialoge/ which fheweth the II excellency of manes nature/ in that || he is made to the Image of God, II and wherein it reflyth/ and by || howe many wayes a man || dothe blotte and defyle || the fame Image . [C«/.] Remembre man, thou art earth playne, || And thereto flialt, return agayne . Job . [Poem begins on title page.] Colophon: Imprynted by me || Robert wyer/ dwellinge in S . || Martins paryffhe at Cha-||rynge Crofle . || Ad imprimendum folum. Copy : British Museum (C. 40, c. 14). Remarks : The author, Miles Hogarde, was servant to Queen Mary, and the author of several pieces between 1550 and ISSS- As it ends with the words "God save the Kii^," it must have been written either in the reign of Henry the eighth or his son. 66. — HoRAE. [1535?] i2mo. Collation : 120 ff. and prefatory matter. Description: \Title\ Hore beate virginis Marie (ad ufum facro fancte eccleiie Sarum) iam fequuntur. Colophon : Robertus wyer me excudebat, in parochio diui Martini, moram trahenti fub interfigno fancti loannis. \_Device No. j.J Reference: Herbert's edition of Ames' Typ. Antiq., Vol. i, p. 371. There is no indica- tion of the character of the types. The date is determined by the Calendar. 67. — HuNNis, William. Abridgement of the Psalms, n.d. 8vo. Description : \Title'\ Abridgement or brief meditation on certain of the Psalms in English meeter. References: Herbert, Vol. i, p. 377; Warton's Hist, of Eng. Poet,, Hazlitt's edition, Vol. 4, p. 139. 44 ROBERT WYER. &%.— Judgement of Urines, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-I, in fours ; 36 if. ; 24 11. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description : \_Title'] Hereafter || foloweth the ludgemet || of all Urynes : And for || to knowe the manes || from the womannes/ and || beaftes both from the || manes & womans/ 1| with the coloure || of euerye || Vryne . || Exercyfed & Practyfed || with dyuerfe other || by Doctor Smyth || and other at II Mountpyller. || \_Cut.'] Colophon : Here endeth || the boke of feyng of waters . || Imprynted by me Robert || Wyer : Dwellynge at the || Sygne of feynt lohn Euan-||gelyft, in feynt Martyns || Paryffhe befyde Cha-||rynge Crofle. [^Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (1189, a. 38). 69. — Larke, Iohn. Book of Nobknes. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-H, in eights ; 64 ff. Leaf 64 not known. Description : \Title'\ &c., The Bo||ke of No-||blenes . || That Iheweth how ma-||ny fortes & kyndes there is. And fpecially || to thofe whiche do folowe & vfe the || trayne and eftate of warre, tranfla-||ted out of laten into Frenche, || and now into Engliffhe, || by me Iohn || Larke. [C«^.] Copy : University Library, Cambridge (Herbert's copy). Reference: Herbert, Vol. i, p. 380. Remarks : Perhaps this is an edition of the same book as that described briefly as Tht Ordere ^ Trayne of War, printed by Wyer for John Cough. 70. — Letter from the Holy Ghost, n.d. 4to. Collation : A, six leaves; 31 11. Types 3 and 5. Description : \Title'\ Qi A lettre fro the holy || ghost : to preeftes and || religious perfones/ 1| conceyued by yma-||ginacyon . || QI With a lettre fro the II Father and fone || and holy ghost : || dyrected to || all men . || QI And after foloweth || the thre verytes . || y^ Colophon : Imprynted by me || Robert Wyer/ for Rychard bankes || Cum Privilegio Regali. [^Device No. 2.] Copy : Ch. Ch. Coll. Oxford (Polygraphy, f. 27, 3). ROBERT WYER. 45 71. — Littleton, Sir Thomas. Tenures. n.d. 24ino. Collation : 256 leaves. Description : \Titk'\ Littletons Tenures in English. Reference: Herbert, Vol. i, p. 376. 72. — ^Macer, ^milius. Herball. n.d. 8vo, Collation : A-P, in fours ; 27 11. Types 2, 3, and 5. Description : \_Title'\ Q| A newe Her-||ball of Macer, || Tranflated || out of La-||ten in to || Englyffhe. Colophon: 01 Imprynted by || me Robert wyer, || dwellynge in faint Martyns pa-||ryftie, at the fygne of faynt || lohn Euangelyft, || befyde Charyn||ge Crofle . || ►{< . Copy: British Museum (7509, a). 73. — Macer ^milius. Herbal. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-W, in fours ; 24 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8. Description : \Title'\ Macers || Herbal || Practy-||syd by || Doctor || Lynacro || Translated out of laten, || into Englyffhe, whiche || shewynge theyr Ope-||racyons & Vertues, || set in the margent || of this Boke, to || the extent you || myght knowe || theyr Ver-||tues. Colophon: Imprynted by || me Robert wyer || dwellynge in seynt Martyns Pa-||ryffhe at the sygne of seynt || lohii Euangelyft, besyde Charyn-||ge Croffe. [Device No. 2.'] Copy : British Museum (S46, b. 26). Remarks : This is proved to be a later edition than the one printed in secretary, by having an addition to the list of herbs under (A.). 74. — Maydens Crosse Rewe. n.d. 4to. Collation : 4 leaves. Description : [^Title'] Here is a necessarye Treatyse for all maner of persons to reade, and hath to name the Mayden's Croffe Rewe. References : Bibdin, Vol. 3, p. 208 ; Collier, Bibl. Account, Vol. I, p. 509. Note : A poetical tract of 30 seven-line stanzas. At the end " Finis q-d Robert Wyer." 46 ROBERT WYER. 75. — MouLTON, Thomas. Glajfe of Helth. n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-i, in fours ; 36 fF. ; 28 11. Types 2, 3 and 4. Description : \Tiile\ This is the glaffe || of Helth, a great Treafure || for pore men/ neceffary and nedefull for || euery perfon to loke in/ that wyll kepe || theyr body from sycneffes and dyfleafes . || And it Iheweth howe the PIanet-||tes reygne euery houre of the |i daye & the nyght/ with the || Natures & expofycyons || of y« xii Sygnes/ deuy||ded by the xii mon-||thes of the yere/ 1| And after foloweth of all y« euyll and daunge-||rous dayes of the yere . And flieweth the || remedyes/ for dyuers Infyrmytyes & {{ dyfeafes, y' hurteth the body of man . || [C«/.] Ql Thefe ben the in . || peryllous || Modayes || in the yere || to let blod || or to take || any medy-||cyn or pur-||gacion on, || that is for || to fayne/ || The fyrfte || Mondaye || of Auguft || And y^ feco||de is y= laft || Moday of || Apryll . And the thyrde is the laftt Mondaye I| of Decembre. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer, dwellyn-||ge at the fygne of faynt lohii Euange-||lyft in faynt Martyns paryffh befyde || Charynge Croffe. Copy : British Museum (C. 31, a. 29). Remarks : This was probably the earliest of the three editions printed by Wyer, strokes being used largely for punctuation. 76. — MouLTON, Thomas. G/aJe of Helth. n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-i, in fours ; 36 ff. ; 28 11. Types 2, 3 and 4. Description : \Title\ This is the glaffe || of Helthe : A great Treafure || for poore men, neceffary and nedeful for || euery perfon to loke in, that wyll kepe II theyr body from fyckeneffes and dyf-||feafes . And it flieweth howe the II Pianettes reygne euery houre || of the daye and the nyght, || with the Natures and expoficions of || the . xii . Sygnes . deuyded by the . || xii . Monthes of the yeare . || And after foloweth of all the euyll and daunllgerous dayes of the yere . And flieweth the || remedyes for dyuers ROBERT WYER. 47 Infyrmyties and || dyfleafes y' hurteth the body of man . || [C«/.] (B Thefe || ben the . iii . || peryllous || Modayes || in the yere || to let blode II or to take || any medy||cine or pur||gacion on || that is for || to fayne . || The fyrfte || Mondaye || of Auguft || And the fe||c6de is the || lafte Mon||daye of Apryll . And the thyrde is the lafte || Mondaye of Decembre. Colophon : Ql Imprynted by me Robert || wyer, dwellynge in faynt || Martyns paryffhe, at || charynge Croffe . || Ad imprimendum folum. \_Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (C. 31, a. 24). Remarks : This was another edition with slight variations of spelling. Strokes were not used in this for punctuation until the last two leaves were in the press, when the stock of commas ran out. 77. — MouLTON, Thomas. Myrrour or Glajfe of Helth. n.d. 8vo. Collation: A-G, in eights; H, five leaves; 61 ff.; 23 11. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description : \Title\ This is the || Myrrour or Glaffe of Helth || neceflary and nedefuU for euery per-/fon to loke in that will kepe their bo-||dye from the fycknefle of the Pefti-||lence, and it flieweth how the planet-||tes do raygne in euery houre of the || day and nyghte, with the na-||tures and expoficios of the xii || fygnes deuyded by || the xn Monethes || of the yeare, and II ftiewed the || reme-||dies for many dyuers infirmities || and dyfeafes that hurteth || the bodye of || Manne. Colophon : Imprynted by || me Robert wyer || Dwellynge at the Sygne || of Seynt lohn Euan-||gelyst, in Seynt Mar-||tyns Paryffhe befyde || Charynge || Croffe . || >^ [Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (C. 31, c. 16). Remarks : This has the Pestilence part put first, and frequent mention is made of the "plague nowe raging." Plague was rife in London in 1543, 1546 and 1552, to any of which years the book may belong. 48 ROBERT WYER. 78. — New Idol and Old Devil, n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-e, in eights ; 40 if. ; 23 11. Description : \_Title'\ A Boke made |i by a certayne || great clerke, agaynft the II newe Idole and olde || Deuyll/ whiche of || late tyme, in Mif||nia fliulde haue || ben canony||fed for a || faynt. [Verso of title page, Device No. j.] Colophon : Imprynted by || me Robert Wyer dwel-||lynge in faynt Mar-||tyns paryffhe, be||fyde charynge || Crosse Ql Cum priuilegio. \Device No. 2.] Note : Dibdin placed this among the dated books under 1534, but this was the date of the translation and first printing in England, not necessarily the date at which Wyer printed it, though the type and general appearance of the book is not against the supposition. 79. — Ordinal or Statute concerning Artyficers. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-E, in eights ; 40 ff. ; 22 11. Types 3 and 5. Description : \_Title'\ The Ordynal || or Statut5 concernynge Arty-||fycers, feruauntes, & labou-||rers/ newly prynted || with dyuers other |i thyngj thereunto || added. [Device No. j.J Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || wyer/ for Rycharde || Bankes . || Cum priuilegio regali/ 1| ad imprimendum folum. Copy: British Museum Q^^^^). Remarks: In this a Statute of 33, Hen. 8th (1541-1542) is quoted. Probably printed 1542 or 1543. 80. — Ordre or Trayne of Warre. n.d. 8vo. Collation : Not given. Description: [Title\ Here followeth the ordre or Trayne of Warre, that a prynce or heed Captayne ought to take . etc. Colophon : Imprynted by me in Seynt Martyns parifThe at Charynge Croffe Imprynted for lohn Gowgh. Cum priuilegio Regali ad imprimendum folum. \Device No. j.] Reference : Herbert, Vol. I, p. 384. ROBERT WYER. 49 81. — Our ladyts Chambre] or Parler. n.d. i2mo. Collation : a, eight leaves ; b, six leaves. Reference: Herbert, Vol. i. p. 383. 82. — Pantolabus, Ponce. Genealogye of Heresy, n.d. s. sh. Description : [T^V/e] The Genealogye of herefye . Compyled by Ponce Pantolabus. Colophon : Imprented by me Robert Wyer . Ad imprimendum folum. Reference : Herbert, Vol. 1, pp. 373, 374. Remarks: This was assailed (and the text quoted) by John Bale in bis Mystery of Iniquity,' printed at Geneva (?) in 1545, but dated 1542. 83. — Perfyie Pronojlycacion. n.d. 410. Collation: A-C, in fours j 12 fF. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : \Title'\ A Perfyte || Pronoftycacion perpetuall || Very easy to be vnderftande, of || the Reader - Yea and alfo for them || whiche knoweth not a letter on || the Booke . And it is good for || Husbandmen of the Coun-||trey, to knowe and vnder-||ftande the yeares, that || fliall be plenteous || and in great ha-||bundauce of || Goodes . || And the yeres the whiche || ftiall be greuous, and in || fcafytie with other fygnes || conteyned herein, as || appereth in this Booke. Colophon: Impryn||ted by me Robert wyer : || dwellynge at the Sygne of II S . lohn Euagelyft befyde || Charynge Croffe. \Device No. 2.] Copy: British Museum (717. a. 46). Remarks : This was probably printed by a workman in the office. The illustrations might have been cut by a schoolboy with a blunt knife. The almanac begins in 1556. 84. — Practica Plutarche. n.d. Svo. Collation : A, six leaves ; 22 and 23 11. T^es 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8. Description: [Title] Practica Plu-||tarche the ex-||cellent Phy-||lofopher. {Cut.'] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer. Ck}rY : British Museum (C. 31. a.). E so ROBERT WYER. 85. — Proclus, Diadochus. Description of the World, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-F, in fours ; 24 if. ; 23 11. Types 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Description : {^Title'] CI The Descripci-||on of the Sphere || or Frame of || the worlde. \_Cut.'] Colophon: Imprynted by me Ro-||bert Wyer : Dwellynge at the II Sygne of S . lohn Euangelyft/ || in S . Martyns Paryflhe befyde Charynge Crofle . || Cum priuilegio, Ad || imprimendum folum. Copy : British Museum (717, a. 50). 86. — Prognostication of Err a Pater, n.d. 8vo. Collation : a-c, in fours; 12 ff. ; 28 11. Types 2, 3 and 5. Description : [Titlel The Pronofty-||cacyon for euer, of Mayfter Erra || Pater Aftronomyer, the whiche Pro-||noftyke vpon the . iiii . maner of Coo-||les, that come of the . iiii . Complexi-||ons . And flieweth the-foure Sea||fons of the yere, vpon the . xii . || Monethes of blode lettyng, || with the Dyfpofycyon of || the dayes of the moone : || after her Influence, || and Ariftotilis de || aftronomiis af-||fyrmeth the || fame. \_Cut.'\ Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert wyer, dwel||lynge at the sygne of faynt lohn || Euangelyft, in faynt Martyns || paryffhe, befyde Cha-||rynge Croffe : || Cum priuilegio Regali. [^Device No. 2.] Copy : British Museum (234, a. 28). 87. — Prognostication. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours; 16 ff. ; 24 11. Types 5, 6 and 8. Description: ITitlel PROGNO-||STICACION Dra-||wen out of the Bookes of II Ipocras, Auicen, and other no-||table Auctours of Phyfycke, || fliewynge the daunger of || dyuers fyckeneffes, that || is to fay, whether peryll || of death be in them || or not, the pleafure || of almyghtye || God refer-jjued. [C«^.] The Prognofty-||cacion/ of difeafes. D* recto: (II Finis q, . R . W . || Colophon : Imprynted by me || Robert Wyer . || Cum priuilegio ad impri-||mendum folum. [Device No. 2.] Copy: British Museum (1038, e. 5. 2). ROBERT WYER. 51 88. — Prognostication. n.d. i2mo. Description: [TjV/c] Pronosticum Magiftri Gasparis Laet de Borchlaen medicine doctoris, ad meridianum insignis emporii Antwerpiensis/ pro Anno Domini M . CCCCC . xxx compilatum et practicum. Colophon: These be for to sell at the Sygne of Seynt lohii Euangelyst/ in seynt Martyns parysshe besyde Charynge Crosse. Copy : British Museum, Bagford Papers, a fragment. 89. — School House of Women, n.d. 8vo. Collation : Not given. Description : [7iV/e] Here begynneth a lytell boke named the fcole howfe, wherein euery man may rede a goodly prayfe of the condycyons of women. Colophon : (Within a border), Robert Wyer the printer. Reference : Herbert, Vol. I, p. 375. 90. — Seeing of Urines, n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-H, in fours ; 32 ff, ; 28 11. Types 2, 3, 4, and 5. Description : [^Title'] Here begynneth || the feyng of Urynes, of all || the coloures that UryHlnes be of/ And the |{ Medycynes an-||nexed to eue-||ry Uryne : || very neceflary for || euery man to || knowe. [C«//.] Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || wyer/ || dwellynge at the fyg-||ne of faynt lohn Euan-||gelyft in faynt Mar-||tyns paryffhe. [Device No. 2, without the name block.'\ Copy : British Museum (7461, a). 91. — Stanbridge, I. Vocahula. n.d. 4to. Collation : A-E, in fours j F, two leaves ; 22 ff. ; Types 2, 3, 4 and 5. Description : \Title'\ Vocabula magiftri || ftabrigii fua falte || editione edita. Colophon: Imprynted by me Ro||bert wyer, dwellynge at || the fygne of faynt Io-||han Euangelyfte/ 1| in faynt martyns || paryffhe/ befyde || Charynge || Croffe. [Device No. z.] Copy : Bodleian (Tanner, 239). E a 52 ROBERT WYER. 92. — Ten Places of Scripture, n.d. 8vo. Collation : b-f, in fours, besides title and following leaf; 22 ff. Description : [Title'] Hereafter folowe x certayne Places of Scrypture, by whom it is proved, that the doctrynes and tradycons of men ought to be auoyded. Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert Wyer dwellynge in Saynt Martyns paryffhe befyde Charynge Croffe . Cum priuilegio. References : A copy sold at Sotheby's, June 30th, 1885, No. 1055 ; Hazlitt's Coll. and Notes, 3rd Series, p. 226 ; Herbert, Vol. I, p. 378 ; Maunsell's Catalogue, p. 32. 93. — Three Practyses. n.d. i6mo. Description : [Title] Here foloweth three Practyses, nowe used at Mount pyller by monsyre Emery a Romayne borne in Rome. Reference : Hazlitt's Handbook, p. 184. 94. — Treatise answering the Book of Berdes. n.d. 4to. Collation : A-B, in fours ; 8 ff. ; 26 11. Types 3 and 4. Description : [Title] Ql The treatyfe anfwe-||rynge the boke of || Berdes . || Compyled by CoUyn Clowte dedy-||cated to Barnarde barber || dwellynge in Banbery. [Cuts.] Colophon : [Verso of B, 4] Barnes in the de-||fence of the Berde. [Device No. 3] Seven lines of verse, with initials R . W . [? Robert Wyer] & privilege. Copy : British Museum (C. 40, c. 6). Remarks : This was a satire upon Andrew Borde's Book of Berdes, now lost. In the Preface, the author refers to another of Borde's publications, the Iniroductorye to Knowlege, printed in 1547 by Will. Middleton. 95. — Treatyfe of Good Works. n.d. 8vo. Collation: A-T, in eights (part of A missing); V, six leaves; 23 11. Types 2, 3 and 5. ROBERT WYER. S3 Description : \Title\ Here after en-||fueth a propre || treatyse of || good || workes . || ^ Colophon : Imprynted by me Robert || Wyer dwel-||lynge in || faynt martyns || paryffhe befy-||de charynge || Crofle . || (U Cum priuilegio. \Pevice No. 2.] Copy : St. John's College, Oxford. Remarks: The type in this is clear and the blocks in a good state. It was probably printed about the same time as the Exhortations of Erasmus [q. v.]. 96. — Vaughan, Robert. Dyalogue ...for women. n.d. [c. 1542]. 4to. Collation : Not given. Description : [7iV/e] A dyalogue defensyue for women/ agaynft malycyous detractours. Colophon : Thus endeth the faucon and the Pye . Anno dni 1542 . Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, for Richard Banckes . Cum priuilegio regali, ad imprimendii solu, per septem annum. [^Devt'ce No. 2.] Referen'CE : Dibdin, Vol. 3, p. 181. 97. — Vigo, Ioannes de. Lytell Practyce. n.d. 8vo. Collation : A-D, in fours (B 3 and 4 misplaced); 16 fF. ; 24 11. Types 3, 4 and 5. Description: \Title\ This lytell Prac-||tyce of lohanes || de Vigo in Medycyne/ is || tranflated out of Laten || in to Englyffhe/ for || the helth of the || body of man . || \_Device No. j] (r.h.) Thefe medycynes were || (l.h.) prouyed by Thomtone. Colophon: [Verso of D, 4] Imprynted by me Robert || Wyer, dwellynge at the Sygne of || Seynt lohn Euangelyft, in feynt || Martyns Pariffhe, befyde Cha-||rynge Crofle . || Cum Priuilegio ad || imprimendum solum. Copy: British Museum (C. 31, a. 34). Remarks : This edition is page for page exactly as that with the " Suffolk" colophon, with slight variations in the spelling. The British Museum has another copy (7383, aaa.) of this edition, with the register correct. S4 ROBERT WYER. 98.— Year Book, Q, Hen. IV. Folio. Reference : Herbert, Vol. i, p. 377. BOOKS PRINTED FOR SALE AT THE SIGN OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, AT CHARING CROSS. Andrews, Laurence, Debate &• Strife betwene Somer &* Wynter. n.d. 4to. Fawkes, Richard. De Cursione Lune. n.d. 8vo. Pynson, Richard. Solomon &• Marcolphus. n.d. 410. ROBERT WYER. SS INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES. Abridgement of Munster's Chronicle, (Note.) Abridgement of Psalms, (Hunnis.) Antidotharim ... Antithesis, (Becon.) . . . Aristotle. Nature of the Days of the Week - Arnaldus de Nova Villa. Defence of Age Ars Moriendi . . - Assize of Bread ... Astronomy. (Godfridus.) Bacon. Boke of Waters Beaulte of Women - . - Becon. Antithesis ... Becon. Shield of Salvation Benese. Measuring of Land Bernard, St. Golden Pystle Bemers. Castle of Love Boctus and Sydracke ... Boke of Astronomye. (Godfridus.) Boke made by a certayne Great Clerke Boke of Wisdom. (J. Larke.) 1532. Boke of Demaundes betwene Boctus and Sydracke Boke of Knowledge whether a sycke person shall lyve Boke of Nobleness, (Larke.) Boke of Purgatory ... Boke of the Fayre Gentylwoman Boke of the 24 Stones . - - Boke of Waters, (Becon.) - 44 - 67 28. 29. 30 - 37 - IS, 16 - 31. 32 - 33 - 17. 34 - 57 - 36 - 35 - 37 - 38 - 22 I - 43 - 18. 39 - 57 - 78 - 3 - 18 - 20 - 69 - 40 - 19 - 41 - 36 S6 ROBERT WYER. Bokefor to lernt a man to be wise. (Borde.) - Borde. Bokefor to lerne a man to be wise Borde. Compendious Regiment or Dyetary of Helthe - Bustarde. Cessyons of Parlyment - - - Castle of Love. (Lord Berners.) - - - Cauliaco (G. de). Questyonary of Surgeons Certayne Questyons of Kynge Bocthus Cessyons of Parlyment, (Bustarde.) Christine de Pisan. C. Hystoryes of Troye - Chronicle of the Kings of England - - - Civile Nosgay. (Goodale.) . . . Complaint of a Lover . . - - Compost of Ptholomeus - - - - Cure and gouernance of a household. (Sylvester.) Declaration of the Chrysten Fayth - - - Defence of Age . . . . Defence of Peace. (Marshall.) 1535. Description of the World. (Proclus.) Difference of Astronomy - - - . Diurnall for Devout Souls . . . Dreams of Daniel . . . . Dyaloguefor Women. (Vaughan.) Dyetary of Helthe, (Borde.) . . . Emery. Three practyses . . . Erasmus. Epistle on the Sacrament Erasmus. Exhortation to the Study of the Scriptures Erasmus. Governance of good helthe Erra Pater. Prognostication ... Estate of the Comonalty - . - . Examples how mortall synne ... Exhortation to the Study of the Scriptures. (Erasmus.) Folowyng of Christ . . . . - 21 - 21 - 42 - 5 - 43 - 61 - 39 - 5 - 24 - 44 - 58 - 6 - 7. 26 - 14 - 45 - 31. 32 - 4 - 85 - 47 - 8, 48 - 49 - 96 - 42 - 93 - SO - 9 - SI. 52 - 25. 86 - 53 - 54 - 9 - 3A ROBERT WYER. 57 Foundement of Contemplation . 55 Four Tokens - - . . 56 Fyrste Dyalogue in Englysshe. (St. Germain.) 13 Gararde. Interpretation of the Mass . 2 Genealogy of Heresy. (Fantolabus.) - 82 Glass of Health. (Moulton.) - 75. 76, 77 Golden Pystle. (St. Bernard.) 1531 I Godfridus. Book of Astronomy 57 Goodale. Civile Nbsgay 58 Goodale. Lyberties of the Cleargy - 59 Goodwyn. Maydens dreme 60 Governance of Health. (Erasmus.) - 51. 52 Governance of a Household. (Sylvester.) 14 Haemmerlein. Folowyng of Chryste 2A Herbal. (Macer.) - 72, 73 Haywood. Play of the wether 62 Hilton. The Medled Lyfe 63 Hogarde. Treaty se in three partes 64 Hogarde. Nem Treaty sein manner of a dyalogue 65 Horce ... . 66 Hundred Hystoryes of Troye. (Christine de Pisan.) 24 Hunnis. Abridgment of Psalms - - 67 Imitation of Christ . 2A Interpretation of the Mass. (Gararde.) 1532 2 Jordan. Meditations - - io fudgement of Urines - 68, cp. go T,aet. Pronosticon - 88 Larke. Boke of Noblenes - 69 Larke. Boke of Wysdome. 1532.- - 3 Letterfrom the Holy Ghost - 70 Liberties of the Clergy. (Goodale.) - 59 Littleton's Tenures - 71 S8 ROBERT WYER. Little Pradyce. (I. de Vigo.) - - - - 27i 97 Macer. Herball - - - - -72i73 Mappa Mundi - - - - - 23 Marshall. Defence of Peace. 1535. - - - 4 May den's Cross Rewe - - - - - 74 Mayden's Dreme. (Goodwyn.) - - - - 60 Measuring of Land. (Benese.) - - - - 22 Medled Lyfe. (Hilton.) - - - - 63 Medytacyons. (Jordan.) - - - - 10 Mirrour of Helthe. (T, Moulton.) - - 75, 76, 77 Moulton. Glasse or Mirrour of Health - - 75, 76, 77 Munster. Abridgment of Chronicle. (Note.) - - 44 Nature of the seven days of the week - - - 15, 16 New Idol and Old Devil - - - - 78 New Treatyse. (Hogarde.) - - - - 65 Notable Chapters - - - - - 11 Order or trayne of Warre - - - - 80 Ordinal or Statute concerning artyficers - - ■ 79 Ordinances of Charles V. - - - -12 Our Lady^s Chambre - - - - - 81 Pantolabus. Genealogye of Heresye - - - 82 Perfyte Pronostycacion - - - - ■83 Playofihe Wether. (Heywood.) - - - - 62 Practica Plutarche - - - - - 84 Proclus. Description of the World - - - 85 Prognostication of Erra Pater - - - - 25, 86 Prognosticon. (Caspar Laet.) - - - - 88 Prognostication drawen out of the bookes of Hypocras - - 87 Prognostication of Two Shepherds - - - - 25A Ptolemy. Compost - - - - 7, 26 Questions of King Bocthus - - - ■ 39 Questionary of Cyrurgens. (G. de Cauliaco.) 1542 - - 61 ROBERT WYER. 59 Saint Germain. Fyrstt dyalogue in Englysshe . . 13 Scale Hawse of Women - - - - 89 Seeing of Urynes - - 68, 90 cp. Seven Dyalogues • - - 46 Shelde of Salvation. (Becon.) • - - 38 Stanbridge. Vocabula - - - - 91 Sylvester. Cure and Gouemance of a Household - - 14 Ten certain places of Scripture - - - 92 TAree Practyses. (Emery.) - - - 93 Treatise answerynge the Book of Berdes - - - 94 Treatyse in three partes. (Hogarde.) - - - 64 Treatyse of Good Works - - - 95 Vaughan. Dyalogue for Women - - - - 96 Vigo (I. de). Lytell Practyse - - - 27. 97 Villa Nova (A. de). Defence of Age - - - 31. 32 Vocabula. (Stanbridge.) - - - 91 Year Book, g Henry IV. - - - 98 ioefStc^tvtttftvatctohffpte to yon ^ap nmffatyg » ^zrSe hnfU . J^ou tmfi t^if06t(tQe flow mfndtfxott} atttSor^ anduahfytoiy e0pn^0 /tt^fuc^ ttiatttt taa (M8$^onrfii($ii^^ ^t&ctcti>(0te®ote9coxno.^^f€cottoete l^ae^jP'ucaiiSappQ^ voatpfefofi^y tof^od/anS^mtyotttfctfeii) fut^a^ayUf tdat )>oa tttimbo/ fayc / ftc^^vifie / t^at poii ftnofScftippof€/o%Bf(e ymfi6cotfuppofc/ iifffeboneoi f^8efota($o^itt(enf / oi pnt^ fiofe/^86itfemci:5irac^.^tmaimc0fiif^ Type 1. From The Golden Pystle, 1531. B p PfHICIjfcMlC •■co6eputtpfi foicSmittige Itvraci3,t$eft foit^ it ie^Bei caufttf^tnai tytcoft^iyt' tie^906oure, f(it»e, ^ttoti t^attefpecte t6(ie* tSememb^e gooD ot^ectpQtealfom accrtapnplafc,3( DAU^teatf^eoanD motDlcaeD m|^felfe,to be tiecj^e farre DpTagifepRge in ap2»9Pon > from tgore/lobtc^e oacg^ke p tars men 9 fucbetis be not 4i(ai> tteo ottQbc btteclp to be tiept fac irtDapeftom t^ reaDi)ngrof tbe lolp bobcs anb fctpptutes; to ifi' iD^cbCas in ^i oloe ti^me^none lutrtbe p;eei(le0 entreb^bnto tbe tno(lJtol{> anb mode Tecrete pla- tes 6rp t^ple ) tber tbpnfte none f^nlb be aoinptteoro; fufi^ceb to liauc Type 5. From Erasmus's Exhortation to the Study of the Scriptures. > cioitthot tmt Utmt,miM^ f<«"«« ^lif * «/• (pttnlate t piactpftD ltp|;il)plorppbcc0,wi ca« Ip ousDt to be OieWf anO taugl)* Dnto CUclit a tt be ncftntteiitli tl)em in tWl ^APt*> i"** ^l^" ^V „ ; a fipctuaU Itmfsii to befct ftijtli bp te»tpnBc« =.^.=.^-. «^ touisariip in eutop tonsQe^fe) tfte ino»c nmnta ant) craeptpon of all ponge ant) pjegnaunt p^attptpens > 80 lapne t»olDe attapnc to t\\t petfptchco oCcuetp rnt^c rtpeiuc,ai;le, ano tia eulte.3tid nat tuit^QatiDpnge tliat t^ere be rpfilit ntart^ ttiiO fonO^e Co;te0.altt>tU ot uf cp ffooO ono rcpcntpbe bobeo, ao pf rp0t)t c;:pcte tttcn tDttliin t^ts laealine in t^e Ccpentptali arte of fip^ursem 9se« tiettljeleo t^ie Mdi qucftpoiiorp « fo^mularp \»M» m etfaee bohcs atmcD t^etto bade ben often ceQupteb anb (otis^te fo;, to be iieb m CRsipHlteCatoell of me as of et^tObp bpuctoanb meBp pctlotteo oC cije fapoe ftpcnte. 3n tonrpberacpon afoicfflpb.anb tbet ft to cSmo* lipouo,i>tple.bebouefuU, anb beBcfpcpall to tlie tonion tvcltb of ti» f dpoe ff pence ano arte. % eeetapnc pongc gentpU man cnttreb (n tlie f ap& ftpenee liaue a boUe of tlie fame in ftent^e moueb tl^e tpebt ba aea cfone i!>entp JDabbe bpbUopolpQ c Saeponee to ^aue ittraufia teb in to englpirtie.attBiiofe'fnRiBacpon nieanptigetlicljelp of srntpii rebers tabe tino inttontii , anb befpft inpnepsnoiaunte mtderamctoitO poue rcpeiitpcall bencaolente, Hub cUce fconpfate f ntcurseRte. ainb Jcfue p}tr»ut rou.inra» Types 6 and 4. From Tke Ques/yonary of Cyrurgyens, |3llatDe8nD(i5acnac/ l^acgonce be all con:# {actbtosn^tt/butjiai honct ijatb tljt bectue 'oftl)crcftonc8/aitD it Hf8tl;emoftfpueft/aiu> itsvwtD ascmcil ten colouc/attb maftet^ a man mctp anb glab/ anoitcpet^ Dpm lonse ;oiiffc/anb in great ttOtttWantt maUttlf a man to fozget Die c5 ti^arre. anb alfo ttaaucl;etl) blooe/anb Ije tl)at berptl;t'c bpon tipm/ncbeto nat to bjteie to toucQc uoxupll betmpn.anb airo. l)t map paiU all pacelloua places (exoni? XbifDottt baunger/aub in U)l;at place tijac l?e cometl; to / to be lobgeb in i Ije ri;9tl be glablp cecepuebfliaae gooo cbcce/^itb anp tl^png tijat Dt a^ttl^ t^at ts of teafoii Q>all nat be benpeb ^pm/no; luacneb tipht. C3Cl;c aropace* >' "< ^Cap.if. C^opace is of a pelotte coIonr/$ tijecc be ofbpucrsman((9of;^;pent/»of4cabpe/ 4>(|* tijcrc Types 7 and 5. From the Soke efihe KKIIIJ Stones. HERBAL- PRACTY DOCTOR LYNACRO (ttint^mmtQtm at ^ismht, 10 iflc mtmt t'oti Types 8 and 4. From Macer's Herbal. Device 1. From the Compost of Ptholomeus, c. 1532. [A very poor reproduction owing to bad state of original.] Device 2. From the Golden Pystle of St. Bernard, 1531. Device 3. From the Golden Pystle of St. Bernard, 1531. €^t (gmo^va^^kat ^ocki^^ NEWS = SHEET. DECEMBER, 1897. aXoiiuB. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Biblio- graphical Society will be held at 20, Hanover Square, on Monday, 20th December, at 4.45 p.m. At its conclusion, Mr. Lionel Cust will read a paper on The Originals of the Designs of the Block Book " Ars Moriendi." Tea and Coffee will be served as usual, from 4.30 to 4.45. Notice is hereby given that the following new nominations to Offices have been re- ceived, and will be brought before the Society at the Annual Meeting : To be President: The Right Hon. The Earl OF Crawford, K.T. (proposed by Dr. Gamett). To be a Vice-President : Mr. A. H. HuTH (pro- posed by Dr. Gamett). To be Treasurer: Mr. R. E. Graves (proposed by Mr. Huth). To be New Members of Council: Mr. W. Y. Fletcher, Mr. A. J. BnTLER (proposed by Dr. Gamett). To be Son. Librarian: Mr. Archibald Clarke (proposed by the Hon. Secretary). The other Officers and Members of Council oflFer themselves for re-election. Previous to the election, Dr. Garnett, as the outgoing President, will move the adoption of the Annual Report and Balance Sheets. ANNUAL REPORT. During the Session of 1896-97, the Biblio- graphical Society has had to regret the deaths of three of its most distinguished Members — Lord Charles Bruce, one of its founders and Vice-Presidents, the Due d'Aumale, and Mr. Justin Winsor of the University of Harvard, who was so lately in conference with his fellow-librarians in England. In all other respects the Session has been a successful and prosperous one. The Society's roll has always been full, and as each vacancy has occurred, a Candidate-Member has been in readiness to fill it. The funds also, of the Society, despite some exceptional calls on them, are in a very flourishing condition- For this financial prosperity the Society is in no small degree indebted to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. A. H. Huth, who is now com- pelled by other engagements to resign the office which he has held since the foundation of the Society in 1892. Members will be glad to hear that, at the request of the Council, Mr. Huth has allowed himself to be nominated to the Vice-Presidency vacated by the death of Lord Charles Bruce, and that his active help will thus still be secured tb the Society. As his successor in the Trea- surership, Mr. R. E. Graves, of the British Museum, has kindly allowed himself to be nominated, and the Council congratulate the Society on being able to secure lus services. The alteration of the hour of meeting from 8 to 5 p.m., adopted at the last Annual Meeting, has on the whole been a success. It has hitherto been thought desirable that all papers should be read before the Society before being printed; but, in order to en- courage attendance, it is proposed in the future to allow exceptions more freely in the case of papers of a very special or technical character, which cannot easily be followed when read aloud. If more papers are printed than are read, it may be necessary in some NEWS-SHEET. December, 1897. years to curtail the number of meetings, lest the Society be committed to a greater amount of work than its funds will enable it to carry through. Special notice, therefore, will be given in each year whether or not any meet- ings will be held after Easter. Of the publications for 1897, Mr. H. R. Plomer's Robert Wyer, and Mr. Proctor's Index to the Serapeuin are now ready for distribution. The Transactions up to last June are all in type ; the text and illustra- tions of the Chevalier Deliberi are passed for press, and Dr. Lippmann's preface has been received, while of M. Claudin's The first Press at the Sorbonne, the text is printed off, and the bibliography and ap- pendix of illustrative documents are in the hands of the printer. It is probable that only four of these five books can be paid for out of the income of 1897 ; if so, the fifth will appear as the first book for 1898. The prior claims of other books have also made it impossible to bring out a new part of the Hand-Lists of English Jointers, but it is hoped that this work may be taken up and finished during the next Session. The Council, indeed, greatly regret that the work of the Society has hitherto been so much more concerned with foreign subjects than with English. As has often been explained, the character of the books undertaken is almost exclusively determined by the nature of the offers of help received, but preference will always be given to English work. It is thus a source of satisfaction that four out of the five papers announced for the Session 1897-98 deal with English subjects, and that Mr. Wheatley has promised to expand his paper on Portraits in English Books into an Illustrated Monograph, which ought to make a most attractive volume. During the past Session, a further sum of ;^io has been voted for the Library, of which jQ^ -LOS. has been spent. Several books have also been presented,* and it is hoped that * A detailed list of purchases and presentations will be circulated early in 1S98. the contents of the Library may now rapidly develope from the rather meagre beginnings indicated in the Rough Hand-List issued in March. One of our Members, Mr. Archibald Clarke, who is daily at Hanover Square, has kindly promised to take charge of our books for us, and to issue them to Members at convenient times, and you will be asked formally to appoint Mr. Clarke your Hon. Librarian. But even with a resident Libra- rian, a specialist library is not likely to be much used until it is known to be sufficiently well-stocked to make it probable that any book of value will be found in it, and now that a real beginning has been made we must endeavour to advance towards this ideal as rapidly as may be consistent with keeping up the normal issue of publications. NOVEMBER MEETING. On Monday, 1 7th November, the President, Dr. Garnett, in the Chair, Mr. H. R. Plomer read a paper entitled : — NEW DOCUMENTS ON ENGLISH PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Mr. Plomer's paper, which was one of exceptional interest, will, as speedily as pos- sible, be printed in full, with an appendix giving the complete text of the most important of the documents which he has unearthed. Meanwhile a few notes are given here as to each of his finds : — (i) Deposition of Thomas Sutton in the prosecution of Henry Squyre for an assault on Richard Pynson. Sutton deposes that while Pynson and his wife and divers others were making merry in the house of one William Strenger, Pynson was warned that "there were folke layde awayte in the strete to injure hym." As soon as Pynsop and Sutton left the house, Pynson was reviled, stones were thrown, and houses broken into. The riot was ultimately stopped by a party of courtiers who happened to pass December, 1897, NEWS-SHEET. by. The result of the prosecution is not known. It must have taken place before 1502, as Pynson is described as living in the parish of St. Clement's without Temple Bar, which about 1502 he quitted for the George in Fleet Street. (2) Pleadings and affidavits in an action brought by John Rastell against one Henry Walton to recover damages for the detention of certain dresses used in the playing of interludes and stage plays. Rastell appears to have mounted a stage play in the grounds of his house in Finsbury Fields, Walton supplying the timber, etc., at a charge of fifty shillings. The dresses were made for the occasion, a tailor being hired at 4(/. a day, besides his meat and drink, to make them, and Mrs. Rastell (the sister of Sir Thomas More) gave her help. When leaving England for a journey in France, Rastell deposited these dresses with Walton for safe custody, but Walton subsequently claimed them as a set off against the debt of £,2 10s. for the staging, and on their being valued they were appraised at no more than £1 ly. gd. Rastell brings this action in the Court of Requests, on the ground that the valuation was insufficient, and the evidence on his side is directed to prove this, and to show that Walton had made much money by letting the dresses for hire for interludes and stage plays, the rate of hire for the former being eightpence, and for the latter from two shillings to three shillings and fourpence. Mr. Plomer has not yet been able to find the judgment in this suit, but he believes it exists, and it is hoped that it may be dis- covered in time to print it with the rest of the documents. (3) The will of John Reynes, bookseller and bookbinder, written 8th April, 1543, proved in the Prerogative Court of Can- terbury 26th February, 1544- To four of his apprentices Reynes leaves legacies from his stock. To Thomas Hol- warde, a hundred shillings in books, to Edward Wright, ten pounds in books, to Edward Sutton, a hundred shillings in books, and to Robert Holden, ten pounds in books. Thomas Holward and Edward Sutton are directed to take books of all sorts, "after the price as Arnold and John Bryckman doo sell them to London to the booksellers," proving that this eminent firm of booksellers was considered the leading house in the trade. The residue of his property, Reynes leaves his second wife, who was godmother to John Cawood's daughter and also to " Reyner Wolfe's child," to both of whom she left small sums of money in her will, which is to be seen at Somerset House. (4) Various enrolments on the Patent Rolls, concerning . Thomas Berthelet, the King's printer, notably a grant in 1544 (36 Hen. 8) of a considerable amount of property in London, in consideration of a sum of two hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings, paid by Berthelet to the King's use. The property included Salisbury Place, in the parish of St. Bride, several houses in Friday Street and Distaff Lane and two houses in Fleet Street. (5) Proceedings in the Court of Chancery, relative to property owned by Richard Tottel, in Buckinghamshire and Devonshire. Most of this property Tottel inherited from his sister, who had married Sir John Cheyne of Bucks. The Hand and Star in Fleet Street was Crown property, and was one of two houses bought by Richard Tottel from Robert Holbeck, a former tenant. Docu- ments relating to this purchase are also among the Chancery Proceedings. (6) Bill of complaint and answers in a suit brought by Robert Eyre and Alice his wife, against the Lord Mayor and Cor- poration of the City of London, relative to a house belonging to Richard Grafton, the plaintiff Alice's former husband. Robert Eyre and his wife claim to recover possession of a messuage, a garden, a little yard or curtilage with a water course and NEWS-SHEET. December, 1897. conduit pipe in the parish of Christ Church within Newgate, late the estate of Richard Grafton, but the defendants in their answer, say that Grafton as an officer of the Hospital of St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, had a house which he rented of the City, and that he wrongfully annexed the yard and the west side of the cloisters "with a tower in the walls of the city called Jericho." This was denied by the plaintiffs, who said that Grafton had deserved better of all the city, and especially of the hospital, than to be accused falsely after his death. (7) A list of books belonging io William Rastell and found in his house at Serjeant's Inn, after he left the country on the accession of Elizabeth. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. Balance Sheet — ist December.^ i8g6, to 23rd November, ^^97^ inclusive. By Balance, 1896 3 Life Subscriptions Subsctiptions for 1 896 British Subscriptions for 1897 Subscriptions for 1898 United States Subscriptions ... 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Wales Stock .. 212 in hand, say Stock of -Printed Matter, say .. 120 Balance of 1897 Accounts .. 208 18 10 Subscriptions unpaid .. IS IS ■LADE8. EAST A BUDES, PRINTERS, LONDON,