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      I Bacon's Booksellers. The Imprint Of A ...

      were only ten subjects dealt with in this extremely quaint l ^ uaxuv volume r uxuuiv / vx of . 32 < i « leaves «/ arcio ( excepting C /^ vuvj ^/ t / iug the VU . % 2 title WUlc -page uagC

      and dedication ) . 'To labour the staie of them , ' observes Bacon in the address to his brother , * had bin troublesome , and subject to interpretation ;

      , to t , o let let them them passe nassft had had beene hfifinfi to to adueture fl . Hnftt . nrft the f . liA wrong they mought receiue by vntrue coppies , or by some garnishment , which it mought please any that that should should set set them them forth forfch to to bestow bftstow upon nnnn them thpm . /'

      The second edition appeared in the following year , and , like the first , it bore the imprint of Hoope - " ¦ - "V ^ - " » -r-v r — , whip tv « h »¦ « mT , from m , V ^ fc * fc the W JL- * ^ # very W ^ SJL J few - - ^»» ¥ V examp * , * M ¦ VT m k ^ les JL V ^ hJ of \ . f JL . his * . K * k- >

      publications now existing , we may assume was a young publisher whom Bacon wished to assist . In 1596 he had published Dr . John Wood ' s ' Practicae Medicinse' Editions of the ' '

      followed upon one . another with comparative Essays rapidity , at least one appearing in 1604 and another in 1606 , and then again in 1612 and 1624 . Spedding xvai doubted ¦ whether ff Bacon lA had CAf

      thing - * - " - ^ ^ - • to r ^ - > f- ' ^ do ^ ^^ with ^^ \ A \/ either IA ^/ UVVA of >^_ ,. the \^» tyi issues JU / OiW / of XJL » Jt » V > l » 1598 any LJL T 1604 , and 1606 , which are said to be merely re- , prints ¦¦ ¦ «_ ¦ ¦ 'without A ¦ v ^ % »» additions X \ yjXkJ or alterationsexcept

      Y r a . ^ m , —m ~ r w w 1 / ^ W ^^^ rf % . A . * - . X ^ A . CAf X * J \_ - * i t ** \ J JlV , * XXW } % V ^ > £ ^ Va / V 4-LJJ V some ^ changes in the spelling and the substitutio , n of an English translation of the * Meditationes Sacrae' from the oriinal LatinWhether John

      Beale ' s issue of 1606 g was authorised . or not we have no means of determining , but it is quite certain - « - -w — — ¦¦«»¦— . — , that »— . w v « Isaac > w « iwvv «^ Jaggard ^^ *^ vta & w v ^ vjk . ^ j * . published yj ¦ » - * . ik ^ . m . ¦ * _ r j . n _/^_<_ . pirated «¦¦ jl . *^ v *• v ^^ - >^

      editions in 1606 , 1612 , and 1624 . Jaggard ' s shop was at the sign- of the ' Hand and Starre , near Temple Bar , Fleet Street , ' and for a quarter of a centthere were few more prolific

      bookury sellers than he . His publications include Carew ' s ' Survey of Cornwall' ( 1602 ) , Fairfax's translation of — « Godfrey ^^ i -w *— — of ¦ " - Bulloi -m . ^ ' ( 1600 V ^ ) the firs JlJLJL fcJ t ¦ volume Jt

      of " - ' an -v . Eng . ^* T lish " * - ^ ¦ " - "' * version - * . * . » r - * -gne <«^ JLJL ^ a * of * . JL . V ^ Boccaccio - V ^ / , » V J _ A V ^ and - / V V * T . l- * . the J _ l _ i . X * f famous first folio of Shakspeare ( 1623 ) , . In the last instance Blountanother booksellerdivided

      the undertaking , and , in most other cases , the pecuniary responsibilities were shared by friendly uvaia rivalsThe first and onllete edition of

      . . auc ixxau etiiu . oiiiy y comp cuuipitJCie euiLiun oi the « Essays ' published in Bacon ' s lifetime was printed I- * -- ——¦— - — w « r v- >«» for . > - - ^ r a , Hanna - » a 1- < JJ , AA . H > W Barret Jb / MLl VU and L 4 ilA \ A . John *_ T V / X ^ AA Whit ¥ T UIX U taker UCV-IV V / X

      ( 1625 ) , whose shop was at the sign of the King ' s Head in St . Paul ' s Churchyard . Hanna Barret was probably the widow of William Barret , who published i several works k —notabl lk / the productions V \ A UVl

      J- ' *^ " - "" - *"« - - ' •¦»•¦ w -v- »^_ r ^_ y * v-fA . WJL WW V- ^ J- A » . _ J i . iVU (« J . y J l ^ JLJLVy UA - 1 VllU of Montaigne , Bishop Hall , Sandys , and Baconbetween the years 1608 and 1624 . Hanna Barret

      either either retired retired from from hnsinpiss business or or died diftrl in in 1625 1625 . , for for we do not after that date meet with any examples of her publications .

      ' A Briefe Discourse , touching the Happie Union of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland ? JOULacl / IlU . ' (^ 1603 lUUOj ) , , was VVctS printed pilIlLtJU . for LOl Fcelix X LfcUlA . Norton XNUILUI 1 ,,

      whose shop was at the signe of the Parot' in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , and were also to be sold by William A Jk psley Jk Apsley published books / between \

      * * **« . * M ( "J - * . j ^ »_» v > J . » XXk / ULU Jf k / VA »/ lliJI . JH ^ I . A K ^ V ^ V ^ * W * -J » J \^ U TV j V ^ 1 A 1599 and 1630 , including the productions of Decker , Casaubon , Chapman , and Shakespeare . The Thft vfta . r 1 1 604 fiO 4- rji saw . w two t ,-wrr > more Tr » r » r < = > . books "hrvnirs of of Bacon T ^ n . p . rvn

      broug year ht forth , each by a different bookseller . First , the * Certain Considerations touching the better pacification 1 \ A and edification / Jk of the Church - /

      o / l 1 v Eng v -v ^ - *> land »^ •• - *•/ V ^* . m , ' ^ kJ bore ' * * W * J A y . the JL . «« V ^ imp ' V > L ^ 9 V * A imatwr A A X _ y t ^ V *> V J ^ of JL V Henrie ^ - »• UAA V > ^^ Tomes ' A ** * V _ A J * —surely an appropriate surname for a bookseller ! — « an ^* 4 ^ d y « . secondl fb # < * V ^ ' * - ' * - * v- » A y r , « K Sir _ J J . A Francis JL A . CU 14 \ S JLkJ JL Bacon / C « VVxAJ > : his - « - «¦ JL . KJ - A A .- | » ^ - polog X ^ JL V < r e & ie A V ^ , *'

      was entrusted to Matthew Lownes , whose shopwaa situated in that happy hunting of booksellers , St . Paul ' s Churchyard . The first edition of the former

      book book is is described dftscribftfl as n , s exp excessivel . ftssivfily v rare rare : ; and and of of Henry Tomes nothing more is known than tliat his « . * w shop K ^& JIV ^ J ^ - was Tf M < k / " " over V f Vi . against M'gM" > Uk'V G \^ raies AUAVKJ Inne Jft . JLJL JLJb ^ S Gaffe \^ 1 »« r-V , ) in ALA Holburne

      , ' and that he published some books between 1604 and 1607 , the most interesting »¦¦ ' ¦ and jBtiTr ^ Tr "'* ' * . ' |^^|*^~* " **——^*——* " > ' f ' ¦ * " —

      tsurious of which is perhaps * The Commendation of Cocks and Cockfightiwhe »» rein / Xii is J shewn oxi v / »» that

      \ JX . VUV > Dj 3 CM-LV 4 . VUUn . " - Ug U UJ ng ^ Ug ) , U . VJ-V . « u "UU | U cock-fighting was before the coming of Christ , * ( black letter , 1607 ) . Matthew Lownes sold

      many books , often in conjunction with Isaac Jaggard , from 1596 to 1625 ; he was the son of Hugh Lownes of Rode , in Astbury , Cheshire , and . — ^ ta ^^_ ^ ^ m ^ m ^ a - b

      was born about 1568 . He died . probably in 1625 ^^^^ — , in which year his widow gave . £ 10 to the Stationers' Company as a remembrance of the

      departed Matthew . The ' Advancement of Learning / or , as it was first called , ' The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon , of the proficiencie and UtLLVA advancement fc F of Learning

      \/«> W*—! . ^* h ^ ' * ' * - * ¦¦ - * . ^ - »* -V- ' Jt ^ . V- 'A . V ^ »> VV >» «^ v ^ .. &^/ V ^ - « - * - 'k ^^ -B " A »* " ** * - *» - » ¦* " ^^* - — * '' **** 'ff , divine and humane , ' 1605 , was also printed for Tomes . The first part consists of 45 leaves , and the the second sennnr ] of of 118 118 ; : as aswas was then then sometimes sometimes the the

      custom , each , leaf had only one number instead of two as at the present time . An edition of this book was printed t in 1629 for WWa shington . a _& _ k - «_ r

      and ** ¦ - *¦ V-r v / m another V V tVtJ + ~ J A- * . in A . J . ^^_^ 1633 \^* . Jk A . JL for - & . V-r ^ T v «^ . Hugg . ^ w . A . TV ins * . , of Oxford - ^ ^«— «^ •* -- » , , * neither of whom was particularly noted as a bookseller

      * S ** J V-f ¦ - » k- 'V ^ JL-J ^ V > A . . 6 Wisdom 'De Sap of ientia the Ancients Veterum ' , ( ' 1609 better ) , next known calls as the for notice nntir . p and s \ r \ c \ thi this s vfirv careful rm . rftfnllv ly and and beautifull bfta . utifnllv y

      printed , little duodecimo very was produced by Robert Barker , who enjoyed the honour of being His

      Majesty ' s printer , who was granted , on July 19 , 1603 , a special license for printing all statutes , and VA who TY moreoverwas one of 1 . a larg t e famil l of

      I ^ VXXIIU , j OJLJL \_/ A V ^ V- ^ TV / X , T ¥ CAfk . 7 VA 1 V V ^ « - *; J .- « - » . ^ s ^ J ^ t ^^ a- * . ¦*¦•*¦ y ^ - ^ - - printers . A translation of * De Sapientia Veterum , ' was printed in 1619 for John Bill , who , from

      1 1 604 fifhi to to , 1630 1 firfcft . , had "hari someth sompthincr ing more mcrra or or less less to to ( do io with a great number of books , and whose assigns continued UUU . LXJLLU ^ iU in JLAJ . business » -m . OXJLJ . \^ kJ d until UJLIUJLX 1642 J . \ J I . J-lm . In J-ii i addition * V * Vl . i « .-J . «_ r j . ju to i / v ^

      this , John Bill , was the ' sponsor' of Bacons greatest work , viz . : the ' Instauratio Magna , ' which appeared in folio 71 during Utlll : 1620 J-U « V . This aj . ai ^» book ^

      VV UiVia AJLJ . XVJ . W V *^ . J- ^» r _ r v ^ -- » . embodied ^ PL an attempt to buildup a new philosophy , and , as the Novum Organum' is but one part of - ^^» it is therefore T i . * onl

      a stupendous whole , y a fragment , but it is the most carefully written of all Bacon ' s hilosophical worksIn -1622 the

      p . , ' Historia Yeiitorum '—the first published part of the l ^ tJ . t ' Histori * * X i j \ J V . JL J a £ v - Naturalis L . ^ t * l * J LA JL % -Ai ¦ JL A **~^ 4 ' which ¦* - ¦*¦*¦ v- ' * - - *¦ was » * c-vkj to * - '' - ' be ^^ ^ - ^ the *^ * ^ - ^ ^ ' , *

      third division of the ' Instauratio * —was printed for Matthew Lownes and William Barret ; and in the following year the ' Historia Vitoe et Mortis ' was printed for Lownes JLJVV XiVkJ solelto both r ^ - ^ j of whom

      VV ClfO Jh- / -t- AAJL * - * V > Ut . JLV ^ JL V ^ KJV ^ JLW-a y j' , y uv ^ v- ' _ a v ^ - ^ » » * v- » ^ -t * reference has already been made . The ' History of the Reign of Henry VII . ' was another of Bacon ' s works that came out in 1622 , in folio , and this ,

      like the ' Historja Ventorum , ' was printed for Lownes and William Barret . Bacon ' s ' Translation of certaine Psalmes into 11 leaves

      English Verse , ' a quarto of 22 pages , or , and dedicated to Herbert , of ' The Temple ' fame , appeared during the year 1625 , under the auspices of Hanna ¦ Barret and Richard Whittaker * . * ¦/ as «^ v » - ^ did - * - ^ .

      \_ J JL . JL J- * -Ai JLJi X JL € Jkl * LA / A . JL \ - > \ J t *> K H V- ^ . JL V i \_ y *_*«^ w « . v- ^ » ? «¦ *^ *^ •_>« -- . v- ^ ^ , m . ^ .- « . also , in the same year , the * Apophthegmes , new and old . ' William Lee , of the Turk's Head , Fleet Street , to have obtained the riht of KSA . publishing

      appears tlUMCal 4 Sylva S y lvarnm 11 UVC UUiailJUU ' in perpetuity UU ^ Al £ g , ^ All for > not ^ lUUUiniilJ only does the first edition' ( 1627 ) bear his name , but the fifth of l (> 3 f ) and the seventh of f 1658 In 1629

      11 JL . \ J XX \ J JL JL \ J" • ' , * * - « li « A VXJ V > K . » ^^ T V «^ AJI LJA \^ M ~ - » . * -r " ^ ¦*— ' . -H- A . A , . « . «_ r ^ m ^ appeared the •• Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre T V ( Jjl X . \^ , & ' which VT 1 J JL ^ af A 4 , although * -4 ' JL l ^ * A ^ J ^«» fc » JU * written » » . * . & - * *« - v ^ ¦*• seven » v ^^ » ^^ i «^^ years » v / i ^ wa » - »

      previously , oame forth with the name of Humphrey Robinson ; and the next year the Assigns of John More , Esq . ' published ' The Elements of Common Law' Robinsonwhose shop was at the

      ., 4 Signe of the Three Fidgeons , in Paul ' 3 Churchyard , ' issued , inter alia , the first edition of Milton / fl ' Cornus' in 1637 , under the somewhat I ¦

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1888, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051888/page/13/