DEPARTMENT OF TRINTED BOOKS. 25 



A collection of 24 English corantos or news sheets, six 

 glinted in London and the others at Amsterdam, The Hague 

 and Alkmaar, 1620 and 1621. The earliest English newspapers 

 previously known are of the year 1622. 



George Chapman : Pro Vere, Autumni Lachrymae. Inscribed 

 to the immortal memorie of the incomparable souldier Sir 

 Horatio Vere, besieged and distrest in Mainhem. (In verse.) 

 Printed by B. Alsop for Th. Walkley, London, 1622. 



A Catechism of Christian Religion. Widowe of G. Veseler. 

 Amsterdam, 1626. 



G. Delamothe : The French Alphabet, teaching in a very 

 short time to pronounce French naturally, etc. George Miller 

 for Luke Fawne, London, 1633. 



The Pleasant History of Caw wood the Rooke, or the 

 Assembly of Birds. Printed by T. C. for F. Grove, London, 

 1640. 



Eikon Basillke, 1649. Bound in black calf with a silver gilt 

 medallion of the head of King Charles I on each cover ; a 

 binding hitherto unrepresented in the Library. 



Le Monde dans la Lune, etc. Rouen, 1656. A translation 

 of " A Discover}^ of a new Worhle in the Moone," by John 

 Wilkins, Bishop of Chester, first published in 1638. 



John Dryden : The State of Innocence and Fall of Man. 

 An opera. London, 1684. 



Franciscus Lichetus : In Joh. Duns Scotum supra secundo 

 Sententiarum commentaria. Salo, 1517. The first of several 

 books printed by Paganino Paganini, of Brescia, at Salo on 

 Lake Garda, a press hitherto unrepresented in the Library. 



Die Messe von der Hochzeyt D. Andre Carolstadt. Witten- 

 berg [1522]. Apparently the first form of a marriage service 

 drawn up by the German reformers. 



Joannes a S. Stephano : Practica brevis ac universalis 

 omnium summarum, etC; Brundisii, 1627. The first book 

 printed at Brindisi. 



Music. 



John Dowland's Lachrimae, or Seauen Teares figured in 

 seauen Passionate Pauans, Galliards and Almands, set forth for 

 the Lute, Viols or Violins in five parts. J. Windet, London, 

 1605. One of the rarest I7th century music-books. 



Seven collections of part-books, completing the copies in 

 the Library of the following works : — 



1. Madrigali ariosi. Venice, 1559. 



2. C. Jannequin. Canzon Francese. Lib. 2. Venice, 1560. 



3. B. Giacomini. Madrigali. Lib. 1. Venice, 1563. 



4. C. de Rore. Madrigali. Lib. 4. Venice, 1563. 



5. P. Verdelot. Tutti li Madrigali del Primo et del Secondo 



Libro. Venice, 1565. 



6. 0. Lasso. Madrigali. Lib. 1. Venice, 1565. 



7. C. de Rore. Madrigali. Lib. 5. Venice, 1566. 



