4to. "Franciscus Petrarcha, civis Florentinus, Poeta Laureatus, de Remediis ad utramque fortunam." Codex membranaceus, in Anglia, sæc. xvo, pulchrè exaratus.
Contents: Chanson d'Aspremont, part of the second of three chansons de geste of the Charlemagne cycle from the late 12th century, narrating Charlemagne's early expedition across the Alps to Aspremont in Italy to retake land in Calabria from the Saracen king, Agolant. The text here is imperfect...
4to. "The statutys and ordynaunscys of the moste noble ordre of Satynte George named the Garter, refourmed, explayned, declared, and renewed by the most high, moste excellent, and mooste puyssant prynce, Henry the VIIIth." Very fairly written upon vellum.
8vo. A Volume containing the following Surveys of manors held of the Crown in the county of Sussex, in the reign of King James I., signed "Tho. Marshall supervisor."
4to. "Gismond of Salern in love." A tragedy in English verse on the story of Tancred and Sigismunda. This work was printed in 1592, but not till it had been revised and very much altered by Robert Wilmot, one of its authors; of whom, and of the play itself, see Dodsley's Select Collection of Ol...
small folio. "I Sonetti et le Morale Canzoni del Laureato Fiorentino poeta Messer Francesco Petrarcha." fo. 1. "El libro de triumphi di Messer Francesco Petrarcha." fo. 148. Poesie diverse di Messer Francesco Petrarcha. fo. 188. A beautiful manuscript on vellum, transcribed towards the end of t...
4to. "An oration spoken in the Theatre at Oxford July the 7th, 1756, by the honble S. Barrington, B.A. Fellow of Merton College, among other academical exercises perform'd there in honour of the Countess of Pomfret." Occasioned by the Countess's donation of the Pomfret marbles.