d into
Englishe Tonge (in verse) _Emprented in the exempt Monastery
of Taverstock, in Denshire, by me, Thomas Rycharde, Monke of
the said Monastery_, 1525, 4to.
261. Caxton's Blanchardyn and Eglantine, or Proude Lady of
Love, C.T.--F.D., _printed by Caxton_, folio. [See my
edition of the _Typograhical [Transcriber's Note:
Typographical] Antiquities_, vol. i. p. 346.]
274. Hawkyng, Huntyng, and Fyshyng, (from Juliana Barnes)
B.L. _woodcuts. Lond. Toye, and W. Copland_, 4to. _See MS.
notes prefixed._
275. Hawys's Compendions Story, or Exemple of Vertue,
B.L.--C.R. _wood-cuts_, _ib._ _Wynkyn de Worde_, 1533.
276. ---- Passe-Tyme of Pleasure, B.L. _wood-cuts ib. by W.
de Worde_, 1517, 4to.
306. Spenser's Shephearde's Calendar. C.T.--F.D.,
_wood-cuts: first edition, ib._ Singleton, 1579, 4to.
308. Taylor, the water poet (fifteen different pieces by)
all of posterior date to the collection of his works. Among
them is the Life of Old Par, with Par's head, and 31 plates
of curious needle-work. The volume also contains some
replies to Taylor. A written list of all the contents is
prefixed. Lond. and Oxford, 4to.
330. Tulle of Old Age (translated by William Botoner, or of
Worcester) _pr. by Caxton_, 1481. folio.
---- of Friendship, translated by Tiptoft, Earl of
Worcester; to which is added another tract written by the
same Earl, C.R.--F.D.--L.R. _Explicit per Caxton_, folio.]
How shall I talk of thee, and of thy wonderful collection, O RARE
RICHARD FARMER?[408]--and of thy scholarship, acuteness, pleasantry,
singularities, varied learning, and colloquial powers! Thy name will
live long among scholars in general; and in the bosoms of virtuous and
learned bibliomaniacs thy memory shall ever be enshrined! The walls of
Emanuel College now cease to convey the sounds of thy festive
wit--thy volumes are no longer seen, like Richard Smith's "bundles of
sticht books," strewn upon the floor; and thou hast ceased, in the
cause of thy beloved Shakspeare, to delve into the fruitful ore of
black-letter literature. Peace to thy honest spirit; for thou wert
wise without vanity, learned without pedantry, and joyous without
vulgarity!
[Footnote 408: There is but a scanty memorial of this
extraordinary and ever respectable bibliomaniac, in the
_Gentleman's Magazine_; vol. lxv
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