1. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 12398 Source Creator Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Image Title Geoffrey Chaucer. The workes of Geffray Cahucer: newly printed with dyvers workes whiche were never in print before, as in the table more playnly doth appere. London, 1550 Source Title The workes of Geffray Chaucer : newly printed with dyuers workes whiche were neuer in print before… Source Created or Published [1550?] Physical Description fol. ccixxvii verso (containing signature of Frances Wolfreston) Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number STC 5074 copy 2 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Chaucer, Geoffrey. Uniform Title (Hamnet) Works. 1550 Title (Hamnet) The workes of Geffray Chaucer : newly printed with dyuers workes whiche were neuer in print before, as in the table more playnly dothe appere. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) Imprynted at London : Publisher (Hamnet) By Robart Toye, dwellyng in Paules Churche Yarde at the sygne of the Bell, Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [1550?] Physical Description (Hamnet) [8], cxciii, cxciii-cc, ccii-ccvii, ccx-cclxxi, cclxxiii-cclxxvii, cclxxix-ccclv, [1] leaves : ill. (woodcut) ; 31 cm. (fol.) Subject (Hamnet) Annotations (Provenance) rbprov DFo Subject (Hamnet) Printing privileges (Publishing) rbpub Subject (Hamnet) Underscoring (Provenance) -- rbprov DFo Associated Name (Hamnet) Thynne, William, d. 1546. Associated Name (Hamnet) Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, (Robert Leicester), 1870-1937, former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Hill, Nicholas, d. 1557, printer. Associated Name (Hamnet) Kendall, Timothy, fl. 1577, annotater. Associated Name (Hamnet) Toy, Robert,. 1556, bookseller. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vernon, Dorothy, 16th cent., annotater. Associated Name (Hamnet) Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, inscriber. Associated Name (Hamnet) Wolfreston, J. signer. Associated Name (Hamnet) Wolfreston, S., signer. Associated Name (Hamnet) Wolfreston, T., signer. Notes (Hamnet) One of four variant issues with different publishers' names in the colophon. Notes (Hamnet) Signatures: A ⁸ B-V ⁶ X ⁴ 2A-3Q ⁶ ; 3Q6 blank. Notes (Hamnet) Edited by William Thynne, whose name appears on A2r. Notes (Hamnet) "Cum priuilegio"--T.p.; "Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum Colum"--Colophon. Notes (Hamnet) Existence of blank from F.S. Ferguson notes. Notes (Hamnet) Imprint from colophon. Printed by Nicholas Hill around 1550 (STC). Notes (Hamnet) The romau[n]t of the rose has separate divisional title; foliation and register are continuous. Citations (Hamnet) Pforzheimer, 175 Citations (Hamnet) ESTC (RLIN) S122266 Citations (Hamnet) STC (2nd ed.) 5074 Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet) STC 5074 copy 2: Imperfect: wanting leaves A1 (t.p.; supplied in ms.), 2O6, 3Q1 and 3Q6 (blank). A few headlines shaved; lower outer edges frayed; lower corner of 3Q5 missing, slightly affecting text. Inscription on 3C6v: Frances Wolfresston her bouk geven her by her motherilaw Mary Wolfreston. Contemporary ms. epigram on X4v: "An epigraphe vppon the death of the right excellent poet Syr Geffrey Chaucer, made by Timothe Kendall... at Haslington Hall in Chesshire 1578. Disce {vivere pari mori} TK. Another contemporary ms. epigram by "Dorothe Egerton" on 2A1v; autographs: "T. Wolfreston anno D[omi]no 1717;" "J. Wolfreston ejus liber anno D[omi]ni 1718;" "Anne Vernon" (2A1v). Outside front cover autographed in ink "S. Wolferstan;" other ink inscriptions and marks; some ink underscoring; 19c ink note mounted on front pastedown. In 18c reversed calf binding, rebacked. Four laid-in items removed to curatorial file: card from Ansford Books, Somerset; a manuscript notation about Sir Thomas Vernon and Dorothy Egerton, dau. of William Egerton; a print of Geoffrey Chaucer; and a letter from Derbyshire County Council Library regarding biographical material on Dorothy Vernon, dau. of Sir George Vernon (d. 1584). Call Number (Hamnet) STC 5074 copy 2 (folio)

2. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 52111 Source Title A catechisme or Christian doctrine, necessarie for children and ignorant people. First compiled & set forth by Laurence Vaux, Bacheler of Diuinitie. Source Creator Vaux, Laurence, 1519-1585. Source Created or Published 1620 Physical Description front endleaf 2v (with ink annotations) Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number STC 24627a.2 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Vaux, Laurence, 1519-1585. Title (Hamnet) A catechisme or Christian doctrine, necessarie for children and ignorant people. First compiled & set forth by Laurence Vaux, Bacheler of Diuinitie. Wherunto is added an instruction co[n]cerning many laudable ceremonies of the Catholike Churche. Reuewed and amplified in this edition by Iohn Heigham. The whole accordinge to the vse of the Roman rituall, latelie set forth by Paul the fift. Title (Hamnet) Briefe treatise annesed to the former, concerning the vse and meaning of sundrie ceremonies, practised in the Church of God. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) At S. Omers : Publisher (Hamnet) [C. Boscard], Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) anno 1620. Physical Description (Hamnet) [10], 3-326, [2] p. ; 24 ⁰. Subject (Hamnet) Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- Early works to 1800. Associated Name (Hamnet) Heigham, John, fl. 1639. Associated Name (Hamnet) Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, signer. Notes (Hamnet) "A brie[fe] treatis[e] annesed to the former, concerning the vse and meaning of sundrie ceremonies, practised in the Church of God" has separate dated title page on leaf Q5r. Notes (Hamnet) A later reprint of this work, with imprint date unaltered, has format 12 ⁰. Notes (Hamnet) Printer's name from STC. Notes (Hamnet) Signatures: A ⁸ (A1+* ⁴ ) B-V ⁸ X ⁴. Notes (Hamnet) With final approbation leaf. Citations (Hamnet) STC (2nd ed.), 24627a.4 Citations (Hamnet) Allison & Rogers, 842 Citations (Hamnet) ESTC (RLIN) S95659 Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet) 2/25/41. Sep. t.p. on Q5r partially torn away, affecting title. MS. correction on leaf *2r. Contemporary limp vellum binding, with a vertical MS. spine title ("Roman Catholic Catechism.") and evidence of ties. Provenance: inscribed on A2r: "frances wolfreston"; Folger Library purchase from Maggs, cat. 64, lot 690 Call Number (Hamnet) STC 24627a.2

3. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 8348 Source Title The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke Source Creator Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Source Created or Published 1625 Physical Description A1v || A2r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number STC 22278 copy 2 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Uniform Title (Hamnet) Hamlet Title (Hamnet) The tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke Title (Hamnet) The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke. by William Shakespeare. Edition (Hamnet) Newly imprinted and inlarged, according to the true and perfect copy lastly printed. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) London : Publisher (Hamnet) Printed by W.S. for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet: vnder the Diall, Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [between 1619 and 1623?] Physical Description (Hamnet) [104] p. ; 21 cm. (4to) Subject (Hamnet) Annotations (Provenance) rbprov DFo Associated Name (Hamnet) Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1937, former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Smethwicke, John, d. 1641, bookseller. Associated Name (Hamnet) Stansby, William, fl. 1597-1638, printer. Associated Name (Hamnet) Warwick Castle (England), former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, signer. Notes (Hamnet) Printer's name from STC; probable printing date from PBSA 95 (March 2001), p. 21-29. BM catalogue conjectures [1636?]. Notes (Hamnet) Edition statement precedes author's name on t.p. Notes (Hamnet) Mostly in verse. Notes (Hamnet) Signatures: A-N ⁴ ; N4 blank. Citations (Hamnet) ESTC (RLIN) S111101 Citations (Hamnet) Greg, I, 197(d) Citations (Hamnet) Pforzheimer, 881 Citations (Hamnet) STC (2nd ed.), 22278 Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet) Warwick. Imperfect: the title leaf is damaged and repaired, affecting the second line of the title; the affected letter is completed in MS. ink. Wanting the blank leaf. A few MS. markings. The title leaf, N2,3 are repaired; N1 is inlaid. A2 is extended in outer margin. Many leaves are untrimmed. Red goatskin binding signed by Frank Bedford. Provenance: faded inscription on A2r: "frances wolfreston hi[r?] boo[c?]k"; James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy; bookseller's (Sotheby's) sale catalogue entry for this copy pasted on front free endpaper (inscribed on facing fly-leaf: "Sotheby's..."); bookplate of Warwick Castle, Shakespeare Library Call Number (Hamnet) STC 22278 Copy 2

4. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 29889 Source Title The famous historie of Montelyon, Knight of the Oracle, and sonne to the renowned Persicles King of Assyria... Source Creator Ford, Emanuel. Source Created or Published 1640 Physical Description sig. a1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number STC 11167.2 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Ford, Emanuel. Title (Hamnet) Famous historie of Montelyon Title (Hamnet) The famous historie of Montelyon, Knight of the Oracle, and sonne to the renowned Persicles King of Assyria. Shewing his strange birth, vnfortunate love, perilous adventures in armes, and how he came to the knowledge of his parents. Interlaced, with much variety of pleasant and delightfull discourse. Title (Hamnet) History of Montelion, Knight of the Oracle Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) London : Publisher (Hamnet) Printed by B. Alsop, and T. Favvcet, dwelling in Grubstreet, neere the lower Pumpe, Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) 1640. Physical Description (Hamnet) [200] p. ; 4 ⁰. Subject (Hamnet) Romances, English -- Early works to 1800. Associated Name (Hamnet) Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, signer. Notes (Hamnet) Dedication signed: Emanuel Foord. Notes (Hamnet) Running title reads: The history of Montelion, Knight of the Oracle. Notes (Hamnet) Signatures: A-2B ⁴. Notes (Hamnet) The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A" within a border of type-ornaments. Citations (Hamnet) ESTC (RLIN) S120140 Citations (Hamnet) STC (2nd ed.), 11167.5 Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet) ac6892. A few MS. markings. Stained and frayed. Provenance: inscriptions: on A1r: 'Francis Wolferston his Booke...1652'; on A1v: 'Samp. Wolferston His Book 1761' and on A3r: 'Frances Wolfreston her bowk' Call Number (Hamnet) STC 11167.2