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CATALOGUE. 117

8°. Size 63/4 x 41/2 inches. Black letter, except from *2 to *7.*11 Title-page.*12 blank.*21–42, 6 pages, “Aende E. E. VVyse Ende Voorsienige Heeren,.…”*51–72, 6 pages, “Den seer wt-nemenden, Hooghen ende Machtighen Prince Iacobo.…*81–**41, 9 pages, “Aen den Godtsalighen ende Christelijcken Leser.”**42, “T’boecks endt dit schrift der Beeste, ,en bidt dat sy’t noteere,|Op dat sy haer (dit’s t’meeste) soo’t moghelijck is bekeere,|” followed by 28 lines, First Table wanting. A11–F51, pp. 1-89, “Het eerste ende inleydende Tractaet ofte handelinghe.…” the 36 propositions and the “Beslvyt” or conclusion, Second Table wanting. F52–Aa42, pp. 90–376, “Het tweede ende voornaemste Tractaet, daer in (achter volghende de voorgaende gront-reden) t’gheheele Apocalipsis ofte Openbaringhe des Apostels Ioannis, of Paraphrastischer vvijse vvtgeleydt, ende op Historischer vvijse ende nae de tijden der gheschiedenissen toe-gheeyghent vvordt: Verciert met aen-vvisinghen op elcke duystere plaetse, ende met Argument op elck Capittel.Aa51–Aa81, pp. 377–383, “Aen den Leser, wien dit werck mishaeght.”Aa82, blank.

Vier Harmonien,|dat is,|Overeen-stemmin-|ghen over de Openbaringe Ioannis,|betreffende het Coninclijck, Priesterlijck, ende|Prophetisch ampt Iesu Christi.|Vervatende ooc ten deele de Prophe-|tien ende Christelijcke Historien, van de gheboorte Iesu Christi af, tot het eynde der VVeereldt toe, sonder|ontbrekinghe der ghesichten.|T’samen-ghestelt,|Door Greorgivm Thomson,|Schots-man.|Nu nieuvvelijcks wt de Fransche tale verduyscht.|Door G. Panneel.| M.DC. VII.

Bb11, Title-page. Bb12, blank. Bb21–Bb32, 4 pages, “Voorreden.” signed “Greorgivs Thomsson.”Bb41–Dd21, 29 pages, contain the Vier harmonien.Dd22–Dd42, 5 pages, “Tafel vande principaelste materien die int geheele Boec verhandelt werden soo in de Propositien als in de Aenwijsinghen achter yder Capittel.” At the foot of the last page (Dd42) is printed: “Tot Middelburch,|Ghedruckt by Symon Moulert, Boeck-vercooper,|woonende op den Dam, inde Druckerije. Anno 1607.|”

Signatures. * in eight + ** in four + A to Z and Aa to Cc in eights + Dd in four = 224 leaves.

Paging. 24 + 383 numbered + 1 + 40 = 448 pages.

Errors in Paging. Pages 143, 187, 269, and 308 numbered in error 144, 189, 270, and 208 respectively.

On comparing this edition with that of 1600, we find that the address To the Mislyking Reader is now given, and there is also added a translation of the Quatre Harmonies, from the French editions of 1603 et seq. Further, we find, besides the usual differences in spelling, occasional alterations in the translation. For example, compare the wording, &c., in signatures **42 and F52 of the above collation with that corresponding in the signatures **42 and Aa21 of the collation of

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