Brydges Sir Samuel E (1 results)

4 vols, cloth, 8vo, x, 588 + x, 664 + 248 + xii, 260 pp, facs. An extraordinary early essay in literary antiquarianism which drew attention to numerous neglected and forgotten works and contains much "recondite matter". A continuation of Brydges' earlier "Censura literaria, containing titles, abstracts, and opinions of old English books". Volume 3 is devoted to reprinting three works : (1) A hundredth good points of husbandrie, by Thomas Tusser, gentleman, copied from the first edition, 1557. (2) The paradise of daynty deuices reprinted from the first edition, 1576, with the additions of 1580 and 1600. (3) England's Helicon, from the second edition, 1614. Fine. …