A Selection of 16th And 17th Century English Books from The Fox Pointe Manor Library

Ireland.- Plantation of Ulster.- Conditions to be observed by the British Undertakers of Escheated Lands in Ulster, title with woodcut decorations...

Jesuits.- Hellish and Horribble Councell (The), practised and used by the Jesuites when they would have a man to murther a King. According to thos...

Witchcraft.- Perkins (William) A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft, so farre as it is revealed in the Scriptures, and manifest by true exp...

Most Famous and Renowned Historie (The), of that Woorthie and Illustrous Knight Meruine, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, black lette...

Venice.- Fougasses (Thomas de) The Generall Historie of the Magnificent State of Venice, from the First Foundation thereof untill this Present. Co...

Matthieu (Pierre) The Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of the Most Christian King Henry the Fourth, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, w...

Spain.- Mayerne (Louis Turquet de) The Generall Historie of Spaine... translated into English, and continued unto these times by Edward Grimeston,...

America.- Purchas (Samuel) His Pilgrimage. Or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the Creat...

Forestry.- Standish (Arthur) New Directions of Experience to the Commons Complaint ... for the Planting of Timber and Fire-wood, title within dou...

Duelling.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The charge of Sir Francis Bacon Knight, his Maiesties Attourney generall, touching duells, upon an information in t...

[D'Avity (Pierre)] The Estates, Empires, & Principalities of the World, Represented by ye description of Countries, maners of Inhabitants, Riches ...

[Wentworth (Paul)] The Miscellanie, or, A Registrie, and Methodicall Directorie of Orizons, first edition, title within typographic border, woodcu...

Military.- Aelianus Tacticus. The Tactiks of Aelian or art of embattailing an army after ye Grecian manner, edited by John Bingham, first state wi...

James I and VI (King of England and Scotland) The Workes of the Most High and Mightie Prince, Iames, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, ...

True Relation (The) of the Deserved Death of that base and insolent Tyrant, the Marquis d'Ancre, the most Unworthie Marshall of France, lacking in...

Charterhouse.- King Iames His Hospitall: Founded in the Charter-house, at the onely costs and charges, of Thomas Sutton, Esquire, first edition, s...

Brooke (Ralph) A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Nor...

Medici (Marie de, Queen of France) The Remonstrance made by the Queene-mother of France, to the King her Sonne, for remedy of such disorders and a...

Spanish Match.- [Scott (Thomas)] Vox Populi. or Newes from Spayne according to the Spanish coppie. Which may serve to forwarne both England and th...

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, first edition, mixed issue, engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne...

Gouge (William) Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. II. ...

Heliodorus (Bishop of Tricca) Heliodorus His Aethiopian History, translated by T. Underdown and revised by William Barret, title with woodcut devi...

Aleman (Mateo) The Rogue: or The Life of Guzman De Alfarache, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, second issue, title with woodcut device...

[Hexham (Henry)] A Tongue-Combat, lately happenings betweene two English Souldiers in the Tilt-boat of Gravesend, the one going to serve the King ...

Xenophon. The Historie... Containing the Ascent of Cyrus into the Higher Countries. Wherein is Described the Admirable Journey of Ten Thousand Gre...

Witchcraft.- Cotta (John) The Infallible True and Assured Witch... Shewing the right and true methode of discoverie: with a confutation of erroneo...

Book found in fish.- Frith (John) Vox Piscis: or the Book-Fish contayning three treatises which were found in the belly of a cod-fish in Cambridge...

Military.- Hugo (Herman) The Seige of Breda, translated by Captain Henry Gage, first edition in English, variant without colophon, engraved title,...

Marandé (Léonard de) The Judgment of Humane Actions. A most learned , & excellent treatise of morrall philosophie, which fights agaynst vanytie, &...

Rainoldes (John) Th' Overthrow of Stage-Playes, by way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes, wherein all the reasons that can be made...

[?Cleaver (Robert)] A Godly Forme of Houshold Government for the ordering of Private Families. According to the direction of God's Word... the sev...

Agard (Arthur) The Repertorie of Records: Remaining in The 4. Treasuries on the Receipt side at Westminster. The two Remembrancers of the Excheque...

Hoarding.- Fitz-Geffrey (Charles) The Curse of Corne-horders: with the Blessing of seasonable Selling. In three sermons, on Pro. II.26. Begun at t...

Ovid. Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Æneis, translated by Georg...

"Aristeas". The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke... Concerning the First Translation of the Holy Bible, by the 72. Interprete...

Medicine.- Banister (John) A Treatise of Chirurgerie: briefly comprehending the generall and particular curation of ulcers, title within double-ru...

Herbal.- Langham (William) The Garden of Health: Containing the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of Simples and Plants,...

Nash (Thomas) Quaternio or a Fourefold Way to a Happie Life; set forth in a Dialogue betweene a Countryman and a Citizen, a Divine and a Lawyer, f...

Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus) His Meditations concerning Himselfe..., Translated out of the Originall Greeke... by Meric Casaubon, first edition, ti...

Mathematics.- Masterson (Thomas) Mastersons arithmetick shewing the ingenious inventions and figurative operations . . . newly set forth by Humfre...

[Pagitt (Ephraim)] Christianographie, or The Description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the World not subject to the Pope, fir...

[Swan (John)] Speculum Mundi or a Glasse Representing the Face of the World; Shewing Both that is Did Begin, and Must Also End, first edition, tit...

Mathematics.- Gunter (Edmund) The Description and Use of the Sector, Crosse-Staffe, and other Instruments, second edition, engraved additional tit...

America.- L[upton] (D[onald]) Emblems of Rarities: or, Choyce Observations out of Worthy Histories of many remarkable passages, and renowned actio...

Fletcher (John) [and Philip Massinger]. The Elder Brother a Comedie, first edition, first issue, title with woodcut decoration, woodcut initials a...

Grub street recluse.- [Heywood (Thomas)] The Phoenix of these Late Times. Or the Life of H. Welby... ... who lived at his house in Grub-street for...

Military.- Monro (Robert) Monro His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes Regiment) levied in August 1626... and reduced aft...

Levant.- Blount (Henry) A Voyage into the Levant. A briefe relation of a journey... from England by way of Venice, into Dalmatia, Sclavonia, Bosna...

Gildas. The Epistle of Gildas, the Most Ancient British Author... Faithfully Translated out of the Originall Latine [by Thomas Abington], first ed...

Unrecorded.- Gildas. The History of the Destruction of the Brittaines, [translated by Thomas Abington], title in double-rule border with woodcut o...

Bread.- Penkethman (John) Artachthos or a New Booke declaring the Assise or Weight of Bread not only by Troy weight, according to the Law, but by ...

Shakespeare (William).- Bancroft (Thomas) Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs, first edition, title within typographic border, typographic decor...

Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. A King and No King. Acted at the Black-Fryars, by his Majesties Servants, fourth edition, woodcut initials, ...

Corbet (John) The Ungirding of the Scottish Armour: or, an Answer to the Informations for Defensive Armes against the Kings Majestie, Which Were D...

Feminism.- Du Bosc (Jacques) The Compleat Woman, translated by N. N., 2 parts in 1 vol., first English edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut...

Massinger (Philip) The Unnaturall Combat. A Tragedie. The Scaene Marsellis...As it was presented by the Kings Majesties Servants at the Globe, fir...

[Zouch (Richard)] The Sophister. A Comedy, first edition, title within typographic border with woodcut device, woodcut initials and headpieces, la...

Donne (John) LXXX sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine, engraved additional architectural title with an oval portrait of Donne at ...

Meteors.- Fulke (William) A Most Pleasant Prospect into the Garden of Naturall Contemplation, to Behold the Naturall Causes of all Kinde of Meteor...

H[arding] (S[amuel]) Sicily and Naples, or the Fatall Union, a Tragedy, first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, title a little soi...