A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2) by Beckmann

1527. A privilege from the duke of Saxony to the edition of the New

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Testament by Emser. Anderson remarks on the year 1590, that the first exclusive patent, for printing a book in England, which occurs in Rymer’s Fœdera[1280], was granted in the above year by queen Elizabeth, to Richard Weight of Oxford, for a Translation of Tacitus. I am much astonished that Anderson, who was so often obliged to use Rymer’s Fœdera, and who seems indeed to have consulted it with attention, should have overlooked the oldest patents which are to be found in that collection. In that laborious work, so important to those who wish to be acquainted with the history of British literature, Ames’ Typographical Antiquities, there are privileges of still greater antiquity. The oldest which I observed in this work are the following:--

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1. Chapter 1 2. 86. The author here quotes from an ancient city-book the following 3. 58. The former is Marianus Florentinus, whose Fasciculus Chronicoram 4. 50. Norium Svanberg 1845.] 5. 370. A better view of them may be found in Hygini Astronom. (ed. Van 6. 17. The Italians have a proverb, “La triglia non mangia chi la piglia,” 7. 300. Both these authors refer to Fuller’s British Worthies. [The carp 8. 5. Radice magna, acri, medicinali, _Plinius_, _Dioscorides_; 9. 6. Floret æstate, _Theophrastus_. _Plinius_; sed semen nullum, 10. 8. Sponte, præcipue in Asia Syriaque; trans Euphratem laudatissima; 11. 9. Radix conditur ad lanas lavandas, _Theophrastus_, _Plinius_, 12. 10. Herba ovibus lac auget, _Plinius_. 13. 379. Servius, Æn. iv. quotes the following words from Cato: “Mulieres 14. 527. Gynesius calls clothes washed with _nitrum_, νιτρούμενα, _nitro 15. 665. See also Busbequii Omnia, Basil, 1740, 8vo, p. 314. 16. 50. p. 59.--Plin. viii. 1 and 3.--Seneca, epist. 86.--Suetonii Vit. 17. 1586. Camerarius saw him not only write, but even make a pen with his 18. 739. Suetonius, Eutropius, Eusebius and Orosius, speak of this embassy, 19. 1665. After his death his son published some of his writings under 20. 1667. See Biographia Britannica, iv. p. 2654. 21. 1518. They are called there _instruments for fires_, _water syringes_ 22. 1780. The process for this purpose is given by the monk Theophilus, 23. 22. 2nd. The altar of burnt incense, ver. 20 and 22. 3rd. The wooden 24. 30. 5th. The doors of the oracle, on which were carved cherubims, 25. 87. One manuscript, according to Kennicot, has however אדרת שעו, a 26. 875. On the other hand, Sturm says, in that part of the Ritterplatzes 27. 1799. This dissertation may be found also in a valuable collection of 28. 1572. It is not improbable that, among works of this kind, some may be 29. 1538. 30 H. 8. 3 Oct. ........ two peyr of knytt hose I s. 30. introduction of hops. The oldest writers who treat of the good and 31. 270. [This plant is still extensively used in the northern parts of 32. introduction of them, however, is of so modern a date, that they have 33. 120. _Ligula Argentea._ 34. 121. _Cochlearia._ 35. 3. § 35, p. 393. “La dureté du gouvernement peut aller jusqu’à detruire 36. 2. Privilegia ordinis S. Jo. Hierosol. small folio, Romæ 1588. 3. 37. 407. Serapio de Temperam. Simplic. p. 164. In Du Cange’s Gloss. Gr. 38. 1495. A Milanese, by duke Louis Sforza, to Michael Ferner and 39. 1501. Privilegium sodalitatis Celticæ a senatu Romani imperii 40. 1506. A papal, of pope Julius II., to Evangelista Tosino the 41. 1510. The first Imperial, to Lectura aurea semper Domini abbatis 42. 1527. A privilege from the duke of Saxony to the edition of the New 43. 1510. The history of king Boccus ... printed at London by Thomas 44. 1518. Oratio Richardi Pacei ... Impressa per Richardum Pynson, 45. introduction of them at the mines of the Harz Forest, i. 67. 46. introduction of gas, ii. 182-185.

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