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Lucta Iacobi, or, A Bonefire for His Maiesties Double Deliuerie (1607)

Lucta Iacobi, or, A bonefire for His Maiesties double deliuerie, from the deluge in Perth, the 5 of August, 1600 : and the doomesday of Britaine, the 5 of Nouember 1605 : seene and allowed (London : Printed by T[homas] C[reede] for William Welby, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls, 1607)

Sotheby’s 1856 lot 295. ESTC S121041.

Unlocated. Said to be damaged.

Copley – Wits, Fits, and Fancies (1614)

Copley, Anthony. Wits, fits, and fancies, or, A generall and serious collection, of the sententious speeches, answers, iests, and behauiours, of all sortes of estates, from the throane to the cottage (London : By Edw: Allde, dwelling in little Saint Bartholomewes, neer Christ-Church, 1614)

Sotheby’s 1856 lot 294. ESTC S124353 or S105075.

Unlocated. Said to be imperfect.

Porter – The Pleasant Historie of the Two Angrie Women of Abington (1599)

Porter, Henry. The pleasant historie of the two angrie women of Abington, with the humorous mirthe of Dick Coomes and Nicholas Prouerbes, two seruingmen : as it was lately playde by the right Honorable the Earle of Nottinghamn, Lord high Admirall, his seruants (London : By Edward Allde for Ioseph Hunt, and William Ferbrand, and are to be solde at the corner of Colman-streete, neere Loathburie, 1599)

Sotheby’s 1856 lot 294. ESTC S110461 or S110459.

Unlocated. Last leaf is said to be imperfect.

Howell – H. His Deuises, for His Owne Exercise, and His Friends Pleasure (1581)

Howell, Thomas. H. His deuises, for his owne exercise, and his friends pleasure (London : In Fleetestreate, beneath the conduite, at the signe of the Saint Iohn Euangelist, by [W. How? for] H. Iackson, 1581)

Sotheby’s 1856 lot 293. ESTC S113292. Free Library of Philadelphia S113282. Located by Sarah Lindenbaum.