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by Falconer Madan

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1586

P. 17. Insert:—

Brasbridge, Thomas, of Magdalen college, Oxford. QVÆESTI-|ONES IN OF-|FICIA M. T. | CICERONIS: | Compendiariam totius | Opusculi Epitomen | continentes. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 5: 1586: (eights) 12o: pp. [68], signn. A-D8 E2: sign. B 1r beg. rum alterum: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1r, title within a border, A 2r-2v, dedication to Laurence Humphrey, signed “Thomas Brasbrigius,” “Banburiæ, Idibus Nouembris, 1586”: A 3r-E 2 (printed E 3)v, the questions and answers: E 2v, two Latin lines signed “I. P. Iohannensis.”

Very rare. For the author, see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 526. The preface contains some autobiographical details. There appear to be at least three editions of this work, 1586, 1592 (q. v.) and 1615 (q. v.), all printed at Oxford.

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