Dr. Walter Bayley and his works, 1529-1592 / by D'Arcy Power.
- Power, D'Arcy, 1855-1941.
- Date:
- 1907
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Dr. Walter Bayley and his works, 1529-1592 / by D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Tlie first Look was certainly printed by Robert Waide- grave, for in Arber’s ‘ Transcript of the Register of tlie Stationers’ Company’ there is the entry—“ 18 Julii (1586) Robert Wal(de)graue : lieceaued of him for printinge a treatise for the Eiesight. Entered in full Court . . . vid.” Waldegrave first practised his art in the Strand, with- out Temple Bar, near Somerset House, in 1578. He then removed to Foster Lane, and got into trouble for printing- puritanical books. He retired for a time to Wales, but, being of good family, he finally regained his position, and was appointed printer to King James VI of Scotland, from whom he received a patent. The books are well printed, and the printer’s orna- ments are sharp and clear. It appears to me that each of the books was reprinted immediately after publica- tion. All the presentation copies that I have seen bear the printer’s signature A2 at the bottom of the first page of the preface, and there is no signature on the last page of the preface. The re-issue, which has no autograph inscription, has the printer’s signature A iii on the first page of the preface and A iiii on the last page. There is also an ornament on the last page of the preface which is wanting in the original issue, because Dr. Bayley required the space for his autograph. It is evident, there- fore, that Bayley was a lover of books who bestowed thought on the format of his little gifts. (a) (1) ‘ A Briefe Treatise touching the Preservation of the Eiesight, consisting partly in Good Order of Diet, and partly in Use of Medicines,’ 1586 [two devices] (Fig. 3, p. 423), 16°, pp. 6 + 23, p. ii, beg. pheasant, Basis. Contents : p. i title, 3—5 preface [a device and an orna- mental letter on page 3], 1—23 the Treatise; ornamental letters on pages 1, 17, and 20. Dr. Bayley introduces his treatise with the following words : “ Occasioned thorough certaine speeches had with](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22410880_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
