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PROSPER
PROSTITUTION
7334
PROSPER, of Aquitaine, Saint. De vita contemplativa
atque actuali, sive de norma ecclesiasticorum.
[Speier, Peter Drach], i486.
d°. 7 in. Without place or printer's name. Gothic letter, with
printed signatures but without numeration or catchwords ; 2 cols.,
3C lines.
Collation: a-c», d-f", gS; 50 leaves (1-50).
Leaf la Prosper de uita cotepla- | tiua de uita actuali deq3 |
uitiis finexis uirtutibus | Leaf lb blank.
Leaf 2a col. 1 (sig. a 2). In dei summi opifices uo- | mine,
incipit pfatio libri bti | Prosperi de vita pteplatiua | et norma
ecclesiasticorum. | . . .
Leaf 49a col. 1, line 13 [Colophon] Expliciuut [sic] tres libri
Prospe- I ri. dootoris pclarissimi. mate | riam ouiq3 valde vtile
at3 ne- | cessariam. stilo mttii facudo | (de vita scj pteplatiua. de
vita I actuali deq3 /tutib' ac vitijs) | satis succincte tractates.
An- I no nfe salut^. M.cccclxxxvi. |
Leaf 49b, and 50 blank.
Haiti * 13417, Panzer iv. 38, Proctor 2365.
- Carmen de ingi'atis, cum notis lovaniensis theologi.
See Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. S. A. A. . . .
opera . . . 1700-3, fol.
PROSTITUTION.
1763, 4^
Friendly advice to the fair sex.
- P. A. epigrammata super divi A. augustini sententias
quasdam exarata. Poetae christianae, vol. 1. 1501,
PROSPER, Tyro. Prosperi Tyronis chronicon. Bouquet
(m.) Eecueil des historiens des gaules, vol. 1. 1738,
fol.
PROSPERUS, Fesulamis, pseud, [i.e. Curzio Inghirami.]
Ethrvscarvm | Antiqvitatm | Fragmenta, [purporting to
be the work of Prosperus Fesulanus, etc.] | QuibusVrbis
Romae, aliarumque gentium | primordia, mores, & res
gestae | indicantur | A | Cvrtio Inghiramio | Reperta |
Scornelli prope Vulterram. | Dvplex Index | omnia
edocet. | [Device.]
Francofvrti | Anno Salutis m.dc.xxxvii [1637]. |
Ethrusco vero do do do do CCCCXCV. |
Fol. 13 in. Roman letter. Numerous woodcuts and engravings
in the text. 4 leaves unsigned, t^ +t^ A^, B-Z-*, Aa-SS^; {2i) +
324 pp.
Wanting pp. 22,9-226. With inscription " Publicg utilitate
BibliothccQ Coniientiis Sct^ Mari^ Novell^ ex2X)suit D.
Nicolaus Rodidfius Scti. Stephani Eqiies oh hie erga
nos singularem Benevolentiam. Anno 1640." Also
tvith the library stamp.
Brunei in. 4.38.
*,,* A forgery, or rests in great measure upon one.
PROSSER (M. Radclypfe) A Concise system of practical
swift writing; or rational short hand. . . . Second edition.
London, M. B. Prosser, 1801.
16°. 6 in. 28 leaves engraved on one side only.
- Short-hand, made easy to every capacity; or, a New
system of stenography, in which the vowels are written
at pleasure, without taking off the pen: with much
advantage to legibility and expedition. . , . Second
edition. . . . London, 1806.
8°. 8^ in. (1) leaf+ 36 leaves 4-(1) leaf. Engraved throughout on
copper.
PROSSER (Richard) A Sermon [on Rev. iii. 19] preached
before the . . . house of Commons, at . . . St. John the
Evangelist-, Westminster, on . . . Feb. 13, 1801, being
the day appointed for a general fast. . . .
London, Luke Hansard, 1801.
4°. 9 in. 23 pp. + (1) p. Theological tracts, vol. 1 (14).
PROSSER (W. Wegg) Reunion with the Eastern Church;
a few words in defence of the memorial to be addressed
to the Russian Synod. [By W. W. P.] . . . 1851, 8°.
See Reunion.
- Ryder {Sir a. p.) Admiral of the Fleet. Rescue of
fallen women. A statement containing a proposal, the
adoption of which may increase the facilities for effecting
the rescue of fallen women. . . . 1868, 8".
- Schlegel (G.) lets over de prostitutie in China. . . .
Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Weten-
schappen. Verhandelingen, vol. 32. 1866, 4".
PROTAIS. Relation du voyage du Sayd, ou de la Thel)ayde,
fait en 1G68 par les PP. Protais et Charles-Francois
d'0rl6ans. . . . Thevenot (m.) Relations de divers
voyages curieux. Vol. 4. 1663, etc., fol.
PROTECTION. See Tariff.
PROTEST. A Protest against T. Paine's " Rights of Man " :
addressed to the members of a book society, in conse¬
quence of the vote of their committee for including the
above work in a list of new publications resolved to be
purchased for the use of the society. [By J. Bowles.]
. . . The third edition, with corrections and additions.
London, T. Longman, 1792.
8°. 8 in. xiv.-(-38 pp.
- Protest and counter-statement against the report from
the select committee on the National Gallery. . . .
Second edition. London, J. Bttssell Smith, 1855.
8°. 9.J in. 124 pp.
PROTESTANCY. See Protestantism.
PROTESTANT. The Protestant admirer; or, an Answer
to the vindication of a popish successor.
['? London, ? 1680.]
Pol. llj in. 4 pp.
- The Protestant Chevalier a papist in masquerade: or,
an antidote against the Pretender. In a dialogue be¬
tween two friends, a citizen and a country-man.
London, E. Smith, [1714].
8°. 6J in. 23 pp. + (1) p.
- The Protestant conformist; or, a Plea for moderation,
contained in a letter from one conforming minister to
another and his answer to it.
London, Tho. ParMmrst, 1679.
Fol. 12 in. 8 pp. The first letter is signed N. Y., and the second
N. D.
- The Protestant courant, imparting news forreign and
domestick. No. 1-6, 24 April to May 10-13, 1G82.
London, B. Baldwin, 1682.
Fol. llj in. Newspapers, vol. 2 (25).
- A Protestant monument erected to the immortal glory
of the whigs and the Dutch, it being a . . . relation of
the . . . plot and firing of London. . . . Proving that a
medley of protestant whigs, with a glorious set of . . .
commonswealth's men of Holland, did . . . not only
attempt to burn London but many other places in Eng¬
land. . . . SoMERS (j.) Baron Somers, Collection of tracts,
vol. 7, pp. 634-658. 1812, 4°.
- A Protestant of the church of England no Donatist, or.
Some short notes on Lusilla and Elizabeth. . . . [By W.
Sherlock.] London, T. Basset, 1686.
4°. 8 in. (2)-f-6pp.