Publications of Adam Islip

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  1. "printed by x"; or
  2. "sold by x"; or
  3. "printed for x" or "published by x";

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Printed by Adam Islip

  • Saint German, Christopher. The dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Diuinitie, and a student in the lawes of England: newly corrected and imprinted, with new additions. At London: Printed by [Adam Islip for] Thomas Wight, and Bonham Norton, 1598. ESTC No. S116373. Grub Street ID 136060.
  • Manwood, John. A treatise and discourse of the lawes of the forrest: wherin is declared not onely those lawes, as they are now in force, but also the originall and beginning of forrestes: and what a forrest is in his owne proper nature, and wherein the same doth differ from a chase, a park, or a warren, with all such thinges as are incident or belonging thereunto, with their seuerall proper tearmes of art: as more at large doth appeare in the table in the beginning of this booke. Also a treatise of the purallee, declaring what purallee is, how the same first began, what a purallee man may doe, how he may hunt and vse his owne purallee, how far he may pursue and follow after his chase, together with the lymits and boundes, aswell of the Forrest, as the Puralley. Collected and gathered together, aswell out of the common lawes and statutes of this land, as also out of sundry learned auncient aucthors, and out of the assises and iters of Pickring and Lancaster, by Iohn Manwood. At London: Printed by [Adam Islip? for] Thomas Wight and Bonham Norton, 1598. ESTC No. S111993. Grub Street ID 131756.
  • Peele, George. The loue of King Dauid and fair Bethsabe. With the tragedie of Absalon. As it hath ben diuers times plaied on the stage. Written by George Peele. London: printed by Adam Islip, 1599. ESTC No. S110364. Grub Street ID 130426.
  • Plowden, Edmund. Les commentaries, ou reportes de Edmund Plowden vn apprentice de le common ley, de diuers cases esteant matters en ley, & de les arguments sur yceux, en les temps des raigns le roy Ed. le size, le roign Mary, le roy & roign Ph. & Mary, & le roigne Elizabeth. Ouesque vn table perfect des choses notables contenus en ycel, compose per William Fletewood recorder de Londres. Auxi vous aues en cest impression plusors bone notes en le margent per tout le lieur, en queux les cases sont referre al Abridgment de Brooke, en les lieurs del termes, & as auters lieurs del common ley. Londini: [Printed by Adam Islip] in ædibus Thomæ Wight, & Bonhami Norton, 1599. ESTC No. S115960. Grub Street ID 135652.
  • Mascall, Leonard. A booke of fishing with hooke and line, and of all other instruments thereununto [sic] belonging. Another of sundrie engines and traps, to take polcats, buzzards, rats, mice, and all other kinds of vermine and beasts whatsoeuer, most profitable for all vvarriners, and such as delight inthis kind of sport and pastime. Made by L.M. London: printed by [A. Islip? for] Iohn Wolfe, and are to bee sold by Edward VVhite, dwelling at the little north dore of Paules at the signe of the Gun, 1600. ESTC No. S94142. Grub Street ID 152480.
  • Keilway, Robert. Relationes quorundam casuum selectorum ex libris Roberti Keilvvey ar': qui temporibus f?icissimæ memoriæ Regis Henrici Septimi, & inclitissimi Regis Henrici Octaui, emerserunt, & in prioribus impressionibus relationum de terminis illorum regum, non exprimuntur: in lucem editæ, anno xliiij. illustrissimi regni serenissimæ Reginæ nostræ Elizabeth. Londini: [Printed by Adam Islip?] in ædibus Thomæ Wight, An. Do. 1602. ESTC No. S112842. Grub Street ID 132587.
  • Downame, George. Lectures on the XV. Psalme: read in the cathedrall church of S. Paule, in London. Wherein besides many other very profitable and necessarie matters, the question of vsurie is plainely and fully decided. By George Dovvname, Doctor of Diuinitie. Whereunto are annexed two other treatises of the same authour, the one of fasting, the other of prayer. London: Printed by Adam Islip for Cuthbert Burbie, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Swan, 1604. ESTC No. S110203. Grub Street ID 130306.
  • The dovvnefall of poperie: proposed by way of a new challenge to all English Iesuits and Iesuited or Italianized papists: daring them all iointly, and euery one of them seuerally, to make answere thereunto if they can, or haue any truth on their side; knowing for a truth that otherwise all the world will crie with open mouths, fie vpon them, and their patched hotch-potch religion. London: Printed by A[dam] Islip for Arthur Iohnson: and are to be sold at the signe of the White Horse, ouer against the great North doore of Paules, 1604. ESTC No. S113800. Grub Street ID 133526.
  • Phayer, Thomas. A booke of presidents, with additions of diuers necessarie instruments, meet for all such as desire to learne the manner and forme how to make euidences and instruments, &c. As in the table of this booke more plainly appeareth. Imprinted at London: [By A. Islip] for the Companie of Stationers, 1611. ESTC No. S113530. Grub Street ID 133262.
  • Mayerne, Louis Turquet de. The generall historie of Spaine, containing all the memorable things that haue past in the realmes of Castille, Leon, Nauarre, Arragon, Portugall, Granado, &c. and by what meanes they were vnited, and so continue vnder Philip the third, King of Spaine, now raigning; written in French by Levvis de Mayerne Turquet, vnto the yeare 1583: translated into English, and continued vnto these times by Edvvard Grimeston, Esquire. London: Printed by A. Islip, and G. Eld, anno Dom. 1612. ESTC No. S114485. Grub Street ID 134195.
  • Smith, John. Essex doue, presenting the vvorld vvith a fevv of her oliue branches: or, A taste of the workes of that reuerend, faithfull, iudicious, learned, and holy minister of the Word, Mr. Iohn Smith, late preacher of the Word at Clauering in Essex. Deliuered in three seuerall treatises, viz. 1 His grounds of religion. 2 An exposition on the Lords Prayer. 3 A treatise of repentance. London: Printed by A[dam] I[slip and George Purslowe] for George Edwardes, and are to be sold at his house in the Old Baily, in Greene Arbor, at the signe of the Angell, 1629. ESTC No. S117569. Grub Street ID 137238.
  • Bodin, Jean. Of the lawes and cvstomes of a common-wealth. Learnedly discovrsing of the power of soveraignety and majestracy, and of the orders and degrees of citizens, with the priviledges of corporations and colledges: and other things pertinent to estates and societies. Writtn by I. Bodin a famous lawyer, and a man of great experience in matters of state. Out of the French and Latin copies, done into English, by Richard Knolles, author of the Turkish history. London: printed by A. I[slip]. and are to bee sold [by G. Bishop] at the signe of the Bell in Saint Pauls Church-yard, [1635]. ESTC No. S91124. Grub Street ID 150317.