Lot 479
  • 479

James I

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • A Meditation upon the Lords Prayer, Written by the Kings Majestie, for the Benefit of All His Subiects, Especially of Such as Follow the Court. London : Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1619
  • ink, paper, leather
8vo (5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.; 140 x 83 mm). Title within ruled border, woodcut royal arms on verso of title-page, woodcut initial, head- and tailpiece, final colophon leaf. Contemporary calf paneled gilt, large fan-shaped cornerpieces inside panel, royal arms gilt on sides, smooth spine gilt with alternating double rules and a five-petaled flower head; joints rubbed, small loss to lower left corner. Tan calf slipcase.

Provenance

Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard, 1690–1775 (engraved armorial bookplate) —  Mrs. Geoffrey Madan (Sotheby's London, 9 October 1967, lot 369).  acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Pickering & Chatto

Literature

STC 14384; ESTC S107629

Condition

8vo (5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.; 140 x 83 mm). Title within ruled border, woodcut royal arms on verso of title-page, woodcut initial, head- and tailpiece, final colophon leaf. Contemporary calf paneled gilt, large fan-shaped cornerpieces inside panel, royal arms gilt on sides, smooth spine gilt with alternating double rules and a five-petaled flower head; joints rubbed, small loss to lower left corner. Tan calf slipcase.
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Catalogue Note

First edition, in a fine contemporary binding bearing the arms of James I of England.