Lot 482
  • 482

[James I]

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Three Works by or about James I
  • printed book
The True Narration of the Entertainment of His Royall Majestie, ... from Edenbrough; till His Receiving at London. London: Thomas Creede, for Thomas Millington, 1603. 4to. Early marginal repair, minor marginal staining and fraying at the end. 19th-century half red roan. First edition (STC 17153; ESTC S108301; Pforzheimer, App. 6). — The Declaration of Our Soveraigne ... Concerning ... the Duchy of Cornewall.  London: Robert Barker, 1613. Folio. Titles and Text in English and French; heavily dampstained and soiled with numerous repairs. Modern half calf. First edition (STC 9235; ESTC S122625). provenance: John Davies Cuys. acquisition: Bent Juel-Jensen, 2007 — The Workes. London: Robert Barker and John Bill, 1616. Folio. Engraved and letterpress title-pages, engraved frontispiece of James I, full-page woodcut royal arms, cancel slip (A6r), e3 cancelled; small corner tear to engraved title. Contemporary calf paneled gilt; rebacked, original spine laid down. First edition (STC 14344; ESTC S122229; Pforzheimer 531). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch.  

Condition

The True Narration of the Entertainment of His Royall Majestie, ... from Edenbrough; till His Receiving at London. London: Thomas Creede, for Thomas Millington, 1603. 4to. Early marginal repair, minor marginal staining and fraying at the end. 19th-century half red roan. First edition (STC 17153; ESTC S108301; Pforzheimer, App. 6). — The Declaration of Our Soveraigne ... Concerning ... the Duchy of Cornewall. London: Robert Barker, 1613. Folio. Titles and Text in English and French; heavily dampstained and soiled with numerous repairs. Modern half calf. First edition (STC 9235; ESTC S122625). provenance: John Davies Cuys. acquisition: Bent Juel-Jensen, 11 December 2007 — The Workes. London: Robert Barker and John Bill, 1616. Folio. Engraved and letterpress title-pages, engraved frontispiece of James I, full-page woodcut royal arms, cancel slip (A6r), e3 cancelled; small corner tear to engraved title. Contemporary calf paneled gilt; rebacked, original spine laid down. First edition (STC 14344; ESTC S122229; Pforzheimer 531). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch.
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