Rervm Scoticarvm Historia, Libris XX : descripta, Qui Regionvm Sitvs, Qvod Soli Caeliqve Sit Ingenivm, Qvae Vetvsta gentis nomina, mores, leges, & instituta, Quiq : primi cultores fuerint insularum, quae veteribus Britanniae vocantur, à primordio repetens : Item, Regvm A Fergvsio, Primo Scotorum regni conditore, inpraesens vsq deductam recensionem, singulorum vero vitas, ... gestas. vitaeq exitus, ... in imperio successionibus adnotatis, complecteus / Avctore Georgio Bvchanano Scoto ; Accessit De Ivre Regni apud Scotos Dialogus, eodem auctore ; Cum Indice rerum & verborum locupetissimo.

Accession number

PML 1835

Creator

Buchanan, George, 1506-1582.

Published

Francofvrti ad Moenvm : [Impensis Joh. Godefridi Schonvvetteri, 1638]

Notes

"De Jure Regni apud Scotos Dialogus" and Index, 104 unnumbered pages at end (signs. CC1[superscript]a-II4[superscript]b).
Colophon on II4[superscript]b: Impressvm Francofvrti Ad Moenvm, Impensis Joh. Godefridi Schonvvetteri. M.DC.XXXIIX.
References: Not in British Museum. Not in Brunet.
Signatures: (:)⁴, A-Z⁸, Aa-Zz⁸, AA-HH⁸, II⁴; (:)4 signed )(4.
The frontispiece is an engraved portrait of Buchanan at the age of 76; the plate is signed "I.CH. f."

Description

767, [104] p. : front. (port.) ; 16mo.

Provenance

Provenance: "Ex lib. Steph. Beurier", written in a contemporary hand on title-page.

Binding

17th-century (before 1650?) French red morocco, richly tooled in gold with a crowned I(?). In dark blue morocco case.

Classification

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