Accession number
PML 3216
Creator
Barclay, William, 1546 or 1547-1608.
Published
Parisiis : Apud Gvillielmum Chavdiere... , 1600.
Notes
First ed.
A refutation of the arguments of George Buchanan in his "De jure regni apud Scotos dialogus", Stephanus Junius Brutus (pseud. of Hubert Languet) in his "Vindiciae contra tyrannos" and Jean Boucher in his "De justa Henrici tertii abdicatione e Francorum regno". Written in defense of the power of kings and denying the authority of the Pope over sovereigns in temporals.
Portrait of the author (aged 53) surrounded by coats of arms, and dated 1599, engraved by C.D. Mallery, facing p. 1 (on e4 verso).
Signatures: a4, e4, A-Z4, aa-Zz4, Aaa-ZZz4, *-**4; in the pagination 1-4 have numbered as leaves.
A refutation of the arguments of George Buchanan in his "De jure regni apud Scotos dialogus", Stephanus Junius Brutus (pseud. of Hubert Languet) in his "Vindiciae contra tyrannos" and Jean Boucher in his "De justa Henrici tertii abdicatione e Francorum regno". Written in defense of the power of kings and denying the authority of the Pope over sovereigns in temporals.
Portrait of the author (aged 53) surrounded by coats of arms, and dated 1599, engraved by C.D. Mallery, facing p. 1 (on e4 verso).
Signatures: a4, e4, A-Z4, aa-Zz4, Aaa-ZZz4, *-**4; in the pagination 1-4 have numbered as leaves.
Description
8 prelim. leaves, 542, [18] p. : port. ; 8vo
Binding
Dark brown morocco.
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