Accession number:
PML 5394
Published:
[Edinburgh] : [Thomas Davidson], [1540?]
Description:
[36], ccl leaves : ill. ; 30 cm
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Notes:
A translation of: Scotorum historiae.
Bound for presentation to James V of Scotland.
Colophon reads in part: "Translatit lattly in our vulgar and commoun langage, be maister Johne Bellenden Archedene of Murray. And Imprentit in Edinburgh, be me Thomas Davidson, prenter to the kyngis nobyll grace. Cum privilegio."
First book in Scottish prose which has come down to us. (cf. sl). Worms transl. 1536.
First ed. of this translation; printed on vellum.
Library's copy: cosmography [A6] bound following t.p.
Publication date conjectured by STC.
Signatures: A-F⁶ ²A-2H⁶·⁴ 2I¹⁰ 2K-2Z⁴·⁶ 2[et]⁶ 2[rum]⁸.
Title in red and black.
Woodcut, folio xxxix recto.
Binding:
Contemporary brown calf gilt, with name Iacobus Quintus on upper cover and Rex Scotorum on lower; brass corners and clasps; in brown half-morocco slip case.
Variant Title:
Hystory and croniklis of Scotland
Inscriptions/Markings:
Initials "J. R." on title page (James V?). Manuscript correction on C1v.
Provenance:
James V of Scotland; bookplate of the 10th duke of Hamilton & Brandon (1767-1852); Hamilton Palace sale May, 1884, lot 301; Pierpont Morgan.
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