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Iacobi Primi Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regis, fidei defensoris, &c. : Basilikon doron, sive Regia institutio ad Henricum principem primogenitum filium suum, & haeredem proximum.

Accession number
PML 129417
Creator
James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
Published
Londini : Excudebat [Eliot's Court Press? for] Iohannes Norton, serenissimae Regiae Maiestati in Latinis, Graecis, & Hebraicis typographus, Anno Domini MDCIIII [1604]
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
"Ad Henricvm charissimvm filivm mevm, et svccessorem proximum ... [signed] Tui amantissimus Pater I.R. [i.e. Jacobus I, Angli Rex]--Epistola,l. A²-A⁴.
"Basilikon doron" in Greek characters at head of title.
Bühler, Lib. 90.
Ornamental headpieces, with royal monogram and initials I.R. at center with lion and unicorn at sides, flowers and thistles; also with historiated initials and printers device.
PML copy: Imperfect, title page and imprint lacking.
Signatures: [A]-A⁴, B-L⁸, M⁴.
The last leaf is blank.
Description
[34], 139, [3] p. ; 17 cm
Provenance
From the library of Curt F. Bühler.
Binding
Full vellum.
Classification
Department