Accession number
PML 6409
Published
Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie: and by the assignes of Iohn Bill, M.DC.XXXIII [1633]
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
A reprinting of the proclamation by James I of 24 May 1618, with an endorsement by Charles I dated at end: Westminster the eighteenth day of October, in the ninth yeere of our reigne.
The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A" in part of a woodcut frame; the last leaf is blank.
The headpiece on A4r has a winged woman. Variant: headpiece has David with a harp.
"Given at our palace of Westminster the eighteenth day of October, in the ninth yeere of our reigne"--Colophon.
Reenactment of the Declaration of James I in 1618.
Signatures: A-C⁴, leaf C4 blank
PML copy missing 1 leaf: A1, leaf C4 bound first in place of A1.
The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A" in part of a woodcut frame; the last leaf is blank.
The headpiece on A4r has a winged woman. Variant: headpiece has David with a harp.
"Given at our palace of Westminster the eighteenth day of October, in the ninth yeere of our reigne"--Colophon.
Reenactment of the Declaration of James I in 1618.
Signatures: A-C⁴, leaf C4 blank
PML copy missing 1 leaf: A1, leaf C4 bound first in place of A1.
Description
[4], 17, [3] pages ; 19 cm (4to)
Provenance
August Frederick, Duke of Sussex, bookplate with shelf mark: IV. F.d.26 (front pastedown, preserved from previous binding); James Toovey, Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown, preserved from previous binding); Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Quarter morocco with decorative paper sides, by Duprez Lahey.
Classification
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