Lot 313

[ADAMSON John]

£750

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT

Description

Greek title: Ta ton mouson eisodia. The muses welcome to the High and Mighty Prince James ... at his Majesties happie returne to his olde and native Kingdome of Scotland, after 14 yeeres absence in anno 1617 ... [bound with] Greek title: Ta ton mouson exodia. Planctus, & vota musarum in augustissimi monarchae Iacobi ... recessu e Scotia in Angliam, Augusti 4 anno 1617 ... 2 works in 1 volume, port. woodcut frontis. to the first work of King James, the second work with the final blank leaf, later sprinkled calf, titlepage a little dusty, light water staining throughout, very slight worming at the lower inner margin, Edinburgh: no printer, 1618 [the second work, Edinburgh: excudebat Andreas Hart, 1618]
Note: Aldis 531; New STC 140.5. With 4 preliminary leaves, the editor's dedication signed "Ioannes Adamsonus" and pages 109-112 a cancel bifolium (according to STC printed in London by the Eliot's Court Press) with p. 109 line 5 of the poem beginning "Dicere, & ad sacras" as distinct from "Dicere, atque imis" as in the original. The stubs of the cancelled leaves present. The second work: Aldis 533; New STC 142
The first work is a collection of poems, speeches and philosophical discussions, mostly in Latin, presented to James VI on the occasion of his visit to Scotland in 1617. It is found in various states and is frequently accompanied by the second work, a further collection of Latin poems written by Scottish authors including David Hume of Godscroft and David Wedderburn on the occasion of James's return to England. It was edited by John Adamson who refers to the work in the dedication to the first work.
Provenance: With the engraved bookplate of Thomas Graham of Balgowan before his elevation to the peerage as Lord Lynedoch