The Union of Crowns
Three bound pamphlets dated 1603
£2,250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: Day One: 24 February 2021 | From 10:00
Description
Martin, Richard A Speach Delivered, to the Kinges Most Excellent Majestie in the Name of the Shereiffes of London and Middlesex. Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegrave, 1603. 8vo, early inscription to blank page [ESTC S105442, listing only 2 copies in the British Isles and North America]; [Craig, Sir Thomas?] Ad Sereniss et Potentiss Principem Jacobum Sextum e sua Scotia decendentem Paraeneticon. Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegrave, 1603. 8vo [ESTC S116446, listing 8 copies]; [Craig, Sir Thomas] Ad Serenissimum Britanniarum Principem Henricum, e Scotia Discedentem Propempticon. Edinburgh: Robert Charteris, 1603. 8vo [ESTC S109008, listing 7 copies]; [also containing] Eximii Viri Joannis Knoxii, Scoticanae Ecclesiae Instauratoris Fidelissimi..., comprising pp.115-124 of a larger publication; pamphlets bound together in 19th century green straight-grained morocco gilt with the arms of David Constable
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of David Constable (1795-1857) in his armorial binding. The Scottish bibliophile was the son of the publisher, Archibald Constable. A selection of books from his library can be found in the British Library.