Name: Auction: James VI of Scotland (later James I & VI of Scotland, England & Ireland) Letter signed
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 3000 GBP
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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair

Sale number: 683&nbsp; Our 02 February 2022 auction of&nbsp;Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps &amp; Photographs featuring the&nbsp;Classical and Romantic Library of the late William St Clair is led by an autographed letter from Mary, Queen of Scots to the French ambassador to England which sold for £32,500 including buyers premium, and a&nbsp;French first edition of Frans Balthasar Solvyns'&nbsp;Les Hinoûs which sold for £23,750 including buyers premium. &nbsp;

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Featuring the Library of the Late William St Clair

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from James VI to the Earl Marischal, commissioner in the North, informing him of the death of Queen Elizabeth I of England: "Having be our command laitlie gevin your advertisement of the news of ye death of our umquhile dearest sister the quene of England And desirit you prepair your selff for our seruice...", dated Holyrood House 27th March 1603, comprising 19 lines on one leaf in a formal or secretarial hand, 192 x 300mm, signed by the King 'James R.'

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James VI of Scotland (later James I & VI of Scotland, England & Ireland)

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James VI of Scotland (later James I & VI of Scotland, England & Ireland)

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