Barclay (John) Barclay His Argenis: Or, the Loves of Poliarchus and Argenis, first edition in English, translated by Kingesmill Long, with initial blank, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional light soiling or very light browning, small hole to B1 and D3 with affecting a few letters of text, E4 with repaired tear to head, 2K3 with tear just running into text, ink notes to initial blank, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, upper joint cracked, later endpapers, [STC 1392], folio, G.P. for Henry Seile, 1625.

⁂ Barclay's most important work, an allegory of seventeenth century European politics that touched on both Sidney's Arcadia and More's Utopia.