Lithgow (William) Scotlands Welcome to her Native Sonne, and Soveraigne Lord, King Charles, first edition, woodcut decorations, last leaf laid down, upper edge trimmed with loss to some headlines and first line of text on *4v, lacking initial blank, a couple of corners repaired, some foxing, later half morocco, upper cover detached, [STC 15716], 4to, Edinburgh, Printed by John Wreittoun, [1633].

⁂ Lithgow (1582-c.1645) was a Scottish traveller and poet. "He visited the Orkney and Shetland islands, Germany, Bohemia, and the Low Countries, arriving in Paris in 1609. The following year he went to Rome and began the first of his major journeys, having traveled by 1613 to Greece, the Middle East, Egypt, Malta, western Europe, and England. Between 1614 and 1618 he visited North Africa and central Europe and in 1619 went to Ireland and Spain (where he was tortured by the Inquisition). He traveled throughout Scotland in 1627-29." (Britannica.com). According to other sources he was known as "lugless Willie" after his brothers cut off his ears having discovered him in a compromising position with a Miss Lockhart.