Lot 252
James I and VI (King of England and Scotland) Apologie povr le serment de fidelite' que le serenissime Roy de la grand' Bretagne requiert de tous ses sujets, London [?but Paris], "John Norton", 1609.
Hammer Price: £500
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James I and VI (King of England and Scotland) Apologie povr le serment de fidelite' que le serenissime Roy de la grand' Bretagne requiert de tous ses sujets, tant ecclesiastiques que seculiers, tel que tout autre prince souuerain le peut & doit legitimement requerir des siens, [translated by J. Loiseau de Tourval], 2 parts in 1, titles with small woodcut ornament, errata at end of part 1, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, creased, detaching, [cf. STC 14408], 8vo, London [?but Paris], "John Norton", 1609-1608.
⁂ Rare at auction. The internationally controversial 1606 Oath of Allegiance required Catholics to swear allegiance to James I over the Pope. 'The imprint is false; in fact printed abroad (in Paris?)' (ESTC). Our copy interestingly set differently to that recorded by ESTC, including the title and the omission of the portrait found on Aii in the recorded issue. Our collation: A-I8 K4; A-Q4, and pagination: 152; 132. The second title is dated 1608.
Description
James I and VI (King of England and Scotland) Apologie povr le serment de fidelite' que le serenissime Roy de la grand' Bretagne requiert de tous ses sujets, tant ecclesiastiques que seculiers, tel que tout autre prince souuerain le peut & doit legitimement requerir des siens, [translated by J. Loiseau de Tourval], 2 parts in 1, titles with small woodcut ornament, errata at end of part 1, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, creased, detaching, [cf. STC 14408], 8vo, London [?but Paris], "John Norton", 1609-1608.
⁂ Rare at auction. The internationally controversial 1606 Oath of Allegiance required Catholics to swear allegiance to James I over the Pope. 'The imprint is false; in fact printed abroad (in Paris?)' (ESTC). Our copy interestingly set differently to that recorded by ESTC, including the title and the omission of the portrait found on Aii in the recorded issue. Our collation: A-I8 K4; A-Q4, and pagination: 152; 132. The second title is dated 1608.
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