Ta tōn mousōn eisodia: : The muses welcome to the high and mighty Prince Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. At his Majesties happie returne to his olde and natiue kingdome of Scotland, after 14 yeeres absence, in anno 1617. /
Adamson, John,-1653.
Lindsay, David,-1641?De potestate principis.
Hay, John,Sir,1578-1654.Speach, delivered to the Kings most excellent Majestie.
Imprinted at Edinburgh, : [Printed by A. Hart],
1618..
A collection of poems, speeches and philosophical discussions, mostly in Latin, presented to James VI on the occasion of his visit to Scotland in 1617.
Includes reprints from "De potestate principis" by David Lindsay (STC 21555.28) and "A speach, delivered to the Kings most excellent Majestie" by Sir John Hay (STC 12970).
Another state of the 1618 edition. Title page line 3 reads: TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE.
I. A. = John Adamson.
The first four words are transliterated from Greek.
Of the three pages between 135 and 137, the middle is numbered '136', the others are unnumbered; pages 214, 215, 225, 228, 235, 236, 241, 242, 251, 252, 277, 280 misnumbered '204', '209', '220', '233', '237', '236', '243', '240', '253', '252', '276', '279' respectively.
Extra-illustrated copy with 9 plates bound in, dating from 17th - 19th century, which contain illustrations of, or relating to, James VI.
With the leaf containing congratulations from the University of Edinburgh bound as a preliminary leaf - in other copies this is bound before M1.
Aldis, H.G. Scotland
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
In a binding of old calf with the royal arms tooled in gold on sides.
James VI, King of Scotland, 1566-1625
James VI, King of Scotland, 1566-1625
Latin poetry
English poetry