Octupla; hoc est, Octo paraphrases poeticae Psalmi CIV. : Authoribus totidem Scotis, viz. Georgio Buchanano paedonomo Georgio Eglisemmio medico regio, Thoma Rhaedo, Arturo Johnstono medico regio, Henrico Henrisono ab Elvingston M.D. Gulielmo Stuarto Ochiltrio, Niniano Patersono Glascuensi, & V.D.M. Gualtero Deniston ludimagistro Mussilburg. Inserentur G. Eglisemmii poëticum duellum. Nec non Colsilium Collegii Med: Parisien. et Guil. Barclayi M.D. judicium de eodem. Hisce adjicitur propter subjecti similitudinem, & exemplarium inopiam, Jonas propheta, heroico carmine Latino descriptus, Sebastiano Castalione authore..
Barclay, William,1570?-1630?.
Buchanan, George,1506-1582.
Castellion, Sébastien,1515-1563.
Symson, Andrew,1638-1712,ed.
Edinburgi, : Excudebant haeredes & successores Andreae Anderson, Regiae Majestatis typographi, anno Dom. 1696. Et vaenales prostant in officinâ M. Hen. Knox, in aedificiis vulgo dictis the Lucken-Booths.,
[1696]
Editor's dedication signed: Andreas Symson.
Partly in verse.
The words "Georgio Buchanano pædonomo Georgio Eglisemmio medico" and "Consilium .. judicium" are bracketed together on title page.
"Guil: Barclayi amoeniorum artium, & medicinæ doctoris, judicium, de certamine G. Eglisemmii cum G. Buchanano, pro dignitate paraphraseos Psalmi CIII. .. Ad exemplar Londini impressum typis Georgii Eldi, 1620" has separate divisional title; "Jonas propheta" has separate dated title page and pagination; register is continuous throughout.
A reissue of B2771C, with a slip-cancel over the imprint.
Of uniform format, and probably intended to be issued, with: Montgomerie, Alexander. Cerasum et sylvestre prunum.
Signatures: pi² A-O⁴.
Identified as Wing B744 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reels 807 and 1098.
Aldis, H. G. Scotland,
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Microfilm.
Bible.
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Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.
Scotland Edinburgh.