Historia regalis divi Iacobi VI. regis semper augusti..
Bernardinus ab Angelis.
Weckherlin, Georg Rodolf,1584-1653,former owner.StEdNL
[S.l. : S.n.],
Excusa anno Domini M.DC.XXVI [1626]..
'Liber primus.' p. 1.
The recto of the title page incorporates the device of a woman's head with cornucopias. The text ends with the inscription 'Libri Primi Finis' although there is no bibliographic evidence that any further volumes were ever published.
Compositors' errors have been corrected by pasting in new text on the recto of leaf e2 and on page 36. There is a blank space at the beginning of the text on page 1 caused by the omission of the initial capital letter. The fourth leaf has been excised and the stub of the back pastedown and the stub of what would have been Z2 have been folded before signature Y. These corrections suggest that the volume may be a proof copy for a work that was never taken further to the publication stage.
The recto of the front free endpaper has the manuscript signature "Rodolphus Weckerlin". The recto of the title page has the manuscript signature "Rodolph Weckerlin". The top of the front board has the manuscript signature "Solon". The preliminary leaves conclude with the signature of Bernardinus ab Angelis. The identity of this person or his nationality has not yet been determined.
Bound in calfskin vellum.
James VI, King of Scotland, 1566-1625