Idaea, sive De Iacobi Magnae Britanniae, Galliae et Hyberniae praestantissimi & augustissimi regis, virtutibus & ornamentis, dilucida enarratio, eiusque cum laudatissimis veterum regibus, monarchis, & imperatoribus, comparatio exacta & enucleata. /
Rosa, Thomas.
Auchinleck, Alexander Boswell,Lord,1707-1782,former owner.StEdNL: RB.s.1965
Balfour, James,Sir,1600-1657,former owner.StEdNL: RB.s.1965
Fowler, William,1560?-1612,former owner.StEdNL: RB.s.1965
Ross, Thomas,1575?-1618.
Gray, W.,active 1717,former owner.StEdNL: Nha. A318
Londini, : [Printed by R. Field?] excudebat Johannes Norton ...,
1608..
A eulogy on James VI and I; authorship is sometimes attributed to Thomas Ross but the evidence is inconclusive (DNB).
First eight pages contain blank leaf, titlepage with coat of arms on reverse, three pages of dedication to James I signed: T. R. and poem on p. [8] signed: Ar. Gord.; final leaf blank.
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Manuscript inscription at the head of the recto of the front free endpaper "Alex Boswel". Manuscript inscription below that "Massa[?] a medacia vatum". Manuscript inscription on the title page "Jacobus Balfornius Kynardiae Miles Leo Rex Armoru[m]". Below that in a different ""W Fowler.".
Inscription on the title page (supplied in manuscript) "Ex libris W: Gray Edrj Junij 23 1717 Disce mori mundo vivere disce Deo". Inscription on the verso of the title page "Edinr Decr 1739 etu".
James VI, King of Scotland, 1566-1625
Nobility