Iohn Barclay his Argenis
By: translated ovt of Latine into English; the prose vpon His Maiesties command, by Sir Robert Le Grys, and the verses by Thomas May. With a clauis annexed to it for the satisfaction of the reader, and helping him to vnderstand, what persons were by the author intended, vnder the fained names imposed by him vpon them.
Contributors: Le Grys, Robert, Sir, d. 1635.; May, Thomas, 1595-1650.; Gaultier, Léonard, 1561-1641.; Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688.; George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by F. Kyngston for R. Meighen and H. Seile
Published: 1628
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
Subjects: Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English.
Other titles: Argenis.
Notes: This edition was issued in 1628 and also, with altered imprint date, in 1629. L.C. copy has a mutilated t.p. without a date.
STC 1393 or 1394.
L.C. copy is one of those containing plates engr. by L. Gaultier and C. Mellan; item no. 142 in the George Fabyan Collection.