[Rarebooks] FS: Very scarce work on the reign of James I. London: 1608

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Rosa, Thomas. IDAEA, SIVE DE JACOBI MAGNAE BRITANNIAE, GALLIAE ET 
HYBERNIAE, Praestantissimi & Augustissimi Regis, Virtutibus & Ornamentis, Dilucida 
Ennaratio, Eiusque cum Laudatissimis Veterum Regibus, Monarchis & 
Imperatoribus, Camparatio Exacta & Enucleata. London: [Richard Field for] Johannes 
Norton. 1608. First edition. Sm. 8vo. (6),330pp. Woodcut arms of James I on verso 
of title. Numerous woodcut head & tail pieces and intials. 18th c. calf, 
elaborately gilt tooled spine with red calf label and initials "B.P." at head 
of spine. Both covers with gilt embossed arms of Charles Philip Theodore of 
Sulzbach, Duke of Bavaria (1742-1799). Preliminary blank with ownership 
signature of the bibliographer, E. Gordon Duff, dated 1915. First blank present, 
the final blank lacking.     $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very scarce work on the reign of James I. STC 21317.

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