1628 Rare Vellum Book - GEORGII BUCHANANI SCOTI POEMATA - Scottish Poems by George Buchanan.

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Author: George Buchanan.
Title: Georgii Buchanani Scoti Poemata Quæ Extant. Editio postrema.
Language: Text in Latin.
Publisher: [Leiden]. Lvgdvni Batavorum, Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1628. First Elzevir edition.
Size: small 4.5 " X 2.5 ". 
Pages:  561 +(14) pages.
Binding: Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed and worn -as shown) under a protective mylar cover. 
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean- as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the nice illustrated title page.

Estimate : (USD 350 - USD 500)

The book: Rare, attractive, and nice early 17th-century first Elzevir edition of Buchanan's Poems.

The author: George Buchanan (Scottish Gaelic: Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth century Scotland produced." His ideology of resistance to royal usurpation gained widespread acceptance during the Scottish Reformation. Brown says the ease with which King James VII was deposed in 1689 shows the power of Buchananite ideas.