1630 Rare Latin Vellum Book - Scottish writer Io. Barclaii ARGENIS. Editio novissima by Elzevir.
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Author: John Barclay
Title: Io. Barclaii Argenis. Editio novissima. Cum clave. Hoc est, nominum propriorum elucidatione hactenus nondum edita.
Publisher: Lugduni-batavorum, ex officina elzeviriana, 1630.
Language: Text in Latin
Size: 5" X 3.5".
Pages: 690 pages + index.
Binding: Attractive and very good contemporary full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, soiled , and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing and staining - as shown, ex-libris of Alfred Liede, German “Dadaist” novelist, on the first endpaper - as shown, old annotations on the blank page facing the title page - as shown).
Estimate: (USD 250 - USD 350)
The book: Rare early 17th-century Elzevir edition (this 1630 edition being the nicer according to "Brunet") of Barclay's best-known work, the Argenis, a political romance, resembling in certain respects the Arcadia of Philip Sidney, and the Utopia of Thomas More. The book was completed about a fortnight before his death, which has been said to have been hastened by poison.
The author: John Barclay (28 January 1582 – 15 August 1621) was a Scottish writer, satirist and neo-Latin poet. He wrote his major novel, Argenis, in Rome and, according to his contemporaries, indulged in gardening.