Rex platonicus: sive, De potentissimi principis Iacobi Britanniarum Regis, ad illustrissimam Academiam Oxoniensem, adventu, Aug. 27. an. 1605 / Narratio ab Isaaco Wake publico Academiae ejusdem oratore, tunc temporis conscripta, nunc iterum in lucem . . .
1627, Second Edition. Oxoniae : Excudebat Iohannes Lichfield Academiae typographus. Very good copies both bound in [later] aniline calf over marble boards; very impressively finished. Spine compartments and borders in blind with gilt vignette 'Bar De Kinderton Sicill Pet Venables' stamped to front and rear panels. Minor, generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages; Physical desc. : [8], 238 p, [18] p. ; 13 cm. Notes: Historiated initials. Title page vignette; head- and tail- pieces; initials and printed marginalia. Subject: Rainolds, John, 1549-1607. James I, King of England, 1566-1625. University of Oxford. Great Britain - History - James I, 1603-1625. Language: Latin. Item #181957
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