1650 Court and Character of King James by Sir Anthony Weldon ANTIQUE

The Court and Character of King James

by Sir Anthony Weldon

London: by R.I. for John Wright at the King's Head in the Old Baily; 1650


(a famously critical, satirical, and controversial account of King James I written by the courtier and politician Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648))

first edition 

Frontispiece features an engraved portrait of King James I surrounded by a Latin inscription (Mars Puer, Alecto Virgo, VULPES, Leo, Nullus) and a border with the letters C I I C I I V B E A T I D I


 Title Page:

Reads "THE COURT AND CHARACTER OF King James. Written and taken by Sir Au: Weldon; being an eye, and eare witnesse. Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare.

Published by Authority.
LONDON, Printed by R. I. and are to be sold by John Wright at the Kings Head in the old-Baily. MDCL."

Full calf, spine with raised bands and gilt morocco title label.
Front cover detached, some toning

 Size 3 3/4 by 5 1/3"

Text in English
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