Georgii Buchani Scoti Poemata quae extant. Amstelaedami: Henricum Wetstenium, 1687.
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An attractive collected edition of the surviving poetry of the Scottish humanist poet George Buchanan, the tutor to James I (& VI), printed in Amsterdam demonstrative of his influence across the Continent and as one of the greatest Neo-Latin poets of the Renaissance.
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Size: 65 x 115 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Contemporary full calf binding, attractively blind tooled, rubbed, some wear and minor losses at extremities, joints starting, but with both boards securely attached and the binding secure. Attractive engraved title page present with a portrait of the author in a neo-classical scene, very neat contemporary ownership inscription present to head of ffep recto showing this copy was in 17th-century England; the binding is plausibly also English. Internally toned, mild wear at leaf edges, else internally clean. A very good copy.
