[UDALL] | The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland, 1624

From the Library of the Earls of Haddington

[UDALL, WILLIAM]

The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland. John Haviland for Richard Whitaker, 1624

folio, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece within embellished surrounds, letterpress title within ornamental border, epistle signed "Wil. Stranguage" [i.e. William Udall], LARGE PAPER COPY, contemporary gilt panelled calf with gilt stamp centrepiece of the arms of John Bill, light browning, two leaves with small tears in lower margins unaffecting text, boards scuffed, rubbed

A BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE KING'S PRINTER, JOHN BILL. This work - as the epistle does not fully admit - is largely a translation of Camden's Annales, published the year after Camden's death and freshly dedicated to Mary's son, King James VI and I. It appeared in three issues: in this variant, with the pseudonymous signature, the epistle (sig. A3) is a cancel. 

LITERATURE:

STC 24509a; University of Toronto, British Armorial Bindings (https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamps/IBIL001_s1)

PROVENANCE:

John Bill (1576-1630), printer, armorial binding; "...Hadenton", partially erased ownership inscription on title page, dated 1651; Thomas Hamilton (1721-1794), 7th Earl of Haddington, engraved armorial bookplate; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington

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