A meditation vpon the Lords prayer,
King James I (James VI of Scotland) (1566–1625)
Category
Books
Date
1619
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3182848
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 146, [2] p. ; 8vo. Title page and following six leaves repaired and mounted. Other leaves repaired. Provenance: manuscript inscription at head of title page: "[M?]y Mothers booke". Manuscript dedicatory verse on verso of leaf A8 (first part missing): "... your renowned lady shippe, / This booke I doe commend; / The which our royall soveraigne king / Hath most exactlye penn'd. / He penn'd the same; / For euerye christians good / I giue the same, / As soules preservinge food: / [8 more lines] ... your lady shipps to commaund / Annis[?] Justin". Binding: nineteenth-century half-bound purple goatskin, with marbled paper over boards. Gilt title and date on spine.
Makers and roles
King James I (James VI of Scotland) (1566–1625)