[20], [blank leaf], 292 pp. With copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, & 5 copper-engraved portrait plates of the 5 Jameses. (folio) 10½x6¾, 19th century calf ruled in gilt, rebacked with later morocco, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers. First Edition.

Posthumous publication of the Scottish poet's prose works on Scottish history, virulantly royalist in outlook. The frontispiece is often lacking. In this copy, there are a few old ink marks in the margins, and the date is inked on the title. With the old armorial bookplate of George Harrison on front pastedown, and the more recent bookplate of Grenville Jacks on the front free endpaper. Formerly in the San Mateo County Library, with blindstamp to foot of title-page, their rubberstamp on the Grenville Jacks bookplate.