JOHN BARCLAY.

ARGENIS
Editio novissima (...).


Leyden Elzevier, 1630


690,(6) p., engraved title-page, original blindstamped and panelled vellum binding with manuscript title on spine

Good, attractively bound copy.


12mo.

size: 3 by 5 1/2"


Very good condition, minor wear

Text in Latin
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Argenis is a book by John Barclay.
It is a work of historical allegory which tells the story of the religious conflict in France under Henry III of France and Henry IV of France, and also touches on more contemporary English events, such as the Overbury scandal. The tendency is royalist, anti-aristocratic; it is told from the angle of a king who reduces the landed aristocrats' power in the interest of the "country", the interest of which is identified with that of the king.
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