[Copy of King James I] M. Annaei Lucani De Bello Civili,

vel pharsaliaee libri decem. Gregorii Bersmani Annaebergensis studio et opera (...). Leipzig, estate of Ioannis Steinmann, 1589, (24),533,(2) p., with woodcut printer's mark on the title, contemporary blindstamped and polished calf with on both boards the arms of JAMES I, king of England from 1603-1625, ribbed back with morocco title shield, kept in gilt brown morocco dropback box signed "R. Wallis Binder" (ca. 1900), with copper lock and on the gilt and ribbed back besides title and place and date of publishing also "James 1st's copy", 19 x 14.5 x 5 cm.

Title reset; browned throughout the entire bookblock and partly with old underlinings. Endpapers renewed (incl. with printed leaf from a contemporary book); leather across top hinge split with both book and dropback box. With two interesting owner's names on the first blank: "Will. Burton", possibly the English antiquarian William Burton (1575-1645) or better still writer/ antiquarian William Burton (d. 1657), but unfortunately part of the details above the name are lacking. Also with name "Gilb. Ironside" in pen on free endpaper, possibly Gilbert Ironside the Elder (1588-1671) or the Younger (1632-1701). At Folger Shakespeare Library a book is kept with the same James I stamp as on our copy but gilt. James I (1566-1625) was king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625 as James VI and from 1603 to 1625 as James I king of England. As the latter he was the first king from the House of Stuart and the successor of Elizabeth I, the last ruler from the House of Tudor. See also lot 365 in this auction (his collected works).