Year/Century: 17th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Binding: Vellum
Description: The book, Io. Barclaii Argenis, was published in 1671 and included 569 pages along with a table and index. It was edited by John Barclay and published in Amsterdam by Ex Officina Elzeviriana. An uncommon piece of Scottish writing. Vellum cover with a date from a later text (1823). Some foxing. 5 1/4 by 3 1/3 inches in size. John Barclay was a Scottish poet and writer who lived in the early 17th century (1582–1621). Argenis, the final piece he finished before passing away, is his most significant and well-known creation. Argenis is a political love story that addresses both the royalist dispute in England and the real history of religious strife in France. The theological struggle takes place in France under the reigns of Henry III and Henry IV and makes reference to the Overbury scandal and other English events. The narrative itself is an allegory that was created from a monarch's perspective.
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