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(SCOTLAND.) Buchanan, George. Rerum Scoticarum historia. Title with printer's woodcut device within type ornament border. [4], 85, [1], 74-183, [185]-249, [1] leaves, including errata leaf at end; lacks blanks Q4 and 2M6. Folio, 277x184 mm, 17th-century sheep, heavily worn, spine missing portions from top and bottom, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional toning or browning, few minor stains on title and last leaf. 18th-century armorial bookplate of D. D. P. P. de Nicolay. Edinburgh: Alexander Arbuthnet, 1582
first edition of Buchanan's history of Scotland, in which he drew on historical precedents in support of his ideas about resistance to tyranny. STC 3991.
