1671 ARGENIS by John Barclay VELLUM BINDING ANTIQUE Scotland ELZEVIR PRESS

img{max-width:100%} Io. Barclaii Argenis, Editio Novissima Cum Clave, Hoc Est Nominum Propriorum Elucidatione hactenus nondum edita by Barclay, John Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzeviriana; 1671 569 pages + table + index.A rare work of Scottish literature. Vellum binding with later manuscript date (1823).  Some foxing.Size  5 1/4 by 3 1/3 inches.=================================John Barclay [1582 - 1621] was an early 17th century Scottish poet and author. His most important and best-known work was Argenis, the last one he completed before his death. Argenis is a political love novel that deals with the actual history of religious conflicts in France as well as the royalist controversy in England. The religious conflict is set in France under Henri III and Henri IV, and touches on events in England, including the Overbury scandal.  The story itself is an allegory developed from the point of view of a king. With Argenis a new genre, the political romance, was created by John Barclay. It