Les Affaires Du Conte De Boduel. L\'an M.D.LXVIII (1568) Ltd 100 Copies, 1829-1st
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Les Affaires Du Conte De Boduel. L\'an M.D.LXVIII (1568) Ltd 100 Copies, 1829-1st:
$263.80
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Les Affaires Du Conte De Boduel. L\'an M.D.LXVIII.
James Hepburn Bothwell (Earl)
Published in Edinburgh, 1829. First thus, previously published in 1568. Half bound in leather with gilt titles to the spine. Appears to have been recased at some point. Prev owner\'s plate to the inner cover, inscription to a prev owner (not recent) to the fep. Pages untrimmed. Limited to just 100 copies, the first of which was given to Sir Walter Scott, presented to members of the Bannatyne Club by Henry Cockburn and Thomas Maitland. Armorial vignette to the title page. 31pp + 65pp appendix to the rear. Boards in plain brown, worn to the edges and corners, faces scuffed. Rare title that concerns the Murder of Darnley, a dying declaration by the Earl of Bothwell.
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney and Shetland (c. 1536-1578), husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, son of Patrick, 3rd earl of Bothwell, and of Agnes, daughter of Henry, Lord Sinclair, was born about 1536. His father, Patrick, the 3rd earl (c. 1512-1556), was the only son of Adam, the 2nd earl, who was killed at Flodden, and the grandson of Patrick (died c. 1508), 3rd Lord Hailes and 1st earl of Bothwell. It was this Patrick who laid the foundation of the family fortunes. Having fought against King James III at the Battle of Sauchieburn In 1488, he was rewarded by the new king, James IV, with the earldom of Bothwell, the office of Lord High Admiral and other dignities. He also received many grants of land, including the Lordship of Bothwell, which had been taken from John Ramsay, Lord Bothwell (d. 1513), the favourite of James III
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Les Affaires Du Conte De Boduel. L\'an M.D.LXVIII (1568) Ltd 100 Copies, 1829-1st:
$263.80