1660 1ed Execution Charles I Saumaise Royalist Defensio Regia John Milton London

1660 1^ed Execution Charles I Saumaise Royalist Defensio Regia John Milton London

Claude Saumaise was a 17^th-century French scholar known for his editions and commentary of classical works and Greek anthologies. However, he also published a defense of Charles I of England following his execution. Curiously, Saumaise’s ‘Defensio Regia’ takes on a thoroughly royalist agenda, even from a Frenchman, and Charles II even helped publish the book. This book even inspired John Milton who published his own piece of political propaganda that covered the events of Charles I and II.

In 1660, years after Saumaise’ death, his son published his final response to Milton regarding Milton’s own ‘Defensio’. This 1660 first edition of ‘Responsio’ was published in London and is considerably rare.

Item number: #17671

Price: $599

SAUMAISE, Claude

Claudii Salmasii ad Johannem Miltonum Responsio, opus posthumum.

Londini, typis T. Roycroft; impensis J. Martin, J. Allestry & T. Dicas, 1660. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [4], 304
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
• Size: ~6.25in X 3.75in (16cm x 9.5cm)

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