Manuscript Album Amicorum

Early autograph album of the Scots diplomat Sir Michael Balfour. Includes the signatures of James VI, Henry Prince of Wales, and Christian IV of Denmark with a series of watercolour sketches of scenes and characters in Padua and Venice

Item author: Sir Michael Balfour (Lord Balfour of Burleigh)
Item date: 1596 - 1610
Grant Value: 450
Item cost: 4,200
Item date acquired: 1975
Item institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh