Printed Proclamation laying claim to the kingdom of Great Britain

Item author: James I and VI
Item date: 1604
Grant Value: 100
Item cost: 1,200
Item date acquired: 1976
Item institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh

King Jamess early attempt to unify the two kingdoms; it would not be until 1707 that the term Great Britain would receive the official recognition of Parliament. Printed in London by Robert Barker, 3 broadside sheets, printed on rectos only in black letter. No other copy recorded in any library in Scotland. Illustrated in full in AR